@article {293, title = {Opinion 2450: Geophilus alpinus\ Meinert, 1870 (Chilopoda): specific name not conserved}, journal = {Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature}, volume = {77}, year = {2020}, month = {4}, type = {Opinion}, chapter = {55}, abstract = {

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to conserve the specific name of\ Geophilus alpinus\ Meinert, 1870 for a European species of geophilomorph centipede. As a result, the name\ impressus\ C.L. Koch, 1847 as published in the binomen\ Geophilus impressus\ has priority over the names\ palustris\ C.L. Koch, 1863, as published in the binomen\ Geophilus palustris\ and\ alpinus\ Meinert, 1870, as published in the binomen\ Geophilus alpinus\ whenever the former is considered synonymous with either of the latter.

}, keywords = {Nomenclature, taxonomy, Chilopoda, Geophilus, Geophilus alpinus, Geophilus impressus, Geophilus palustris, geophilomorph centipedes}, author = {ICZN} }