OPINION 2224 (Case 3371)
ARANEIDAE Clerck, 1758, Araneus Clerck, 1758 and Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 (Arachnida, Araneae): proposed conservation
Abstract. The Commission has confirmed the status of the family-group name ARANEIDAE (originally Aranei) with the authorship Clerck, 1758 for a family of spiders, designated Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1758 as the type species for the generic name Araneus Clerck, 1758, and conserved the generic name Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 by suppression of its senior objective synonym Aranea Linnaeus, 1758.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; ARANEIDAE; Araneus; Aranea; Tegenaria; Araneus angulatus; spiders.
OPINION 2225 (Case 3412)
Reticulitermes Holmgren, 1913 (Insecta, Isoptera) given precedence over Maresa Giebel, 1856
Abstract. The generic name Reticulitermes Holmgren, 1913, for an economically important and universally known group of subterranean termites responsible for most economic damage in the Northern Hemisphere, was conserved by being given precedence over Maresa Giebel, 1856.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Isoptera; Reticulitermes; Maresa; Hemerobites; Reticulitermes flavipes; Maresa plebeja; termites; fossil; Baltic amber; Eocene.
OPINION 2226 (Case 3359)
Germarostes Paulian, 1982 and Haroldostes Paulian, 1982 (Insecta, Coleoptera, SCARABAEIDAE): generic names not conserved by suppression of a senior synonym
Abstract. A proposal to conserve the generic name Germarostes Paulian, 1982 and the subgeneric name Haroldostes Paulian, 1982 for a group of New World scarab beetles by suppression of the senior subjective synonym Sphaerelytrus Blanchard, 1841 was not supported by the Commission.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; SCARABAEIDAE; CERATOCANTHINAE; Sphaerelytrus; Germarostes; Haroldostes; New World; scarab beetles.
OPINION 2227 (Case 3375)
Fidia Baly, 1863 and Lypesthes Baly, 1863 (Insecta, Coleoptera): usage not conserved and priority maintained for Fidia Motschulsky, 1860
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that priority is maintained for the leaf beetle generic name Fidia Motschulsky, 1860, thus it remains the senior homonym of Fidia Baly, 1863 and senior objective synonym of Lypesthes Baly, 1863.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera; CHRYSOMELIDAE; EUMOLPINAE; Fidia; Lypesthes; Lypesthes atra; Fidia viticida; leaf beetles.
OPINION 2228 (Case 3393)
Dactylozodes Chevrolat, 1838 (Insecta, Coleoptera): name not conserved
Abstract. A proposal to conserve the generic name Dactylozodes Chevrolat, 1838 for a buprestid (jewel beetle) by suppression of its senior subjective synonym Lasionota Mannerheim, 1837 was not accepted.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera; BUPRESTIDAE; Dactylozodes; Lasionota; South America; jewel beetles.
OPINION 2229 (Case 3405)
Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (Platyhelminthes, TRIGONOSTOMIDAE) and Trigonostomus Brenske, 1893 (Coleoptera, SCARABAEIDAE): generic names conserved
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that the generic name Trigonostomum Burmeister, 1844 for a scarabeid beetle be suppressed, and the incorrect subsequent spelling Trigonostomus Brenske, 1893 is deemed available. The Commission has also ruled the entire generic name Trigonostomus Brenske, 1893 should be adopted as the stem, so that the correct spelling of the chafer subtribe name will become TRIGONOSTOMUSINA Ohaus, 1912 to remove homonymy with the flatworm family-group name TRIGONOSTOMIDAE Graff, 1905. This conserves the widespread usage of the generic name Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 for a group of marine flatworms.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Platyhelminthes; Coleoptera; Rhabdocoela; TR IGONOSTOMIDAE; HYPORHYNCHINAE; SCARABAEIDAE; TRIGONOSTOMUSINA; Trigonostomum; Trigonostomus; Trigonostomum setigerum; Trigonostomus mucoreus; marine free-living flatworms; scarab beetles.
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