BZN Volume
66, Part 3, 30 September 2009
Abstracts
of Cases
Abstracts
of the Applications published on on
30 September 2009 in Volume 66,
Part 3 of the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Comment
or advice on any of these Applications is invited for publication
(subject to editing) in the Bulletin and should be sent to
the Executive Secretary, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature,
c/o The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K.
(e-mail: iczn@nhm.ac.uk).
A list of open cases and instructions on submitting comments are available.
Case 3485
Lychnorhiza lucerna Haeckel, 1880 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae): proposed conservation of generic and specific names
André Carrara Morandini
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, trav. 14, n. 101, São Paulo, 05508-090, Brazil (e-mail: acmorand@usp.br; andre.morandini@gmail.com)
Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the generic name Lychnorhiza Haeckel, 1880 for a genus of scyphozoan jellyfish (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) from Central and South America and the Malayan Archipelago. The name is threatened by a senior synonym, Rhacopilus Agassiz, 1862, unused since its original description. It is also proposed to conserve the specific name Lychnorhiza lucerna Haeckel, 1880 (type species of the genus Lychnorhiza). The nomenclatural stability of this name is threatened by a senior subjective synonym, Rhizostoma cruciata Lesson, 1830.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Cnidaria; Scyphozoa; Rhizostomeae; LYCHNORHIZIDAE; Lychnorhiza; Rhizostoma; Lychnorhiza lucerna; Rhizostoma cruciata; scyphozoan jellyfish; Central and South America; Malayan Archipelago.
Case 3494
Atlanta inflata Gray, 1850 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, PTEROTRACHEOIDEA, ATLANTIDAE): proposed conservation of the specific name
Arie W. Janssen
National Natural History Museum, Leiden, The Netherlands (e-mail: ariewjanssen@waldonet.net.mt) Roger R. Seapy California State University, Fullerton, California, U.S.A. (e-mail: rseapy@fullerton.edu)
Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name of the heteropod Atlanta inflata Gray, 1850 (ATLANTIDAE), originally published as a primary homonym of the pteropod Atlanta inflata d’Orbigny, 1836 (usually cited as Limacina inflata, currently Heliconoides inflata) (LIMACINIDAE). Both names are in use and have not been considered congeneric since the 19th century. We propose to conserve the name Atlanta inflata Gray, 1850 by ruling that the name is not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Gastropoda; Heteropoda; Pteropoda; PTEROTRACHEOIDEA; ATLANTIDAE; LIMACINIDAE; Atlanta; Limacina; Atlanta inflata; Heliconoides inflata; gastropods.
Case 3488
Papilio danae Fabricius, 1775 (currently Colotis danae; Insecta, Lepidoptera, PIERIDAE): proposed conservation of prevailing usage by the suppression of Papilio danae Hufnagel, 1766
Torben B. Larsen
Jacobys alle 2, 1806 Frederiksberg C, Denmark (e-mail: torbenlarsen@btinternet.com)
R.I. Vane-Wright
Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. and Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NR, U.K. (e-mail: dickvanewright@btinternet.com)
Krushnamegh Kunte
FAS Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, 52 Oxford St, Northwest Lab Room 458.40–3, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. (e-mail: KKunte@cgr.harvard.edu)
Vazrick Nazari
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, SCIE 2488, 488 Gordon Street, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada (e-mail: vnazari@uoguelph.ca)
Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of the Code, is to conserve the name Papilio danae Fabricius, 1775 (Lepidoptera, PIERIDAE) which, as Colotis danae, is well-established as the valid name for a common and widespread butterfly with many subspecies in circa 50 countries in Africa, Arabia, and Asia. The name is threatened by the primary homonym Papilio danae Hufnagel, 1766. It is proposed that Hufnagel’s name be suppressed for the purposes of the Principle of Homonymy under the plenary power of the Commission, in the interest of nomenclatural stability.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Insecta; Lepidoptera; PIERIDAE; Papilio; Colotis; Callosune; Colotis danae; Papilio eborea; butterflies; Asia; Arabia; Africa.
Case 3492
Heliconius tristero Brower, 1996 and Heliconius melpomene mocoa Brower, 1996 (Lepidoptera, NYMPHALIDAE): proposed conservation by suppression of Heliconius melpomene bellula Brown, 1979
Andrew V.Z. Brower
Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, U.S.A. (e-mail: abrower@mtsu.edu)
Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 81.2.3 of the Code, is to conserve the species-group names Heliconius tristero Brower, 1996 and Heliconius melpomene mocoa Brower, 1996 (Lepidoptera: NYMPHALIDAE) for mimetic butterflies from the Putumayo region of southeastern Colombia by suppressing the senior name Heliconius melpomene bellula Brown, 1979. The authorship of this name is convoluted, bellula having been originally proposed as an unavailable quadrinomen and made available by Brown (1979). More significantly, because the implied holotype of Heliconius melpomene bellula Brown, 1979 does not belong taxonomically to the species whose oldest available name is Heliconius melpomene (Linnaeus, 1764), H. melpomene bellula Brown, 1979 is not a subjective synonym of H. melpomene (Linnaeus, 1764). Strict application of the Code would synonymise H. tristero Brower, 1996 with H. bellula Brown, 1979 and retain H. melpomene mocoa Brower, 1996 as a valid name. That action would reverse the current application of nomenclature for these taxa as published in numerous recent papers and result in significant confusion. Furthermore, given current disagreement among authors as to the taxonomic status of the specimen associated with the description of the name bellula, future nomenclatural instability is likely if the name is maintained. It is therefore proposed that the name Heliconius tristero be conserved and the name Heliconius bellula be suppressed.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Insecta; Lepidoptera; NYMPHALIDAE; Heliconius; Heliconius tristero; Heliconius melpomene mocoa; Heliconius melpomene bellula; butterflies; Colombia.
Case 3487
Megalosaurus crenatissimus Depéret, 1896 (currently Majungasaurus crenatissimus; Dinosauria, Theropoda): proposed replacement of the holotype by a neotype
Matthew T. Carrano
Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013–7012, U.S.A. (e-mail: carranom@si.edu)
David W. Krause
Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Health Sciences Center T-8, Stony Brook, NY, 11794–8081, U.S.A. (e-mail: dkrause@notes.cc.sunysb.edu)
Patrick M. O’Connor
Department of Biomedical Sciences, 228 Irvine Hall, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, U.S.A. (e-mail: oconnorp@ohiou.edu)
Scott D. Sampson
Department of Geology and Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, 1390 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, U.S.A. (e-mail: ssampson@umnh.utah.edu)
Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Articles 75.5 and 75.6 of the Code, is to replace the existing, non-diagnostic holotype of Megalosaurus crenatissimus Depéret, 1896 (currently Majungasaurus crenatissimus) by a neotype. The designation of a neotype is necessary to conserve the prevailing usage and concept of the species.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Reptilia; Archosauria; Dinosauria; Theropoda; ABELISAURIDAE; Majungasaurus; Megalosaurus; Megalosaurus crenatissimus; Majungatholus atopus; Madagascar; Cretaceous.
Case 3479
Cuvieronius Osborn, 1923 (Mammalia, Proboscidea): proposed conservation
Spencer G. Lucas
New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, U.S.A. (e-mail: spencer.lucas@state.nm.us)
Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Articles 68 and 75 of the Code, is to conserve the generic name Cuvieronius Osborn, 1923, long and widely applied to extinct South American gomphotheriid proboscideans, by setting aside all previous type species fixations and designating Mastotherium hyodon Fischer, 1814 as the type species of Cuvieronius and by designating a neotype for that species. Because M. hyodon has long and universal (though incorrect) usage as the type species of Cuvieronius and because the type specimen of M. hyodon is unidentifiable, the type species and neotype designations are proposed to promote the stability and universality of nomenclature.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Mammalia; Proboscidea; GOMPHOTHERIIDAE; Brazil; Cuvieronius; Cordillerion; Haplomastodon; Mastotherium hyodon; Cuvieronius tarijensis; South America; Ecuador; Chile; Argentina.
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