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Spongaobaria Özdikmen 2008 is a monotypic genus of the Neotropical family Cosmetidae, subfamily Cosmetinae with one species from Venezuela.
Synonymy[]
Spongaobaria Özdikmen 2008: 38, see notes below on replacement name.
Baria González-Sponga, 1993: 98, preoccupied generic name.
Etymology[]
The modified generic name by Özdikmen 2008 was derived from the surname of the Venezuelan arachnologist M.A. González-Sponga.
Placement[]
Originally placed in Cosmetidae, Cosmetinae.
Type species[]
Baria neblinensis González-Sponga, 1993, by original designation, later renamed as Spongaobaria neblinensis (González-Sponga, 1993).
Diagnosis[]
Included species[]
- Spongaobaria neblinensis (González-Sponga, 1993): 99 - Venezuela (Amazonas).
Notes[]
Özdikmen 2008 states "The name Baria was initially introduced by Karsch, 1896 for a moth genus of the family Limacodidae (with the type species Natada elsa Druce, 1888). The name Baria Karsch, 1896 is still used as a valid genus name in Lepidoptera (e.g. Pitkin & Jenkins, 2007) and includes two species as Baria elsa (Druce, 1888) and Baria transversata Karsch, 1899. Subsequently, González-Sponga, 1993 described a harvestman genus of the family Cosmetidae (with the type species Baria neblinensis González-Sponga, 1993 from Venezuela) under the same generic name. It is still used as a valid genus name. Thus, the genus name Baria González-Sponga, 1993 is a junior homonym of the genus Baria Karsch, 1896. So I propose a new replacement name Spongaobaria nom. nov. for the genus name Baria González-Sponga, 1993."