Abstracts
of Cases
Abstracts
of the Applications published
on 17 December 2004 in Volume
61, 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
3291 (see Opinion
2149)
DROMIIDAE
Bonelli, 1810 (Insecta, Coleoptera,
Caraboidea): proposed amendment
of spelling to DROMIUSIDAE to remove
homonymy with DROMIIDAE De Haan,
1833 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura,
Dromiacea)
Thierry
Deuve
Muséum national d’Histoire
naturelle, Département
‘Systématique et Évolution’ (USM
601), 45 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France (e-mail:
deuve@mnhn.fr)
Danièle
Guinot
Muséum national d’Histoire
naturelle, Département
‘Milieux et peuplements aquatiques’ (USM
403), 61 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France (e-mail:
guinot@mnhn.fr)
Jean-Marie
Bouchard
Septième Continent, 11 rue Caulaincourt,
75018 Paris, France (e-mail: bouchard@mnhn.fr)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under
Articles 29 and 55 of the Code, is
to remove the homonymy between the
beetle family name DROMIIDAE Bonelli,
1810 (type genus Dromius Bonelli,
1810) and the decapod family name
DROMIIDAE De Haan, 1833 (type genus Dromia Weber,
1795). It is proposed that the entire
generic name of Dromius should
be adopted as the stem, so that the
correct spelling of the beetle family
name will be DROMIUSIDAE Bonelli,
1810.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Insecta; Coleoptera; Crustacea;
Brachyura; Caraboidea; Podotremata;
HARPALIDAE; LEBIINAE; DROMIINA; DROMIACEA;
DROMIIDAE; DROMIUSIDAE; Dromius; Dromia.
Case
3317 (see Opinion
2150)
Scarabaeus
arenarius Olivier, 1789
(currently Aphodius arenarius)
and Scarabaeus fasciatus Olivier,
1789 (currently Aphodius
fasciatus) (Insecta, Coleoptera):
proposed conservation of the
specific names
Frank-Thorsten
Krell
Department of Entomology, The Natural
History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7
5BD, U.K. (e-mail: f.krell@nhm.ac.uk)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under
Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to
conserve the specific names of the
scarab beetles Scarabaeus fasciatus Olivier,
1789 (currently Aphodius fasciatus)
and S. arenarius Olivier,
1789 (currently Aphodius arenarius).
These names are junior primary homonyms
of S. fasciatus Linnaeus,
1758 (currently Trichius fasciatus)
and S. arenarius Fabricius,
1787 (currently Aegialia arenaria)
respectively. Despite their homonymy
the two specific names have been
used since publication and are currently
in use. S. fasciatus Linnaeus
and S. fasciatus Olivier
have never been considered congeneric,
and S. arenarius Fabricius
and S. arenarius Olivier
have not been considered congeneric
since 1807. Trichius fasciatus (Linnaeus)
is a common and well-known pollinophagous
Palaearctic species of the subfamily
TRICHIINAE. Aegialia arenaria (Fabricius)
(subfamily AEGIALIINAE or subfamily
APHODIINAE, tribe AEGIALIINI) is
a localized European psammobiontic
scarab beetle. Aphodius (Planolinus) fasciatus (Olivier)
and Aphodius (Plagiogonus) arenarius (Olivier)
are well-known European dung beetle
species (subfamily APHODIINAE, tribe
APHODIINI). It is also proposed that
the name Scarabaeus putridus Geoffroy
in Fourcroy, 1785 should be suppressed.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; SCARABAEIDAE;
APHODIINAE; AEGIALIINAE; TRICHIINAE; Aphodius
arenarius; Aphodius fasciatus; Aegialia; Trichius;
dung beetles.
Case
3259 (see Opinion2153)
Eristalis Latreille,
1804 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed
confirmation that the gender
is feminine; Musca nemorum Linnaeus,
1758, M. arbustorum Linnaeus,
1758 and M. horticola De
Geer, 1776 (currently Eristalis
nemorum, E. arbustorum and E.
horticola): proposed conservation
of usage of the specific names
by designation of neotypes
Peter
J. Chandler
606B Berryfield Lane, Melksham, Wiltshire
SN12 6EL, U.K. (e-mail: chandgnats@aol.com)
Andrew
Wakeham-Dawson
Mill Laine Farm, Offham, Lewes, East
Sussex BN7 3QB, U.K.
Angus
McCullough
108 Addison Gardens, London W14 0DS,
U.K.
Abstract. The
purpose of the application, in accordance
with Articles 79.5 and 75.6 of the
Code, is twofold. First, it seeks
to confirm that the gender of the
generic name Eristalis Latreille,
1804 is feminine. Secondly, it seeks
to maintain long established usage
of two specific names in this genus: Eristalis
nemorum (Linnaeus, 1758) and Eristalis
horticola (De Geer, 1776) by
designating neotypes for E. arbustorum (Linnaeus,
1758), E. nemorum and E.
horticola.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Diptera; SYRPHIDAE; Eristalis; Eristalis
arbustorum; Eristalis interrupta; Eristalis
nemorum; Eristalis horticola; Eristalis
lineata; bee-mimic hoverflies.
Case
3290 (see Opinion
2154)
Platystrophia King,
1850 (Brachiopoda, Orthida): proposed
conservation of usage by designation
of Porambonites costata Pander,
1830 (currently Platystrophia
costata) as the type species
of Platystrophia
M.A.
Zuykov
Department of Palaeontology, St. Petersburg
State University, 29, 16 Liniya, 199178
St. Petersburg, Russia (e-mail: zuykov@riand.spb.su)
D.A.T.
Harper
Geological Museum, Øster Voldgade
5-7, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark (e-mail:
dharper@savik.geomus.ku.dk)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, in relation
to Article 75.5 of the Code, is to
conserve the prevailing usage of Platystrophia King,
1850 for a genus of fossil brachiopods
of Ordovician - Silurian age. The
description of the type species Terebratulites
biforatus Schlotheim, 1820 is
not diagnostic and no original figures
were published. Confusion and uncertainty
surround the specific name of the
type species because of the conflicting
interpretation of the genus and absence
of the holotype. It is therefore
proposed that the Commission designate Porambonites
costata Pander, 1830 as the
type species of Platystrophia.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Brachiopoda; Orthida; Platystrophia; Platystrophia
costata; fossil brachiopods;
Ordovician; Silurian.
Case
3235 (see Opinion
2155)
Sclerocrinus Jaekel,
1891 (Crinoidea, Cyrtocrinida):
proposed precedence over Gammarocrinites Quenstedt,
1857
H.
Hess
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Postfach,
4001 Basel, Switzerland (e-mail: hans.hess@bluewin.ch)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under
Articles 23.9.3 and 81.2.3 of the
Code, is to conserve the generic
name Sclerocrinus Jaekel,
1891 for a group of fossil (Upper
Jurassic (Oxfordian)-Lower Cretaceous
(Valanginian)) crinoids by giving
it precedence over the name Gammarocrinites Quenstedt,
1857 whenever the two are considered
to be synonyms. The two names have
been used indiscriminately for the
same taxon.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; SCLEROCRINIDAE; Sclerocrinus; Gammarocrinites; Gammarocrinites
compressus; Sclerocrinus
strambergensis; fossil crinoids;
Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous;
Europe.
