BZN Volume
63, Part 1, 31 March 2006
New
Applications
The
following new Applications were recorded in the Bulletin
of Zoological Nomenclature (Volume 63, Part
1; 31 March 2006)
Under
Article 82 of the Code, existing usage is to be maintained
until the ruling of the Commission is published.
CASE 3365: Atractus Wagler,
1828 and Atractus trilineatus Wagler, 1828 (Reptilia,
Serpentes): proposed precedence over Brachyura Kuhl,
1820 and Brachyorrhos kuhli Boie in Schlegel,
1826. M.S. Hoogmoed
& J.M. Savage.
CASE 3366: Cisseis Gory & Laporte,
1839 and Curis Gory & Laporte, 1838 (Insecta, Coleoptera):
proposed conservation. C.L. Bellamy.
CASE 3367: Curculio
contractus Marsham, 1802 (Insecta, Coleoptera):
proposed conservation of the specific name. M.G. Morris.
CASE 3368: Eatoniella Dall,
1876 and EATONIELLIDAE Ponder, 1965 (Mollusca, Gastropoda):
proposed conservation. D. Kadolsky.
CASE 3369: Bothynus Hope,
1837 (Insecta, Coleoptera, SCARABAEIDAE): proposed conservation
of usage by designation of Scarabaeus ascanius as
the type species. B.C. Ratcliffe & A.B.T. Smith.
CASE 3370: AKERIDAE,
BITHYNIIDAE and HYDROBIIDAE (Mollusca, Gastropoda):proposed
correction of authorship and date to Férussac,
1822, Gray in Turton, 1857, and Stimpson, 1865 respectively.
D. Kadolsky.
CASE 3371: ARANEIDAE
Clerck, 1758, Araneus Clerck, 1758 and Tegenaria Latreille,
1804 (Arachnida, Araneae): proposed conservation. N.J.
Kluge.
CASE 3372: Brachyplatystoma Bleeker,
1862 (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes): proposed precedence
over Piratinga Bleeker, 1858 and Piramutana Bleeker,
1858. A. Akama & J.G. Lundberg.
CASE 3373: Ateles
geoffroyi (Mammalia, Primates): proposed attribution
of authorship to Kuhl, 1820. C. Groves, J.J.H. Hines & P.D.
Jenkins.