NOMENCLATURAL STATUS OF THE GENERIC NAMES BALOGHIELLA BULANOVA-ZACHVATKINA, 1972 (ACARI) AND BALOGHIELLA MANDL, 1981 (COLEOPTERA)

Abstract

that Baloghiella caledonica was probably a synonym of Vata thomsoni (Perroud and Montrousier, 1864), and this was confirmed by Deuve (2013). Baloghiella Mandl, 1981 is therefore a synonym of Vata Fauvel, 1881 (Fauvel 1881). The generic name Baloghiella Mandl, 1981 is a junior homonym of Baloghiella Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1972. Baloghiella Mandl, 1981 has no available junior synonyms. I, therefore, propose the name Vatiella nom. nov. as a substitute for Baloghiella Mandl, 1981. The name Vatiella is a hybrid of Vata and Baloghiella.