BZN Volume
66, Part 1, 31 March 2009
New
Applications
The
following new Applications were recorded in the Bulletin
of Zoological Nomenclature (Volume 66, Part 1; 31 March 2009)
Under
Article 82 of the Code, existing usage is to be maintained
until the ruling of the Commission is published.
CASE 3483: Villanyia exilis Kretzoi, 1956 (Mammalia, Rodentia, ARVICOLIDAE): Request to set aside taxonomic acts subsequent to the original description until the lectotype designation of Terzea (1991) in order to conserve prevailing usage. D.F. Mayhew.
CASE 3484: NOMIIDAE Gozis, 1875 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed emendation of spelling to NOMIUSIDAE to remove homonymy with NOMIINAE Robertson, 1904 (Insecta, Hymenoptera). M.S. Engel & P. Bouchard.
CASE 3485: Lychnorhiza lucerna Haeckel, 1880 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae): proposed conservation of generic and specific names. A.C. Morandini.
CASE 3486: Betta anabatoides Bleeker, 1851 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes): proposed designation of a neotype. T.H. Hui & P.K.L. Ng.
CASE 3487: Megalosaurus crenatissimus Depéret, 1896 (currently Majungasaurus crenatissimus; Dinosauria, Theropoda): proposed replacement of the holotype by a neotype. M.T. Carrano, D.W. Krause, P.M. O’Connor & S.D. Sampson.
CASE 3488: Papilio danae Fabricius, 1775 (currently Colotis danae; Insecta, Lepidoptera, PIERIDAE): proposed conservation of prevailing usage by the suppression of Papilio danae Hufnagel, 1766. T.B. Larsen & R.I. Vane-Wright.
