OPINION 2233 (Case 3417)
Malmgrenia McIntosh, 1874 (Annelida, Polychaeta, POLYNOIDAE): usage conserved
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that the usage of the generic name Malmgrenia McIntosh, 1874 (a polynoid worm genus from the northern North Atlantic) is conserved by designation of Malmgrenia andreapolis McIntosh, 1874 as the type species of this genus.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Polychaeta; POLYNOIDAE; Malmgrenia; Malmgrenia whiteavesii; Malmgrenia andreapolis; scale worm; northern North Atlantic.
OPINION 2234 (Case 3416)
Murex rostratus Olivi, 1792 (currently Fusinus rostratus; Mollusca, Gastropoda): specific name conserved
Abstract. The Commission has conserved the specific name Murex rostratus Olivi, 1792 (currently Fusinus rostratus) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, FASCIOLARIIDAE) by ruling that it is not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of Murex rostratus Solander in Brander, 1766 (currently Turricula rostrata). The senior homonym is currently included in TURRIDAE and has not been considered congeneric with Murex rostratus Olivi, 1792 after 1899.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Mollusca; Gastropoda; FASCIOLARIIDAE; TURRIDAE; Fusinus rostratus; Turricula rostrata; gastropods; Mediterranean.
OPINION 2235 (Case 3434)
Scleropauropus Silvestri, 1902 (Myriapoda, Pauropoda): usage conserved
Abstract. The Commission has conserved the usage of the name Scleropauropus Silvestri, 1902 for a group of pauropods (Myriapoda, Pauropoda) while also conserving as its type species the nominal species S. hastifer Silvestri, 1902, by replacing with an identical neotype the unsuitable holotypes of both S. hastifer Silvestri, 1902 (type species by monotypy) and S. lyrifer Remy, 1936 (consistently, but erroneously treated as the type species of Scleropauropus since Remy (1957)).
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Myriapoda; Pauropoda; Scleropauropus; Scleropauropus hastifer; Scleropauropus lyrifer; pauropods; Europe.
OPINION 2236 (Case 3424)
PSEUDOCOCCINI Cockerell, 1905 (Insecta, Hemiptera): precedence given over SPHAEROCOCCINI Cockerell, 1899
Abstract. The Commission has conserved the usage of the family-group name PSEUDOCOCCINI Cockerell, 1905 (type genus Pseudococcus Westwood, 1840) for the mealybugs, a speciose group including many pests of agriculture, by giving it precedence over the senior family-group name SPHAEROCOCCINI Cockerell, 1899 (type genus Sphaerococcus Maskell, 1892).
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Hemiptera; COCCOIDEA; PSEUDOCOCCINI; SPHAEROCOCCINI; Pseudococcus; Sphaerococcus; mealybugs.
OPINION 2237 (Case 3422)
Helops Fabricius, 1775 (Insecta, Coleoptera, TENEBRIONIDAE): usage conserved by designation of Tenebrio caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758 as the type species
Abstract. The Commission has conserved the current usage of the widely used name Helops Fabricius, 1775 (tenebrionid beetle from the Western Palaearctic, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions) by designation of Tenebrio caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758 as the type species. All type fixations for the nominal genus Helops Fabricius, 1775 before that of Tenebrio caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758 by Hope (1840) have been set aside.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera; TENEBRIONIDAE; HELOPINI; HELOPINA; CYLINDRINOTINA; Helops; Helops lanipes; Tenebrio caeruleus; darkling beetles; Western Palaearctic; Nearctic and Neotropical Regions.
OPINION 2238 (Case 3419)
CORYSTIDAE Foster & Philip, 1978 (Echinodermata, Echinoidea): spelling emended to CORYSTUSIDAE to remove homonymy with CORYSTIDAE Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Brachyura)
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that the homonymy between the family-group names CORYSTIDAE Foster & Philip, 1978 (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) and CORYSTIDAE Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Brachyura) be removed by adopting Corystus- as the stem of the name of the type genus Corystus Pomel, 1883, giving the corresponding echinoderm family-group name CORYSTUSIDAE.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; CORYSTIDAE; CORYSTUSIDAE; Corystus; Corystes cassivelaunus; Corystus dysasteroides; Tertiary fossils; masked carb; Europe; Australia; New Zealand.
OPINION 2239 (Case 3383)
Gobius lagocephalus Pallas, 1770 (currently Sicyopterus lagocephalus; Osteichthyes, Teleostei, GOBIIDAE): specific name not suppressed
Abstract. The Commission did not approve a proposal to suppress the name Gobius lagocephalus Pallas, 1770 (currently Sicyopterus lagocephalus), commonly used for a species of sicydiine goby.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Teleostei; GOBIIDAE; SICYDIINAE; Gobius; Sicyopterus lagocephalus; western Atlantic; Indo-West Pacific; goby.
OPINION 2240 (Case 3418)
Specific names of nine Australian birds (Aves) conserved
Abstract. The Commission has conserved the usage of nine specific names of common Australian birds. The names were chosen as senior by First Revisers, but were later replaced almost a hundred years ago by simultaneously published names on grounds of page precedence. They have now been stabilised.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Anthochaera chrysoptera; Geopelia placida; Geopelia tranquilla; Gerygone olivacea; Grallina cyanoleuca; Leucosarcia melanoleuca; Lichenostomus melanops; Manorina melanocephala; Oriolus sagittatus; Psophodes olivaceus; little wattlebird; peaceful dove; white-throated gerygone; magpielark; wonga pigeon; yellow-tufted honeyeater; noisy miner; olive-backed oriole; eastern whipbird; Australia.
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