BZN Volume
60, Part 2, 30 June 2003
Opinions
Opinions
with the following titles were published on 30 June 2003
in Volume 60, 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
2031 (Case 2710)
CLAVIDAE
McCrady, 1859 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) and CLAVINAE Casey,
1904 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposal to remove the homonymy
not approved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the homonymy between CLAVIDAE McCrady,
1859 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) and CLAVINAE Casey, 1904 (Mollusca,
Gastropoda) should not be removed. It had been proposed that
the gastropod name should be emended to CLAVUSINAE by changing
the stem of the type genus Clavus de Montfort, 1810
from CLAV- to CLAVUS-. However, the Commission rejected this
proposal because DRILLIINAE Olsson, 1964, the next available
synonym for the gastropod name, provided a satisfactory alternative
that was already being widely used instead of CLAVINAE for
this group of gastropods. No names are placed on Official
Lists or Indexes.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; CLAVIDAE; CLAVINAE; Clava; Clavus;
Hydrozoa; Gastropoda.
OPINION
2032 (Case
3148)
CLARIIDAE
Kutikova, Markevich & Spiridonov, 1990 (Rotifera):
spelling emended to CLARIAIDAE so removing homonymy with
CLARIIDAE Bonaparte, 1846 (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes)
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the homonymy between the family-group
names CLARIIDAE Kutikova, Markevich & Spiridonov, 1990
(Rotifera) and CLARIIDAE Bonaparte, 1846 (Osteichthyes) is
removed by emending the spelling of the rotifer family-group
name by adopting the full genus name as the stem, giving
the corresponding family-group name CLARIAIDAE Kutikova,
Markevich & Spiridonov, 1990. The fish name CLARIIDAE
Bonaparte, 1846 remains unchanged.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Rotifera; Osteichthyes; CLARIAIDAE; CLARIIDAE; Claria; Clarias;
rotifers; air breathing (labyrinth) catfishes.
OPINION
2033 (Case 3156)
Chiton
lepidus Reuss, 1860 (currently Lepidochitona lepida;
Mollusca, Polyplacophora): specific name conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the specific name of Chiton
lepidus Reuss, 1860, for a chiton (currently Lepidochitona
lepida, family ISCHNOCHITONIDAE, subfamily LEPIDOCHITONINAE)
from the Middle Miocene of Europe, is conserved. The specific
name was threatened by a junior primary homonym Chiton
lepidus Gould, 1859 (family ISCHNOCHITONIDAE, subfamily
ISCHNOCHITONINAE), the name used for a Recent species from
the Indo-Pacific.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Lepidochitona lepida; ISCHNOCHITONIDAE;
ISCHNOCHITONINAE; LEPIDOCHITONINAE; chitons; Miocene; Europe;
Indo-Pacific.
OPINION
2034 (Case 3087, see Comments BZN 58:4, 59:2)
Hydrobia Hartmann,
1821: conserved by replacement of the lectotype of Cyclostoma
acutum Draparnaud, 1805 (currently Hydrobia acuta;
Mollusca, Gastropoda) with a neotype; Ventrosia Radoman,
1977: Turbo ventrosus Montagu, 1803 designated as
the type species; and HYDROBIINA Mulsant, 1844 (Coleoptera):
spelling emended to HYDROBYUSINA, so removing the homonymy
with HYDROBIIDAE Troschel, 1857 (Gastropoda)
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that: (1) usage of the name Hydrobia Hartmann,
1821 for a genus of brackish-water prosobranch gastropods
is conserved by replacement of the lectotype of its type
species, Cyclostoma acutum Draparnaud, 1805, by a
neotype; (2) Turbo ventrosus Montagu, 1803 is designated
the type species of the nominal genus Ventrosia Radoman,
1977 and the lectotype designation for T. ventrosus by
Bank, Butot & Gittenberger (1979) is validated; and (3)
the homonymy between the family-group names HYDROBIIDAE Troschel,
1857 (Gastropoda) and HYDROBIINA Mulsant, 1844 (Coleoptera)
is removed by emending the stem of the generic name Hydrobius Leach,
1815 (Coleoptera) to HYDROBIUS-, leaving the gastropod name
based on Hydrobia unchanged.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Gastropoda; Coleoptera; Hydrobia; Hydrobius; Ventrosia; Hydrobia
acuta; Hydrobia ventrosa; Ventrosia ventrosa;
HYDROBIIDAE; HYDROPHYLIDAE; HYDROBIUSINA.
OPINION
2035 (Case 3146)
Valvata
minuta Draparnaud, 1805 (currently Hauffenia, Neohoratia or Islamia
minuta; Mollusca, Gastropoda): conserved by replacement
of the lectotype by a neotype
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the current usage of the specific
name of Valvata minuta Draparnaud, 1805 for a small,
valvatiform, freshwater prosobranch gastropod (family hydrobiidae)
from central Europe is conserved by the replacement of the
lectotype by a neotype.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Gastropoda; prosobranchs; HYDROBIIDAE; Hauffenia
minuta; Neohoratia minuta; Islamia minuta;
Europe.
OPINION
2036 (Case
3153)
HIPPOPODIIDAE
Cox, 1969 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): spelling emended to HIPPOPODIUMIDAE,
so removing the homonymy with HIPPOPODIIDAE Kölliker,
1853 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the stem of the name of the type
genus Hippopodium J. Sowerby, 1819 is emended to HIPPOPODIUM-
(Mollusca, Bivalvia) thus removing the homonymy with the
family-group name HIPPOPODIIDAE Kölliker, 1853 (based
on Hippopodius Quoy
& Gaimard, 1827) (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). The spelling of
the family-group name HIPPOPODIIDAE Cox, 1969, a junior homonym
of HIPPOPODIIDAE Kölliker, 1853, is emended to HIPPOPODIUMIDAE.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Hydrozoa;
Siphonophorae; Bivalvia; HIPPOPODIIDAE; HIPPOPODIUMIDAE; Hippopodius; Hippopodium;
fossil bivalves; Jurassic; Triassic; Recent.
OPINION
2037 (Cases 3120 and 3120a)
LIOCHELIDAE
Fet & Bechly, 2001 (1879) (Scorpiones): adopted as
a valid substitute name for ISCHNURIDAE Simon, 1879 in
order to remove homonymy with ISCHNURINAE Fraser, 1857
(Insecta, Odonata)
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the scorpion family name LIOCHELIDAE
Fet & Bechly, 2001 (1879) is to have precedence over
ISCHNURIDAE Simon, 1879, which is a homonym of the widely
used damselfly name ISCHNURINAE Fraser, 1957 (Odonata). The
type genus of LIOCHELIDAE is Liocheles Sundevall,
1833, which is in wide use as the valid senior subjective
synonym of the long abandoned name Ischnurus C.L.
Koch, 1837 (the type genus of ISCHNURIDAE Simon, 1879). ISCHNURINAE
Fraser, 1857 is not to be rejected despite being a junior
homonym of ISCHNURIDAE Simon, 1879.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Scorpiones; Odonata; ISCHNURIDAE; LIOCHELIDAE;
COENAGRIONIDAE; Liocheles; Ischnura;
scorpions; damselflies.
OPINION
2038 (Case
3155)
MACROTERMITINAE
Kemner, 1934 (Insecta, Isoptera): given precedence over
ACANTHOTERMITINAE Sjöstedt, 1926
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the family-group name MACROTERMITINAE
is given precedence over ACATHOTERMITINAE. Usage of the family-group
name MACROTERMITINAE Kemner, 1934 (type genus Macrotermes Holmgren,
1909) for a well known and important group of fungus-growing
termites is thus conserved. The senior subfamily name ACANTHOTERMITINAE
Sjöstedt, 1926 (type genus Acanthotermes Sjöstedt,
1900) has been used only once since its establishment 77
years ago, and then for a tribe within MACROTERMITINAE not
including Macrotermes.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Isoptera; TERMITIDAE; MACROTERMITINAE; ACANTHOTERMITINAE; Macrotermes; Acanthotermes;
termites.
OPINION
2039 (Case
3159)
Staphylinus
maculosus and S. violaceus Gravenhorst, 1802
(currently Platydracus maculosus and P. violaceus;
Insecta, Coleoptera): usage of the specific names conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the widely used staphylinid name Platydracus
maculosus (Gravenhorst, 1802) is conserved by suppressing
its senior subjective synonym Staphylinus viduatus Fabricius,
1801, which has been used only once in the past 160 years,
and the specific name of Platydracus violaceus (Gravenhorst,
1802), is not invalid by reason of being a junior primary
homonym of Staphylinus violaceus Olivier, 1795.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera;
STAPHYLINIDAE; Platydracus; Platydracus
maculosus; Platydracus violaceus;
rove beetles.
OPINION
2040 (Case
3190)
Chlorops
meigenii Loew, 1866 (Insecta, Diptera): specific
name conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the name of the Palaearctic grassfly Chlorops
meigenii Loew, 1866 (family CHLOROPIDAE) is not invalid
by reason of being a junior primary homonym of Chlorops
meigenii Fallén, 1823. Fallén's name
has been treated as a junior synonym of Cerodontha denticornis (Panzer,
1806; AGROMYZIDAE) since 1830 and the case was referred
to the Commission under Article 23.9.5 of the Code.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Diptera; CHLOROPIDAE; Chlorops; Chlorops meigenii;
grassflies; Palaearctic.
OPINION
2041 (Case
3081)
Alucita
ochrodactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
(currently Gillmeria or Platyptilia ochrodactyla;
Insecta, Lepidoptera): specific name conserved by the
designation of a neotype for Phalaena tetradactyla Linnaeus,
1758
Abstract.
The Commission has designated the lectotype of Phalaena
tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Merrifieldia
tridactyla) as neotype for the European plume moth P. tetradactyla Linnaeus,
1758 (family pterophoridae) conserving the specific name
of Gillmeria (or Platyptilia) ochrodactyla (Denis & Schiffermüller,
1775) and eliminating the confused application of the name tetradactyla to
more than one species.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Lepidoptera; Microlepidoptera; PTEROPHORIDAE; Gillmeria
ochrodactyla; Platyptilia ochrodactyla; Phalaena (currently Merrifieldia) tridactyla; Alucita (currently Merrifieldia) leucodactyla;
plume moths.
OPINION
2042 (Case
3160)
Dianulites
petropolitana Dybowski, 1877 and Diplotrypa petropolitana Nicholson,
1879 (Bryozoa): conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the specific names of Dianulites petropolitana Dybowski,
1877 and Diplotrypa petropolitana Nicholson,
1879, used for two Ordovician trepostome bryozoans, are conserved.
The name Favosites petropolitana Pander, 1830,
now recognized as having been used for a single or several
indeterminable bryozoans, is suppressed.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Bryozoa; Trepostomata; Ordovician; Dianulites; Diplotrypa; Dianulites
petropolitana; Diplotrypa petropolitana.
OPINION
2043 (Case 3113)
Betta Bleeker,
1850 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes): specific names conserved
by the suppression of Micracanthus marchei Sauvage,
1879
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the specific names of the Southeast
Asian 'fighting fishes' that belong to the genus Betta Bleeker,
1850 (family OSPHRONEMIDAE) are conserved by the suppression
of the unused name Micracanthus marchei Sauvage, 1879.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Osteichthyes; Perciformes; OSPHRONEMIDAE; Betta; Micracanthus; Betta
splendens; Betta smaragdina; Betta imbellis; Micracanthus
marchei; fighting fishes; Southeast Asia.
OPINION
2044 (Case
3172)
Leptodactylus
chaquensis Cei, 1950 (Amphibia, Anura): specific
name conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the specific name of Leptodactylus
chaquensis Cei, 1950, a subtropical South American frog,
is conserved. The specific name was threatened by the senior
synonym L. typicus Cei, 1948, available under Article
45.6.4 of the Code. The name L. typica was applied
in 1948 to what was then supposed to be a 'forma' of L.
ocellatus Linnaeus, 1758, but has never been used and
is now suppressed.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Anura; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; Leptodactylus; Leptodactylus
chaquensis; Leptodactylus ocellatus;
frogs; South America.
OPINION
2045 (Case
3165)
Parasuchus
hislopi Lydekker, 1885 (Reptilia, Archosauria): lectotype
replaced by a neotype
Abstract. The
Commission has set aside the lectotype for the well-known
crocodile-like archosaurian (phytosaur or parasuchid) Parasuchus
hislopi Lydekker, 1885 (Reptilia, Archosauria) from the
Late Triassic Maleri Formation of India and designated the
complete articulated skeleton ISIR 42 in the Geological Museum
of the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, as
the neotype.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Archosauria; PARASUCHIDAE; PHYTOSAURIDAE; Parasuchus; Paleorhinus; Parasuchus
hislopi; archosaurs; parasuchids; phytosaurs; Triassic.
