The correct name for Atuna excelsa (Chrysobalanaceae)

The correct name for a section of Ludwigia L. (Onagraceae)

In 1953, Hara provided new combinations for many sectional and species names when he combined Jussiaea L. with Ludwigia L., and at the time, Ludwigiasect.Oligospermum (Micheli) H.Hara was the correct name for one well-defined section. However, subsequent changes to/clarifications of the botanical code have necessitated a change for that name in that now an autonym is treated as having priority ...

The correct name in Oenothera for Gaura drummondii (Onagraceae)

In 2007, Wagner and Hoch proposed the new name Oenotheraxenogaura W.L.Wagner & Hoch for the species then known as Gauradrummondii (Spach) Torrey & A. Gray (non Oenotheradrummondii Hooker, 1834). However, the authors overlooked the availability of Gaurahispida Bentham (1840) for this species. Accordingly, we herewith make the appropriate new combination for this species, Oenotherahispida (Bentha...

The correct name of the neotropical soybean bug (Hemiptera: Alydidae).

A species of Neomegalotomus is an occasional pest of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] in the neotropics, including in Brazil. It was known as Neomegalotomus parvus (Westwood); but the discovery of the type specimen of a species described earlier requires that the name be changed to Neomegalotomus simplex (Westwood), which becomes the correct name for the soybean pest.

On the correct name of Icterus bullockii (Passeriformes: Icteridae).

Correcting the "correct" name for the Asian Brown Flycatcher (Aves: Passeriformes, Muscicapidae, Muscicapa).

EDWARD C. DICKINSON1, RICHARD SCHODDE2, SVEN KULLANDER3, PIERRE ANDRÉ CROCHET4, ANDY ELLIOTT5& GUY M. KIRWAN6 1Flat 3, Bolsover Court, 19 Bolsover Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7JG, U.K. E-mail: [email protected] 2Australian Biological Resources Study, G.P.O. Box 787, Canberra City, ACT, Australia 2601. E-mail: [email protected] 3Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P. O....