Brianaudea, nom. nov., is introduced as a replacement name for NaudeaKensley, 1979 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bathynataliidae) which is a junior homonym of NaudeaMeyer & Rodrigues, 1966 (Chelicerata: Acariformes: Iolinidae). Naudea Kensley contains one species that is now Brianaudea louwae (Kensley, 1979), comb. nov.

homonym, isopod, mite, new name

The isopod genus NaudeaKensley, 1979 is one of three genera in the seroloid family Bathynataliidae Kensley, 1978 (Boyko et al., 2008 onwards) and contains only the type species, Naudea louwaeKensley, 1979. This genus name, however, is a homonym of the mite genus name NaudeaMeyer & Rodrigues, 1966, that currently contains only the type species, Naudea richindaMeyer & Rodrigues, 1966. Note that Baker & Delfinado (1976) considered Pausia Kuznetzov & Livshitz, 1972 a junior synonym of Naudea Meyer & Rodrigues, which would include as many as five species in Naudea Meyer & Rodrigues. Subsequent authors, however, have used both genera as valid (e.g., Kaźmierski, 1998; Theron et al., 2012; Silva et al., 2017) without discussing the earlier proposed synonymy.

The opportunity is taken here to introduce a new name for this preoccupied isopod genus as an honorific for the late Brian Kensley as research on bathynataliid isopods is rather sparse and this homonymy is unlikely to be resolved elsewhere in the near future; the last work on the group was that of Poore (2005, coincidentally published in the Brian Kensley Memorial issue of PBSW).

This work has been registered in ZooBank with the registration number urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:80AB62D5-F5C8-4EFC-ADBF-50B8E7F3F675.

GenusBrianaudeanom. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:266E1C22-CB4D-4B8D-B8DC-F7B713C879DE

Gender.—

Feminine.

Type species.—

Naudea louwaeKensley, 1979, by original designation.

Etymology.—

A combination of the given name of Brian Kensley with the genus name Naudea, derived from the C.S.I.R. Research Vessel Meiring Naude (Kensley, 1979).

Remarks.—

Naudea Kensley contains one species, now in the combination Brianaudea louwae (Kensley, 1979), comb. nov.

I thank Jean-Sébastien Girard for bringing this homonymy to my attention, the efforts of two anonymous reviewers, and Brian Kensley (1944–2004) for all his contributions to crustacean taxonomy.

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