BZN Volume 63, Part 2, 30 June 2006

Abstracts of Cases

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Abstracts of the Applications published on 30 June 2006 in Volume 63, 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 3346 (see Opinion 2178)

Misumena nepenthicola (currently Henriksenia nepenthicola; Arachnida, Araneae, THOMISIDAE): proposed attribution of authorship to Pocock (1898)

Pekka T. Lehtinen
Centre for Biodiversity, University of Turku, Turku, FIN-20014, Finland (e-mail: pekleh@utu.fi)

Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Articles 12 and 50.1 of the Code, is to validate the commonly used, but incorrect, attribution of the synonym Misumena nepenthicola (currently Henriksenia nepenthicola) to Pocock (1898). This name of a nepenthicolous thomisid spider from Borneo was unavailable from the original paper by Pocock (1898). It is threatened by the available but not widely used name Misumenops nepenthicola Bristowe, 1930 and by its primary homonym Misumenops nepenthicola Fage, 1928, used for a different spider species from Singapore. It is proposed that the attribution of the name to Pocock (1898) is validated.

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Arachnida; Araneae; MISUMENINI; Misumena; Misumenops; Henriksenia; Henriksenia nepenthicola; Borneo; Singapore; crab spiders; Nepenthes pitchers.

 

Case 3334 (see Opinion 2180)

Colias alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905 (Insecta, Lepidoptera, PIERIDAE): proposed conservation of the specific name by giving it precedence over three senior subjective synonyms

Josef Grieshuber
Singham 42, 94086 Bad Griesbach, Germany (e-mail: Colias@t-online.de)

Bob Worthy
10 The Hill, Church Hill, Caterham, Surrey CR3 6SD, U.K. (e-mail: bobworthy@btopenworld.com)

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, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905, which is in widespread use for a butterfly species of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (family PIERIDAE). The name is threatened by three little-used senior subjective synonyms, Colias hyale sareptensis Alphéraky, 1875, Colias hyale alba Rühl, 1893 and Colias hyale meridionalis Krulikowsky, 1903. It is proposed that C. alfacariensis is given precedence over the other three names whenever it and any of the others are considered to be synonyms.

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Lepidoptera; PIERIDAE; Colias; Colias alfacariensis; Colias sareptensis; Colias alba; Colias meridionalis; Europe; Russia; Iran.

 

Case 3339 (see Comments 63:3, 63:4 & Opinion 3339)

Celaenorrhinus ratna Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposed conservation of the specific name

Yu-Feng Hsu
Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan 116, Taiwan (e-mail: t43018@cc.ntnu.edu.tw)

Hideyuki Chiba
Natural Science Department, B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817, U.S.A. (e-mail: skipper@i.bekkoame.ne.jp)

Shen-Horn Yen
Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan (e-mail: shenhornyen@hotmail.com; shenhornyen@mail.nsysu. edu.tw)

Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Celaenorrhinus ratna Fruhstorfer, 1908 for a widespread hesperiid butterfly, very common in the tropics. The name is threatened by a senior subjective synonym Celaenorrhinus kawakamii (Matsumura, 1907), which has not been catalogued or used since 1907. It is proposed that the name ratna Fruhstorfer, 1908 is conserved by suppression of kawakamii Matsumura, 1907.

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; HESPERIIDAE; Celaenorrhinus ratna; Celaenorrhinus kawakamii; hesperiid butterfly; Asia.

 

Case 3342 (see Opinion 2181)

Phalaena croesella Scopoli, 1763 (currently Adela croesella; Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name

Mikhail V. Kozlov
Section of Ecology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland (e-mail: mikoz@utu.fi)

Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the widely used specific name Phalaena croesella Scopoli, 1763 (currently Adela croesella) for a common European fairy moth (family ADELIDAE) by designating a neotype. The current use of the name P. croesella is based on a misidentification and this makes it a junior subjective synonym of Phalaena degeerella Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Nemophora degeerella). It is proposed that all previous type fixations for Phalaena croesella Scopoli, 1763 are set aside and a neotype is designated.

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; ADELIDAE; Phalaena; Adela; Adela croesella; Nemophora degeerella; fairy moth; Europe.

 

Case 3344 (see Opinion 2179)

Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1943 and Mesosmittia Brundin, 1956 (Insecta, Diptera, CHIRONOMIDAE): proposed conservation of the generic names

Martin Spies
c/o Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstr. 21, D-81247 München, Germany (e-mail: spies@zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de)

Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Articles 23.4 and 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the generic names Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1943 and Mesosmittia Brundin, 1956 for two widespread genera of non-biting midges by the suppression of Pseudorthocladius Edwards, 1932. Pseudorthocladius Edwards, 1932 is a senior homonym of Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1943, but has not been used for the last 50 years, being replaced with Mesosmittia Brundin, 1956. It is proposed that the replacement of Pseudorthocladius Edwards, 1932 with Mesosmittia Brundin, 1956 is accepted.

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; CHIRONOMIDAE; Pseudorthocladius; Mesosmittia; Pseudorthocladius curtistylus; Mesosmittia flexuella; non-biting midges.

 

Case 3373 (see Opinion 2184)

Ateles geoffroyi (Mammalia, Primates): proposed attribution of authorship to Kuhl, 1820

Colin Groves and Justin J.H. Hines
School of Archaeology & Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200, Australia (e-mail: Colin.Groves@anu.edu.au)

Paulina D. Jenkins
Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. (e-mail: p.jenkins@nhm.ac.uk)

Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Article 50.1 of the Code, is to validate the common but incorrect attribution of the name Ateles geoffroyi to Kuhl (1820). This is a longstanding error perpetuated in the primate literature and it is proposed that the attribution of the name to Kuhl (1820) be validated.

Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Ateles; Ateles geoffroyi; Ateles melanochir; Kuhl; Nicaragua; spider monkey.