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
2060 (Case
3217)
Scleritoderma Schmidt,
1879 and Setidium Schmidt, 1879 (Porifera):
usage conserved by the designation of Scleritoderma flabelliforme Sollas,
1888 as the type species of Scleritoderma
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that the accustomed usage
of the names for two genera of sponges, Scleritoderma and Setidium,
both of Schmidt (1879) (family scleritodermatidae),
is maintained by the designation of Scleritoderma
flabelliforme Sollas, 1888 as the type species
of Scleritoderma.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Porifera; Demospongiae;
lithistids; scleritodermidae; Scleritoderma; Setidium; Scleritoderma paccardi; Scleritoderma flabelliforme; Setidium obtectum;
sponges.
OPINION
2061 (Case
2900)
Porites Link,
1807, Galaxea Oken, 1815, Mussa Oken,
1815 and Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830
(Anthozoa, Scleractinia): generic names conserved
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that the names of four
genera of scleractinian corals: Porites Link,
1807, Galaxea Oken, 1815, Mussa Oken,
1815 and Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830
are conserved. The names Galaxea and Mussa,
in current use for Indo-Pacific and Caribbean genera
respectively, were formally unavailable because
the work in which the names were published had
been rejected for nomenclatural purposes (Opinion
417, September 1956). The name Porites Link
is in universal use for a widely distributed reef-building
coral but was threatened by the senior homonym Porites Cuvier,
1798. The names Galaxea, Mussa and Dendrophyllia (a
predominantly deep-water non-reef-building genus)
were also threatened by the name Porites Cuvier,
1798 as a senior subjective synonym.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Anthozoa; Scleractinia;
corals; reefs; Dendrophyllia; Galaxea (Indo-Pacific); Mussa (Caribbean); Porites.
OPINION
2062 (Case
3198)
Heteromesus Richardson,
1908 (Crustacea, Isopoda): H. granulatus Richardson,
1908 designated as the type species
Abstract. The Commission has designated Heteromesus granulatus Richardson,
1908 as the type species of the marine isopod genus Heteromesus Richardson,
1908 (family ischnomesidae), thereby conserving the
established usage of this generic name. Menzies
(1962) had designated Ischnosoma thomsoni Beddard,
1886 as the type species, but this species has
the characters of the genus Haplomesus Richardson,
1908 and this designation has been set aside.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Crustacea; Isopoda; ischnomesidae; Heteromesus; Haplomesus; Heteromesus
granulatus; Haplomesus thomsoni; marine.
OPINION
2063 (Case
3106)
Remipes
marmoratus Jacquinot,
1846 (currently Hippa marmorata; Crustacea,
Anomura): priority maintained
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that priority should
be maintained for the specific name of the Indo-Pacific
sand or mole crab Remipes marmoratus Jacquinot,
1846 (family hippidae). The junior synonym Remipes pacificus Dana,
1852 is not given precedence.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Crustacea; Anomura; hippidae; Hippa; Hippa marmorata; Hippa pacifica;
mole crabs; Indo-Pacific.
OPINION
2064 (Case
3181)
Cryptotermes
dudleyi Banks,
1918 (Insecta, Isoptera): specific name given
precedence over Calotermes (Cryptotermes) jacobsoni Holmgren,
1913
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that the specific name
of Cryptotermes dudleyi Banks, 1918 is to
be given precedence over that of Calotermes (Cryptotermes) jacobsoni Holmgren,
1913 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms.
The junior name has been universally used in the
biological, systematic and pest control literature
since at least 1949 for an important economic termite
pest species that is widely distributed by humans,
while the senior specific name, Calotermes jacobsoni,
has not been used since 1934.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Isoptera; Cryptotermes; Cryptotermes dudleyi; Cryptotermes jacobsoni;
termites.
OPINION
2065 (Case
3147)
Hydroporus
neuter Fairmaire
& Laboulbène, 1854 (Insecta, Coleoptera):
priority maintained
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that priority should
be maintained for the specific name of a Palaearctic
diving beetle, Hydroporus neuter Fairmaire & Laboulbène,
1854. The name Hydroporus discretus Fairmaire & Brisout
in Fairmaire, 1859 is not conserved.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera; dytiscidae; Hydroporus; Hydroporus discretus; Hydroporus
neuter; diving beetle; Europe; Palaearctic.
OPINION
2066 (Case
3202)
Podalgus Burmeister,
1847 and Philoscaptus Brèthes,
1919 (Insecta, Coleoptera): current usage of
the names conserved by designation of Podalgus
cuniculus Burmeister, 1847 as the type species
of Podalgus
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that current usage of
the names Podalgus Burmeister, 1847 (for
an abundant small rhinoceros beetle from the northern
Afrotropics, Arabia and west Asia to northern India)
and Philoscaptus Brèthes, 1919 (for
a South American species) is conserved by confirming
Arrow’s (1908) designation of Podalgus
cuniculus Burmeister, 1847 as type species
of Podalgus.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera; scarabaeidae; dynastinae; Podalgus; Philoscaptus; Podalgus
cuniculus; Philoscaptus bonariensis;
rhinoceros beetles.
OPINION
2067 (Case
3188)
Nemotois
violellus Herrich-Schaeffer
in Stainton, 1851 (currently Nemophora violella;
Insecta, Lepidoptera): specific name conserved
by the designation of a neotype for Tinea
cupriacella Hübner, 1819 (currently Nemophora
cupriacella)
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that the names Nemotois
violellus Herrich-Schaeffer in Stainton,
1851 and Tinea cupriacella Hübner,
1819 are conserved by designating a neotype for T.
cupriacella.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Lepidoptera; adelidae; Nemophora; Nemophora violella; Nemophora
cupriacella; fairy moths; Europe.
OPINION
2068 (Case
3210)
Catocala
alabamae Grote,
1875 (Insecta, Lepidoptera): specific name
conserved
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that the specific name
of Catocala alabamae Grote, 1875 for a species
of a small, yellow-hindwinged moth from North America
(family noctuidae) is conserved by the suppression
of the senior synonym C. polygama Guenée,
1852.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Lepidoptera; noctuidae; Catocala; Catocala alabamae; Catocala
polygama; moths; North America.
OPINION
2069 (Case
3215)
E.L.
Holmberg (1917, 1918) ‘Las especies argentinas
de Coelioxys’
(Insecta, Hymenoptera): 139 genus-group names applied
to groups of species suppressed
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that 139 names which
were published by E.L. Holmberg in 1917-1918 for
divisions and subdivisions of the megachilid bee
genus Coelioxys Latreille, 1809 (family megachilidae)
are suppressed for the purposes of both the Principle
of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy. Although
they have never been used as names for taxa, these
names are available as genus-group names.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Hymenoptera; Apoidea; megachilidae; Coelioxys; bees;
Argentina.
OPINION
2070 (Case
3184)
Tetrapedia Klug,
1810, T. diversipes Klug, 1810 and Exomalopsis Spinola,
1853 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): usage of the names
conserved by designation of a neotype for T.
diversipes
Abstract. The Commission has designated a male specimen
from Brazil as neotype for the anthophorine bee Tetrapedia diversipes Klug,
1810. The neotype is deposited in the Museum für
Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin.
The universal understanding of this nominal species
and of the genera Tetrapedia Klug, 1810
and Exomalopsis Spinola, 1853, and tribes
based on these generic names, are thereby conserved
in accordance with Article 75.6 of the Code.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Hymenoptera; apidae; tetrapediini; exomalopsini; Tetrapedia; Tetrapedia
diversipes; Exomalopsis; bees; Brazil.
OPINION
2071 (Case
3227)
Geophilus
brevilabiatus Newport,
1845 (currently Orphnaeus brevilabiatus)
and Chomatobius brasilianus Humbert & Saussure,
1870 (currently O. brasilianus) (Chilopoda):
specific names conserved
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that the specific
names of Geophilus brevilabiatus Newport,
1845 and Chomatobius brasilianus Humbert & Saussure,
1870 for two widely distributed species of geophilomorph
centipedes (family oryidae) are
conserved by suppressing the name Scolopendra
phosphorea Linnaeus, 1758 (a senior synonym
of G. brevilabiatus) and two senior synonyms
of G. brasilianus: G. lineatus and G.
whitei, both of Newport (1845).
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Chilopoda; Geophilomorpha; oryidae; Scolopendra phosphorea; Orphnaeus
brevilabiatus; Orphnaeus brasilianus; Orphnaeus
lineatus; Orphnaeus whitei; geophilomorph
centipedes; pantropical.
OPINION
2072 (Case
3143)
Euphryne
obesa Baird,
1858 (currently Sauromalus obesus; Reptilia,
Squamata): proposal to give the specific name
precedence over that of Sauromalus ater Duméril,
1856 not approved
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that the priority of
the name Sauromalus ater Duméril,
1856 should be maintained. Sauromalus ater is
the senior name for the chuckwalla (family iguanidae)
from the southwest of North America. A proposal
had been made to give precedence to a junior subjective
synonym S. obesus (Baird, 1858).
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Reptilia; Squamata; iguanidae; Sauromalus ater; Sauromalus obesus;
chuckwallas; southwestern North America.
