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Cimex lunatus  Fabricius, 1787
Taxonomic Serial No.: 108425

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Phthia lunata (Fabricius, 1787)
 
       
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  Current Standing: invalid - original name/combination   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Cimex lunatus   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Froeschner, Richard C.  
  Publication Date: 1981   
  Article/Chapter Title: Heteroptera or True Bugs of Ecuador: A Partial Catalog   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 322   
  Page(s): 147   
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  Reference for: Cimex lunatus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Cimex lunatus was used for two separate species in Fabricius 1787: on page 289, species #107 (this species, ITIS TSN 108425), is now in Coreidae under Phthia lunata (Fabricius, 1787), while on page 302, species # 237 (ITIS TSN 1137342), is now in Largidae under Acinocoris lunaris (Gmelin, 1790). These were primary homonyms with identical priority. Gmelin's name change to Cimex lunaris (for what is now in Largidae), without comment, is taken to be a replacement or substitute name, thus establishing priority for the other Fabricius name, in Coreidae. Unfortunately, both species have gone by Cimex lunatus and Lygaeus lunatus in the older literature  
 

 

    

 
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