BZN Volume
62, Part 1, 31 March 2005
Abstracts
of Cases
Abstracts
of the Applications published on 31 March 2005 in
Volume 62, 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
3292 (see Comments BZN 62:3, 62:4
& Opinion
2168)
Nasutitermes Dudley,
1890, Microcerotermes Silvestri, 1901 and
NASUTITERMITINAE Hare, 1937 (Insecta, Isoptera):
proposed conservation
Michael
S. Engel
Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, Snow Hall,
1460 Jayhawk Boulevard, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
66045-7523, U.S.A.
Kumar
Krishna
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural
History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, N.Y. 10024-5192,
U.S.A.
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of
the Code, is to conserve the generic names Nasutitermes Dudley,
1890 (and the family-group name based upon it, NASUTITERMITINAE
Hare, 1937) and Microcerotermes Silvestri,
1901 for two well-known groups of ecologically and
agriculturally important termites. The names Nasutitermes,
the largest genus of termites in the world, and Microcerotermes are
threatened by the little-known but possibly synonymous
name Eutermes Heer, 1849 whose suppression
is proposed. The type species of Nasutitermes has
been generally confused and we propose that the Commission
should designate Eutermes costalis Holmgren,
1910 as its type species in accordance with universal
taxonomic usage.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Isoptera; NASUTITERMITINAE; Nasutitermes; Microcerotermes; Eutermes; Nasutitermes
costalis; Microcerotermes strunckii;
termites.
Case
3294 (see Opinion
2148)
Gynacantha Rambur,
1842 and Triacanthagyna Selys, 1883 (Insecta,
Odonata): proposed conservation of usage by designation
of Gynacantha nervosa Rambur, 1842 as the
type species of Gynacantha
Natalia
von Ellenrieder and Rosser W. Garrison
California Department of Food and Agriculture, Plant Pest
Diagnostics Branch, 3294 Meadoview Road, Sacramento, CA 95616,
U.S.A. (e-mail: odo_nata@hotmail.com; rwgarrison@earthlink.net)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 70.2 of
the Code, is to conserve the accustomed usage of the
names Gynacantha Rambur, 1842 and Triacanthagyna Selys,
1883 for two genera of aeshnid dragonflies. The names
are objective synonyms but are currently in use for
two distinct groups of species. It is proposed that Gynacantha
nervosa Rambur, 1842 should be designated as the
type species of Gynacantha to conserve the
accustomed usage of these two generic names.
Keywords.
Nomenclature; taxonomy; Odonata; AESHNIDAE; Gynacantha; Triacanthagyna; Gynacantha
nervosa; Triacanthagyna trifida; dragonflies;
Neotropical region; tropics.
Case
3295 (see Comments
& Opinion
2151)
Eterusia
cingala Moore, 1877 (Insecta, Lepidoptera):
proposed conservation of the specific name
Shen-Horn
Yen
Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University,
Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan (e-mail: shenhornyen@hotmail.com;
shenhornyen@mail.nsysu.edu.tw)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.1
and 81.2.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific
name Eterusia cingala Moore, 1877 for a common
zygaenid moth pest of tea in Asia, the larvae of which
are known as ‘tea slugs’. The older name Eterusia
aedea septentrionicola Felder & Felder, 1862
is a senior subjective synonym of E. cingala,
but has never been catalogued or used since 1862. The
suppression of E. septentrionicola is therefore
proposed to conserve the the name E. cingala.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Eterusia; Eterusia cingala;
tea slug; Asia.
Case
3320 (see Opinion
2152)
Papilio
sapho Drury, 1782 (currently Heliconius
sapho; Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposed conservation
of the specific name
Gerardo
Lamas
Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de
San Marcos, Apartado 14-0434, Lima-14, Peru (e-mail: glamasm@unmsm.edu.pe)
James
L.B. Mallet
The Galton Laboratory, Department of Biology, University
College London, 4 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HE, U.K. (e-mail:
j.mallet@ucl.ac.uk)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of
the Code, is to conserve the specific name Papilio
sapho Drury, 1782 (currently Heliconius sapho)
(NYMPHALIDAE). The name has been in use for more than
220 years, but is a junior primary homonym of Papilio
sappho Pallas, 1771 (currently Neptis sappho);
the names have been placed in separate genera since
1816. They belong to different subfamilies of brush-footed
butterflies, Neptis sappho inhabiting the
Palaearctic, Heliconius sapho the Neotropics,
and their names are in common and widespread use.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Lepidoptera; NYMPHALIDAE; Heliconiu; Ajantis; Heliconius
sapho; Neptis sappho; Neotropics; Palaearctic;
brush-footed butterflies.
