_____________Mun. Ent. Zool. Vol. 5, No. 2, June 2010__________ 804 NEW NAMES FOR THE PREOCCUPIED SPECIFIC AND SUBSPECIFIC EPITHETS IN THE GENUS PHEIDOLE WESTWOOD, 1839 (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) Hüseyin Özdikmen* * Gazi Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, 06500 Ankara / TÜRKİYE. E- mail: ozdikmen@gazi.edu.tr [Özdikmen, H. 2010. New names for the preoccupied specific and subspecific epithets ın the genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Munis Entomology & Zoology, 5 (2): 804-806] ABSTRACT. According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN, 1999), Pheidole longipes (Smith, 1857); Pheidole longiscapa Zhou & Zheng, 1999; Pheidole pallidula inermis Stitz, 1917 and Pheidole pallidula tristis Forel, 1907 are not correct because the specific or subspecific epithets are illegitimate. The author request the replacement names of the specific and subspecific epithets longipes Smith, 1857; longiscapa Zhou & Zheng, 1999; inermis Stitz, 1917 and tristis Forel, 1907 and he suggest singaporensis nom. nov., neolongiscapa nom. nov., selenia nom. nov. and tasdelenia nom. nov. resppectively. Accordingly, new combinations are herein proposed for the species and subspecies: Pheidole singaporensis nom. nov. pro Pheidole longipes (Smith, 1857) syn. n., Pheidole neolongiscapa nom. nov. pro Pheidole longiscapa Zhou & Zheng, 1999 syn. n., Pheidole pallidula selenia nom. nov. pro Pheidole pallidula inermis Stitz, 1917 syn. n. and Pheidole pallidula tasdelenia nom. nov. pro Pheidole pallidula tristis Forel, 1907 syn. n.. KEY WORDS. Nomenclatural change, homonymy, replacement name, Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Pheidole. Family FORMICIDAE Genus PHEIDOLE WESTWOOD, 1839 Sp. PHEIDOLE SINGAPORENSIS nom. nov. Pheidole longipes (Smith, 1857). J. Proc. Linn. Soc. London, Zool., 2: 70. Preoccupied by Pheidole longipes (Latreille, 1802). Hist. nat. fourm. rec. mem. ….. Paris. p. 233. (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Formicidae). The specific epithet longipes was initially introduced by Latreille (1802) with the original combination Formica longipes Latreille, 1802 from Cayenne, French Guiana. It is still used as a valid species name. Subsequently, Smith (1857) described a new species Pheidole longipes from Singapore, Borneo with the same specific epithet as Myrmica longipes Smith, 1857 by original combination. Pheidole longipes (Latreille, 1802) has priority over Pheidole longipes (Smith, 1857). The name Pheidole longipes (Smith, 1857) is a secondary junior homonym of the name Pheidole longipes (Latreille, 1802). According to Article 60 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999), it must be rejected and replaced. It has no synonym. So I propose for the specific epithet longipes Smith, 1857 the replacement name singaporensis nom. nov.. Etimology: The name is dedicated to the type locality of the preexisting species. Summary of nomenclatural changes: Species Pheidole singaporensis nom. nov. pro Pheidole longipes (Smith, 1857) syn. n. [nec Pheidole longipes (Latreille, 1802)] [orig. comb.: Myrmica longipes Smith, 1857 from Singapore, Borneo]