OPINION
2166 (Case
3304)
Oceania Péron & Lesueur,
1810 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): usage conserved
by the designation of Oceania armata Kölliker,
1853 as the type species
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the usage of the generic name Oceania Péron & Lesueur,
1810 is conserved by the designation of Oceania armata Kölliker,
1853 as the type species.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; OCEANIIDAE; Oceania; Oceania
armata; hydromedusae.
OPINION
2167 (Case
3305)
NAIDIDAE
Ehrenberg, 1828 (Annelida, Clitellata):
precedence over TUBIFICIDAE Vejdovsky´,
1876 maintained
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that precedence
is maintained for NAIDIDAE Ehrenberg,
1828 over TUBIFICIDAE Vejdovský,
1876 for a well-known group of aquatic
oligochaetous clitellates.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Annelida; Oligochaeta; Clitellata; NAIDIDAE;
TUBIFICIDAE; Nais; Tubifex; sludge
worms.
OPINION
2168 (Case
3292)
Nasutitermes Dudley,
1890, Microcerotermes Silvestri, 1901 and NASUTITERMITINAE
Hare, 1937 (Insecta, Isoptera): application to conserve
names not approved
Abstract. An
application 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 has not been approved. The Commission
did not accept that the names Nasutitermes,
the largest genus of termites in the world, and Microcerotermes were
threatened by the little-known but possibly synonymous
name Eutermes Heer, 1849, and considered that
the authors of the application should, without recourse
to the Commission, resolve the perceived problem by designating
an appropriate species as type species of Nasutitermes.
No names are placed on the Official Lists or Indexes.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Isoptera; NASUTITERMITINAE; Nasutitermes; Microcerotermes; Eutermes;
termites.
OPINION
2169 (Case
3297)
Sphyraena acus Lacépède,
1803 (currently Tylosurus acus; Teleostei, BELONIDAE):
reinstated as a valid name
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the name Sphyraena acus Lacépède,
1803, is reinstated for a nearly worldwide
species of needlefish. The name was suppressed
and placed on the Official Index of Rejected
and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology in Opinion
900 (April 1970).
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; BELONIDAE; Tylosurus acus; needlefish.
