OPINION
2188 (Case
3353)
Obovaria Rafinesque, 1819 (Mollusca, Bivalvia):
usage conserved by designation of Unio
retusa Lamarck, 1819 as the type species
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the usage
of the name Obovaria
Rafinesque,
1819 is conserved for a freshwater
bivalve from the eastern United States
by designation of Unio
retusa Lamarck,
1819 as the type species and that the
name Obovaria
obovalis Rafinesque,
1820 is a nomen oblitum.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Bivalvia;
UNIONIDAE; Obovaria; Obovaria
obovalis;
Obovaria retusa; Fusconaia
ebena;
eastern United States; freshwater
mussel.
OPINION 2189 (Case
3350)
Oncopus Thorell,
1876 and ONCOPODIDAE Thorell, 1876
(Arachnida, Opiliones): proposed
conservation of the names not approved
Abstract. An
application to conserve the generic
name Oncopus Thorell, 1876
for a group of nine opilionids from
Southeast Asia, together with the family-group
name ONCOPODIDAE Thorell, 1876 for
geometrid moths from Asia, by suppressing
the little used senior homonym Oncopus Herrich-Schäffer,
1855 for two South American Lepidoptera
has not been approved.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Insecta, Lepidoptera; GEOMETRIDAE;
moths; Arachnida; Opiliones; ONCOPODIDAE;
Oncopus; harvestmen; Southeast Asia.
OPINION 2190 (Case
3354)
Tydeus Koch, 1836 (Arachnida, Acari):
Tydeus spathulatus Oudemans,
1928 designated as the type species
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that all previous
type species fixations for the nominal
genus Tydeus Koch, 1836 are set aside
and Tydeus spathulatus Oudemans, 1928
is designated as the type species.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Acari;
Tydeus; Tydeus
spathulatus; tydeid
mites.
OPINION 2191 (Case
3332)
Cercophonius
brachycentrus bivittatus Thorell,
1877 (currently Orobothriurus
bivittatus;
Arachnida, Scorpiones): proposed
replacement of the holotype by the
designation of a neotype not accepted
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the type
material of the scorpion Cercophonius
brachycentrus bivittatus Thorell, 1877
(currently Orobothriurus
bivittatus)
from Argentina should not be replaced
by a neotype. The original material
still exists and there is no exceptional
need to designate a neotype.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Arachnida; Scorpiones; Orobothriurus;
Orobothriurus
bivittatus; scorpions;
Argentina.
OPINION 2192 (Case
3367)
Curculio
contractus Marsham, 1802 (currently
Ceutorhynchus
contractus; Insecta, Coleoptera):
specific name conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the specific
name Ceutorhynchus
contractus (Marsham,
1802) is conserved for a well known
species of European weevil (family
CURCULIONIDAE) by suppression of a
little used senior primary homonym
Curculio contractus Geoffroy in Fourcroy,
1785.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; CURCULIONIDAE; Curculio;
Ceutorhynchus; Ceutorhynchus
contractus;
Europe; weevil.
OPINION 2193 (Case
3339)
Celaenorrhinus
ratna Fruhstorfer, 1908
(Insecta, Lepidoptera): specific
name conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the specific
name Celaenorrhinus
ratna Fruhstorfer,
1908 is conserved for a widespread
tropical butterfly (HESPERIIDAE) by
suppression of Notocrypta
kawakamii (currently Celaenorrhinus
kawakamii)
Matsumura, 1907.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; HESPERIIDAE; Celaenorrhinus
ratna; Celaenorrhinus
kawakamii; hesperiid
butterfly; Asia.
OPINION 2194 (Case
3356)
Schizechinus Pomel,
1869 (Echinodermata, Echinoidea):
usage not conserved and designation
of Psammechinus
serresii Desor, 1856
as the type species not accepted
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the current
usage of the name Schizechinus Pomel,
1869 (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) for
a genus of toxopneustid echinoids from
the Miocene of the Mediterranean region
and possibly the Neogene of Australia
is not conserved. The name Echinus
serresii Des Moulins, 1837 is maintained
and designation of Psammechinus
serresii Desor, 1856 as the type species of
Schizechinus Pomel, 1869 is not accepted.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Echinodermata; Echinoidea;
TOXOPNEUSTIDAE; Schizechinus; Echinus
serresii; Schizechinus
serresii; Neogene;
Miocene; Mediterranean.
OPINION 2195 (Case
3303)
Hyloxalus
panamansis Dunn, 1933 (currently
Colostethus
panamansis; Amphibia,
Anura): original spelling maintained
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the original
spelling Hyloxalus
panamansis Dunn,
1933 should be maintained for the specific
name of a Central American dendrobatid
frog. The subsequent spelling Hyloxalus
panamensis Dunn, 1940 is not conserved.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Amphibia; Anura; DENDROBATIDAE;
Colostethus; Hyloxalus
panamansis;
Hyloxalus panamensis; Central America;
Panama; frog.
OPINION
2196 (Case
3357)
Calamaria H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827 (Reptilia,
Serpentes): usage conserved by designation
of C. linnaei H. Boie in F. Boie,
1827 as the type species
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the current
usage of the generic name Calamaria H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827 for a genus
of Asian colubrid snakes is conserved
by setting aside all previous fixations
of type species and designating Calamaria
linnaei H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827 as
the type species.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Reptilia; Serpentes; Calamaria;
Calamaria linnaei; snakes; Asia.
