Abstracts
of the Applications published on 27 March 2002
in Volume 59, Part 1 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
3174 (see Comments & Opinion
2049)
Pardosa C.L.
Koch, 1847 (Arachnida, Araneae): proposed fixation
of Lycosa alacris C.L. Koch, 1833 as the
type species to conserve the usage of Pardosa and
of Alopecosa Simon, 1885
Torbjörn
Kronestedt
Department of Entomology, Swedish
Museum of Natural History, Box 50007,
SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Charles
D. Dondale
Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research
Centre (ECORC), Research Branch, Agriculture
and Agri- Food Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6,
Canada
Alexey
A. Zyuzin
Abylai Khan Avenue, 131-38, 480091
Almaty, Kazakhstan Republic
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to fix Lycosa
alacris C.L. Koch, 1833 as the type species
of the wolf spider genus Pardosa C.L.
Koch, 1847. In 1898 Simon gave Lycosa striatipes C.L.
Koch, 1837 as the type, but this taxon has long
been classified in Alopecosa Simon, 1885
and acceptance of it as the type species of Pardosa would
cause Alopecosa to be replaced by Pardosa;
a substitute name would be required for the genus
now commonly called Pardosa. The originally
included nominal species Lycosa alacris C.L.
Koch, 1833 is identifiable from its description
and an original specimen exists. P. alacris has
generally been treated as a junior synonym of P.
lugubris (Walckenaer, 1802), but the names alacris and lugubris have
recently been shown to refer to distinct though
very closely related taxa. Aranea chelata O.F.
Müller, 1764 was at one time considered
to be the oldest synonym of P. alacris and P.
lugubris, but this name is unidentifiable
and has been unused for many years; its suppression
is proposed.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Araneae; LYCOSIDAE; Pardosa; Pardosa
alacris; Pardosa lugubris; Alopecosa; Alopecosa
striatipes; Aranea chelata; wolf spiders.
Case
3106 (see Comments & Opinion
2063)
Remipes
pacificus Dana, 1852
(currently Hippa pacifica; Crustacea,
Anomura): proposed precedence over Remipes
marmoratus Jacquinot, 1846
Christopher
B. Boyko
Department of Invertebrates, American
Museum of Natural History, Central
Park West at 79th Street, New York,
NY 10024, U.S.A. and Department
of Biology, University of Rhode Island,
Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, U.S.A.
Alan
W. Harvey
Department of Biology, Georgia Southern
University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460,
U.S.A.
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to conserve the
usage of the specific name of Hippa pacifica (Dana,
1852) for an Indo-Pacific sand or mole crab (family
HIPPIDAE). The extant syntypes of R. marmoratus Jacquinot,
1846 are apparently specimens of H. pacifica.
It is proposed that R. pacificus Dana,
1852 should take precedence over R. marmoratus.
A lectotype is designated for R. pacificus.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Crustacea; Anomura; HIPPIDAE; Hippa; Hippa
pacifica; mole crabs; Indo-Pacific.
Case
3183 (see Opinion
2052)
Pagurus
clypeatus Fabricius, 1787 (currently Coenobita
clypeatus; Crustacea, Decapoda): proposed
replacement of syntypes by a neotype
Patsy
A. McLaughlin
Shannon Point Marine Center, Western
Washington University, 1900 Shannon
Point Road, Anacortes, WA 98221-9081B,
U.S.A.
Lipke
B. Holthuis
Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum,
Naturalis, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden,
The Netherlands
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to conserve the
accustomed usage of the name of the common West
Indian land hermit crab Coenobita clypeatus (Fabricius,
1787), the type species of Coenobita Latreille,
1829. The two existing syntypes represent two
different and equally well known Indo-Pacific
species: Coenobita rugosus Milne Edwards,
1837 and C. violascens Heller, 1862. It
is proposed that stability should be maintained
by the replacement of the two existing East Indies
syntypes of Pagurus clypeatus Fabricius,
1787 with a West Indies neotype in the sense
of the usage of the name since 1919. This will
also conserve the names C. rugosus and C.
violascens. The names of Coenobita Latreille,
1829 and of its type species, Pagurus clypeatus Fabricius,
1787, were placed on Official Lists in Opinion
1575 (March 1990).
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Crustacea; Decapoda; COENOBITIDAE; Coenobita; Coenobita
clypeatus; C. rugosus; C. violascens;
hermit crabs; West Indies.
Case
3176 (see Opinion
2055)
Ptinus
tectus Boieldieu, 1856 (Insecta, Coleoptera):
proposed conservation of usage of the specific
name
S.E.
Thorpe
Department of Entomology, Auckland
Museum, Private Bag 92018, Auckland,
New Zealand
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to conserve the
long and universal usage of the name Ptinus
tectus Boieldieu, 1856 for a well-known spider
beetle (family ANOBIIDAE, subfamily PTININAE)
of significant economic importance. Boieldieu
proposed the name as a replacement for the junior
primary homonym Ptinus pilosus White,
1846 (a dorcatomine anobiid from New Zealand)
with which he had misidentified his new taxon,
but it is proposed that, in accord with both
taxonomic reality and usage, P. tectus should
be deemed to be the name of a then new nominal
species.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; ANOBIIDAE; PTININAE; DORCATOMINAE; Ptinus
tectus; spider beetles.
Case
3201 (see Comments & Opinion
2054)
Scarabaeus
punctatus Villers, 1789 (currently Pentodon
bidens punctatus; Insecta, Coleoptera):
proposed conservation of the specific name
Frank-Thorsten
Krell
Department of Entomology, The Natural
History Museum, Cromwell Road, London
SW7 5BD, U.K.
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to conserve the
specific name of Scarabaeus punctatus Villers,
1789 (SCARABAEIDAE, DYNASTINAE), which is a junior
primary homonym of S. punctatus Linnaeus,
1758 (SCARABAEIDAE, RUTELINAE). Despite the homonymy
both specific names have been used since publication
and are currently in use; they have never been
treated as congeneric and neither has been included
in the original genus since 1798. The name Pentodon
bidens punctatus (Villers) refers to the
west and central Mediterranean subspecies of
a common Palaearctic rhinoceros beetle; Pelidnota
punctata (Linnaeus) refers to a common chafer
occurring in the eastern part of the U.S.A. and
southern Ontario.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; SCARABAEIDAE; DYNASTINAE;
RUTELINAE; Pentodon bidens punctatus; Pelidnota
punctata; rhinoceros beetles; chafers; Mediterranean;
eastern North America
Case
3188 (see Comments & Opinion
2067)
Nemotois
violellus Herrich-Schaeffer in Stainton,
1851 (currently Nemophora violella;
Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposed conservation
of the specific name
Mikhail
V. Kozlov
Section of Ecology, University of
Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to conserve the
specific name of Nemophora violella (Herrich-Schaeffer
in Stainton, 1851) for a common and widely distributed
European bisexual fairy moth (family ADELIDAE)
which is associated with several Gentiana species.
The name is threatened by the senior synonym Tinea
cupriacella Hübner, 1819 which (although
originally based on a male specimen of what has
long been called N. violella) for almost
150 years has been frequently used for another
(apparently parthenogenetic) species associated
with Scabiosa, Dipsacus, Succisa and Sedum.
The latter species has at present no valid name.
However, there has been no consistency in the
use of the specific name cupriacella and
its suppression is proposed both to conserve N.
violella and because the name is a source
of confusion.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Lepidoptera; ADELIDAE; Nemophora; Nemophora
violella; Nemophora cupriacella; fairy
moths; Europe.
Case
3184 (see Opinion
2070)
Tetrapedia Klug,
1810, T. diversipes Klug, 1819 and Exomalopsis Spinola,
1853 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed conservation
of usage of the names by the designation of
a neotype for T. diversipes
Charles
D. Michener
Division of Entomology (Snow Entomology
Collection), Natural History Museum and Department
of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
66045, U.S.A.
Jesus
S. Moure
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade
Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal
19020, 81531-970 Curitiba, Paraná,
Brazil
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to conserve the
sense in which the anthophorine bee generic names Tetrapedia Klug,
1810 and Exomalopsis Spinola, 1853 have
been used for more than a century; both are the
basis of tribal names. The type species of Tetrapedia is T.
diversipes Klug, 1810; a misidentification
of this species by Smith (1854) and Friese (1899)
was not recognized by any subsequent author until
Moure (2000). The only existing type specimen
belongs to Exomalopsis, but transfer of
the name Tetrapedia to the genus always
called Exomalopsis and disappearance of
the latter name would cause great confusion.
It is proposed that a neotype for T. diversipes should
be designated in accordance with Article 75.6
of the Code to conserve the universal understanding
of this nominal species and of the genera and
tribes mentioned above.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Hymenoptera; APIDAE; TETRAPEDIINI;
EXOMALOPSINI; Tetrapedia; Tetrapedia
diversipes; Exomalopsis; bees; Brazil.
