BZN Volume
64, Part 2, 30 June 2007
Opinions
Opinions
with the following titles were published on 30 June 2007
in Volume 64, 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 The Natural History Museum, Cromwell
Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. (e-mail: iczn@nhm.ac.uk).
OPINION 2170 (Case
3300)
Halipegus occidualis Stafford,
1905 and Cercaria projecta Willey, 1930 (Digenea,
HEMIURIDAE): priority maintained
Abstract. The Commission
has ruled that priority is maintained for two species of hemiurid
digeneans, Halipegus occidualis Stafford, 1905 and Cercaria
projecta Willey, 1930, known to parasitise ranid frogs
and various freshwater pulmonate snails. A proposal to conserve
the junior homonym Halipegus occidualis Krull, 1935
of the former name and the junior synonym Halipegus eccentricus Thomas,
1939 of the latter name was not approved.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Digenea; HEMIURIDAE; Halipegus occidualis; Cercaria
projecta; Halipegus eccentricus; Amphibia; RANIDAE;
parasitic worms; North America.
OPINION
2171 (Case
3322)
Baetis pentaphlebodes Ujhelyi,
1966 (Insecta, Ephemeroptera): not given precedence over Baetis
nexus Navás, 1918
Abstract. The Commission
has ruled that priority is maintained for the specific name
of Baetis nexus Navás, 1918, a European mayfly
(family BAETIDAE), a senior subjective synonym of Baetis pentaphlebodes
Ujhelyi, 1966.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Ephemeroptera; BAETIDAE; Baetis nexus; Baetis
pentaphlebodes; Hungary; Spain; mayflies.
OPINION
2172 (Case
3326)
Lachniella tujafilina Del
Guercio, 1909 (currently Cinara (Cupressobium) tujafilina;
Insecta, Hemiptera, APHIDIDAE): given precedence over Lachnus
greeni Schouteden, 1905 (currently Cinara (Cupressobium) greeni)
Abstract. The Commission
has conserved the usage of the specific name Cinara (Cupressobium) tujafilina (Del
Guercio, 1909) for a widespread and economically important
species of aphid by giving it precedence over the senior synonym Cinara (Cupressobium) greeni (Schouteden,
1905).
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Hemiptera; APHIDIDAE; LACHNINAE; Cinara; Cinara (Cupressobium) tujafilina; Cinara (Cupressobium) greeni;
aphids.
OPINION
2173 (Case
3299)
Staphylinus punctulatus Paykull,
1789 (currently Gyrohypnus punctulatus; Insecta, Coleoptera,
STAPHYLINIDAE): specific name conserved
Abstract. The Commission
has ruled that the specific name of Staphylinus punctulatus Paykull,
1789 is conserved. The name is a junior primary homonym of Staphylinus
punctulatus Goeze, 1777 (currently Othius punctulatus),
but the specific names have not been considered as congeneric
since 1830.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
STAPHYLINIDAE; Gyrohypnus punctulatus; rove beetles;
Palaearctic.
OPINION
2174 (Case
3302)
Buprestis sexsignata Say,
1839 (Insecta, Coleoptera): given precedence over Chrysobothris
ignipes Gory & Laporte, 1838 and Chrysobothris
germari Gory & Laporte, 1838
Abstract. The Commission
has ruled that the specific name Buprestis sexsignata Say,
1839 is conserved for a species of jewel beetle (family BUPRESTIDAE)
by giving it precedence over its unused senior synonyms Chrysobothris
ignipes Gory & Laporte, 1838 and C. germari Gory & Laporte,
1838.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Coleoptera; BUPRESTIDAE; Buprestis sexsignata; Chrysobothris
ignipes; Chrysobothris germari; buprestids; jewel
beetles.
