Opinions
with the following titles were published
on 30 September 2003 in Volume 60, Part
3 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
The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road,
London SW7 5BD, U.K. (e-mail: iczn@nhm.ac.uk).
OPINION
2046 (Case
3185)
Criconema Hofmänner & Menzel,
1914 (Nematoda): Eubostrichus guernei Certes,
1899 designated as the type species
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that current usage of the
generic names Criconema Hofmänner & Menzel,
1914 and Criconemoides Taylor, 1936 is maintained
by the designation of Eubostrichus guernei Certes,
1889 as the type species of the free-living soil
nematode genus Criconema.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Nematoda; Tylenchida; CRICONEMATIDAE
; Criconema; Criconemoides; Criconema
guernei; Criconemoides morgense .
OPINION
2047 (Case 2652)
CHORISTIDAE
Verrill, 1882 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): spelling
emended to choristeidae, so removing the homonymy
with CHORISTIIDAE Esben-Petersen, 1915 (Insecta,
Mecoptera)
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the homonymy between
two family- group names: CHORISTIDAE Verrill, 1882
(Gastropoda) and CHORISTIDAE Esben- Petersen, 1915
(Mecoptera) is eliminated by emending the spelling
of Verrill's name to CHORISTIIDAE. Verrill's family-group
name is based on the generic name Choristes Carpenter
in Dawson, 1872. Esben-Petersen's family-group
name is based on the widely-used name of the Australian
scorpion-fly genus Chorista Klug, 1836.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Gastropoda; Mecoptera; CHORISTIIDAE ;
CHORISTIDAE; Choristes; Chorista;
scorpion-fly; Australia.
OPINION
2048 (Case
3212)
Thalassema
taenioides Ikeda, 1904 (currently Ikeda
taenioides; Echiura): specific name conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the specific name of Ikeda
taenioides (Ikeda, 1904) for a species of echiuran
from the coasts of Japan is conserved by the suppression
of Thalassema halotaeniai Ikeda, 1901 and T.
taeniaides Ikeda, 1902, two earlier names that
have remained unused since publication.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Echiura; Heteromyota; IKEDINAE; Ikeda; Ikeda
taenioides; Japan.
OPINION
2049 (Case
3174)
Pardosa C.L.
Koch, 1847 and Alopecosa Simon, 1885 (Arachnida,
Araneae): usage conserved by the designation
of Lycosa alacris C.L. Koch, 1833 as the
type species of Pardosa
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that Lycosa alacris C.L.
Koch, 1833, as subsequently designated by Charitonov
(1932), is fixed as the type species of the wolf
spider genus Pardosa C.L. Koch, 1847. The
unidentifiable name Aranea chelata O.F.
Müller, 1764, at one time considered to be
the oldest synonym of P. alacris and P.
lugubris, is suppressed.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Araneae; LYCOSIDAE; Pardosa ; Alopecosa ; Pardosa
alacris; Pardosa lugubris; Alopecosa
striatipes; Aranea chelata ; wolf spiders.
OPINION
2050 (Case
3189)
Ammotrecha Banks,
1900 and Ammotrechula Roewer, 1934 (Arachnida,
Solifugae): usage conserved by the designation
of Galeodes limbata Lucas, 1835 as the
type species of Ammotrecha; and Eremobates Banks,
1900 and Eremorhax Roewer, 1934: usage
conserved by the designation of Galeodes pallipes Say,
1823 as the type species of Eremobates
Abstract. The
Commission has conserved the accustomed usage of
(1) the generic names Ammotrecha Banks,
1900 and Ammotrechula Roewer, 1934 for two
genera of camel spiders or sun spiders from Central
America and Mexico (Arachnida, Solifugae) by designation
of Galeodes limbata Lucas, 1835 as the type
species of Ammotrecha , and (2) the generic
names Eremobates Banks, 1900 and Eremorhax Roewer,
1934 for two genera of solifuges from the southern
United States and Mexico by the designation of Galeodes
pallipes Say, 1823 as the type species of Eremobates.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Arachnida; Solifugae; Solpugida; AMMOTRECHIDAE;
EREMOBATODAE; Ammotrecha ; Ammotrechula; Eremobates; Eremorhax; Ammotrecha
limbata; Ammotrechula saltatrix; Eremobates
pallipes; Eremorhax formidabilis; solifuges;
solpugids; camel spiders; sun spiders; Central
America; North America; Mexico.
OPINION
2051 (Case
3179)
Halacarus Gosse,
1855, H. ctenopus Gosse, 1855 and Thalassarachna Packard,
1871 (Arachnida, Acari): usage of the names conserved
by the designation of a neotype for H. ctenopus
Abstract. The
Commission has designated a neotype for the marine
mite Halacarus ctenopus Gosse, 1855 in the
taxonomic sense of Lohmann (1893) in order to conserve
usage of the names Halacarus, H. ctenopus and Thalassarachna.
The interpretation of the genus Halacarus and
of H. ctenopus has been based on Lohmann
(1893). The taxon described by Gosse is now placed
in Thalassarachna Packard, 1871 under the
name T. basteri (Johnston, 1836).
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Acari; HALACARIDAE; Halacarus; Thalass-
arachna; Halacarus ctenopus; Thalassarachna
basteri; marine mites.
OPINION
2052 (Case
3183)
Pagurus
clypeatus Fabricius, 1787 (currently Coenobita
clypeatus; Crustacea, Decapoda): usage
conserved by designation of a neotype
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the accustomed usage
of the name of the common West Indian land hermit
crab Coenobita clypeatus (Fabricius, 1787),
the type species of Coenobita Latreille,
1829, is conserved by the replacement of the two
existing East Indies syntypes of Pagurus clypeatus Fabricius,
1787 with a West Indies neotype. The names C. rugosus and C. violascens are
also conserved.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Crustacea; Decapoda; COENOBITIDAE; Coenobita; Coenobita
clypeatus ; C. rugosus; C . violascens;
hermit crabs; West Indies.
OPINION
2053 (Case
3207)
STAPHYLINIDAE
Latreille, 1804 (Insecta, Coleoptera): 65 specific
names conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that 65 specific names that
have been in use for many years for rove beetles
(family STAPHYLINIDAE), now placed in several different
genera but which were junior primary homonyms when
published, are conserved. None of the species denoted
by the homonyms has been considered congeneric
since 1899. Ninety nine specific names are placed
on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; STAPHYLINIDAE; rove beetles.
OPINION
2054 (Case
3201)
Scarabaeus
punctatus Villers, 1789 (currently Pentodon
bidens punctatus; Insecta, Coleoptera):
specific name conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the specific name of Scarabaeus
punctatus Villers, 1789 (family SCARABAEIDAE,
subfamily DYNASTINAE), which is a junior primary
homonym of S. punctatus Linnaeus, 1758 (family
SCARABAEIDAE , subfamily RUTELINAE), is conserved.
Despite the homonymy both specific names have been
used since publication and are currently in use;
they have never been treated as congeneric and
neither has been included in the original genus
since 1798. The name Pentodon bidens punctatus (Villers)
refers to and is currently used for a common Palaearctic
rhinoceros beetle; S. punctatus Linnaeus,
1758, currently Pelidnota punctata (Linnaeus),
refers to and is used for a common eastern North
American chafer.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; SCARABAEIDAE; DYNASTINAE;
RUTELINAE; Pentodon bidens punctatus; Pelidnota
punctata; rhinoceros beetles; chafers; Mediterranean;
eastern North America.
OPINION
2055 (Case
3176)
Ptinus
tectus Boieldieu, 1856 (Insecta, Coleoptera):
usage of the specific name conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the specific name Ptinus
tectus Boieldieu, 1856 for a well-known spider
beetle (family ANOBIIDAE, subfamily PTININAE) of
significant economic importance is to be treated
as the specific name of a then new nominal species.
Boieldieu proposed the name P. tectus as
a replacement name for the junior primary homonym Ptinus
pilosus White, 1846 (a dorcatomine anobiid
from New Zealand) with which he had misidentified
his new taxon.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; ANOBIIDAE; PTININAE; DORCATOMINAE
; Ptinus tectus; spider beetles.
OPINION
2056 (Case
3186)
Squalus
edwardsii (currently Haploblepharus
edwardsii; Chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes):
attributed to Schinz, 1822 and edwardsii conserved
as the correct original spelling of the specific
name
Abstract. The
specific name of the puffadder shyshark Haploblepharus
edwardsii is attributed to Schinz (1822) and edwardsii is
conserved as the correct original spelling in place
of edwartsii .
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Chondrichthyes; SCYLIORHINIDAE; Haploblepharus; Haploblepharus
edwardsii; puffadder shyshark.
OPINION
2057 (Case
3028)
Aphanius Nardo,
1827 (Osteichthyes, Cyprinodontiformes): conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the name Aphanius Nardo,
1827 for a genus of Palaearctic fishes (family
CYPRINODONTIDAE) is conserved by the suppression
of the name Lebias Goldfuss, 1820 which,
with a single exception in 1895, had remained unused
since 1846 until resurrected by Lazara in 1995.
Few authors have followed Lazara in his use of Lebias which
does not refer to the same taxon as Aphanius.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; CYPRYNODONTIDAE; Aphanius; Cyprinodon; Lebias; Aphanius
fasciatus; Cyprinodon variegatus; tooth
carps; freshwater; brackish water; Palaearctic.
OPINION
2058 (Case
2661)
MACROPODINAE
Hoedeman, 1948 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes): spelling
emended to MACROPODUSINAE so removing the homonymy
with MACROPODINAE Gray, 1821 (Mammalia, Marsupialia)
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the homonymy between
MACROPODINAE (Osteichthyes, Perciformes, ANABANTIDAE)
and MACROPODIDAE Gray, 1821 (Mammalia, Marsupialia)
is removed by emending the fish name to MACROPODUSINAE
by using the whole name of the type genus Macropodus Lacepède,
1801 as the grammatical stem in accordance with
Recommendation 29A of the Code. The mammalian name
(based on Macropus Shaw & Nodder, 1790)
remains 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; ANABANTIDAE; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPODUSINAE; Macropus; Macro-
podus; kangaroos; wallabies; anabantoid fishes;
labyrinth fishes; Australia; Tasmania; New Guinea;
Southeast Asia.
OPINION
2059 (Case 275)
Camelus Linnaeus,
1758 (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus,
1758 designated as the type species
Abstract. The
Commission has designated Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus,
1758 as the type species of the camel genus Camelus Linnaeus,
1758, to accord with modern usage. A 1904 designation
of C. dromedarius Linnaeus, 1758 had never
been adopted.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Artiodactyla; CAMELIDAE; Camelus; Camelus
bactrianus; Bactrian camel.
