BZN Volume
62, Part 2, 30 June 2005
Abstracts
of Cases
Abstracts
of the Applications published on 30 June 2005 in Volume
62, 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 3262 (see Opinion
2156)
Nautilus
spengleri Gmelin, 1791 (currently Calcarina
spengleri) and C. hispida Brady, 1876 (Foraminiferida):
proposed conservation of usage of the specific names
by the designation of a replacement neotype for C.
spengleri
Willem
Renema
Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, P.O.
Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
(e-mail: Renema@naturalis.nl)
Johann
Hohenegger
Institut für Palaeontologie, Universität
Wien, Universitätsstrasse 7, A-1010
Wien, Austria
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code,
is the designation of a replacement neotype for Nautilus
spengleri Gmelin, 1791, the type species of the prominent
reef foraminiferan genus Calcarina d’Orbigny,
1826 (family CALCARINIDAE). In 1981, H.J. Hansen designated
a neotype for N. spengleri, but this is a specimen
of C. hispida Brady, 1876. The prevailing usage
of both C. spengleri and C. hispida will
be conserved by the designation of a replacement neotype.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Foraminiferida; CALCARINIDAE; Calcarina spengleri; Calcarina
hispida; Calcarina gaudichaudii; foraminifera.
Case
3324 (see Opinion
2158)
Tramea Hagen,
1861 (Insecta, Odonata): proposed conservation
K.-D.B.
Dijkstra and J. van Tol
National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis,
P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
(e-mails: dijkstra@naturalis.nnm.nl; tol@naturalis.nnm.nl)
J.
Legrand
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle,
Laboratoire d'Entomologie, 45 rue Buffon,
F-75005 Paris, France (e-mail: legrand@mnhn.fr)
G.
Theischinger
2A Hammersley Road, Grays Point, N.S.W.,
Australia 2232 (e-mail: theischinger@epa.nsw.gov.au)
Abstract. The purpose of this application,
under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the generic
name Tramea Hagen, 1861 for a group of common
and widespread dragonflies by suppression of the senior
objective synonym Trapezostigma Hagen, 1849. In
addition, it is proposed that all previous fixations of
type species for the nominal genus Tramea Hagen,
1861 before that by Kirby (1889) of Libellula carolina Linnaeus,
1763 be set aside.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Odonata; LIBELLULIDAE; Tramea; Trapezostigma; Tramea
carolina; dragonflies.
Case 3072
Crioceris Geoffroy,
1762, Lilioceris Reitter, 1912 and other genus-group names
with the suffix –ceris in the family CHRYSOMELIDAE
(Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed Official Correction of
gender to feminine
Michael
Schmitt
Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum
Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113
Bonn, Germany (e-mail: m.schmitt@uni-bonn.de)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 80.4 of the Code,
is to fix the gender as feminine for the names of two economically
important genera of beetles recognized as crop pests, Crioceris Geoffroy,
1762, Lilioceris Reitter, 1912, and other genus-group
names with the suffix –ceris in the family CHRYSOMELIDAE.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; CHRYSOMELIDAE; Crioceris; Crioceris
asparagi; Lilioceris; Lilioceris
lilii; beetles; crop pests.
Case 3314 (see Comments & Opinion
2162)
Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum,
1840 and Trichiotinus Casey, 1915 (Insecta, Coleoptera,
SCARABAEIDAE): proposed conservation
Andrew
B.T. Smith
Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443,
Station D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada (e-mail:
asmith@mus-nature.ca)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the
Code, is to conserve the names of two well-established genera
of cetoniine scarab beetles, Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum,
1840 and Trichiotinus Casey, 1915. Stegopterus Burmeister
& Schaum is a junior synonym of Tetrophthalmus Kirby,
1827 and Trichiotinus Casey a junior synonym of Trichinus Kirby,
1827. The two junior names are in prevailing use and it is
proposed that they be conserved by suppression of both Kirby’s
names.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; SCARABAEIDAE; Stegopterus; Trichiotinus; Stegopterus
suturalis; Trichiotinus piger; scarab beetles;
North America; South Africa.
Case 3280 (see Comments & Opinion
2160)
Melitaea
nycteis Doubleday, 1847 (currently Chlosyne
nycteis; Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposed conservation
of the specific name
John
V. Calhoun
977 Wicks Drive, Palm Harbor, Florida
34684, U.S.A. (e-mail: bretcal1@verizon.net)
Lee
D. Miller and Jacqueline Y. Miller
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity,
Florida Museum of Natural History, University
of Florida, P.O. Box 112710, Gainesville,
Florida 32611, U.S.A. (e-mail: jmiller@flmnh.ufl.edu)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the
Code, is to conserve the specific name Melitaea nycteis Doubleday,
1847 for a widespread North American species of butterfly
(family NYMPHALIDAE) by suppression of the problematic name M.
ismeria Boisduval & Le Conte, 1835.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Lepidoptera; NYMPHALIDAE; Melitaea; Chlosyne
nycteis; Chlosyne gorgone; Chlosyne ismeria;
butterflies.
