Murex
rostratus Olivi, 1792 (currently
Fusinus rostratus; Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation of
the specific name
Giovanni Buzzurro
Via Locatelli 44, 20046 Biassono (MI), Italy (e-mail: giobuz@libero.it)
Paolo Russo
Giudecca 459, 30133 Venezia, Italy (e-mail: russorusso@virgilio.it)
Abstract. The purpose of this application,
under Article 23.9.5 of the Code, is to conserve the name Murex
rostratus Olivi, 1792 (currently Fusinus
rostratus) (Mollusca, Gastropoda,
FASCIOLARIIDAE) in its prevailing usage by ruling that this name
is not invalid by virtue of being a junior primary homonym of Murex
rostratus Solander in Brander, 1766 (currently Turricula
rostrata).
The senior homonym is currently included in TURRIDAE and has not
been considered congeneric with Murex rostratus Olivi, 1792 after
1899.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Mollusca; Gastropoda; FASCIOLARIIDAE; TURRIDAE; Fusinus
rostratus;
Turricula rostrata; gastropods; Mediterranean.
Case 3417
Malmgrenia McIntosh, 1874 (Annelida, Polychaeta,
POLYNOIDAE): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Malmgrenia
andreapolis McIntosh,
1874 as the type species
A.I. Muir
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7
5BD, U.K. (e-mail: a.muir@nhm.ac.uk)
S.J. Chambers
Department of Natural History, The National
Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, U.K. (e-mail: s.chambers@nms.ac.uk)
Abstract. The purpose of this application,
under Article 81.1 of the Code, is to conserve the current usage
of the widely used name Malmgrenia McIntosh, 1874 (a polynoid worm
genus from the northern North Atlantic) by designation of Malmgrenia
andreapolis McIntosh, 1874 as the type species of Malmgrenia. The
type species of Malmgrenia is at present Malmgrenia
whiteavesii McIntosh,
1874, which is virtually a nomen nudum. The type material of Malmgrenia
whiteavesii McIntosh, 1874 has been lost and no other specimens referable
to this species have been recorded. It is proposed that Malmgrenia
andreapolis McIntosh, 1874 be designated as the type species of Malmgrenia to maintain the current usage of this generic name.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Polychaeta; POLYNOIDAE;
Malmgrenia; Malmgreniella; Malmgrenia
whiteavesii; Malmgrenia andreapolis;
scale worm; northern North Atlantic.
Case 3434
Scleropauropus Silvestri, 1902 (Myriapoda,
Pauropoda): proposed conservation of usage by replacement of the
holotype of the type species Scleropauropus
hastifer Silvestri, 1902
with a neotype, and replacement of the holotype of Scleropauropus
lyrifer Remy 1936 by designation of a neotype
Ulf Scheller
Häggeboholm, Häggesled, 53194 Järpås,
Sweden
(e-mail: ulf.scheller@telia.com)
Alessandro Minelli
Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58B,
I 35131 Padova, Italy (e-mail: alessandro.minelli@unipd.it)
Abstract. The purpose
of this application, under Article 75.5 of the Code, is to conserve
the usage of the name Scleropauropus Silvestri, 1902 for a group
of pauropods (Myriapoda, Pauropoda) while also conserving as its
type species the nominal species S. hastifer Silvestri, 1902, by
replacing with the same neotype the unsuitable holotypes of both
S. hastifer Silvestri, 1902 (type species by monotypy), and S.
lyrifer Remy, 1936 (consistently, but erroneously treated as the type species
of Scleropauropus since Remy (1957)).
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Myriapoda; Pauropoda; Scleropauropus; Scleropauropus
hastifer; Scleropauropus
lyrifer; pauropods; Europe.
Case 3429
CHARILAIDAE Dirsh, 1953 (Insecta, Orthoptera): proposed precedence
over PAMPHAGODIDAE I. Bolivar, 1916
David C. Eades
Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820,
U.S.A. (e-mail: dceades@uiuc.edu)
Lesley S. Deem
Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820,
U.S.A. (e-mail: l.deem@orthoptera.org)
Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of
the Code, is to conserve the usage of the name CHARILAIDAE Dirsh,
1953 for a group of African grasshoppers. The name is threatened
by a little used senior name PAMPHAGODIDAE I. Bolivar, 1916. The
name CHARILAIDAE Dirsh, 1953 has become widely accepted and is in
prevailing usage. It is proposed that the name CHARILAIDAE Dirsh,
1953 be given precedence over PAMPHAGODIDAE I. Bolivar, 1916.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Orthoptera; CHARILAIDAE; CHARILAINAE;
PAMPHAGODIDAE; PAMPHAGODINAE; Charilaus; Pamphagodes; Charilaus
carinatus;
Pamphagodes riffensis; grasshoppers; Africa.
Case 3424
PSEUDOCOCCINI Cockerell,
1905 (Insecta, Hemiptera): proposed precedence over SPHAEROCOCCINI
Cockerell, 1899
Nate B. Hardy and Penny J. Gullan
Department of Entomology, University of California, One Shields
Avenue, Davis, CA 95616–8584, U.S.A. (e-mails: nbhardy@ucdavis.edu;
pjgullan@ucdavis.edu)
Abstract. The purpose
of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve
the usage of the family-group name PSEUDOCOCCINI Cockerell, 1905
(type genus Pseudococcus Westwood, 1840) for the mealybugs, a speciose
group including many pests of agriculture, by giving it precedence
over the senior family-group name SPHAEROCOCCINI Cockerell, 1899
(type genus Sphaerococcus Maskell, 1892).
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Hemiptera; COCCOIDEA; PSEUDOCOCCINI; SPHAEROCOCCINI; Pseudococcus;
Sphaerococcus; mealybugs.
Case 3422
Helops Fabricius, 1775 (Insecta,
Coleoptera, TENEBRIONIDAE): proposed conservation of usage by designation
of Tenebrio caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758 as the type species
Maxim Nabozhenko
Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, Chekhov str. 41, Rostov-on-Don, 344006 Russia (e-mail: nalassus@mail.ru),
Patrice Bouchard
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes,
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario,
K1A 0C6 Canada (e-mail: bouchardpb@agr.gc.ca)
Ivan Löbl
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Case
Postale 6434, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland (e-mail: ivan.lobl@bluewin.ch)
Abstract. The purpose
of this application, under Article 70.2 of the Code, is to conserve
the current usage of the widely used name Helops Fabricius, 1775
for a genus of tenebrionid beetles from Western Palaearctic, Nearctic
and Neotropical Regions by designation of Tenebrio
caeruleus Linnaeus,
1758 as the type species. The type species of Helops Fabricius, 1775
is at present Tenebrio lanipes Linnaeus, 1771 (currently Stenomax
lanipes). The use of the original designation would seriously affect
the nomenclatural stability of long-recognized generic and subtribal
concepts in the tribe HELOPINI. It is proposed that all type fixations
for the nominal genus Helops Fabricius, 1775 before that of Tenebrio
caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758 by Hope (1840) be set aside.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Coleoptera; TENEBRIONIDAE; HELOPINI; HELOPINA; CYLINDRINOTINA; Helops;
Stenomax; Anteros; Helops
lanipes; Tenebrio caeruleus; darkling beetles;
Western Palaearctic, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions.
Case 3415
Pedionomus Gould, December 1840
(Aves, PEDIONOMIDAE) and Leipoa Gould, December 1840 (Aves, MEGAPODIIDAE):
proposed conservation of usage
Richard Schodde
Australian Biological Resources Study, GPO
Box 787, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia (e-mail: richard.schodde@deh.gov.au)
Walter J. Bock
Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York,
NY 10027, U.S.A. (e-mail: wb4@columbia.edu)
Abstract. The purpose
of this application, under 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the
generic names Pedionomus Gould, [1 December] 1840 for the
Australian plainswanderer (PEDIONOMIDAE) and Leipoa Gould,
[1 December] 1840 and the specific name Leipoa ocellata Gould,
[1 December 1840] for the Australian malleefowl (MEGAPODIIDAE). The
names Pedionomus Gould,
[1 December] 1840, Leipoa Gould, [1 December] 1840 and Leipoa
ocellata Gould, [1 December] 1840 have been in prevailing
usage as the valid names for these taxa for over 150 years. However,
Gould on 31 October, 1840 used the name Pedionomus ocellatus for
the malleefowl, and this name has been used as valid for the malleefowl
on at least one occasion in the 20th century. Suppression of Pedionomus
ocellatus Gould, [31
October] 1840 will maintain stability in nomenclature.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Aves, MEGAPODIIDAE; PEDIONOMIDAE; Leipoa; Pedionomus; Leipoa
ocellata; Pedionomus torquatus; malleefowl; plains-wanderer; Australia.
Case 3418
Specific names of nine Australian birds (Aves): proposed conservation
Richard Schodde
Australian Biological Resources Study, GPO Box 787, Canberra, ACT
2601,
Australia (e-mail: richard.schodde@environment.gov.au)
Walter J. Bock
Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York,
NY 10027, U.S.A. (e-mail: wb4@columbia.edu)
Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Articles 24.2 and
81.2.3 of the Code, is to conserve the usage of nine specific names
of Australian birds. The names, chosen as senior by First Revisers,
were later replaced almost a hundred years ago by simultaneously
published names on grounds of page precedence. The names chosen by
page precedence, all of common and often popular Australian birds,
have been in prevailing use ever since and are in universal use today.
This application seeks to validate these names for reasons of nomenclatural
stability.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Anthochaera
chrysoptera; Geopelia
placida; Geopelia tranquilla; Gerygone
olivacea; Grallina cyanoleuca;
Leucosarcia melanoleuca; Lichenostomus
melanops; Manorina melanocephala;
Oriolus sagittatus; Psophodes olivaceus; little wattlebird; peaceful
dove; white-throated gerygone; magpielark; wonga pigeon; yellow-tufted
honeyeater; noisy miner; olive-backed oriole; eastern whipbird; Australia.
Case 3440
Atrichornis Stejneger, 1885 (Aves,
ATRICHORNITHIDAE): proposed conservation
Richard Schodde
Australian Biological Resources Study, GPO Box 787, Canberra,
A.C.T. 2601, Australia (e-mail: richard.schodde@deh.gov.au)
Walter J. Bock
Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York,
NY 10027, U.S.A. (e-mail: wb4@columbia.edu)
Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of
the Code, is the conservation of the generic name Atrichornis Stejneger,
1885 for the Australian scrub-birds (ATRICHORNITHIDAE), which has
been in universal use as a valid generic name for almost 90 years.
It is threatened, through the incorrect subsequent spelling Atrichia,
by the name Atricha Gould, 1844, which was used for the scrub-birds
into the first decade or so of the 20th century, and thus cannot
be replaced under Article 23.9.2 of the Code. It is proposed that
the name Atricha Gould be suppressed to confer stability in nomenclature.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; ATRICHORNITHIDAE; Atrichornis;
Atricha; Atrichia; Atrichornis
rufescens; scrub-birds; Australia.
