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Cimex lunatus  Fabricius, 1787
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1137342

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Acinocoris lunaris (Gmelin, 1790)
 
       
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  Current Standing: invalid - junior homonym   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hussey, Roland F.   
  Publication Date: 1929   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: General Catalogue of the Hemiptera, Fascicle 3: Pyrrhocoridae   
  Page(s): 3-144   
  Publisher: Smith College   
  Publication Place: Northampton, Massachussetts, USA   
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  Reference for: Cimex lunatus   
       

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

 

    


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