Opinions
with the following titles were
published on 20 December 2006
in Volume 63, Part 4 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
2161 (Case
3321)
Bythinella Moquin-Tandon,
1856 (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia, RISSOOIDEA):
usage conserved by the designation
of Bulimus viridis Poiret,
1801 as the type species
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the usage
of the generic name Bythinella Moquin-Tandon,
1856 is conserved by designating Bulimus
viridis Poiret, 1801 as the type
species.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Gastropoda; Prosobranchia;
RISSOOIDEA; Bythinella; Bythinella
viridis; Leachia; Europe.
OPINION
2162 (Case
3314)
Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum,
1840 and Trichiotinus Casey,
1915 (Insecta, Coleoptera, SCARABAEIDAE):
conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the names
of two well-established genera of cetoniine
scarab beetles, Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum,
1840 and Trichiotinus Casey,
1915, are conserved by suppression
of two senior synonyms, Tetrophthalmus Kirby,
1827 and Trichinus Kirby,
1827.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; SCARABAEIDAE; Stegopterus; Trichiotinus; Stegopterus
suturalis; Trichiotinus piger;
scarab beetles; North America; South
Africa.
OPINION
2163 (Case
3329)
Mycetoporus
forticornis Fauvel, 1875 (Insecta,
Coleoptera): specific name given
precedence over Mycetoporus aequalis Thomson,
1868
Abstract. The
specific name Mycetoporus forticornis Fauvel,
1875 is conserved for a widespread
Palaearctic species of rove beetle
(STAPHYLINIDAE). The name was threatened
by the recently discovered senior synonym Mycetoporus
aequalis Thomson, 1868, which
was in current use for another species
of the same genus. A change in the
application of the name from one widespread
species to another would have caused
considerable confusion, and the name Mycetoporus
forticornis is given precedence
over Mycetoporus aequalis.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; STAPHYLINIDAE;
TACHYPORINAE; Mycetoporus; Mycetoporus
forticornis; Mycetoporus aequalis;
rove beetles; Palaearctic.
OPINION
2164 (Case
3328)
Didelphis Linnaeus,
1758 (Mammalia, DIDELPHIDAE): gender
corrected to feminine, and Cryptotis Pomel,
1848 (Mammalia, SORICIDAE): gender
fixed as masculine
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the entry
on the Official List of Generic Names
in Zoology for the nominal genus Didelphis Linnaeus,
1758 is amended from masculine to feminine,
as originally used by Linnaeus, and
that the gender of the nominal genus Cryptotis Pomel,
1848 is fixed as masculine.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Soricomorpha; DIDELPHIDAE;
SORICIDAE; Didelphis; Cryptotis;
mammals.
OPINION
2165 (Case
3327)
Amyot, Méthode
mononymique (1845–1847):
correction to Opinion 686
Abstract. The
Commission has amended the ruling given
in Opinion 686 to eliminate confusion
caused by the omission of part of the
work by C.J.B. Amyot, 1845–1847.
The work in question, Entomologie Française.
Rhynchotes, Méthode mononymique,
was published in Annales de la
Société Entomologique
de France and reprinted as a book
(Amyot, 1848). The relevant entry on
the Official Index of Rejected and
Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature
has been corrected.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; C.J.B. Amyot, Méthode
Mononymique;
Hemiptera.
