The following new insect common names were recently approved by the ESA Committee on Common Names and are being submitted to the ESA membership for comment. Please submit any comments to the ESA Committee on Common Names by emailing pubs@entsoc.org.
To access the proposal, click on the hyperlinked common name below.
Proposed new common name: hell ant
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Haidomyrmecinae (Perrichot et al.)
Deadline for comments: November 15, 2024
Proposal to remove common name: Caledonia seed bug
Scientific name: Nysius caledoniae
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Deadline for comments: November 15, 2024
Proposed to remove common name: Eurasian mealworm
Scientific name: Opatroides punctulatus
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Deadline for comments: November 15, 2024