A new replacement name, Frederickia nom. n., is proposed for the preoccupied genus name Rindgea Ferguson, 2008 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), and the 14 species previously in that genus are combined with the new name, as follows: Frederickia s-signata (Packard, 1873), comb. n.; Frederickia hypaethrata (Grote, 1881), comb. n.; Frederickia cyda (Druce, 1893), comb. n.; Frederickia maricopa (Hulst, 1898), comb. n.; Frederickia nigricomma (Warren, 1904), comb. n.; Frederickia parcata (Grossbeck, 1908), comb. n.; Frederickia subterminata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913), comb. n.; Frederickia stipularia (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913), comb. n.; Frederickia flaviterminata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913), comb. n.; Frederickia ballandrata (Wright, 1923), comb. n.; Frederickia indeterminata (McDunnough, 1939), comb. n.; Frederickia piccoloi (Rindge, 1976), comb. n.; Frederickia disparcata (Ferguson, 2008), comb. n.; and Frederickia prolificata (Ferguson, 2008), comb. n.
Ein Ersatzname, Frederickia nom. n., wird für den bereits besetzten Gattungsnamen Rindgea Ferguson, 2008 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) vorgeschlagen. Ebenso werden die 14 bisher in dieser Gattung enthaltenen Arten wie folgt mit dem neuen Namen kombiniert: Frederickia s-signata (Packard, 1873), comb. n.; Frederickia hypaethrata (Grote, 1881), comb. n.; Frederickia cyda (Druce, 1893), comb. n.; Frederickia maricopa (Hulst, 1898), comb. n.; Frederickia nigricomma (Warren, 1904), comb. n.; Frederickia parcata (Grossbeck, 1908), comb. n.; Frederickia subterminata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913), comb. n.; Frederickia stipularia (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913), comb. n.; Frederickia flaviterminata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913), comb. n.; Frederickia ballandrata (Wright, 1923), comb. n.; Frederickia indeterminata (McDunnough, 1939), comb. n.; Frederickia piccoloi (Rindge, 1976), comb. n.; Frederickia disparcata (Ferguson, 2008), comb. n.; und Frederickia prolificata (Ferguson, 2008), comb. n.
Ferguson (2008: 322), in his revision of the North American Geometridae moth fauna, described a new genus, Rindgea Ferguson, 2008, and fixed as its type species Eubolia cyda Druce, 1893 (Fig. 1), by original designation. He included 14 species in the new genus and classified it in the subfamily Ennominae and tribe Macariini. The species of this genus feed on desert Fabaceae and occur mainly in the south-western USA and Mexico (Ferguson 2008). The genus was named to honour American lepidopterist Frederick H. Rindge (1921–1996).
During the preparation of the “Online taxonomic facility of geometrid moths” (see Rajaei et al. 2022), it was noted that Rindgea Ferguson, 2008 is a junior homonym of Rindgea Johnson, 1993, a New World genus in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. Rindgea Johnson, 1993 is currently considered as a junior synonym of Nicolaea Johnson, 1993 (Lamas 2004).
As requested by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999, Article 60), we propose Frederickia nom. n. as a new replacement name for Rindgea Ferguson, 2008, respecting the original intent behind the naming of this genus by Ferguson (2008).
In consequence of the new replacement name for Rindgea, the following new combinations are established (original genus given in parentheses):
Frederickia s-signata (Packard, 1873) (Macaria), comb. n.
Frederickia hypaethrata (Grote, 1881) (Phasiane), comb. n.
Frederickia cyda (Druce, 1893) (Eubolia), comb. n.
Frederickia maricopa (Hulst, 1898) (Diastictis), comb. n.
Frederickia nigricomma (Warren, 1904) (Semiothisa), comb. n.
Frederickia parcata (Grossbeck, 1908) (Sciagraphia), comb. n.
Frederickia subterminata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) (Macaria), comb. n.
Frederickia stipularia (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) (Macaria), comb. n.
Frederickia flaviterminata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) (Macaria), comb. n.
Frederickia ballandrata (Wright, 1923) (Phasiane), comb. n.
Frederickia indeterminata (McDunnough, 1939) (Semiothisa), comb. n.
Frederickia piccoloi (Rindge, 1976) (Semiothisa), comb. n.
Frederickia disparcata (Ferguson, 2008) (Rindgea), comb. n.
Frederickia prolificata (Ferguson, 2008) (Rindgea), comb. n.
Fig. 1.
Frederickia cyda (Druce, 1893), which Ferguson (2008) designated as the type species of the genus Rindgea Ferguson, 2008. (Photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren, taken in USA, Texas, Estero Llano Grande State Park on 1 March 2015; photo licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license and available from Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rindgea_cyda)
These new combinations will be applied in the “Online taxonomic facility of geometrid moths” (see Rajaei et al. 2022).
Acknowledgements
We appreciate Valerie Levesque-Beaudin (University of Guelph, Canada) for correction of related data in the BOLD database. We are thankful to reviewers Alberto Zilli (Natural History Museum, London) and Dominic Wanke (Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart) for their critical review of the submitted version of this paper and their constructive comments.
