Abstracts
of the Applications published on
31 March 2004 in Volume 61, 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
3276 (see Comments & Opinion
2122)
Narella Gray,
1870 (Coelenterata, Octocorallia):
proposed conservation of usage by
designation of a neotype for its
type species Primnoa regularis Duchassaing & Michelotti,
1860
Stephen
D. Cairns and Frederick M. Bayer
Department of Systematic Biology (Invertebrate Zoology), National
Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012,
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, U.S.A. (e-mail: cairns.stephen@nmnh.si.edu)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under
Article 75.6 of the Code, is to conserve
the current understanding and usage
of the generic name Narella Gray,
1870 (family primnoidae)
for a deep-sea western Atlantic octocoral
by designating a neotype for its type
species Primnoa regularis Duchassaing & Michelotti,
1860. The holotype of P. regularis was
recently found to belong in the genus Paracalyptrophora Kinoshita,
1908. It is therefore proposed that
the holotype of Primnoa regularis be
replaced with a neotype that represents
the established interpretation of that
species and which will conserve the
stability and usage of the generic
names Narella and Paracalyptrophora.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Octocorallia; primnoidae; Narella; Paracalyptrophora; Narella
regularis; Lesser Antilles.
Case
999 (see Opinion
2123)
F.A.
Quenstedt’s trinominal nomenclature
(1845-1888): a proposal to stabilize
the usage of the third names of ammonites
and to place 34 important Quenstedt
names of ammonites on the Official
List of Specific Names in Zoology
(Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea)
John
H. Callomon
University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
Desmond
T. Donovan
University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
Michael
K. Howarth
Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell
Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. (e-mail: mkh@nhm.ac.uk)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application is to stabilize
the usage of the third names of a number
of ammonites established by F.A. Quenstedt
(1845-1888) and to place 34 of his
species-group names on the Official
List. The problem has arisen from uncertainty
as to whether Quenstedt’s third
names should be treated as subspecific,
and therefore available, or as infrasubspecific
and therefore unavailable under the
Code. It
is proposed that the Commission
should rule that all Quenstedt’s
third names under the genus Ammonites are
subspecific in rank and are therefore
available names in the species group. It
is also proposed that the Commission
should rule that seven such third names
that are junior homonyms, but are type
species of genera or indices of standard
chronostratigraphic Zones or Subzones,
are not invalid by reason of being
junior homonyms. It is proposed
that these seven names, together with
27 other Quenstedt third names that
are in current use as important zonal
or subzonal index fossils or as type
species of ammonite genera, are placed
on the Official List of Specific Names
in Zoology.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; F.A. Quenstedt; trinominal
nomenclature; ammonites; Jurassic.
Case
3263 (see Opinion
2147)
Octopus
hummelincki Adam, 1936 (Mollusca,
Cephalopoda): proposed conservation
of the specific name
Ian
G. Gleadall
Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University, Sendai 981-8551, Japan (e-mail:
octopus@pm.tbgu.ac.jp)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, in relation
to Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is the
conservation of the name Octopus
hummelincki Adam, 1936 for a common
small ocellate octopus from the Caribbean
and western Atlantic. The older name O.
filosus Howell, 1868 was long regarded
as a synonym of O. vulgaris Cuvier,
1797, but more recently has been synonymized
with O. hummelincki (rather
than O. vulgaris). The name O.
filosus has had very little usage
and as its synonymy is in some doubt,
its suppression is proposed to conserve
the general and long usage of O.
hummelincki.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Cephalopoda; octopodidae; Octopus
hummelincki; Octopus filosus.
Case
3287 (see Opinion
2125)
labiidae Burr, 1909 (Insecta, Dermaptera):
proposed precedence over isolabellinae Verhoeff,
1902
Michael
S. Engel
Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum and Department
of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Snow Hall, 1460 Jayhawk Boulevard,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7523, U.S.A.
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under
Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve
the usage of the family-group name labiidae Burr,
1909 for a widely encountered group
of cosmopolitan earwigs. The senior
subfamilial name isolabellinae Verhoeff,
1902 (type genus Isolabella Verhoeff,
1902) has not been used since its establishment
over 100 years ago, while the junior
name labiidae (type
genus Labia Leach, 1815) has
become universally accepted, often
at subfamily rank (labiinae). It is proposed that the name labiidae be given precedence over isolabellinae whenever their type genera
are placed in the same family-group
taxon.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Dermaptera; labiidae; isolabellinae; Isolabella; Labia;
earwigs.
Case
3265 (see Opinion
2126)
Lathrobium
geminum Kraatz, 1857 (Insecta,
Coleoptera): proposed precedence
over L. volgense Hochhuth,
1851 and L. boreale Hochhuth,
1851; L. volgense:
proposed precedence over L. boreale
Lee
H. Herman
American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th
Street, New York, N.Y. 10024-5192, U.S.A. (e-mail: herman@amnh.org)
Abstract. This
application is brought to the Commission
under Articles 23.9.3 and 81.2.3 of
the Code. Four names (Lathrobium
bicolor Heer, 1839, L. boreale Hochhuth,
1851, L. volgense Hochhuth,
1851 and L. geminum Kraatz,
1857) have been applied validly or
invalidly to a species of rove beetle
(family staphylinidae). Lathrobium
bicolor Heer, 1839 is an invalid
name as it is a junior primary homonym
of L. bicolor Gravenhorst, 1802. Lathrobium volgense is
an invalid name because (as a result
of a First Reviser’s action)
it is a junior synonym of L. boreale,
but it has had more usage than L.
boreale. To stabilize the name
of this rove beetle, it is proposed
that the widely used name L. geminum be
given precedence over the less well
used, but senior, names L. boreale and L. volgense,
whenever it and either of the senior
names are considered to be synonyms.
It is also proposed that L. volgense be
given precedence over the less well
used, but senior, name L. boreale,
whenever the two are considered to
be synonyms.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; staphylinidae; Lathrobium boreale; Lathrobium volgense; Lathrobium
geminum; rove beetles.
Case
3283 (see Opinion
2128)
Cetonia
albopicta Gory & Percheron,
1833 (currently Trichostetha
albopicta) and Cetonia albopicta Motschulsky,
1845 (currently Oxythyrea albopicta)
(Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed
conservation of the specific names
Frank-Thorsten
Krell
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell
Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. (e-mail: F.Krell@nhm.ac.uk)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under
Article 23.9.5 of the Code, is to conserve
the specific names Cetonia albopicta Gory & Percheron,
1833 (currently Trichostetha albopicta)
and Cetonia albopicta Motschulsky,
1845 (currently Oxythyrea albopicta)
(scarabaeidae, cetoniinae). Although Cetonia albopicta Gory & Percheron,
1833 and Cetonia albopicta Motschulsky,
1845 are primary homonyms they have
never been in use simultaneously; the
former had been removed from Cetonia before
the latter was described. Both names
are used for fruit chafers, the former
from South Africa, the latter from
the Caucasus region; they are classified
in different tribes or subtribes and
their names are in common use.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Oxythyrea albopicta; Trichostetha
albopicta; fruit chafers.
Case
3289 (see Opinion
2130)
Emphania Erichson,
1847 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed
conservation of usage by designation
of Heptomera metallica Blanchard,
1850 as the type species
Dirk
Ahrens
Deutsches Entomologisches Institut im Zentrum für Agrarlandschafts-
und Landnutzungsforschung, Schicklerstr. 5, D-16225 Eberswalde,
Germany (e-mail: dahrens@zalf.de)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, in relation
to Article 67.2.2 of the Code, is to
conserve the last 150 years’ usage
of the name Emphania Erichson,
1847 for a group of scarab beetles
(family scarabaeidae) by designating Heptomera
metallica Blanchard, 1850 (the
senior subjective synonym of Emphania
chloris Burmeister, 1855) as the
type species. The genus Emphania was
originally established without any
included nominal species. The first
species were subsequently included
in Emphania by Blanchard in
1850 and it is proposed (contrary to
Article 67.2.2 of the Code) that in
the interests of nomenclatural stability
none of these is designated as type
species. The original specimen on which
Erichson based his description of Emphania was
studied by Burmeister in 1855, and
described as the new nominal species Emphania
chloris.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; scarabaeidae; Emphania; Emphania
metallica; Emphania chloris;
scarab beetles.
