Abstracts
of Cases
Abstracts
of the Applications published on 19 December 2001
in Volume 58, Part 4 of the Bulletin of Zoological
Nomenclature
Comment
or advice on any of these Applications is invited for
publication (subject to editing) in the Bulletin and
should be sent to the Executive Secretary, International
Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, c/o The Natural
History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. (e-mail: iczn@nhm.ac.uk).
Case
3187 (see Comments BZN 59:2, 61:2)
Isospora Schneider,
1881 (Protista, Apicomplexa): proposed designation
of I. suis Biester, 1934 as the type species
David
Modrý
Department of Parasitology, University of
Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackeho
1-3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to designate Isospora
suis Biester, 1934 (family SARCOCYSTIDAE) as the
type species of Isospora Schneider, 1881. At present
the nominal species I. rara Schneider, 1881 is
the type species by monotypy, but the original material
(cysts recovered from a slug, and probably of avian origin)
does not exist and the species is unrecognisable from
its description; it probably belonged to the EIMERIIDAE.
The name Isospora is in wide use for parasitic
coccidia which are of medical and veterinary importance
because they cause the disease isosporosis in mammals,
including man. To stabilise this usage it is proposed
that I. suis Biester, 1934, which causes isosporosis
in pigs, should be designated as the type species.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Protista; Apicomplexa; Coccidia; SARCOCYSTIDAE;
EIMERIIDAE; Isospora; Isospora rara; Isospora suis;
coccidiosis; isosporosis; isosporiasis.
Case
3148 (see Opinion
2032)
CLARIIDAE
Kutikova, Markevich & Spiridonov, 1990 (Rotifera):
proposed emendment of spelling to CLARIAIDAE to remove
homonymy with CLARIIDAE Bonaparte, 1846 (Osteichthyes,
Siluriformes)
L.A.
Kutikova
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of
Sciences, St Petersburg 199034, Russia
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to remove the homonymy
between the family-group names CLARIIDAE Kutikova, Markevich & Spiridonov,
1990 (Rotifera), and CLARIIDAE Bonaparte, 1846 (Osteichthyes).
Both names are currently in use and refer respectively
to a single rotifer genus and a large group of air breathing
catfishes. It is proposed that the homonymy be removed
by changing the spelling of the rotifer family-group
name by adopting the full genus name as the stem, giving
the corresponding family-group name CLARIAIDAE Kutikova,
Markevich
& Spiridonov, 1990. The fish name CLARIIDAE Bonaparte,
1846 would remain unchanged.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Rotifera; Osteichthyes; CLARIIDAE; CLARIAIDAE; Clarias; Claria;
air breathing (labyrinth) catfishes; rotifers.
Case
3212 (see Comments & Opinion
2048)
Thalassema
taenioides Ikeda, 1904 (currently Ikeda taenioides;
Echiura): proposed conservation of the specific name
Teruaki
Nishikawa
The Nagoya University Museum, Chikusa-ku,
Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to conserve the name of Ikeda
taenioides (Ikeda, 1904) for a species of echiuran
from the coasts of Japan. Thalassema halotaeniai Ikeda,
1901 and T. taeniaides Ikeda, 1902 are earlier
names which have remained unused since publication and
it is proposed that they be suppressed. The genus Ikeda Wharton,
1913, the subfamily IKEDINAE Bock, 1942 and the order
Heteromyota Fisher, 1946 were established in the phylum
Echiura based on the single species.
Keywords. Nomenclature,
taxonomy; Echiura; Heteromyota; IKEDIDAE; Ikeda; Ikeda
taenioides; Japan.
Case
3120a (see Comments & Opinion
2037)
LIOCHELIDAE,
fam. nov. (Scorpiones): proposed introduction as a
substitute name for ISCHNURIDAE Simon, 1879, as an
alternative to the suggested emendment of ISCHNURINAE
Fraser, 1957 (Insecta, Odonata) to ISCHNURAINAE in
order to remove homonymy
Victor
Fet
Department of Biological Sciences, Marshall
University, West Virginia 25755, U.S.A.
Günter
Bechly
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde,
Rosenstein 1, D-70191 Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to establish the new scorpion
family name LIOCHELIDAE Fet & Bechly, 2001 (1879)
as a substitute name for ISCHNURIDAE Simon, 1879, which
is a homonym of the widely used damselfly (Odonata) name
ISCHNURINAE Fraser, 1957. In a previous application (BZN 57:
26-28) the authors proposed emending the latter name
to ISCHNURAINAE, but the introduction of LIOCHELIDAE
avoids this undesirable change. The type genus of the
LIOCHELIDAE is Liocheles Sundevall, 1833, which
is in wide use as the valid senior synonym of the long
abandoned name Ischnurus C.L. Koch, 1837 (the
type genus of ISCHNURIDAE Simon, 1879).
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Scorpiones; Odonata; ISCHNURIDAE; LIOCHELIDAE;
COENAGRIONIDAE; ISCHNURINAE; Liocheles; Ischnura;
scorpions; damselflies.
Case
3081 (see Opinion
2041)
Alucita
ochrodactyla Denis & Schiffermüller,
1775 (currently Gillmeria or Platyptilia
ochrodactyla; Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposed
conservation of usage of the specific name by the
designation of a neotype for Phalaena tetradactyla Linnaeus,
1758
D.J.L.
Agassiz
The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road,
London SW7 5BD, U.K.
Abstract.The
purpose of this application is to conserve the specific
name of the European plume moth (family PTEROPHORIDAE) Gillmeria (or Platyptilia) ochrodactyla (Denis & Schiffermüller,
1775). An old specimen of Phalaena tetradactyla Linnaeus,
1758 is of this taxon, and it has recently been proposed
that ochrodactyla, the name which has always been
used, should be replaced by tetradactyla. However,
the type status of this specimen is doubtful and tetradactyla has
also been applied to two other species, now known as Merrifieldia
tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) and M. leucodactyla (Denis
& Schiffermüller, 1775). It is likely that tridactyla and tetradactyla were
synonyms when originally published, and it is proposed
that the lectotype of Phalaena tridactyla Linnaeus,
1758 should be designated as neotype of P. tetradactyla and
that the former should be selected as the valid specific
name of the Merrifieldia taxon. This will both
conserve Gillmeria ochrodactyla and eliminate the
confused application of tetradactyla to more than
one species.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Lepidoptera; Microlepidoptera; PTEROPHORIDAE; Gillmeria
ochrodactyla; Platyptilia ochrodactyla; Merrifieldia
tridactyla; Merrifieldia leucodactyla; plume
moths.
Case
3190 (see Comments & Opinion
2040)
Chlorops
meigenii Loew, 1866 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed
conservation of the specific name
Emilia
P. Nartshuk
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of
Sciences, St Petersburg 199034, Russia
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to conserve the name of
the Palaearctic grassfly Chlorops meigenii Loew,
1866 (family CHLOROPIDAE). This is a junior primary homonym
of C. meigenii Fallén, 1823, but Fallén's
name has been treated as a junior synonym of Cerodontha
denticornis (Panzer, 1806; AGROMYZIDAE) since 1830
and the case is referred under Article 23.9.5 of the
Code.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Diptera; CHLOROPIDAE; Chlorops; Chlorops
meigenii; grassflies; Palaearctic.
Case
3197 (see Opinion
2022)
Glassia Davidson,
1881 (Brachiopoda): proposed designation of G. elongata Davidson,
1881 as the type species
Paul
Copper
Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada P3E
2C6
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to conserve the current
usage of Glassia Davidson, 1881 and Lissatrypa Twenhofel,
1914 for two important genera of smooth-shelled Silurian
brachiopods with radically different internal structure.
Davidson designated Atrypa obovata Sowerby, 1839
as the type species of Glassia, but this species
is now known from its internal structure, particularly
its dorsally directed spiralia, to be a species of the
genus Lissatrypa (type species L. atheroidea Twenhofel,
1914). To avoid synonymy between Glassia and Lissatrypa,
and between the nominal families based on them, it is
proposed that Glassia elongata Davidson, 1881,
with medially directed spiralia, be designated as type
of Glassia.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Brachiopoda; GLASSIIDAE; LISSATRYPIDAE; Glassia; Lissatrypa; Glassia
elongata; Lissatrypa atheroidea; Silurian.
Case
3195 (see Opinion
2023)
Polonograptus Tsegelnjuk,
1976 (Graptolithina): proposed designation of P.
podoliensis Pribyl, 1983 as the type species
J.F.V.
Riva
Quebec Geoscience Centre, University of
Quebec, C.P. 7500, Ste-Foy, QC G1V 4C7, Canada
T.N.
Koren'
VSEGEI, Srednij Prospect 74, 199026 St Petersburg,
Russia
R.B.
Rickards
Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ,
U.K.
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to conserve the current
usage of the generic name Polonograptus Tsegelnjuk,
1976 for an Upper Ludlow monograptid. Pribyl (1983) considered
the originally designated type species, Monograptus
butovicensis Boucek, 1936, to be composite; he restricted
the nominal species M. butovicensis to its type
material and established Polonograptus podoliensis for
strongly curved specimens of Upper Ludlow age which he
had previously included in M. butovicensis. Urbanek & Teller
(1997) suggested that P. podoliensis should be
designated as the type species of Polonograptus,
and this action is now proposed.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Graptolithina; Polonograptus; Polonograptus
podoliensis; Silurian
Case
3186 (see Opinion
2056)
Squalus
edwardsii (currently Haploblepharus edwardsii;
Chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes): proposed attribution
to Schinz (1822) and conservation of edwardsii as
the correct original spelling of the specific name
M.J.P.
van Oijen
Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Naturalis,
Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to attribute the specific
name of the puffadder shyshark Haploblepharus edwardsii to
Schinz (1822) as the author and to conserve edwardsii as
the correct original spelling; Schinz used the spelling edwartsii.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Chondrichthyes; SCYLIORHINIDAE; Haploblepharus; Haploblepharus
edwardsii; puffadder shyshark.
Case
2661 (see Comments & Opinion
2058)
MACROPODINAE
Liem, 1963 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes): proposed emendation
of spelling to MACROPODUSINAE, so removing the homonymy
with MACROPODIDAE Gray, 1821 (Mammalia, Marsupialia)
Maurice
Kottelat
Route de la Baroche 12, Case postale 57,
2952 Cornol, Switzerland (address for correspondence); Department
of Biological Sciences, National University
of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260
Abstract. The
family-group name MACROPODINAE Liem, 1963 (Osteichthyes,
Perciformes, family OSPHRONEMIDAE, BELONTIIDAE or ANABANTIDAE)
is a junior homonym of MACROPODIDAE Gray, 1821 (Mammalia,
Marsupialia). Both names are in use and refer, respectively,
to a group of anabantoid fishes (labyrinth fishes) from
South, Southeast and East Asia and to the kangaroos and
wallabies of Australia (including Tasmania) and New Guinea.
The senior homonym is much older and has been considerably
more widely used than the junior and it is proposed that
the homonymy be removed by changing the spelling of the
fish family-group name to MACROPODUSINAE by using the
whole name of the type genus Macropodus La Cepède,
1801 as the grammatical stem, while leaving the mammalian
name (based on Macropus Shaw & Nodder, 1790)
unchanged. The names of Macropus and of its type
species, M. giganteus Shaw & Nodder, 1790,
were placed on Official Lists in Opinion 760 (January
1966).
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Mammalia; Marsupialia; Osteichthyes; Perciformes;
MACROPODIDAE; OSPHRONEMIDAE; BELONTIIDAE; ANABANTIDAE;
MACROPODUSINAE; Macropus; Macropodus; kangaroos;
wallabies; anabantoid fishes; labyrinth fishes; Australia;
Tasmania; New Guinea; Southeast Asia.
