Aaaaba

Aaaaba is a genus of beetles from the Buprestidae family. It inhabits locations along the east coast of Australia. It was described in 1864 by Achille Deyrolle as "Alcinous", a junior homonym of a genus of pycnogonids.^[1] In 2002, Charles Bellamy gave it the replacement name "Aaaba", but this proved to be another junior homonym, of a genus of sponges. In 2013, it was given a further replacement name, becoming Aaaaba.^[2]

Aaaaba
Aaaaba nodosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Buprestidae
Subfamily:	Agrilinae
Tribe:	Coraebini
Subtribe:	Cisseina
Genus:	Aaaaba Bellamy, 2013
Synonyms
Alcinous Deyrolle, 1864 (preoccupied by Alcinous Costa, 1812) Aaaba Bellamy, 2002 (preoccupied by Aaaba de Laubenfels, 1936)

There are two species within this genus:

• Aaaaba nodosa (Deyrolle, 1865)
• Aaaaba fossicollis (Kerremans, 1903)

The genus name is feminine under ICZN Article 30.2.4 ("If no gender was specified or indicated, the name is to be treated as masculine, except that, if the name ends in -a the gender is feminine").^[3]

Distribution

Species of this genus are found in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.^[4]