Opinions
with the following titles were published on 30
September 2005 in Volume 62, Part 3 of the Bulletin
of Zoological Nomenclature
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
2121 (Case
3229)
Erbocyathus Zhuravleva,
1955 (Archaeocyatha): not conserved; priority maintained
for Pluralicyathus Okulitch, 1950
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that priority should be maintained
for the generic name Pluralicyathus Okulitch,
1950, for a group of Cambrian fossil sponge-like archaeocyaths
(family ERBOCYATHIDAE). The junior replacement name Erbocyathus Zhuravleva,
1955, proposed to replace the preoccupied name Polycyathus Vologdin,
1928, is not conserved.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Archaeocyatha; ERBOCYATHIDAE; Erbocyathus; Polycyathus
heterovallum; Pluralicyathus; Early Cambrian;
fossil.
OPINION
2122 (Case
3276)
Narella Gray,
1870 (Coelenterata, Octocorallia): usage conserved
by designation of a neotype for its type species Primnoa
regularis Duchassaing
& Michelotti, 1860
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the current usage of the
generic name Narella Gray, 1870 (family PRIMNOIDAE)
for a deep-sea western Atlantic octocoral is conserved
by designating a neotype for its type species Primnoa
regularis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860.
The holotype of P. regularis was recently
found to belong in the genus Paracalyptrophora Kinoshita,
1908.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Octocorallia; PRIMNOIDAE; Narella; Paracalyptrophora; Narella
regularis; Lesser Antilles.
OPINION
2123 (Case
999)
F.A. Quenstedt’s
trinominal nomenclature (1845-1888): usage of the
third names of ammonites stabilized and 34 important
Quenstedt names of ammonites placed on the Official
List of Specific Names in Zoology (Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea)
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that all Quenstedt’s third
names in the nominal genus Ammonites are subspecific
in rank and are therefore available names in the species-group
and that seven such third names that are junior homonyms,
but are type species of genera or indices of standard
chronostratigraphic Zones or Subzones, are not invalid
by reason of being junior homonyms. These seven names,
together with 27 other Quenstedt second and third names
that are in current use as important zonal or subzonal
index fossils or as type species of ammonite genera
and that are not preoccupied, are placed on the Official
List of Specific Names in Zoology.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; F.A. Quenstedt; trinominal nomenclature;
ammonites; Jurassic.
OPINION
2124 (Case
3244)
TERMOPSIDAE
Holmgren, 1911, Termopsis Heer, 1849 and Miotermes Rosen,
1913 (Insecta, Isoptera): usage conserved by the
designation of Termopsis bremii Heer, 1849
as the type species of Termopsis and the
family-group name TERMOPSIDAE given precedence over
STOLOTERMITINAE Holmgren, 1910
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the current usage of the
generic names Termopsis Heer, 1849 and Miotermes Rosen,
1913 and the family name TERMOPSIDAE Holmgren, 1911
are conserved for well-known groups of termites by
designating Termopsis bremii Heer, 1849 as
the type species of Termopsis. Both nominal
genera had the same type species, Termopsis procera Heer,
1849. The family-group name TERMOPSIDAE is given precedence
over STOLOTERMITINAE.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Isoptera; TERMOPSIDAE; STOLOTERMITINAE; Termopsis; Miotermes; Stolotermes; Termopsis
bremii; Miotermes procerus; Stolotermes
brunneicornis; termites.
OPINION
2125 (Case
3287)
LABIIDAE Burr,
1909 (Insecta, Dermaptera): given precedence over
ISOLABELLINAE Verhoeff, 1902
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the usage of the family-group
name LABIIDAE Burr, 1909 is conserved for a widely
encountered group of cosmopolitan earwigs. The name
LABIIDAE Burr, 1909 (type genus Labia Leach,
1815) is given precedence over the unused senior subfamily
name ISOLABELLINAE Verhoeff, 1902 (type genus Isolabella Verhoeff,
1902) whenever their type genera are placed in the
same family-group taxon.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Dermaptera; LABIIDAE; ISOLABELLINAE; Isolabella; Labia;
earwigs.
OPINION
2126 (Case
3265)
Lathrobium
geminum Kraatz, 1857 (Insecta, Coleoptera):
given precedence over L. volgense Hochhuth,
1851 and L. boreale Hochhuth, 1851; L.
volgense: given precedence over L. boreale
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the widely used rove beetle
name Lathrobium geminum Kraatz, 1857 is given
precedence over the less well used, but senior, names L.
boreale Hochhuth, 1851 and L. volgense Hochhuth,
1851, whenever it and either of the senior names are
considered to be synonyms and that L. volgense is
given precedence over the less well used, but senior,
name L. boreale, whenever the two are considered
to be synonyms.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; STAPHYLINIDAE; Lathrobium
boreale; Lathrobium volgense; Lathrobium
geminum; rove beetles.
OPINION
2127 (Case
3274)
Hydroporus
foveolatus Heer, 1839 (Insecta, Coleoptera):
given precedence over Hydroporus nivalis Heer,
1839
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the specific name of Hydroporus
foveolatus Heer, 1839 for a species of diving
beetle (family DYTISCIDAE) from central and western
Europe, is conserved by giving it precedence over the
senior synonym Hydroporus nivalis Heer, 1839
whenever the two are considered to be synonyms.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; DYTISCIDAE; Hydroporus; Hydroporus
foveolatus; Hydroporus nivalis; Alps;
Europe.
OPINION
2128 (Case
3283 )
Cetonia
albopicta Gory & Percheron, 1833 (currently Trichostetha
albopicta) and Cetonia albopicta Motschulsky,
1845 (currently Oxythyrea albopicta) (Insecta,
Coleoptera): specific names conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has conserved the specific names Cetonia
albopicta Gory &
Percheron, 1833 (currently Trichostetha albopicta)
and Cetonia albopicta Motschulsky, 1845 (currently Oxythyrea
albopicta) (SCARABAEIDAE, CETONIINAE) for two
fruit chafers by ruling that the name Cetonia albopicta Motschulsky,
1845 is not invalid by reason of being a junior primary
homonym of Cetonia albopicta Gory & Percheron,
1833. The names have never been in use simultaneously
in the same nominal genus.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Oxythyrea albopicta; Trichostetha
albopicta; fruit chafers.
OPINION
2129 (Case
3286)
Thinobius
crinifer Smetana, 1959 (Insecta, Coleoptera):
specific name conserved
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the specific name Thinobius
crinifer Smetana, 1959 is conserved for a widespread
Palaearctic species of rove beetle (family STAPHYLINIDAE).
The name was threatened by a largely unused senior
synonym Thinobius wenckeri Fauvel, 1863 and
three other senior names.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Coleoptera; STAPHYLINIDAE; Thinobius; Thinobius
crinifer; rove beetles; Holarctic.
OPINION
2130 (Case
3289)
Emphania Erichson,
1847 (Insecta, Coleoptera): usage conserved by designation
of Heptomera metallica Blanchard, 1850 as
the type species
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that usage of the name Emphania Erichson,
1847 for a group of scarab beetles (family SCARABAEIDAE)
is conserved by designating Heptomera metallica Blanchard,
1850 (the senior subjective synonym of Emphania
chloris Burmeister, 1855) as the type species.
The genus Emphania was originally established
without any included nominal species. The first species
were subsequently included in Emphania by
Blanchard in 1850, but none fits the original description
of the genus or prevailing usage.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; SCARABAEIDAE; Emphania; Emphania
metallica; Emphania chloris; scarab beetles.
OPINION
2131 (Case
3271)
Nematois
australis Heydenreich, 1851 (currently Adela
australis; Insecta, Lepidoptera): given precedence
over Tinea aldrovandella Villers, 1789
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the widely used specific
name Nematois australis Heydenreich, 1851
is conserved for a common south European fairy moth
(family ADELIDAE) by giving it precedence over the
questionable senior synonym Tinea aldrovandella Villers,
1789. T. aldrovandella was not used after
publication until 1980 when it was mentioned as a possible
synonym of A. australis.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; ADELIDAE; Adela australis; Tinea
aldrovandella; fairy moth; Europe.
OPINION
2132 (Case
3270)
ISOMETRINAE
Clark, 1917 (Echinodermata, Crinoidea): spelling
emended to ISOMETRAINAE to remove homonymy with ISOMETRINAE
Kraepelin, 1891 (Arachnida, Scorpiones)
Abstract. The
Commission has ruled that the homonymy between the
crinoid subfamily name ISOMETRINAE Clark, 1917 (type
genus Isometra Clark, 1908; family ANTEDONIDAE)
and the scorpion subfamily name ISOMETRINAE Kraepelin,
1891 (type genus Isometrus Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg,
1828; family BUTHIDAE) is removed. The entire generic
name Isometra has been adopted as the stem
and the correct spelling of the crinoid subfamily is
ISOMETRAINAE Clark, 1917.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Crinoidea; Scorpiones; ANTEDONIDAE; BUTHIDAE;
ISOMETRAINAE; ISOMETRINAE; Isometra; Isometrus;
crinoids; scorpions.
