BZN Volume 59, Part 2, 28 June 2002

Opinions

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Opinions with the following titles were published on 28 June 2002 in Volume 59, Part 2 of the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature

Copies of these Opinions can be obtained free of charge from the Executive Secretary, The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, c/o Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK (e-mail: iczn@nhm.ac.uk).

OPINION 1996 (Case 3158)

Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1758 and Helix punctata Müller, 1774 (currently Otala punctata; Mollusca, Gastropoda): usage of the specific names conserved by the replacement of the syntypes of H. lucorum with a neotype

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Gastropoda; Pulmonata; HELICIDAE; Helix lucorum; Otala punctata; edible snails.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power all previous fixations of type specimens for the nominal species Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1758 are hereby set aside and the specimen labelled as the neotype (length 32.71 mm, diameter 39.96 mm) in the Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen is designated as the neotype.
(2) The following names are hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology:
(a) lucorum Linnaeus, 1758, as published in the binomen Helix lucorum and as defined by the neotype designated in (1) above;
(b) punctata Muller, 1774, as published in the binomen Helix punctata.

 

OPINION 1997 (Case 3175)

Ampullaria canaliculata Lamarck, 1822 (currently Pomacea canaliculata; Mollusca, Gastropoda): specific name conserved

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Natica canaliculata; Amauropsina canaliculata; Pomacea canaliculata; Gastropoda; NATICIDAE; AMPULLOSPIRIDAE; AMPULLARIIDAE; Eocene; Recent; apple snails; pest species.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power it is hereby ruled that the specific name canaliculata Lamarck, 1822, as published in the binomen Ampullaria canaliculata, is not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of Ampullaria canaliculata Lamarck, 1804.
(2) The name Amauropsina Chelot, 1885 (gender: feminine), type species by original designation Ampullaria canaliculata Lamarck, 1804, is hereby placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology.
(3) The following names are hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology:
(a) canaliculata Lamarck, 1804, as published in the binomen Ampullaria canaliculata (specific name of the type species of Amauropsina Chelot, 1885);
(b) canalieulata Lamarck, 1822, as published in the binomen Ampullaria canaliculata (not invalid by the ruling in (1) above).
(4) The name canalifera Lamarck, 1822, as published in the binomen Ampullaria cunalifera, is hereby placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology (a junior objective synonym of Ampullaria canalieulata Lamarck, 1804).

 

OPINION 1998 (Case 3123)

DOLICHOPODINI Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 (Insecta, Grylloptera): spelling emended to DOLICHOPODAINI, so removing the homonymy with DOLICHOPODIDAE Latreille, 1809 (Insecta, Diptera)

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Diptera; Grylloptera; DOLICHOPODIDAE; DOLICHOPODAINI; Dolichopus; Dolichopoda; long-legged flies; camel crickets; cave crickets.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power it is hereby ruled that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Dolichopoda Bolivar, 1880 (Grylloptera) is DOLICHOPODA-.
(2) The name Dolichopoda Bolivar, 1880 (gender: feminine), type species by monotypy Gryllus (Tettigonia) palpata Sulzer, 1776, is hereby placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (Grylloptera).
(3) The name palpata Sulzer, 1776, as published in the binomen Gryllus (Tettigonia) palpata (specific name of the type species of Dolichopoda Bolivar, 1880) is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (Grylloptera).
(4) The entry on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology for the name DOLICHOPODIDAE Latreille, 1809 is hereby emended to record that it was first published in the correct form by Agassiz (1846) (Diptera).
(5) The name DOLICHOPODAINI Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888, type genus Dolichopoda Bolivar, 1880 is hereby placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology (spelling emended by the ruling in (1) above) (Grylloptera).
(6) The name DOLICHOPODINI Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 is hereby placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Family-Group Names in Zoology (spelling emended to DOLICHOPODAINI by the ruling in (1) above) (Grylloptera).

 

OPINION 1999 (Case 3096)

Dichrorampha Guenée, 1845 (Insecta, Lepidoptera): Grapholitha plumbagana Treitschke, 1830 designated as the type species, and Dichrorampha: given precedence over Amaurosetia Stephens, 1835

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Lepidoptera; Microlepidoptera; TORTRICIDAE; moths; Dichrorampha; Dichrorampha plumbagana; Amaurosetia; Amaurosetia albinella.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power:
(a) all fixations of type species for the nominal genus Dichrorampha Guenee, 1845 are hereby set aside before the designation by Fernald (1908) of Grapholitha plumbagana Treitschke, 1830;
(b) the name Dichrorampha Guenee, 1845 is hereby given precedence over the name Amaurosetia Stephens, 1835 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms.
(2) The following names are hereby placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology:
(a) Dichrorampha Guenee, 1845 (gender: feminine), type species by designation by Fernald (1908), as ruled in (1)(a) above, Grapholitlaa plumbagana Treitschke, 1830, with the endorsement that it is to be given precedence over the name Amaurosetia Stephens, 1835 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms;
(b) Amaurosetia Stephens, 1835 (gender: feminine), type species by designation by Westwood (1840) Phalaena albinella Linnaeus, 1758, with the endorsement that it is not to be given priority over the name Dichrorampha Guenee, 1845 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms.
(3) The following names are hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology:
(a) plumbagana Treitschke, 1830, as published in the binomen Grapholitha plumbagana (specific name of the type species of Dichrorampha Guenee, 1845);
(b) albinella Linnaeus, 1758, as published in the binomen Phalaena albinella (specific name of the type species of Amaurosetia Stephens, 1835).

 

OPINION 2000 (Case 3132)

Eudorylas Aczél, 1940 and Microcephalops De Meyer, 1989 (Insecta, Diptera): conserved by the designation of Pipunculus fuscipes Zetterstedt, 1844 as the type species of Eudorylas

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Diptera; PIPUNCULIDAE; Eudorylas; Eudorylas fuscipes; Microcephalops; Microcephalops banksi; Microcephalops opacus; Neodorylas.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power all previous fixations of type species for the nominal genus Eudorylas Aczel, 1940 are hereby set aside and Pipunculus fuscipes Zetterstedt, 1844 is designated as the type species.
(2) The following names are hereby placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology:
(a) Eudorylas Aczel, 1940 (gender: masculine), type species by designation in (1) above Pipunculus fuscipes Zetterstedt, 1844;
(b) Microcephalops De Meyer, 1989 (gender: feminine), type species by original designation Pipunculus banksi Aczel, 1940.
(3) The following names are hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology:
(a) fuscipes Zetterstedt, 1844, as published in the binomen Pipunculus fuscipes and as defined by the lectotype (specimen no. 296, type number ZML 2442:1 in the Zetterstedt collection in Lund) designated by Collin (1956) (specific name of the type species of Eudorylas Aczel, 1940);
(b) banksi Aczel, 1940, as published in the binomen Pipunculus banksi (specific name of the type species of Microcephalops De Meyer, 1989).
(4) The name Neodorylas Kuznetzov, 1995 is hereby placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology (a junior objective synonym of Eudorylas Aczel, 1940).

 

OPINION 2001 (Case 3157)

Halictoides dentiventris Nylander, 1848 (currently Dufourea dentiventris; Insecta, Hymenoptera): specific name conserved

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Hymenoptera; APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; Dufourea; Halictoides; Dufourea dejeanii; Dufourea dentiventris; Palaearctic.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power the specific name dejeanii Lepeletier, 1841, as published in the binomen Dufourea dejeanii, is hereby suppressed for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy.
(2) The name Halictoides Nylander, 1848 (gender: masculine), type species by subsequent designation by Cockerell & Porter (1899) Halictoides dentiventris Nylander, 1848, is hereby placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology.
(3) The name dentiventris Nylander, 1848, as published in the binomen Halictoides dentiventris and as defined by the lectotype (female specimen no. 5153 in the Zoological Museum, Helsinki) designated by Ebmer (1976) (specific name of the type species of Halictoides Nylander, 1848), is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.
(4) The name dejeanii Lepeletier, 1841, as published in the binomen Dufourea dejeanii and as suppressed in (1) above, is hereby placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology.

 

OPINION 2002 (Case 3162)

Ceratichthys micropogon Cope, 1865 (currently Nocomis micropogon; Osteichthyes, Cypriniformes): usage of the specific name conserved by the designation of a neotype

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Osteichthyes; Cypriniformes; CYPRINIDAE; Nocomis micropogon; river chub; North America.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power all previous fixations of type specimens for the nominal species Ceratichthys micropogon Cope, 1865 are hereby set aside and specimen no. USNM 166416 in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., is designated as the neotype.
(2) The name micropogon Cope, 1865, as published in the binomen Ceratichthys micropogon and as defined by the neotype designated in (1) above, is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.

 

OPINION 2003 (Case 3163)

Holacanthus ciliaris bermudensis Goode, 1876 (currently Holacanthus bermudensis; Osteichthyes, Perciformes): usage of the subspecific name conserved by the designation of a neotype

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Osteichthyes; Perciformes; POMACANTHIDAE; Holacanthus bermudensis; blue angelfish; Western Atlantic.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power all previous fixations of type specimens for the nominal subspecies Halacanthus ciliaris bermudensis Goode, 1876 are hereby set aside and specimen no. CAS-SU 363 in the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, is designated as the neotype.
(2) The name bermudensis Goode, 1876, as published in the trinomen Holacanthus ciliaris bermudensis and as defined by the neotype designated in (1) above, is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.
(3) The name isabelita Jordan & Rutter, 1898, as published in the binomen Angelichthys isabelita is hereby placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology (a junior objective synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris bermudensis Goode, 1876).

 

OPINION 2004 (Case 3167)

Schistochlamys Reichenbach, 1850 and Neothraupis Hellmayr, 1936 (Aves, Passeriformes): conserved

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Aves; Passeriformes; THRAUPIDAE; EMBERIZIDAE; THRAUPINAE; Schistochlamys; Neothraupis; Schistochlamys capistrata; Schistochlamys ruficapillus capistrata; Neothraupis fasciata; tanagers; South America.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power:
(a) the following names are hereby suppressed:
(i) Diueopis Bonaparte, 1850 for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy;
(ii) Neothraupis Berlepsch, 1879 and all uses of that name prior to the publication of Neothraupis Hellmayr, 1936 for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy;
(b) all previous fixations of type species for the nominal genus Schistochlamys Reichenbach, 1850 prior to that by P.L. Sclater (1886) of Tanagra capistrata Wied, 1821 are hereby set aside.
(2) The following names are hereby placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology:
(a) Schistochlamys Reichenbach, 1850 (gender: feminine), type species by subsequent designation by P.L. Sclater (1886) Tanagra capistrata Wied, 1821, as ruled in (1)(b) above;
(b) Neothraupis Helhnayr, 1936 (gender: feminine), type species by subsequent designation by G.R. Gray (1855) of the replaced nominal genus Diucopis Bonaparte, 1850, Tanagra fasciata Lichtenstein, 1823.
(3) The following names are hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology:
(a) capistrata Wied, 1821, as published in the binomen Tanagra capistratu (specific name of the type species of Schistochlamys Reichenbach, 1850); (b) fasciata Lichtenstein, 1823, as published in the binomen Tanagra fasciata (specific name of the type species of Neothraupis Hellmayr, 1936).
(4) The following names are hereby placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology:
(a) Diucopis Bonaparte, 1850 (suppressed in (1)(a)(i) above);
(b) Neothraupis Berlepsch, 1879 (suppressed in (1)(a)(ii) above and a junior objective synonym of Cyanicterus Bonaparte, 1850);
(c) Callithraupis Berlepsch, 1879 (a junior objective synonym of Cyanicterus Bonaparte, 1850 and of Neothraupis Berlepsch, 1879).

OPINION 2005 (Case 3022)

Catalogue des mammifères du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803): placed on the Official List of Works Approved as Available for Zoological Nomenclature

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Mammalia; Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire; Catalogue des mammifères du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (1803).

Ruling
(1) The work entitled Catalogue des mammiferes du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803) is hereby confirmed as available for nomenclatural purposes.
(2) The above work is hereby placed on the Official List of Works Approved as Available for Zoological Nomenclature.