Opinions
with the following titles were
published on 27 March 2002 in Volume
59, 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
1986 (Case 3166)
Campanularia
noliformis McCrady, 1859
(currently Clytia noliformis;
Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): specific
name conserved by the designation
of a neotype
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; CAMPANULARIIDAE;
hydroids; medusae; Clytia noliformis.
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power all previous
type fixations for the nominal
species Campanularia noliformis McCrady,
1859 are hereby set aside and the
fertile hydroid colony from Castle
Harbour, Bermuda, and now in the
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto,
Canada (collection no. ROMIZ B365),
is designated as the neotype.
(2) The name noliformis McCrady,
1859, as published in the binomen Campanularia
noliformis and as defined by
the neotype designated in (1) above,
is hereby placed on the Official
List of Specific Names in Zoology.
OPINION
1987 (Case 3111)
Pachycerianthus Roule,
1904 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa): Pachycerianthus
multiplicatus Carlgren, 1912
designated as the type species
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Ceriantharia; Pachycerianthus; Pachycerianthus
multiplicatus.
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power all previous
fixations of type species for the
nominal genus Pachycerianthus Route,
1904 are hereby set aside and Pachycerianthus
multiplicatus Carlgren, 1912
is designated as the type species.
(2) The name Pachycerianthus Route,
1904 (gender: masculine), type species
by designation under the plenary
power in (1) above Pachycerianthus
multiplicatus Carlgren, 1912,
is hereby placed on the Official
List of Generic Names in Zoology.
(3) The name multiplicatus Carlgren,
1912, as published in the binomen Pachycerianthus
multiplicatus, is hereby placed
on the Official List of Specific
Names in Zoology.
OPINION
1988 (Case 3135)
Scyllarus
orientalis Lund, 1793 (currently Thenus
orientalis; Crustacea,
Decapoda): neotype designated
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Crustacea; Decapoda;
SCYLLARIDAE; Thenus orientalis;
shovel-nose lobsters; Indian Ocean;
West Pacific Ocean.
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power all previous
fixations of type specimens for
the nominal species Scyllarus
orientalis Lund, 1793 are
hereby set aside and the female
specimen from Padang, Sumatra,
Indonesia, no. ZRC-1999.0481 in
the Zoological Reference Collection,
National University of Singapore,
is designated as the neotype.
(2) The entry on the Official List
of Specific Names in Zoology for
the name orientalis Lund, 1793, as
published in the binomen Scyllarus
orientalis, is hereby emended
by the deletion that it is the valid
name (senior subjective synonym)
for Thenus indicus Leach,
1815, the type species of Thenus Leach,
1815, and by the addition of an endorsement
that it is defined by the neotype
designated in (1) above.
(3) The name indicus Leach,
1815, as published in the binomen Thenus
indicus (specific name of the
type species of Thenus Leach,
1815), is hereby placed on the Official
List of Specific Names in Zoology.
OPINION
1989 (Case 3103)
Orsodacne Latreille,
1802 (Insecta, Coleoptera): Chrysomela
cerasi Linnaeus, 1758 designated
as the type species
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; CHRYSOMELIDAE; Orsodacne; Orsodacne
cerasi; leaf beetles; plant
pests.
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power all previous
fixations of type species for the
nominal genus Orsodacne Latreille,
1802 are hereby set aside and Chrysomela
cerasi Linnaeus, 1758 is designated
as the type species.
(2) The name Orsodacne Latreille,
1802 (gender: feminine), type species
by designation under the plenary
power in (1) above Chrysomela
cerasi Linnaeus, 1758, is hereby
placed on the Official List of Generic
Names in Zoology.
(3) The name cerasi Linnaeus,
1758, as published in the binomen Chrysomela
cerasi (specific name of the
type species of Orsodacne Latreille,
1802), is hereby placed on the Official
List of Specific Names in Zoology.
OPINION
1990 (Case 3076)
Tanaecia
heringi Niepelt, 1935 (Insecta,
Lepidoptera): specific name
placed on the Official List
of Specific Names in Zoology
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Lepidoptera; NYMPHALIDAE; Tanaecia
heringi; Tanaecia coelebs;
southeast Asia.
Ruling
(1) The name heringi Niepelt,
1935, as published in the binomen Tanaecia
heringi, is hereby placed on
the Official List of Specific Names
in Zoology
OPINION
1991 (Case 3131)
Hybognathus
stramineus Cope, 1865 (currently Notropis
stramineus; Osteichthyes,
Cypriniformes): specific name
conserved
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Osteichthyes; Cypriniformes;
CYPRINIDAE; freshwater fish; sand
shiner; Notropis stramineus; Notropis
ludibundus; North America.
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power the following
specific names are hereby suppressed
for the purposes of the Principle
of Priority but not for those of
the Principle of Homonymy:
(a) ludibunda Girard, 1856,
as published in the binomen Cyprinella
ludibunda; (b) lineolatus Putnam,
1863, as published in the binomen Alburnus
lineolatus. (2) The name stramineus
Cope, 1865, as published in the binomen Hybognathus
stramineus and as defined by
the lectotype (catalogue no. ANSP
4131 in the Museum of Zoology, University
of Michigan) designated by Fowler
(1910), is hereby placed on the Official
List of Specific Names in Zoology.
(3) The following names are hereby
placed on the Official Index of Rejected
and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology:
(a) ludibunda Girard, 1856,
as published in the binomen Cyprinella
ludibunda and as suppressed
in (1)(a) above;
(b) lineolatus Putnam, 1863,
as published in the binomen Alburnus
lineolatus and as suppressed
in (1)(b) above.
OPINION
1992 (Case 3085)
Lacerta
undata A. Smith, 1838 (currently Pedioplanis
undata; Reptilia, Sauria):
specific name conserved by
the designation of a neotype
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Reptilia; Sauria; LACERTIDAE; Pedioplanis
undata; western sand lizard;
spotted sand lizard; Namibia.
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power all previous
type fixations for the nominal
species Lacerta undata A.
Smith, 1838 are hereby set aside
and the adult male specimen from
near Windhoek, Namibia, in the
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NMW
31886), is designated as the neotype.
(2) The name undata A. Smith,
1838, as published in the binomen Lacerta
undata and as defined by the
neotype designated in (1) above,
is hereby placed on the Official
List of Specific Names in Zoology.
OPINION
1993 (Case 2980)
Procoptodon Owen,
1874 (Mammalia, Marsupialia)
and the specific names of P.
rapha Owen, 1874 and P.
pusio Owen, 1874: conserved
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Marsupialia; MACROPODIDAE; Procoptodon; Procoptodon
rapha; Procoptodon pusio; Halmaturotherium; Halmatutherium;
kangaroos; Pleistocene; Australia.
Ruling
(l) Under the plenary power the following
names are hereby suppressed for
the purposes of the Principle of
Priority but not for those of the
Principle of Homonymy:
(a) the generic names:
(i) Halmaturotherium Krefft,
1872; (ii) Halmatutherium Krefft,
1873; (b) the specific names:
(i) scottii Krefft, 1870, as published
in the binomen Halmaturus scottii;
(ii) thomsonii Krefft, 1870,
as published in the binomen Halmaturus
thomsonii.
(2) The name Procoptodon Owen,
1874 (gender: masculine), type species
by original designation Macropus
goliah Owen in Waterhouse, 1846,
is hereby placed on the Official
List of Generic Names in Zoology.
(3) The following names are hereby
placed on the Official List of Specific
Names in Zoology:
(a) goliah Owen in Waterhouse,
1846, as published in the binomen Macropus
goliah (specific name of the
type species of Procoptodon Owen,
1874); (b) rapha Owen, 1874,
as published in the binomen Procoptodon
rapha;
(c) pusio Owen, 1874, as
published in the binomen Procoptodon
pusio.
(4) The following names are hereby
placed on the Official Index of Rejected
and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology:
(a) Halmaturotherium Krefft,
1872, as suppressed in (1)(a)(i)
above; (b) Halmatutherium Krefft,
1873, as suppressed in (1)(a)(ii)
above.
(5) The following names are hereby
placed on the Official Index of Rejected
and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology:
(a) scottii Krefft, 1870,
as published in the binomen Halmaturus
scottii and as suppressed in
(1)(b)(i) above;
(b) thomsonii Krefft, 1870,
as published in the binomen Halmaturus
thomsonii and as suppressed
in (1)(b)(ii) above.
OPINION
1994 (Case 3095)
Mystcina Gray,
1843, Chalinolobus Peters,
1866, M. tuberculata Gray,
1843 and Vespertilio tuberculatus J.R.
Forster, 1844 (currently C.
tuberculatus) (Mammalia,
Chiroptera): usage of the generic
and specific names conserved
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Mammalia; Chiroptera;
MYSTACINIDAE; VESPERTILIONIDAE; Chalinolobus; Mystacina; Chalinolobus
tuberculatus; Mystacina
tuberculata; Mystacina velutina;
bats; New Zealand.
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power the name Vespertilio
tuberculatus J.R. Forster, 1844
is hereby ruled to be not invalid
(under Article 49 of the Code) as
a consequence of the inclusion by
Gray (1843) of the taxon within the
nominal species Mystacina tuberculata Gray,
1843.
(2) The following names are hereby
placed on the Official List of Generic
Names in Zoology:
(a) Mystacina Gray, 1843
(gender: feminine), type species
by original designation Mystacina
tubereulata Gray, 1843;
(b) Chulinolobus Peters,
1866 (gender: masculine), type species
by original designation Vespertilio
tuberculatus J.R. Forster, 1$44.
(3) The following names are hereby
placed on the Official List of Specific
Names in Zoology:
(a) tuberculata Gray, 1843,
as published in the binomen Mystacina
tuberculata (specific name of
the type species of Mystacina Gray,
1843);
(b) tuberculatus J.R. Forster,
1844, as published in the binomen Vespertilio
tuberculatus (specific name
of the type species of Chalinolobus Peters,
1866). (4) The name Mystacops Lydekker,
1891 is hereby placed on the Official
Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic
Names in Zoology (a junior objective
synonym of Mystacina Gray,
1843).
(5) The name velutina Hutton,
1872, as published in the binomen Mystacina
velutina, is hereby placed on
the Official Index of Rejected and
Invalid Specific Names in Zoology
(a junior objective synonym of Mystaeincz
tuberculata Gray, 1843).
OPINION
1995 (Case 3004)
LORISIDAE
Gray, 1821, GALAGIDAE Gray, 1825
and INDRIIDAE Burnett, 1828 (Mammalia,
Primates): conserved as the correct
original spellings
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Mammalia; Primates; LORISIDAE;
LORIDAE; GALAGIDAE; GALAGONIDAE;
INDRIIDAE; INDRIDAE; Galago; Galago
senegalensis; Indri; Lemur
indri; lorises; bushbabies;
lemurs; Asia; East Indies; Africa;
Madagascar.
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary power
it is hereby ruled that for the purposes
of Article 29 the stems of the following
generic names are as shown:
(a) Loris E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,
1796: the stem is LORIS-;
(b) Galago E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,
1796: the stem is GALAG-.
(2) It is hereby ruled that the correct
original spelling of the family-group
name based on Indri E. Geoffroy
Saint-Hilaire, 1796 is INDRIIDAE
Burnett, 1828.
(3) The following names are hereby
placed on the Official List of Generic
Names in Zoology:
(a) Galago E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,
1796 (gender: masculine), type species
by monotypy Galago senegalensis E.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796;
(b) Indri E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,
1796 (gender: masculine), type species
by absolute tautonymy Lemur indri Gmelin,
1788.
(4) The following names are hereby
placed on the Official List of Specific
Names in Zoology:
(a) senegalensis E. Geoffroy
Saint-Hilaire, 1796, as published
in the binomen Galago senegalensis (specific
name of the type species of Galago E.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796);
(b) indri Gmelin, 1788,
as published in the binomen Lemur
indri (specific name of the
type species of Indri E. Geoffroy
Saint-Hilaire, 1796).
(5) The following names are hereby
placed on the Official List of Family-Group
Names in Zoology:
(a) LORISIDAE Gray, 1821 (type genus Loris E.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796);
(b) GALAGIDAE Gray, 1825 (type genus Galago E.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796);
(c) INDRIIDAE Burnett, 1828 (type
genus Indri E. Geoffroy
Saint-Hilaire, 1796), ruled in (2)
above to be the correct original
spelling.
(6) The following names are hereby
placed on the Official Index of Rejected
and Invalid Family-Group Names in
Zoology:
(a) LORIDAE Gray, 1821 (spelling
emended to LORISIDAE by the ruling
in (1)(a) above);
(b) GALAGONIDAE Gray, 1825 (spelling
emended to GALAGIDAE by the ruling
in (1)(b) above);
(c) INDRIDAE Burnett, 1828 (ruled
in (2) above to be an incorrect original
spelling).
