notes on the placement of Cochabambia Pirán

Cochabambia Marcuzzi (1985) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is a junior homonym of Cochabambia Pirán, 1959 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae). Allotriocochabambia is proposed as a new name for the tenebrionid genus, and as result Allotriocochabambia kulzeri (1985) is proposed as new combination. The placement of Cochabambia Pirán within the Acanthosomatidae is discussed. Key words: Heteroptera, Coleoptera, Acanthosomatidae, Tenebrionidae, new homonymy, new name Cochabambia Pirán, 1959 is a little known monotypic genus of Acanthosomatidae (Heteroptera) which has not appeared in any publications since the original description. Cochabambia Marcuzzi, 1985 is a little known monotypic genus of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera). Both genera are distributed in Cochabamba, Bolivia; which is the origin of this generic name. Cochabambia Marcuzzi has no synonyms (Hallan, 2010, Gustavo Flores, com. pers.). According to Art. 53.2 of the ICZN (1999), Cochabambia Marcuzzi, 1985 New Homonym, is a junior homonym of Cochabambia Pirán, 1959. According to Art. 60.3 of the ICZN (1999), a new name is needed for the tenebrionid genus, which is proposed below: Allotriocochabambia New name Etymology. Allotrio- from the Greek, which means belonging to another,-cochabambia, generic name preoccupied by an acanthosomatid bug; because this genus is not an heteropteran genus