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
2156 (Case
3262)
Nautilus
spengleri Gmelin, 1791 (currently Calcarina
spengleri)
and Calcarina hispida Brady, 1876 (Foraminiferida):
usage of the specific names conserved by the designation
of a replacement neotype for Nautilus spengleri
Abstract. The Commission
has ruled that the prevailing usage of both Nautilus
spengleri Gmelin, 1791 (the type species of
the prominent reef foraminiferan genus Calcarina d’Orbigny,
1826 (family CALCARINIDAE)) and Calcarina
hispida Brady, 1876
is conserved by the designation of a replacement
neotype for N.
spengleri. In 1981, H.J.
Hansen designated a neotype for N.
spengleri, but
this is a specimen of C. hispida Brady,
1876.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Foraminiferida;
CALCARINIDAE; Calcarina spengleri; Calcarina
hispida;
foraminifera.
OPINION 2157 (Case
3309)
Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827: usage conserved;
Desmophyes annectens Haeckel, 1888 and Rosacea
plicata Bigelow, 1911: conserved (Cnidaria, Siphonophora)
Abstract. The Commission
has ruled that the usage of the generic name Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard,
1827 is conserved by the designation of R.
plicata Bigelow, 1911 as its type species, and the names
Desmophyes annectens Haeckel, 1888 and Rosacea
plicata Bigelow, 1911 are conserved for two widely distributed
species of calycophoran prayid siphonophores.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Cnidaria; Siphonophora; PRAYIDAE; Desmophyes;
Rosacea; Desmophyes
annectens; Rosacea plicata; calycophoran
prayid siphonophores.
OPINION
2158 (Case
3324)
Tramea Hagen, 1861 (Insecta, Odonata):
conserved
Abstract. The Commission
has ruled that the name Tramea Hagen, 1861 is conserved
for a group of common and widespread dragonflies
by suppression of the senior objective synonym Trapezostigma Hagen, 1849. In addition, it is ruled that all previous
fixations of type species for the nominal genus Tramea Hagen, 1861 before that by Kirby (1889) of Libellula
carolina Linnaeus, 1763 are set aside.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Odonata; LIBELLULIDAE; Tramea; Trapezostigma; Tramea
carolina; dragonflies.
OPINION
2159 (Case 3072)
Crioceris Geoffroy, 1762, Lilioceris Reitter, 1912 and other
genusgroup names with the suffix –ceris in
the family CHRYSOMELIDAE (Insecta, Coleoptera): Official
Correction of gender to feminine
Abstract. The Commission has ruled
that the gender of the names of two economically
important genera of beetles recognized as crop pests,
Crioceris Geoffroy, 1762 and Lilioceris Reitter,
1912, and other genus-group names with the suffix –ceris in the family CHRYSOMELIDAE are fixed as feminine.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
CHRYSOMELIDAE; Crioceris; Crioceris
asparagi; Lilioceris;
Lilioceris lilii; beetles; crop pests.
OPINION
2160 (Case
3280)
Melitaea nycteis Doubleday, 1847
(currently Chlosyne nycteis; Insecta, Lepidoptera):
specific name conserved
Abstract. The Commission has ruled that the specific
name Melitaea nycteis
Doubleday, 1847 (currently Chlosyne
nycteis) is conserved
for a widespread North American species of butterfly
(family NYMPHALIDAE) by suppression of the problematic
name M. ismeria Boisduval & Le Conte, 1835.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Lepidoptera; NYMPHALIDAE;
Melitaea; Chlosyne
nycteis; Chlosyne gorgone; Chlosyne
ismeria; butterflies.
