Datziinae as a new subfamily name for the unavailable name Protopsychodinae Stebner et al., 2015, (Diptera: Psychodidae).

In a recent paper a new subfamily of Psychodidae was inadequately named Protopsychodinae. This nomenclatural act cannot be considered as a valid name under ICZN regulations because the subfamily name is not based on the type genus Datzia Stebner et al., 2015, and furthermore the fossil genus Protopsychoda Azar et al., 1999 was originally described under the subfamily Psychodinae. Therefore, the new family-group name Datziinae is herein proposed.

Introduction

Stebner et al. (2015) recently described a new subfamily of fossil Psychodidae. However, the establishment of a new subfamily Protopsychodinae Stebner et al., 2015 with the type genus being Datzia is invalid under ICZN rules, article 29.1, because the subfamily name must be formed using the stem of the type genus name. Furthermore, Protopsychoda Azar et al., 1999 is a valid genus described within the subfamily Psychodinae which would make Protopsychodinae (if validly established with Protopsychoda as the type genus) a junior synonym of Psychodinae (ICZN, article 23). The name Protopsychodinae is unavailable, and instead the new subfamily name Datziinae is established, based on Datzia Stebner et al., 2015 as the type genus. Accordingly, the new subfamily name is herein proposed to include the type genus Datzia and the genus Mandalayia Stebner et al., 2015.

Material and Methods

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Systematic Palaeontology

Datziinae new subfamily (replacing Protopsychodinae Stebner et al., 2015, unavailable under the ICZN Code)

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Type-genus: Datzia Stebner et al., 2015

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Type-species: Datzia bispina

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Material: Holotype male SMF Be 2379 and 7 male Paratypes; SMF Be 2376 Paratypes 6 males. Deposited at the Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany.

Type-locality: Hukawng Valley of the northern state of Kachin.

Stratigraphic horizon: 98.79 ± 0.62 million years, Upper Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian) (Shi et al., 2012).

Diagnosis: unchanged (see Stebner et al., 2015, p. 6)

Order: Diptera Linnaeus, 1758

Family: Psychodidae Newman, 1834