BZN Volume
60, Part 4, 18 December 2003
Abstracts
of Cases
Abstracts
of the Applications published on 18 December 2003 in
Volume 60, Part 4 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
3268 (see Opinion
2106)
Conidophrys Chatton & Lwoff,
1934 (Ciliophora, Pilisuctorida): proposed conservation
I.V.
Dovgal
Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Khmelnitsky
Street 15, 01601 Kiev, Ukraine (e-mail: dovgal@dovgal.kiev.ua)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, in relation to Article 23.9.3
of the Code, is the conservation of the widely used name Conidophrys Chatton & Lwoff,
1934 for a genus of pilisuctorid ciliates (family CONIDOPHRYIDAE
Kirby, 1941) parasitic on marine crustaceans. The older name Mycodinium Averinzeff,
1916 is a probable subjective synonym, but it has never been
used and its suppression is proposed.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Ciliophora;
Pilisuctorida; CONIDOPHRYIDAE; Conidophrys; Mycodinium; Conidophrys
pilisuctor; parasitic ciliates.
Case
3281 (see Comments & Opinion
2109)
Nahecaris Jaekel,
1921 (Malacostraca, Phyllocarida, Archaeostraca): proposed
precedence over Dilophaspis Traquair in Walther,
1903
Derek
E.G. Briggs
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University,
P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, U.S.A. (e-mail: derek.briggs@yale.edu)
Christoph
Bartels
Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Am Bergbaumuseum 28,
D-44791 Bochum, Germany (e-mail: christoph.bartels@bergbaumuseum.de)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 81.2.3
of the Code, is to conserve the generic name Nahecaris Jaekel,
1921 for a group of Lower Devonian phyllocarid crustaceans
(order Archaeostraca) by giving it precedence over the older
name Dilophaspis Traquair in Walther, 1903 whenever
the two names are considered to be synonyms.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Phyllocarida;
Archaeostraca; Nahecaris; Dilophaspis; Nahecaris
stuertzi; Dilophaspis lata; Hunsrück
Slate; Lower Devonian; Germany.
Case
3253 (see Comments & Opinion
2110)
Libellula
aenea Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Cordulia aenea)
and L. flavomaculata Vander Linden, 1825 (currently Somatochlora
flavomaculata; Insecta, Odonata): proposed conservation
of usage of the specific names by the replacement of
the lectotype of L. aenea with a newly designated
lectotype
Reinhard
Jödicke
Am Liebfrauenbusch 3, D-26655 Westerstede, Germany (e-mail:
r.joedicke@t-online.de)
Jan
van Tol
National Museum of Natural History Naturalis,
P.O. Box 9517, NL-2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands (e-mail:
tol@nnm.nl)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to conserve, under Article
74.1 of the Code, the current usage of the names of two dragonfly
species. In 1758, Linnaeus established the name Libellula
aenea for three specimens. These have subsequently been
recognized as belonging to two species: L. aenea and L.
flavomaculata Vander Linden, 1825. In 1956, Fraser designated
one of Linnaeus's specimens as the lectotype of L. aenea.
However, the specimen he designated was the one used by Vander
Linden to denote his species L. flavomaculata. Fraser's
action made L. aenea a senior objective synonym of L.
flavomaculata. It is proposed that one of Linnaeus's
specimens other than the one selected by Fraser be designated
as the lectotype of L. aenea, thus conserving prevailing
usage of both names.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Insecta;
Odonata; CORDULIIDAE; Cordulia aenea; Somatochlora
flavomaculata; dragonflies.
Case
3093 (see Comments BZN
61:3, 61:4 & Opinion
2111)
NEMONYCHIDAE
Bedel, November 1882 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence
over CIMBERIDIDAE Gozis, March 1882, and Cimberis Gozis,
1881: proposed conservation of usage
Christopher
H.C. Lyal
Department of Entomology, The Natural History
Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. (e-mail:
chcl@nhm.ac.uk)
M.A.
Alonso-Zarazaga
Depto. de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva,
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), José Gutiérrez
Abascal 2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain (e-mail: zarazaga@mncn.csic.es)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the
Code, is to conserve the usage of the weevil (CURCULIONOIDEA)
family name NEMONYCHIDAE Bedel, 1882 (November) by giving
it precedence over the senior name CIMBERIDIDAE Gozis, 1882
(March). In addition, it is proposed that current usage of
the generic name Cimberis Gozis, 1881 is conserved
by validating Kuschel's (1959) designation of Rhinomacer
attelaboides Fabricius, 1787 as its type species.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; CURCULIONIDAE; NEMONYCHIDAE; CIMBERIDIDAE; Cimberis; Nemonyx; Rhinomacer
attelaboides; Rhinomacer lepturoides.
Case
3272 (see Opinion
2115)
Microsaurus Dejean,
1833 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation of usage
by designation of Staphylinus ochripennis Ménétriés,
1832 as the type species
Ales
Smetana
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental
Farm, K.W. Neatby Bldg., Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada (e-mail:
smetanaa@agr.gc.ca)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, in relation to Article 70 of
the Code, is to conserve the widespread usage of the generic
name Microsaurus Dejean, 1833 for a group of rove
beetles (family STAPHYLINIDAE) by designating Staphylinus
ochripennis Ménétriés, 1832 as the
type species of Microsaurus in place of Staphylinus
lateralis Gravenhorst, 1802. Members of the genus Microsaurus are
north temperate in distribution, with the majority of species
occurring in the Palaearctic Region. The conservation of
the long-standing usage of Microsaurus is required
for the upcoming publication of the second volume of The
Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Quedius fissus, Q.
latinus, Q. lateralis, Q. scheerpeltzi (with
synonym Q. cyprinus) and Q. suramensis (with
synonym Q. grouziacus) are transferred from Microsaurus to Raphirus Stephens,
1829.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera;
STAPHYLINIDAE; Microsaurus; Microsaurus ochripennis;
rove beetles; Holarctic; Palaearctic.
Case
3274 (see Opinion
2127)
Hydroporus
foveolatus Heer, 1839 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed
precedence of the specific name over Hydroporus nivalis Heer,
1839
Helena
V. Shaverdo
Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences
of Belarus, Academicheska 27, 220072 Minsk, Belarus (e-mail:
shaverdo@mail.ru)
Manfred
A. Jäch
Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, 1014 Wien,
Austria (e-mail: manfred.jaech@nhm-wien.ac.at)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 81.2.3
of the Code, is to conserve the specific name of Hydroporus
foveolatus Heer, 1839 for a species of diving beetle
(family DYTISCIDAE) from the mountains of central and western
Europe, by giving it precedence over the senior synonym Hydroporus
nivalis Heer, 1839. The two names had long been treated
as synonyms until they were reconsidered to represent distinct
species. For more than 100 years the name H. foveolatus has
been used for the species described as H. nivalis.
However, recent examination of their type specimens has confirmed
that they are synonyms.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera;
DYTISCIDAE; Hydroporus; Hydroporus foveolatus; Hydroporus
nivalis; Alps; Europe.
Thinobius
crinifer Smetana, 1959 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed
conservation of the specific name
Michael
Schülke
Rue Ambroise Paré 11, D-13405 Berlin, Germany (e-mail:
mschuelke.berlin@t-online.de)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to conserve, in relation to
Article 23.9.3 of the Code, the specific name Thinobius
crinifer Smetana, 1959 for a widespread Palaearctic species
of rove beetle (family STAPHYLINIDAE). The name is threatened
by the recently discovered synonymy with the largely unused
senior name Thinobius wenckeri Fauvel, 1863 and three
senior names whose description is based on specimens from
North America, where the species was apparently introduced.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera;
STAPHYLINIDAE; Thinobius; Thinobius crinifer;
rove beetles; Holarctic.
Case
3271 (see Comments & Opinion
2131)
Nematois australis Heydenreich,
1851 (currently Adela australis; Insecta, Lepidoptera):
proposed precedence over Tinea aldrovandella Villers,
1789
Mikhail
V. Kozlov
Section of Ecology, University of Turku, 20014
Turku, Finland (e-mail: mikoz@utu.fi)
Erik
J. van Nieukerken
National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis,
PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands (e-mail:
Nieukerken@naturalis.nnm.nl)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 81.2.3
of the Code, is to conserve the widely used specific name Adela australis (Heydenreich,
1851) for a common south European fairy moth (family ADELIDAE)
by giving it precedence over the questionable senior synonym Tinea
aldrovandella Villers, 1789. T. aldrovandella was
not used after publication until 1980 when it was mentioned
as a possible synonym of A. australis. Since 1980,
some, but not all, authors have accepted this synonymy.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; ADELIDAE; Adela
australis; Tinea aldrovandella.
Case
3270 (see Opinion
2132)
ISOMETRINAE
Clark, 1917 (Echinodermata, Crinoidea): proposed emendation
of spelling to ISOMETRAINAE to remove homonymy with ISOMETRINAE
Kraepelin, 1891 (Arachnida, Scorpiones)
Victor
Fet
Department of Biological Sciences, Marshall University,
Huntington, West Virginia 25755, U.S.A. (e-mail:
fet@marshall.edu)
Charles
Messing
Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University,
Dania Beach, Florida 33004, U.S.A. (e-mail:
messingc@nova.edu)
Abstract.
The purpose of this application, under Articles 55 and 29
of the Code, is to remove the homonymy between the crinoid
subfamily name ISOMETRINAE Clark, 1917 (type genus Isometra Clark,
1908; family ANTEDONIDAE) and the scorpion subfamily name
ISOMETRINAE Kraepelin, 1891 (type genus Isometrus Ehrenberg
in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828; family BUTHIDAE). It is
proposed that the entire generic name of Isometra should
be adopted as the stem, so that the correct spelling of the
crinoid subfamily will become ISOMETRAINAE Clark, 1917.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Crinoidea;
Scorpiones; ANTEDONIDAE; BUTHIDAE; ISOMETRAINAE;
ISOMETRINAE; Isometra; Isometrus; crinoids;
scorpions.
