BZN Volume 58, Part 2, 29 June 2001

Opinions

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Opinions with the following titles were published on 29 June 2001 in Volume 58, Part 2 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 Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK (e-mail: iczn@nhm.ac.uk).

 

OPINION 1972 (Case 3075)

Strongylus tetracanthus Mehlis, 1831 (currently Cyathostomum tetracanthum) and C. catinatum Looss, 1900 (Nematoda): conserved by the designation of a neotype for C. tetracanthum

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Nematoda; STRONGYLOIDEA; Cyathostomum; Cyathostomum tetracanthum; Cyathostomum aegyptiacum; Cyathostomum catinatum; nematodes; strongylid worms; cyathostomes; horse parasites.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power the name Leukoeytozoen Ziemann, 1898 is hereby suppressed for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy.
(2) The name Leucocytozoon Berestneff, 1904 (gender: neuter), type species by monotypy Leukocytozoen datsilewskyi Ziemann, 1898, is hereby placed on the Official List of Generic, Names, in Zoology.
(3) The name danlewskyi Ziemann, l898, as published in the binomen Leukocytozaen danilewskyi (specific name of the type species of Leucocytozoon Berestneff, 1904), is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.
(4) The name Leukcytsozoen Ziemann; 1898, as suppressed in (1) above, is hereby placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology.

 

OPINION 1973 (Case 3126)

Bulinus wrighti Mandahl-Barth, 1965 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): specific name conserved

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Gastropoda; PLANORBIDAE; ACHATINIDAE; Pseudachatina wrightii; Bulinus wrighti; schistosomiasis.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power it is hereby ruled that the specific name wrighti Mandahl-Barth, 1965, as published in the trinomen Bulinus reticulatus wrighti, is not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of Bulinus wrightii Sowerby, 1853.
(2) The following names are hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology:
(a) wrightii Sowerby, 1853, as published in the binomen Bulinus wrightii Sowerby, 1853;
(b) wrighti Mandahl-Barth, 1965, as published in the trinomen Bulinus reticulatus wrighti (not invalid by the ruling in (1) above).

 

OPINION 1974 (Case 3080)

Polydora websteri Hartman in Loosanoff & Engle, 1943 (Annelida, Polychaeta): specific name conserved by a ruling that it is not to be treated as a replacement for P. caeca Webster, 1879, and a lectotype designated for P. websteri

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Polychaeta; SPIONIDAE; Polydora caeca; Polydora websteri; mudworms.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power it is hereby ruled that the specific name websteri Hartman in Loosanoff & Engle, 1943, as published in the binomen Polydora websteri, is to be treated as the specific name of a then new nominal species and not as a replacement name for Polydora caeca Webster, 1879.
(2) The specimen LACM-AHF POLY 1628 collected in the mouth of Milford River, Long Island Sound, Connecticut, by J.B. Engle in 1943 and kept in the Allan Hancock Foundation Polychaete Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, is hereby designated as the lectotype of Polydora websteri Hartman in Loosanoff & Engle, 1943.
(3) The name websteri Hartman in Loosanoff & Engle, 1943, as published in the binomen Polydora websteri and as defined by the lectotype designated in (2) above is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.

 

OPINION 1975 (Case 3084)

Musca geniculata De Geer, 1776 and Stomoxys cristata Fabricius, 1805 (currently Siphona geniculata and Siphona cristata; Insecta, Diptera): specific names conserved by the replacement of the lectotype of M. geniculata by a neotype

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Insecta; Diptera; TACHINIDAE; Siphona; Siphona geniculata; Siphona cristata.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power all previous fixations of type specimens for the nominal species Musca geniculata De Geer, 1776 are hereby set aside and the male neotype collected in Sweden and kept in the Museum of Zoology, Lund University, and labelled `Sk. Dalby, O. Molla, 21.VIL1989, leg. R. Danielsson', is hereby designated as the neotype.
(2) To the entry on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology for Musca geniculata De Geer, 1776 is hereby added an endorsement recording that the species is defined by the neotype designated in (1) above.
(3) The name cristata Fabricius, 1805, as published in the binomen Stomoxys cristata and as defined by the holotype in the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.

 

OPINION 1976 (Case 3069)

Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): specific name conserved

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Hymenoptera; FORMICIDAE; fire ants; Solenopsis invicta; Solenopsis wagneri.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power the specific name wagneri Santschi, 1916, as published in the trinomen Solenopsis saevissima wagneri, is hereby suppressed for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy.
(2) The name invicta Buren, 1972, as published in the binomen Solenopsis invicta, is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.
(3) The name wagneri Santschi, 1916, as published in the trinomen Solenopsis saevissima wagneri and as suppressed in (1) above, is hereby placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology.

OPINION 1977 (Case 3122)

Ichthyosaurus cornalianus Bassani, 1886 (currently Mixosaurus cornalianus; Reptilia, Ichthyosauria): neotype designated

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Ichthyosauria; Mixosaurus; Mixosaurus cornalianus; Triassic; Grenzbitumenzone; Besano Formation; Monte San Giorgio/Besano Basin.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power all previous fixations of type specimens for the nominal species Ichthyosaurus cornalianus Bassani, 1886 are hereby set aside and specimen no. T2420 in the Palaontologisches Institut und Museum der Universitat Zurich is hereby designated as the neotype.
(2) The name Mixosaurus Baur, 1887 (gender: masculine), type species by original designation Ichthyosaurus cornalianus Bassani, 1886, is hereby placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology.
(3) The name cornalianus Bassani, 1886, as published in the binomen Ichthyosaurus cornalianus and as defined by the neotype designated in (1) above (specific name of the type species of Mixosaurus Baur, 1887), is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.

 

OPINION 1978 (Case 3033)

Myoxus japonicus Schinz, 1845 (currently Glirulus japonicus; Mammalia, Rodentia): specific name conserved as the correct original spelling

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Mammalia; Rodentia; GLIRIDAE; Glirulus; Glirulus japonicus; Japanese dormouse; Japan.

Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power it is hereby ruled that the specific name javanicus Schinz, 1845, as published in the binomen Myoxus javanicus, is an incorrect original spelling of japonicus.
(2) The name Glirulus Thomas, 1906 (gender: masculine), type species by monotypy Myoxus japonicus Schinz, 1845, is hereby placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology.
(3) The name japonicus Schinz, 1845, as published in the binomen Myoxus japonicus and as ruled in (1) above to be the correct original spelling of javanicus (specific name of the type species of Glirulus Thomas, 1906), is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.
(4) The following names are hereby placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology:
(a) javanicus Schinz, 1845, as published in the binomen Myoxus javanicus and as ruled in (1) above to be an incorrect original spelling;
(b) elegans Temminck, 1844, as published in the binomen Myoxus elegans (an invalid senior objective synonym of Myoxus japonicus Schinz, 1845);
(c) lasiotis Thomas, 1880, as published in the binomen Myoxus lasiotis (a junior objective synonym of Myoxus elegans Temminck, 1844 and of Myoxus japonicus Schinz, 1845).