Zootaxa3097: 68 (2011) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Correspondence ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2011 · Magnolia Press ISSN1175-5334(online edition) Ochicanthon fernandoi: a replacement name for the primary junior homonym O. vazdemelloi Latha and Sabu 2011 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) THOMAS K. SABU & MATHEWS LATHA Litter Entomology Research Unit, St. Joseph's College, Devagiri, Calicut-673008, Kerala, India. E-mail: [email protected] Ochicanthon vazdemelloi Latha & Sabu 2011, a wingless new species of dung beetle, was described from the tropical montane cloud forests in the Western Ghats, India (Latha et al. 2011). Authors named the species after Fernando Z. Vaz- de-Mello (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, Brazil). However, we discovered after publication that this species name wasa primary junior homonym of another Ochicanthon species from Sumatra:Ochicanthon vazdemelloi Ochi, Kon & Hartini, 2009 (Ochi etal. 2009). Hence, Ochicanthon fernandoiSabu & Latha,new name is here proposed as a replacement name for Ochicanthon vazdemelloi Latha & Sabu 2011. Acknowledgements We acknowledge Mr. P. Schoolmeesters (Belgium) for bringing this homonym to our attention and for his support with literature. References cited Latha, M., Cuccodoro, G., Sabu, T.K., & Vinod, K.V. (2011) Taxonomy of the dung beetle genus Ochicanthon Vaz-de- Mello (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian subcontinent, with notes on distribution patterns and flightlessness. Zootaxa, 2745, 1–29. Ochi,T., Kon, M., & Hartini, S. (2009) A new species of Ochicanthon species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), from Sumatra. Entomological Review of Japan, 64(1), 101–105. 68 Accepted by A. Smith: 10 Oct. 2011; published: 14 Nov. 2011