Opinions
with the following titles were published on 30 March 2001
in Volume 58, Part 1 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
1965 (Case 3008)
Euchilus Sandberger, 1870
and Stalioa Brusina, 1870 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): Bithinia
deschiensiana Deshayes, 1862 and Paludina
desmarestii Prévost, 1821 designated
as the respective type species, with the conservation
of Bania Brusina, 1896
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Gastropoda; prosobranchs; HYDROBlIDAE; Euchilus; Stalioa; Bania; Euchilus
deschiensianus; Stalioa desmarestii; Bania
prototypica; Tertiary.
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power all previous fixations of type
species for the following nominal genera are hereby set
aside:
(a) Euchilus Sandberger, 1870 prior to that by Sandberger
(1872) of Bithinia deschiensiana Deshayes, 1862;
(b) Stalioa Brusina, 1870 prior to that by Cossmann
(1893) of Paludina desmarestii Prevost, 1821.
(2) The following names are hereby placed on the Official
List of Generic Names in Zoology:
(a) Euchilus Sandberger, 1870 (gender: masculine),
type species by subsequent designation by Sandberger (1872) Bithinia
deschiensiana Deshayes, 1862 by the ruling in (1)(a)
above;
(b) Stalioa Brusina, 1870 (gender: feminine), type
species by subsequent designation by Cossmann (1893) Paludina
desmarestii Prevost, 1821 by the ruling in (1)(b) above;
(c) Bania Brusina, 1896 (gender: feminine), type
species by monotypy Stalioa prototypica Brusina,
1872.
(3) The following names are hereby placed on the Official
List of Specific Names in Zoology:
(a) deschiensiana Deshayes, 1862, as published in
the binomen Bithinia deschiensiana (specific name
of the type species of Euchilus Sandberger, 1870);
(b) desmarestii Prevost, 1821, as published in the
binomen Paludina desmarestii (specific name of the
type species of Stalioa Brusina, 1870);
(c) prototypica Brusina, 1872, as published in the
binomen Stalioa prototypica (specific name of the
type species of Bania Brusina, 1896).
(4) The following names are hereby placed on the Official
Index of Rejected and Invalid Names in Zoology:
(a) Stoliva Fuchs, 1877 (an incorrect subsequent
spelling of Stalioa Brusina, 1870);
(b) Sandbergeriella Schlickum, 1968 (a junior objective
synonym of Stalioa Brusina, 1870);
(c) Stalioia Fischer, 1885 (an unnecessary replacement
name and junior objective synonym of Stalioa Brusina,
1870).
OPINION
1966 (Case 3116)
Gnomulus Thorell, 1890
(Arachnida, Opiliones): Gnomulus sumatranus Thorell, 1891
designated as the type species
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Arachnida; Opiliones; ONCOPODIDAE; Gnomulus; Gnomulus
sumatranus.
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power all previous fixations of type
species for the nominal genus Gnomulus Thorell,
1890 are hereby set aside and Gnomulus sumatranus Thorell,
1891 is designated as the type species.
(2) The name Gnomulus Thorell, 1890 (gender: masculine),
type species by designation under the plenary power in (1)
above Gnomulus sumatranus Thorell, 1891, is hereby
placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology.
(3) The name sumatranus Thorell, 1891, as published
in the binomen Gnomulus sumatranus and as defined
by the male lectotype from Mount Singalang, West Sumatra,
now in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa, designated
by Schwendinger
& Martens (1999) (specific name of the type species of Gnomulus Thorell,
1890) is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific
Names in Zoology.
OPINION
1967 (Case 2990)
Disparalona Fryer, 1968
(Crustacea, Branchiopoda): conserved
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Branchiopoda; CHYDORIDAE; Disparalona; Disparalona
rostrata; Phrixura.
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power the name Phrixura Muller,
1867 is hereby suppressed for the purposes of the Principle
of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy.
(2) The name Disparalona Fryer, 1968 (gender: feminine),
type species by original designation Lynceus rostratus Koch,
1841, is hereby placed on the Official List of Generic Names
in Zoology.
(3) The name rostratus Koch, 1841, as published
in the binomen Lynceus rostratus (specific name
of the type species of Disparalona Fryer, 1968),
is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in
Zoology.
(4) The name Phrixura Muller, 1867, as suppressed
in (1) above, is hereby placed on the Official Index of Rejected
and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology.
OPINION
1968 (Case 2957)
Phytobius Schönherr, 1833
(Insecta, Coleoptera): placed on the Official
List
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; CURCULIONIDAE; Phytobius; Phytobius
leucogaster; weevils.
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power the entry for the name Phytobius Dejean,
1835 is hereby deleted from the Official List of Generic
Names in Zoology.
(2) The name Phytobius Schonherr, 1833 (gender:
masculine), type species by original designation of the replaced
nominal genus Hydaticus Schonherr, 1825, Rhynchaenus
myriophylli Gyllenhal, 1813 (a junior subjective synonym
of Curculio leucogaster Marsham, 1802), is hereby
placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology.
(3) The name leucogaster Marsham, 1802, as published
in the binomen Curculio leucogaster (senior subjective
synonym of Rhynchaenus myriophylli Gyllenhal, 1813,
the type species of Phytobius Schonherr, 1833),
is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in
Zoology.
(4) The name Hydaticus Schonherr, 1825 is hereby
placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic
Names in Zoology (a junior homonym of Hydaticus Leach,
1817).
OPINION
1969 (Case 3128)
Drosophila
rufifrons Loew, 1873 and D. lebanonensis Wheeler, 1949
(currently Scaptodrosophila rufifrons and S.
lebanonensis; Insecta, Diptera):
specific names conserved by the designation of a neotype
for D. rufifrons
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Diptera; DROSOPHILIDAE; Scaptodrosophila rufifrons; Scaptodrosophila
lebanonensis; lesser fruit flies; Europe.
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power all previous type fixations for
the nominal species Drosophila rufifrons Loew,
1873 are hereby set aside and the male specimen in the
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, labelled as
`Neotype' on a red-margined card, and with label data:
(1) K[iskunsagi] N. P.: Kunfeherto, Morus alba kicsorgo
nedven [oozing sap]; (2) 1982. VI. 15-23., leg. Papp L.,
is designated as the neotype.
(2) The following names are hereby placed on the Official
List of Specific Names in Zoology:
(a) rufifrons Loew 1873, as published in the binomen Drosophila
rufifrons and as defined by the neotype designated in
(1) above;
(b) lebanonensis Wheeler, 1949, as published in
the binomen Drosophila lebanonensis.
OPINION
1970 (Case 3043)
Odatria
keithhornei Wells & Wellington, 1985
(Reptilia, Squamata): specific name placed on
the Official List
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Reptilia; Squamata; VARANIDAE; Varanus keithhornei; Varanus
teriae; lizards; monitors; Australia.
Ruling
(1) The name keithhornei Wells & Wellington,
1985, as published in the binomen Odatria keithhornei and
as defined by the holotype (catalogue no. J31566 in the Queensland
Museum, collected from Buthen Buthen, Nesbit River, Cape
York Peninsula by G. Czechura in 1978) is hereby placed on
the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.
(2) The name teriae Sprackland, 1991, as published
in the binomen Varanus teriae, is hereby placed
on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names
in Zoology (a junior objective synonym of Odatria keithhornei Wells &
Wellington, 1985).
