Clematis cunninghamiiTurcz. the correct name forC. parvifloraA. Cunn

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).

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...

Renicola lari - Nephromonorcha lari; which species name is correct?

The authors present problems associated with the taxonomic position of the nominal species Renicola lari Timon-David, 1933. Annals of Parasitology 2015, 61(2), 77–78 Copyright© 2015 Polish Parasitological Society