BZN Volume
59, Part 2, 28 June 2002
Abstracts
of Cases
Abstracts
of the Applications published on 28 June 2002 in Volume
59, Part 2 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
3217 (see Opinion
2060)
Scleritoderma Schmidt, 1879 and Setidium Schmidt,
1879 (Porifera): proposed conservation
by the designation of Scleritoderma flabelliformis Sollas,
1888 as the type species of Scleritoderma
Andrzej
Pisera
Instytut Paleobiologii, Polska Akademia
Nauk, ul. Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland (e-mail:
apis@twarda.pan.pl)
Claude Lévi
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire de Biologie des
Invertébrés Marins et Malacologie, 57 Rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris
Cedex 05, France (e-mail: levi@mnhn.fr)
Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve the accustomed
understanding and usage of the names for two genera of sponges, Scleritoderma and Setidium,
both of Schmidt (1879) (family SCLERITODERMIDAE), by the designation of Scleritoderma
flabelliformis Sollas, 1888 as the type species of Scleritoderma. At
present the type species by monotypy of these genera, Scleritoderma paccardi Schmidt,
1879 and Setidium obtectum Schmidt, 1879 respectively, are conspecific.
The name Scleritoderma relates to a group of five species from the
tropics world wide at 15º north and south; the name Setidium relates
to a single species from the Caribbean. The specific name obtectum is
given precedence over paccardi.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Porifera; Demospongiae;
'lithistids'; SCLERITODERMIDAE; Scleritoderma; Setidium; Scleritoderma paccardi; Scleritoderma flabelliformis; Setidium obtectum;
sponges.
Case
3233 (see Comments & Opinion
2080)
Achatina janii De Betta & Martinati,
1855 (currently Cecilioides janii;
Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation
of the specific name
F.
Giusti and G. Manganelli
Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università di
Siena, Via Mattioli 4, I-53100 Siena, Italy (e-mail
for Prof Giusti: giustif@unisi.it)
Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve
the specific name of Achatina janii De Betta & Martinati,
1855 for a subterranean, eyeless pulmonate gastropod (family
FERUSSACIIDAE) from southern Europe. The name has been used
consistently but is threatened by the subjective synonym Achatina
veneta Strobel, 1855 which appeared only a few days earlier
and which has remained virtually unused since publication.
It is proposed that the latter specific name be suppressed.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Mollusca; Gastropoda;
FERUSSACIIDAE; Cecilioides janii; Cecilioides veneta;
southern Europe.
Case
3198 (see Opinion
2062)
Heteromesus Richardson, 1908 (Crustacea,
Isopoda): proposed designation of H.
granulatus Richardson, 1908 as the
type species
Kelly
L. Merrin
Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666E, Melbourne,
Victoria 3001, Australia and Department
of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Victoria
3010, Australia
Gary C.B. Poore
Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666E, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia (e-mail:
gpoore@museum.vic.gov.au)
Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve the accustomed
usage of the marine isopod genus Heteromesus Richardson, 1908 (family
ISCHNOMESIDAE), which currently contains 12 species. In 1962 Ischnosoma
thomsoni Beddard, 1886, was designated as the type species, but this
has the characters of the genus Haplomesus Richardson, 1908. It
is proposed that Heteromesus granulatus Richardson, 1908 should
be designated as the type species of Heteromesus.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Crustacea; Isopoda; ISCHNOMESIDAE; Heteromesus;
Haplomesus; Heteromesus granulatus; Haplomesus thomsoni; marine.
Case
3227 (see Opinion
2071)
Geophilus brevilabiatus Newport,
1845 (currently Orphnaeus brevilabiatus)
and Chomatobius brasilianus Humbert & Saussure,
1870 (currently O. brasilianus)
(Chilopoda): proposed conservation of the
specific names
Donatella
Foddai and Alessandro Minelli
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli
Studi di Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58B, I 35131
Padova, Italy (e-mail: foddai@civ.bio.unipd.it;
almin@civ.bio.unipd.it)
Luis Alberto Pereira
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
Paseo del Bosque s.n., (1900) La Plata, R. Argentina (e-mail: lpereira@museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar)
Abstract. The purpose of this application is the conservation of the
specific names of Geophilus brevilabiatus Newport, 1845 (currently Orphnaeus
brevilabiatus) and Chomatobius brasilianus Humbert & Saussure,
1870 (currently O. brasilianus) for two widely distributed species
of geophilomorph centipedes (family ORYIDAE). Although senior subjective
synonyms for these two nominal species have been used only infrequently,
the junior names do not fully meet the criteria for protection under Article
23.9 of the Code. Scolopendra phosphorea Linnaeus, 1758, a senior
synonym of G. brevilabiatus, has been used once as a valid name in
1901. There are two senior synonyms of the nominal species G. brasilianus - G.
lineatus and G. whitei, both of Newport (1845), but neither has
been used as the valid name of the taxon.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Chilopoda; Geophilomorpha;
ORYIDAE; Scolopendra phosphorea; Orphnaeus brevilabiatus; Orphnaeus
brasilianus; Orphnaeus lineatus; Orphnaeus whitei;
geophilomorph centipedes; pantropical.
Case 3181 (see Opinion
2064)
Cryptotermes dudleyi Banks,
1918 (Insecta, Isoptera): proposed precedence
over Calotermes (Cryptotermes) jacobsoni Holmgren,
1913
Michael
S. Engel
Division of Entomology, Natural History
Museum and Biodiversity Research Center and
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
1460 Jayhawk Boulevard, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7523, U.S.A.
Kumar Krishna
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central
Park West at 79th Street, New York, N.Y. 10024-5192, U.S.A.
Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve the usage of
the specific name of Cryptotermes dudleyi Banks, 1918 for an important
economic termite pest species widely distributed by man. The senior specific
name, Calotermes (Cryptotermes) jacobsoni Holmgren, 1913,
has not been used since 1934 while the junior name has been universally used
in an extensive biological, systematic and pest control literature since at
least 1949. It is proposed that the specific name Cryptotermes dudleyi be
given precedence over Calotermes jacobsoni.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Isoptera; KALOTERMITIDAE; Cryptotermes; Cryptotermes dudleyi; Cryptotermes jacobsoni;
termites.
Case
3202 (see Opinion
2066)
Podalgus Burmeister, 1847 and Philoscaptus Brèthes,
1919 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed
conservation by the designation of Podalgus
cuniculus Burmeister, 1847 as the
type species of Podalgus
Frank-Thorsten
Krell
Department of Entomology, The Natural
History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7
5BD, U.K. (e-mail: F.Krell@nhm.ac.uk)
Abstract. The type species of Podalgus Burmeister,
1847 (SCARABAEIDAE, DYNASTINAE) is formally P. bonariensis Burmeister,
1847 but this fixation has been rejected or ignored by virtually
all authors. The purpose of this application is to accept the
designation by Arrow (1908) of P. cuniculus Burmeister,
1847, thereby maintaining the current usage of Podalgus for
an abundant small rhinoceros beetle from the northern Afrotropics,
North Africa, Arabia and west Asia to northern India, and Philoscaptus Brèthes,
1919 (type species Podalgus bonariensis, by monotypy)
for South American species; Africa; Asia; South America.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera; SCARABAEIDAE;
DYNASTINAE; Podalgus; Philoscaptus; Podalgus
cuniculus; Philoscaptus bonariensis; rhinoceros beetles;
Africa; Asia; South America.
Case
3237 (Case closed)
Leucopelaea albescens Bates, 1891
(Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed validation
of the lectotype designation
Andrew
Smith
W436 Nebraska Hall, Division of Entomology,
University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln,
NE 68588-0514, U.S.A. (e-mail: asmith@unlserve.unl.edu)
Abstract. The purpose of this application
is to validate the lectotype designation
of Leucopelaea albescens Bates,
1891 under Article 86.1.2 of the Code.
The nominal species has very recently been
considered a junior synonym of Platycoelia
lutescens Blanchard, 1851, the name
for a scarab beetle (family SCARABAEIDAE)
from the Andes in Ecuador, Peru and southern
Colombia. The lectotype designation was
made under the provisions of the third
(1985) edition of the Code in a paper that
was accepted for publication in November
1999. However, the paper was not published
until May 2000, after the fourth (1999)
edition of the Code had come into operation.
The lectotype designation was made without
an express statement of its taxonomic purpose
and is invalid under Article 74.7.3 of
the fourth edition of the Code.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera; SCARABAEIDAE Leucopelaea; Leucopelaea
albescens; Platycoelia lutescens; scarab beetle; Andes
Mountains; South America.
Case
3207 (see Comments & Opinion
2053)
STAPHYLINIDAE Latreille, 1804 (Insecta,
Coleoptera): proposed conservation of 65
specific names
Lee
H. Herman
American Museum of Natural History, Central
Park West at 79th Street, New York, N.Y.
10024-5192, U.S.A. (e-mail: herman@amnh.org)
Abstract. The purpose of this application
is the conservation of 65 specific names
that have been in use for many years for
rove beetles (family STAPHYLINIDAE), but
which were junior primary homonyms when
published. The species are now placed in
several different genera and none of the
species denoted by the homonyms has been
considered congeneric since 1899. This
case is submitted to the Commission in
accord with Article 23.9.5 of the Code
where both senior and junior homonyms are
in current use, or in accord with Article
23.9.3 where the senior and junior homonyms
are not both in current use because the
senior homonyms are treated as junior synonyms
and the junior homonyms have not been used
in 25 works in the preceding 50 years.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera; STAPHYLINIDAE;
rove beetles.
Case
3222 (see Comments BZN 59:3, 60:4; Case closed December 2003)
Papilio eurymedon Lucas, 1852 (Insecta,
Lepidoptera): proposed conservation of
the specific name
John
B. Heppner
Florida State Collection of Arthropods,
Division of Plant Industry, Florida Dept.
of Agriculture & Consumer Services, P.O.
Box 147100, Gainesville, Florida 32614, U.S.A. (e-mail:
heppnej@doacs.state.fl.us)
Thomas C. Emmel
McGuire Centre for Lepidoptera Research, University of Florida, P. O. Box
118525, Gainesville, Florida 32611, U.S.A. (e-mail: tcemmel@ufl.edu)
Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve the specific
name of Papilio eurymedon Lucas, 1852 for the well-known swallowtail
butterfly from western North America (family PAPILIONIDAE). The name is threatened
by the unused senior subjective synonym P. antinous Donovan, 1805,
which until 1985 had been thought to be an Australian species. It is proposed
that the senior synonym is suppressed and the case is brought to the Commission
under Recommendation 23A of the Code.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Lepidoptera; PAPILIONIDAE; Papilio eurymedon; Papilio
antinous; swallowtail butterfly; western North America; Mexico.
Case
3210 (see Opinion
2068)
Catocala alabamae Grote, 1875 (Insecta,
Lepidoptera): proposed conservation of
the specific name
Lawrence
F. Gall
Entomology Division, Peabody Museum of
Natural History, Yale University, New Haven,
Connecticut 06520, U.S.A. (e-mail: lawrence.gall@yale.edu)
Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve
the specific name of Catocala alabamae Grote, 1875 for
a small, yellow-hindwinged moth from North America (family NOCTUIDAE).
The name is threatened by the earlier synonym Catocala polygama Guenée,
1852, which has been applied in the past to other species. The
name C. polygama has not been used as valid for many years,
and since 1938 it has been erroneously treated as a junior synonym
of C. grynea (Cramer, 1780). It is proposed that the name C.
polygama be suppressed.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Lepidoptera; NOCTUIDAE; Catocala; Catocala
alabamae; Catocala grynea; Catocala polygama;
moths; North America.
Case
3215 (see Opinion
2069)
E.L. Holmberg (1917, 1918), 'Las especies argentinas
de Coelioxys' (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed
suppression of 139 names applied to groups of species
Charles D. Michener
Natural
History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center,
Snow Hall, 1460 Jayhawk Boulevard, University
of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7523, U.S.A. (e-mail:
michener@ku.edu)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is the suppression
of 139 names which were published by E.L.
Holmberg in 1917-1918 for divisions and subdivisions
of the megachilid bee genus Coelioxys Latreille,
1809 (family MEGACHILIDAE). These names were
devised for a key to species of Coelioxys which
occur in Argentina; they have never been
used as names for taxa nor have type species
been fixed, but under Article 10.4 of the
Code they are available as genus-group names
and, unless they are suppressed, some would
be senior synonyms of currently accepted
subgenera of Coelioxys, and
possibly senior homonyms of genus-group names
in use in other taxonomic fields.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Hymenoptera; Apoidea; MEGACHILIDAE; Coelioxys;
bees; Argentina.
