Final paragraph/formal proposal to the Commission examples

Examples for suppression of synonyms

Example 1:
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is accordingly asked:
(1) to use its plenary power to suppress the following generic names for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy:
(a) Aleurostictus Kirby, 1827;
(b) Gymnodus Kirby, 1827;
(2) to place on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology the following names:
(a) Gnorimus Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Serville, 1828 (gender: masculine), type species by subsequent designation by Blanchard (1845) Scarabaeus nobilis Linnaeus, 1758;
(b) Osmoderma Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Serville, 1828 (gender: neuter), type species by subsequent designation by MacLeay (1838) Scarabaeus eremita Scopoli, 1763;
(3) to place on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology the following names:
(a) eremita Scopoli, 1763, as published in the binomen Scarabaeus eremita (the type species of Osmoderma Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Serville, 1828);
(b) nobilis Linnaeus, 1758, as published in the binomen Scarabaeus nobilis (the type species of Gnorimus Le Peletier & Serville, 1828);
(4) to place on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology the following names:
(a) Aleurostictus Kirby, 1827, as suppressed in (1)(a) above;
(b) Gymnodus Kirby, 1827, as suppressed in (1)(b) above;
(c) Gnorimus Chaudhri, 1975 (a junior homonym of Gnorimus Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Serville, 1828).

Example 2:
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is accordingly asked:
(1) to use its plenary power to suppress the following names for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy:
(a) Brachyura Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1822;
(b) kuhli H. Boie in Schlegel, 1826, as published in the binomen Brachyorrhos kuhli (senior objective synonym of Atractus trilineatus);
(2) to place on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology the name Atractus Wagler, 1828 (gender: masculine), type species by monotypy A. trilineatus Wagler, 1828;
(3) to place on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology the name trilineatus, as published in the binomen Atractus trilineatus Wagler, 1828;
(4) to place on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology the name Brachyura Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1822, as suppressed in (1)(a) above;
(5) to place on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology the name kuhli H. Boie in Schlegel, 1826, as published in the binomen Brachyorrhos kuhli (senior objective synonym of Atractus trilineatus) and as suppressed in (1)(b) above.

 

Example for suppression of a homonym

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is accordingly asked:
(1) to use its plenary power to suppress the following names:
(a) Fidia Motschulsky, 1860 and all uses of the name before that by Baly (1863) for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy;
(b) lurida Baly, 1863, as published in the binomen Fidia lurida,for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy;
(2) to place on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology the following names:
(a) Fidia Baly, 1863 (gender: feminine), type species by original designation Fidia lurida Baly, 1863;
(b) Lypesthes Baly, 1863 (gender: feminine), type species by monotypy Fidia atra Motschulsky, 1860;
(3) to place on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology the following names:
(a) viticida Walsh 1867, as published in the binomen Fidia viticida, valid name for thespecific name of the type species of Fidia Baly, 1863, following the suppression of its senior synonym Fidia lurida Baly, 1863 in (1)(b) above;
(b) atra Motschulsky, 1860, as published in the binomen Fidia atra (specific name of the type species of Lypesthes Baly, 1863);
(4) to place on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology the name Fidia Motschulsky, 1860, as suppressed in (1)(a) above;
(5) to place on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology the name lurida Baly, 1863, as published in the binomen Fidia lurida (specific name of the type species of Fidia Baly, 1863 and unused senior synonym of Fidia viticida Walsh, 1867) and as suppressed in (1)(b) above.

 

Examples for reversed precedence

Example 1:
     The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is accordingly asked:
(1) to use its plenary power to give the name oxyacanthae Frey, 1855, as published in the binomen Lithocolletis oxyacanthae,precedence over the name pomonella Zeller, 1846, as published in the binomen Lithocolletis pomonella, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms;
(2) to place on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology the following names:
(a) oxyacanthae Frey, 1855, as published in the binomen Lithocolletis oxyacanthae, with the endorsement that it is to be given precedence over the name pomonella Zeller, 1846, as published in the binomen Lithocolletis pomonella, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms;
(b) pomonella Zeller, 1846, as published in the binomen Lithocolletis pomonella, with the endorsement that it is not to be given priority over the name oxyacanthae Frey, 1855, as published in the binomen Lithocolletis oxyacanthae, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms.

Example 2:
     The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is accordingly asked:
(1) to use its plenary power to give the name alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905, as published in the trinomen Colias hyale alfacariensis, precedence over the names sareptensis Alphéraky, 1875, as published in the trinomen Colias hyale sareptensis, and alba Rühl, 1893, as published in the trinomen Colias hyale alba, and meridionalis Krulikowsky, 1903, as published in the trinomen Colias hyale meridionalis, whenever it and either of the other three are considered to be synonyms;
(2) to place on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology the following names:
(a) sareptensis Alphéraky, 1875, as published in the trinomen Colias hyale sareptensis, with the endorsement that it is not to be given priority over the name alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905, as published in the trinomen Colias hyale alfacariensis, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms;
(b) alba Rühl, 1893, as published in the trinomen Colias hyale alba, with the endorsement that it is not to be given priority over the name alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905, as published in the trinomen Colias hyale alfacariensis, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms;
(c) meridionalis Krulikowsky, 1903, as published in the trinomen Colias hyale meridionalis, with the endorsement that it is not to be given priority over the name alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905, as published in the trinomen Colias hyale alfacariensis, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms;
(3) to emend the entry on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology for alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905, as published in the trinomen Colias hyale alfacariensis, to record that it is to be given precedence over sareptensis Alphéraky, 1875, as published in the trinomen Colias hyale sareptensis, alba Rühl, 1893, as published in the trinomen Colias hyale alba, and meridionalis Krulikowsky, 1903, as published in the trinomen Colias hyale meridionalis, whenever it and any of the other three names are considered to be synonyms.

 

Example for conservation of spelling:

     The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is accordingly asked:
(1) to use its plenary power:
(a) to set aside the first reviser action by Burmeister (1835) to select Phyllomorphus Laporte, 1833 as the correct original spelling and to rule that Phyllomorpha Laporte, 1833 is the correct original spelling;
(b) to set aside all designations of type species for the nominal genus Phyllomorpha Laporte, 1833 prior to that by Reuter (1888) of Coreus hystrix Latreille, 1817;
(2) to place on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology the name Phyllomorpha Laporte, 1833, (gender: feminine) type species by subsequent designation by Reuter (1888) Coreus hystrix Latreille, 1817, as ruled in (1)(b) above;
(3) to place on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology the name laciniatus Villers, 1789, as published in the binomen Cimex laciniatus (senior subjective synonym of Coreus hystrix Latreille, 1817, the specific name of the type species of the genus Phyllomorpha Laporte, 1833);
(4) to place on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology the name Phyllomorphus Laporte, 1833 (set aside as the correct original spelling in (1)(a) above).

 

Examples for conservation by new type species designation:

Example 1
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is accordingly asked:
(1) to use its plenary power to set aside all previous fixations of type species for the nominal genus Obovaria Rafinesque, 1819 and to designate Unio retusa Lamarck, 1819 as the type species;
(2) to rule that the name obovalis, as published in the binomen Obovaria obovalis Rafinesque, 1820, is a nomen oblitum;
(3) to place on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology the name Obovaria Rafinesque, 1819 (gender: feminine), type species Unio retusa Lamarck, 1819, as ruled in (1) above;
(4) to place on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology the following names:
(a) retusa Lamarck, 1819, as published in the binomen Unio retusa (specific name of the type species of Obovaria Rafinesque, 1819, as ruled in (1) above);
(b) ebenus Lea, 1831, as published in the binomen Unio ebenus;
(5) to place on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Species Names in Zoology the name obovalis Rafinesque, 1820, as published in the binomen Obovaria obovalis (ruled in (2) above to be a nomen oblitum).

Example 2
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is accordingly asked:
(1) to use its plenary power to set aside all previous fixations of type species for the nominal genus Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843 before the designation by Pocock (1898) of Mecistocephalus punctifrons Newport, 1843 as the type species;
(2) to place on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology the following names:
(a) Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843 (gender: masculine), type species Mecistocephalus punctifrons Newport, 1843, as ruled in (1) above;
(b) Pachymerium Koch, 1847 (gender: masculine), type species Geophilus ferrugineus Koch, 1835, by monotypy;
(3) to place on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology the following names:
(a) punctifrons Newport, 1843, as published in the binomen Mecistocephalus punctifrons (specific name of the type species of Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843);
(b) ferrugineus Koch, 1835, as published in the binomen Geophilus ferrugineus (specific name of the type species of Pachymerium Koch, 1847).

 

Example for conservation by neotype designation:

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is accordingly asked:
(1) to use its plenary power to set aside all type fixations for the nominal species setosus Fabricius, 1798, as published in the binomen Cancer setosus, and to designate specimen RMNH-D-191 at the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden as the neotype;
(2) to place on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology the name setosus Fabricius, 1798, as published in the binomen Cancer setosus and as defined by the neotype designated in (1) above.

 

Amendments of the entries on  the Official Lists and Indexes

Example 1
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is accordingly asked:

(1) to use its plenary power to set aside all previous fixations of name-bearing type for bivittatus Thorell, 1877, as published in the trinomen Cercophonius brachycentrus bivittatus,and to designate as neotype male specimen CDA 000.364, in the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina;
(2) to emend the entry on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology for bivittatus Thorell, 1877, as published in the trinomen Cercophonius brachycentrus bivittatus, to record that it is defined by the neotype designated in (1) above.

Example 2
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is accordingly asked:

(1) to use its plenary power to set aside all previous type fixations for the nominal species Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861 and to designate specimen BMNH 37001 at the NHM as the neotype for the name;
(2) to emend the entry on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology for the name lithographica von Meyer, 1861, as published in the binomen Archaeopteryx lithographica, as defined by the neotype designated in (1) above.

Example 3
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is accordingly asked:

(1) to rule that the name TUBLANIDAE (type genus Tubulanus Renier, [1804]) is to be first established in Bürger (1904) and to take the publication date 1904 (1874);
(2) to emend the entry on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology for TUBLANIDAE Bürger, 1905 (1874) to record that its publication date is 1904 (1874) as ruled in (1) above.