BZN Volume 58, Part 2, 29 June 2001

Abstracts of Cases

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Abstracts of the Applications published on 29 June 2001 in Volume 58, Part 2 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 3171 (see Comments & Opinion 2006)

Cryphops Richter & Richter, 1926 (Trilobita): proposed conservation

D.J. Holloway
Museum Victoria, PO Box 666E, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia

K.S.W. Campbell
Department of Geology, Australian National University, PO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia

Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve the name Cryphops Richter & Richter, 1926 for a genus of Late Devonian trilobites (family PHACOPIDAE). This name is a junior objective synonym of Gortania Cossmann, 1909, which had been proposed as a replacement for Microphthalmus Gortani, 1907 non Mecznikow, 1865. Cryphops has been universally accepted as the valid name for the taxon, whereas Gortania has never been used as a valid name since its establishment and its suppression is proposed.

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Trilobita; phacopoid trilobites; PHACOPIDAE; Cryphops; Devonian.

 

Case 3164 (see Opinion 2007)

Kalotermes Hagen, 1853 (Insecta, Isoptera): proposed designation of Termes flavicollis Fabricius, 1793 as the type species

Michael S. Engel
Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Snow Hall, 1460 Jayhawk Boulevard, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7523, U.S.A.

Kumar Krishna
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, N.Y. 10024-5192, U.S.A.

Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve the current usage of the generic name Kalotermes Hagen, 1853 for a common group of living drywood termites, with Middle Eocene fossil representatives. Wasmann (1897) designated Termes flavicollis Fabricius, 1793 as type species of Calotermes Hagen, 1858 (an unjustified emendation and hence a junior objective synonym of Kalotermes), but this designation was invalid since it was not an originally included species in Kalotermes. The first valid type species designation for Kalotermes was by Banks (1920) who designated Termes berendtii Pictet, 1856, but this species had been designated by von Rosen (1913) as type species of Proelectrotermes von Rosen, 1913, a genus currently in use for a Middle Eocene species. To conserve current usage of Kalotermes and Proelectrotermes it is proposed that T. flavicollis be designated as type species of Kalotermes.

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Isoptera; Kalotermes; Proelectrotermes; KALOTERMITIDAE; termites; Middle Eocene; Recent.

 

Case 3147 (see Comments BZN 58:4, 59:1 & Opinion 2065)

Hydroporus discretus Fairmaire & Brisout in Fairmaire, 1859 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation of the specific name

Hans Fery
Räuschstrasse, 73, D-13509 Berlin, Germany

Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve the specific name of Hydroporus discretus Fairmaire & Brisout in Fairmaire, 1859 for a Palaearctic diving beetle. It is threatened by H. neuter Fairmaire & Laboulbène, 1854, a name which has only been used once since 1887, by Ádám (1996).

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera; DYTISCIDAE; Hydroporus; Hydroporus discretus; Hydroporus neuter; diving beetles; Europe; Palaearctic.

Case 3154 (see Opinion 2010)

Scymnus splendidulus Stenius, 1952 (currently Nephus (Sidis) splendidulus; Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed retention of the neotype as the name-bearing type despite rediscovery of the holotype

Helmut Fürsch
Bayerwaldstrasse 26, D-94161 Ruderting, Germany

Hans Silfverberg
Zoological Museum, P.O. Box 17, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland

Abstract. The purpose of this application is to retain as the name-bearing type the neotype designated by Fürsch (1965) of the Mediterranean coccinellid beetle Nephus (Sidis) splendidulus (Stenius, 1952) despite the rediscovery of the holotype. The holotype is damaged and, unlike the neotype, does not show the aedeagal characters necessary to distinguish the species from its close relatives.

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera; COCCINELLIDAE; Nephus; Nephus (Sidis) splendidulus; ladybird beetles.

 

Case 3028 (see Comments & Opinion 2057)

Aphanius Nardo, 1827 (Osteichthyes, Cyprinodontiformes): proposed placement on the Official List

Maurice Kottelat
Route de la Baroche 12, Case postale 57, 2952 Cornol, Switzerland Address for correspondence: Department of Zoology, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260

Alwyne Wheeler
c/o Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K.

Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve the name Aphanius Nardo, 1827 for a genus of Palaearctic fishes (family CYPRINODONTIDAE). The name has been in uninterrupted use since at least 1926 but a few authors have recently replaced it with Lebias Goldfuss, 1820, a name which, with a single exception in 1895, had remained unused since 1846 until resurrected in 1995 and which does not refer to the same taxon as Aphanius. Aphanius includes at least 17 extant species and fossil remains have been reported from Miocene deposits.

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Aphanius; Cyprinodon; Lebias; CYPRINODONTIDAE; Aphanius fasciatus; Cyprinodon variegatus; tooth carps; freshwater; brackish water; Palaearctic.

Case 3172 (see Comments & Opinion 2044)

Leptodactylus chaquensis Cei, 1950 (Amphibia, Anura): proposed conservation of the specific name

José M. Cei
Dipartamento Ciencias Naturales- Facultad Ciencias Exactas y Naturales- Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, 5800-Rio Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina

Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve the widely used name Leptodactylus chaquensis Cei, 1950 for a subtropical South American frog. The term typica was applied in 1948 to what was then supposed to be a 'forma' of L. ocellatus Linnaeus, 1758; under Article 45.6.4 of the Code the name L. typicus Cei, 1948 is available as a senior synonym of L. chaquensis, but it has never been used and its suppression is proposed.

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Anura; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; Leptodactylus; Leptodactylus chaquensis; Leptodactylus ocellatus; frogs; South America.

Case 3173 (see Opinion 2013)

Phrynidium crucigerum Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856 (currently Atelopus cruciger; Amphibia, Anura): proposed conservation of the specific name by the designation of a neotype

Stefan Lötters
Institute of Zoology, University of Mainz, Saarstrasse 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany

Enrique La Marca
Laboratorio de Biogeografía, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Universidad de Los Andes, Apartado Postal 116, Mérida 5101-A, Venezuela

Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve the usage of the specific name of Atelopus cruciger (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856) for a harlequin frog from coastal Venezuela. The nominal species was originally based on material collected in Central America, but the name has been in use for a species from Venezuela. A lectotype designated by Lötters, Böhme & Günther (1998) made A. cruciger a junior subjective synonym of A. varius (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856). A female specimen, ZSM 93/1947/10 in the Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich, from coastal Venezuela is proposed as neotype of A. cruciger to conserve the usage of the name.

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Amphibia; Anura; BUFONIDAE; Atelopus cruciger; Atelopus varius; Venezuela; Neotropics.

 

Case 3145 (see Opinion 2015)

Dactyloa biporcata Wiegmann, 1834 (currently Anolis biporcatus) and Anolis petersii Bocourt, 1873 (Reptilia, Sauria): proposed conservation of the specific names and designation of a neotype for A. biporcatus.

Gunther Köhler
Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Sektion Herpetologie, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany

Aaron M. Bauer
Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085-1699, U.S.A.

Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve the specific names of Anolis biporcatus (Wiegmann, 1834) and Anolis petersii Bocourt,1873 in their accustomed usages. The holotype of the former species is conspecific with the syntypes of the latter; however, for almost 60 years the name A. petersii has been applied to the species represented by these types. For the same period of time the name A. biporcatus has been consistently applied to another taxonomic species, of which the holotype of Anolis copei Bocourt, 1873 is representative. It is proposed that the holotype of A. biporcatus be set aside and the holotype of A. copei be designated the neotype of A. biporcatus in order to stabilize the current and long established usage of the names Anolis biporcatus and A. petersii.

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Reptilia; Sauria; IGUANIDAE; Anolis biporcatus; Anolis petersii; Anolis copei; lizards; anoles; Central America.

Case 3178 (see Opinion 2030)

Hippotragus Sundevall, 1845 (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): proposed conservation

Peter Grubb
35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, U.K.

Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve the name Hippotragus Sundevall, 1845 for the African roan, sable and blaauwbok antelopes, and a number of Pliocene and Pleistocene African and southern Asian fossil species. The name was suppressed in Direction 23 (1955) on the grounds that it had been overlooked in Opinion 109 (1929), in which Hippotragus Sundevall, 1846 was placed on the Official List. As a consequence the family-group name HIPPOTRAGINAE Sundevall, 1845 became unavailable. The names are usually cited as Hippotragus Sundevall, 1846 and HIPPOTRAGINAE Brooke in Wallace, 1876, although both names were published earlier in, and have been cited from, a further 1845 publication. The present application seeks to stabilise the nomenclature of hippotragine antelopes at the species, genus and family-group levels.

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Mammalia; Artiodactyla; HIPPOTRAGINAE; Hippotragus; Hippotragus equinus; Hippotragus niger; Hippotragus leucophaeus; antelopes; roan; sable; blaauwbok; Recent; Pliocene; Pleistocene; Africa.