Case 3316 (see Opinion
2134)
Hindia Duncan,
1879 (Porifera): proposed conservation
J.
Keith Rigby
Department of Geology, Brigham Young
University, Provo, Utah 84602, U.S.A. (e-mail: rigbyjkeith@qwest.net)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the
Code, is to conserve the name Hindia Duncan, 1879
for a fossil demosponge genus ranging from the Ordovician
to the Devonian. The name is threatened by two senior synonyms,
the virtually unused name Sphaerolites Hinde, 1875
and Microspongia Miller
& Dyer, 1878, the name of a doubtfully recognisable taxon.
The suppression of the two senior synonyms is proposed.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Porifera; hindiidae; Hindia; Sphaerolites; Microspongia;
fossil sponges; Ordovician; Silurian; Devonian.
Case
3264 (see Opinion
2139)
staphylinidae Latreille, 1804 (Insecta,
Coleoptera): proposed conservation of ten specific names
Lee
H. Herman
American Museum of Natural History,
Central Park West at 79th Street, New
York, N.Y. 10024-5192, U.S.A. (e-mail:
herman@amnh.org)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, in relation to Articles 23.9.3
and 23.9.5 of the Code, is the conservation of ten specific
names (six junior primary homonyms, three junior secondary
homonyms, and one junior synonym) that have been in use
for many years for rove beetles (family staphylinidae). None
of the species denoted by the homonyms has been considered
congeneric after 1899. Conservation would allow the greatest
stability in the naming of these staphylinid taxa.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; staphylinidae;
rove beetles.
Case
3275 (see Opinion
2140)
Metromenus Sharp,
1884 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation of
usage by designation of Dyscolus palmae Blackburn,
1877 as the type species
James
K. Liebherr
Department of Entomology, Comstock
Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
14853-0901, U.S.A. (e-mail: JKL5@cornell.edu)
Gordon
M. Nishida
Hawaii Biological Survey, B.P. Bishop
Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI
96817, U.S.A.; current address: Essig
Museum of Entomology, University of California,
Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A.
Elwood
C. Zimmerman
9 Nolan Drive, Tura Beach, N.S.W.
2548, Australia
Yves
Bousquet
Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research
Centre, K.W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling
Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 70.2 of the
Code, is to conserve the usage of the name Metromenus Sharp,
1884 for a group of ground beetles (carabidae)
by validating Lorenz’s (1998) designation of Dyscolus
palmae Blackburn, 1877 (currently Blackburnia palmae)
as the type species. The valid type species by monotypy
is Anchomenus mysticus Blackburn, 1877. However,
acceptance of this type species fixation would cause confusion,
as it does not match the current and universally accepted
concept of Metromenus.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; carabidae; Blackburnia; Anchomenus
mysticus; Metromenus palmae; Hawaii; ground
beetles.
Case
3288 (Case closed June 2005)
Nicrophorus
tomentosus Weber, 1801 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed
conservation of the specific name
D.S.
Sikes
Department of Biological Sciences, University
of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 (e-mail:
dsikes@ucalgary.ca)
S.T.
Trumbo
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs,
Connecticut 06269, U.S.A. (e-mail:
trumbo@uconnvm.uconn.edu)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, in relation to Article 23.9.3
of the Code, is to conserve the widely used specific name Nicrophorus
tomentosus Weber, 1801 for a Nearctic species of burying
beetle (family silphidae) by suppressing its assumed
senior, but less frequently used, synonym N. velutinus Fabricius,
1801. This species is widely studied by biologists and
so nomenclatural stability is particularly important.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; silphidae; nicrophorinae; Nicrophorus
tomentosus; Nicrophorus velutinus; burying beetles;
Nearctic.
Case
3293 (see Opinion
2141)
Nicrophorus
olidus Matthews, 1888 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed
precedence over Nicrophorus quadricollis Gistel,
1848
D.S.
Sikes
Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Calgary, 2500 University
Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N
1N4 (e-mail: dsikes@ucalgary.ca)
S.T.
Trumbo
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs,
Connecticut 06269, U.S.A. (e-mail:
trumbo@uconnvm.uconn.edu)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and
81.2.3 of the Code, is to give precedence to the widely
used name Nicrophorus olidus Matthews, 1888 for
a species of burying beetle (family silphidae) over the little used name Nicrophorus
quadricollis Gistel, 1848 whenever the two names are
considered to be synonyms.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; silphidae; nicrophorinae; Nicrophorus olidus; Nicrophorus
quadricollis; burying beetles; Nearctic.
Case 3282 (see Opinion
2144)
Thecla azia Hewitson, 1873 (Insecta, Lepidoptera):
proposed conservation of the specific name
Robert
K. Robbins
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural
History, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC
20013-7012, U.S.A. (e-mail:
Robbins.Robert@nmnh.si.edu)
Gerardo
Lamas
Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor
de San Marcos, Apartado 14-0434,
Lima-14, Peru (e-mail: glamasm@unmsm.edu.pe)
Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve, under Article 23.9.3 of
the Code, the specific name Thecla azia Hewitson, 1873 (currently Ministrymon azia) for a common and widespread New World species of
lycaenid butterfly that is of scientific interest. The
name is threatened by resurrection of a senior synonym, T. guacanagari Wallengren, 1860, which was used only once in 1969 and not again since
then.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Lepidoptera; lycaenidae; theclinae; Ministrymon
azia; migration;
legume feeder; hairstreak butterfly.
Case
3285 (see Opinion
2137)
Pemphigus Hartig,
1839 (Insecta, Hemiptera, aphididae): proposed conservation
Juan
M. Nieto Nafría and Nicolás Pérez
Hidalgo
Depto. de Biología Animal,
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas
y Ambientales, Universidad de León,
Campus de Vegazana, s/n 24071 León,
Spain (e-mails: dbajnn@unileon.es;
dbanph@unileon.es)
Miguel
A. Alonso-Zarazaga
Depto. de Biodiversidad y Biología
Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias
Naturales (CSIC), José Gutiérrez
Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain (e-mail:
mcnaz39@mncn.csic.es)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the
Code, is to conserve the generic name Pemphigus Hartig,
1839 for a group of aphids of economic importance by suppression
of the senior subjective synonym Rhizobius Burmeister,
1835.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Hemiptera; aphididae; Pemphigus; Pemphigus
bursarius; Rhizobius.
