Abstracts
of the Applications published
on 31 March 2003 in Volume
60, 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
3229 (See Opinion
2121)
Erbocyathus Zhuravleva,
1955 (Archaeocyatha):
proposed conservation
Françoise
Debrenne
Laboratoire
de Paléontologie,
Muséum
National d'Histoire
Naturelle, 8
rue Buffon, 75005
Paris, France (e-mail:
debrenne@mail.club-internet.fr)
Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev
Ministry of Natural Resources, ul. Bol'shaya
Gruzinskaya 4/6, Moscow 123995, Russia
Peter
D. Kruse
Northern
Territory Geological Survey,
P.O. Box 3000, Darwin, NT
0801, Australia (e-mail:
Pierre.Kruse@nt.gov.au)
Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve,
under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, the generic name Erbocyathus Zhuravleva,
1955, which is in widespread use for a group of Cambrian
fossil sponge-like archaeocyaths (family ERBOCYATHIDAE).
This name was proposed to replace the pre-occupied name Polycyathus Vologdin,
1928, but is threatened by the single usage in 1955 of an
older replacement name Pluralicyathus Okulitch, 1950.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Archaeocyatha;
ERBOCYATHIDAE; Erbocyathus; Polycyathus heterovallum;
Early Cambrian; fossil.
Case
3216 (see Comments & Opinion
2091)
Spongia
ventilabra Linnaeus,
1767 (currently Phakellia
ventilabra;
Porifera): proposed
conservation of the
specific name and
designation of a
neotype
Belinda
Alvarez and Richard C.
Willan
Museum and
Art Gallery of
the Northern
Territory, GPO
Box 4646, Darwin,
NT 0801, Australia (e-mail:
Belinda.Glasby@nt.gov.au)
Abstract. The purpose of this application,
under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve
the specific name of the type species of the
axinellid sponge genus Phakellia Bowerbank,
1862. The name in prevailing usage is Spongia
ventilabrum Linnaeus, 1767. This name is
threatened by the use in 1912 of a senior objective
synonym, Spongia strigosa Pallas, 1766.
A neotype is designated for Spongia ventilabra Linnaeus,
1767.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Porifera;
AXINELLIDAE; Phakellia; Phakellia ventilabra;
sponges.
Case
3223 (see Opinion
2092)
Unio
ochraceus Say,
1817 (currently Ligumia
ochracea;
Mollusca, Bivalvia):
proposed precedence
of the specific name
over Mytilus
fluviatilis Gmelin,
1791
James
R. Cordeiro
Science Division,
Nature Serve,
11 Avenue de
Lafayette, 5th Floor,
Boston, MA 02111,
U.S.A. (e-mail:
jay_cordeiro@abi.org)
Abstract. The purpose of this application,
under Articles 23.9.3 and 81.2.3 of the Code,
is to conserve the widely used specific name
of Unio ochraceus Say, 1817 (currently Ligumia
ochracea) for the American freshwater mussel
(tidewater mucket ) (family UNIONIDAE) by giving
it precedence over the little used senior subjective
synonym Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Mollusca;
UNIONIDAE; Ligumia ochracea; Mytilus
fluviatilis; tidewater mucket; fresh water
mussel; clam; America.
Case
3151 (see Opinion
2096)
RHOPALORUSINAE
Bücherl,
1971 (Arachnida, Scorpiones,
buthidae): proposed
conservation as the
correct spelling to
remove homonymy with
RHOPALURIDAE Stunkard,
1937 (Orthonectida)
Victor
Fet
Department
of Biological
Sciences, Marshall
University, Huntingdon,
West Virginia
25755, U.S.A. (e-mail:
fet@marshall.edu)
Mary
E. Petersen
Zoological
Museum, University of Copenhagen,
Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100
Copenhagen Ø,
Denmark
George
S. Slyusarev
Department
of Invertebrate Zoology,
Division of Biology & Soil
Science, St. Petersburg State
University, Universitetskaya
nab. 7/9, St. Petersburg
199034, Russia
Abstract. The
purpose of this application,
under Articles 29 and 55.3.1
of the Code, is to remove
homonymy between the family-group
names RHOPALURINAE Bücherl,
1971 (family BUTHIDAE, Scorpiones)
and RHOPALURIDAE Stunkard,
1937 (phylum Orthonectida)
by changing the spelling
of the junior homonym. To
date both names have had
little use, but the name
RHOPALURINAE is likely to
be used in future taxonomic
revisions of the BUTHIDAE.
Before this junior homonym
becomes adopted in the literature,
it is proposed that the whole
of the generic name of the
type genus (Rhopalurus Thorell,
1876) of RHOPALURINAE should
be used to form the emended
name RHOPALORUSINAE Bücherl,
1971, leaving the orthonectid
senior homonym (RHOPALURIDAE
Stunkard, 1937) unchanged.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Orthonectida; Arachnida;
Scorpiones; RHOPALURIDAE; RHOPALURUSINAE; Rhopalura; Rhopalurus; Rhopalura
ophiocomae; Rhopalurus laticauda.
Case
3236 (see Opinion
2094)
Zeriassa Pocock,
1897 (September) (Arachnida,
Solifugae): proposed
precedence over Canentis Pavesi,
1897 (August)
Mark
S. Harvey
Department
of Terrestrial
Invertebrates,
Western Australian
Museum, Francis
St., Perth, Western
Australia 6000,
Australia (e-mail:
mark.harvey@museum.wa.gov.au)
Abstract. The purpose of this application,
under Articles 23.9.3 and 81.2.3 of the Code,
is to conserve the generic name Zeriassa Pocock,
1897 for a group of sun spiders (family SOLPUGIDAE)
by giving it precedence over the unused older
name Canentis Pavesi, 1897 whenever
the two names are considered to be synonyms.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Arachnida;
SOLPUGIDAE; Zeriassa; Canentis; Zeriassa
bicolor; Zeriassa ruspolii; sun
spiders; Africa.
Case
3239 (see Opinion
2098)
Geostiba Thomson,
1858 (Insecta, Coleoptera):
proposed conservation
V.I.
Gusarov
Division of
Entomology, Natural
History Museum,
University of
Kansas, Lawrence,
KS 66045-7523,
U.S.A. and Department
of Entomology,
St. Petersburg
State University,
Universitetskaya
nab. 7/9, St.
Petersburg 199034,
Russia (e-mail:
vlad@ku.edu)
Abstract. The purpose of this application
is to conserve, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code,
the prevailing usage of the generic name Geostiba Thomson,
1858 for a widespread and well-known genus of
Holarctic and Oriental rove beetles (family STAPHYLINIDAE,
subfamily ALEOCHARINAE). The name is threatened
by very limited use since 1952 of the senior
objective synonym, Evanystes Gistel, 1856.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; STAPHYLINIDAE;
ALEOCHARINAE; Geostiba; Geostiba circellaris;
rove beetles; Holarctic; Oriental.
Case
3258 (see Comments & Opinion
2100)
Acmaeodera Eschscholtz,
1829 and Acmaeoderella Cobos,
1955 (Insecta, Coleoptera):
proposed conservation
of usage by designation
of Buprestis
cylindrica Fabricius,
1775 as the type species
of Acmaeodera
C.L.
Bellamy
Plant Pest
Diagnostics Lab.,
California Department
of Food & Agriculture,
3294 Meadowview
Road, Sacramento,
California 95832,
U.S.A. (e-mail:
cbellamy@cdfa.ca.gov)
M.G.
Volkovitsh
Zoological
Institute, Russian Academy
of Sciences, RU-199034 St.
Petersburg, Russia (e-mail:
polycest@zin.ru)
Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Article
70.2 of the Code, is to conserve the current usage of the
widely used buprestid (jewel beetle) generic names Acmaeodera Eschscholtz,
1829 and Acmaeoderella Cobos, 1955 (family BUPRESTIDAE)
by accepting the designation of Buprestis cylindrica Fabricius,
1775 as the type species of Acmaeodera. The type species
of Acmaeodera is at present formally Buprestis
taeniata Fabricius, 1787 (a junior subjective synonym
of B. flavofasciata Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783).
However, this designation (made in 1841) has been overlooked,
and in modern usage B. cylindrica has universally
been accepted as the type species of Acmaeodera. Adoption
of B. taeniata as type species of Acmaeodera would
cause great nomenclatural instability as nearly 500 species
would be affected by transfer and changes in generic and
subgeneric names.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera;
BUPRESTIDAE; Acmaeodera; Acmaeoderella; Carininota; Acmaeodera
cylindrica; Acmaeoderella flavofasciata;
jewel beetles.
Case
3243 (see Opinion
2101)
Lyda
latifrons Fallén,
1808 and L. gyllenhali Dahlbom,
1835 (currently Pamphilius
latifrons and P.
gyllenhali;
Insecta, Hymenoptera):
proposed conservation
of usage of the specific
names by designation
of a neotype for Lyda
latifrons
Akihiko
Shinohara
Department
of Zoology, National
Science Museum,
3-23-1 Hyakunin-chô,
Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo, 169-0073
Japan (e-mail:
shinohar@kahaku.go.jp)
Matti
Viitasaari
Department
of Applied Biology, P.O.
Box 27, University of Helsinki,
FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland (e-mail:
matti.viitasaari@helsinki.fi)
Veli
Vikberg
Liinalammintie
11 as. 6, FIN-14200 Turenki,
Finland (e-mail:
veli.vikberg@mail.htk.fi)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application,
under Article 75.6 of the
Code, is to conserve the
existing usage of the names Lyda
latifrons Fallén,
1808 and Lyda
gyllenhali Dahlbom,
1835 (currently Pamphilius
latifrons and P.
gyllenhali)
for two species of Palaearctic
sawfly (family PAMPHILIIDAE)
by designation of a neotype
for Lyda
latifrons.
The holotype of L.
latifrons is
a specimen of L.
gyllenhali,
but acceptance of this would
lead to the transfer of the
name L.
latifrons to
the taxon always known as L.
gyllenhali.
It is proposed that current
usage of these specific names
is conserved by designating
the lectotype of L.
maculosa Zaddach,
1866 as the neotype of Lyda
latifrons.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; PAMPHILIIDAE; Pamphilius
latifrons; Pamphilius gyllenhali;
Palaearctic; sawflies.
Case
3225 (see
Comments BZN 60:1, 60:3, 60:4, 61:1 & Opinion
2118)
Phymaturus Gravenhorst,
1837 and Lacerta palluma Molina,
1782 (currently Phymaturus palluma;
Reptilia, Sauria):
proposed conservation
of usage of the names
by designation of a
neotype for Lacerta palluma Molina,
1782
Richard
Etheridge and Jay M. Savage
Department
of Biology, San
Diego State University,
San Diego, California,
92182-4614 U.S.A. (e-mail:
rether@sunstroke.sdsu.edu)
Abstract. The purpose of this application,
under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to conserve
the widespread existing usage of the generic
name Phymaturus Gravenhorst, 1837 and
the specific name P. palluma (Molina,
1782) for a genus and a species of lizard (family
LIOLAEMIDAE) from South America by designating
the holotype of Centrura flagellifer Bell,
1843 as the neotype of Lacerta palluma Molina,
1782. Phymaturus and P. palluma have
been used in this sense since the name L.
palluma was first misapplied by Gravenhorst
in 1837. In this application it is accepted that
the valid name for Molina's lizard species will
be Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst,
1837.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Reptilia;
LIOLAEMIDAE; TEIIDAE; Callopistes; Phymaturus; Callopistes maculatus; Phymaturus
palluma; lizard; South America.
Case
3240 (see
Comments BZN 60:4, 61:1 & Opinion
2120)
Vespertilio
nanus Peters,
1852 (currently Pipistrellus
nanus;
Mammalia, Chiroptera):
proposed conservation
of the specific name
Meredith
Happold
School of
Botany and Zoology,
Australian National
University, Canberra,
A.C.T. 0200,
Australia (e-mail:
David.Happold@anu.edu.au)
Abstract. The purpose of this application,
under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve
the widely used name Vespertilio nanus Peters,
1852 (currently Pipistrellus nanus) for
the African Banana bat (family VESPERTILIONIDAE).
The name is threatened by limited use of a senior
subjective synonym P. africanus (Rüppell,
1842).
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Chiroptera;
VESPERTILIONIDAE; Pipistrellus nanus;
Banana bat; Africa.
Case
3204 (see
Comments BZN 61:4, 62:4 &
Opinion
2183)
Viverra
maculata Gray,
1830 (currently Genetta
maculata;
Mammalia, Carnivora):
proposed conservation
of the specific name
P.
Gaubert (Muséum
National d'Histoire Naturelle,
Laboratoire Zoologie, Mammifères & Oiseaux,
55 rue Buffon, F-75005
Paris, France),
M. Tranier, G. Veron, D.
Kock, A.E. Dunham, P.J.
Taylor, C. Stuart, T. Stuart
and W.C. Wozencraft
Abstract. The
purpose of this
application,
under Article
23.9.5 of the
Code, is to conserve
the specific
name of Viverra
maculata Gray,
1830 (currently Genetta
maculata;
family VIVERRIDAE)
for a species
of African genet
(a placental
carnivore). The
name is a junior
primary homonym
of Viverra
maculata Kerr,
1792 (currently Dasyurus
maculatus),
which is used
for a marsupial
mammal commonly
known as the
Tiger quoll (family
dasyuridae).
However, the
names apply to
taxa that have
not been considered
congeneric since
the early 19th
century.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Carnivora; VIVERRIDAE; Genetta
maculata; Dasyurus
maculatus;
Rusty-spotted genet; Africa.
