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Case 3613: Nyctimystes cheesmani Tyler 1964 (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae): request for setting aside the name in favour of Nyctimystes cheesmanae Tyler 1964

Tyler, MJ, Menzies, JI, “Case 3613: Nyctimystes cheesmani Tyler 1964 (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae): request for setting aside the name in favour of Nyctimystes cheesmanae Tyler 1964”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. , 2013.

The purpose of this application, under Article 33.2.3 of the Code, is to correct the spelling  cheesmani  to  cheesmanae  for a tree frog named after Evelyn Cheesman. Following the finding that  Hyla montana   P eters & Doria, 1878  was in reality....

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Opinion 2403: Opinion 2403 (Case 3618) – Kalophrynus Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae): designation of a neotype for its type species Kalophrynus pleurostigma Tschudi, 1838 not approved

ICZN, “Opinion 2403: Opinion 2403 (Case 3618) – Kalophrynus Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae): designation of a neotype for its type species Kalophrynus pleurostigma Tschudi, 1838 not approved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 74, pp. , 2017.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has not used its plenary power to conserve the generic name Kalophrynus Tschudi, 1838 by setting aside all previous designations and designating a neotype for its type species Kalophrynus pleurostigma Tschudi, 1838.

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Opinion 2404: Dysactis pallida Agassiz in Verrill, 1864 (currently Aiptasia pallida; Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Actiniaria): precedence over Aiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829), Aiptasia tagetes (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864), Aiptasia mimosa (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864) and Aiptasia inula (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864) not approved

ICZN, “Opinion 2404: Dysactis pallida Agassiz in Verrill, 1864 (currently Aiptasia pallida; Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Actiniaria): precedence over Aiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829), Aiptasia tagetes (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864), Aiptasia mimosa (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864) and Aiptasia inula (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864) not approved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 74, pp. , 2017.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to conserve the specific name Dysactis pallida Agassiz in Verrill, 1864 for a species of sea anemone.

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Opinion 2448: Stenoderinae Pascoe, 1867 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae): emended to Stenoderusinae to remove homonymy with Stenoderini Selander, 1991 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Meloidae)

ICZN, “Opinion 2448: Stenoderinae Pascoe, 1867 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae): emended to Stenoderusinae to remove homonymy with Stenoderini Selander, 1991 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Meloidae)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

Under the plenary power, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has emended the spelling of the family-group name Stenoderinae Pascoe, 1867 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) to remove homonymy with Stenoderini Selander, 1991 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Meloidae). The stem of the generic name  Stenoderus Dejean, 1821 has been emended to  Stenoderus- to give the family-group name Stenoderusinae while the....

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Case 3657: Stenoderini Selander, 1991 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed emendation of spelling to Stenoderaini to remove homonymy with Stenoderini Pascoe, 1867 (Insecta, Coleoptera); and Stenoderini Pascoe, 1867: proposed precedence over Syllitini Thomson, 1864

Yves Bousquet, Patrice Bouchard, Marco A. Bologna, “Case 3657: Stenoderini Selander, 1991 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed emendation of spelling to Stenoderaini to remove homonymy with Stenoderini Pascoe, 1867 (Insecta, Coleoptera); and Stenoderini Pascoe, 1867: proposed precedence over Syllitini Thomson, 1864”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. , 2014.

The purposes of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 55.3 of the Code, are to conserve the usage of the family-group name Stenoderini Pascoe, 1867 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) by giving it precedence over the senior but unused name Syllitini Thomson, 1864, and to emend the family-group name Stenoderini Selander, 1991 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Meloidae), a junior homonym of Stenoderini Pascoe, 1867, to Stenoderaini,....

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Case 3664: Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Ptychoptera contaminata; Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation of prevailing usage through designation of a neotype

Andrew Fasbender, Gregory W. Courtney, “Case 3664: Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Ptychoptera contaminata; Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation of prevailing usage through designation of a neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. , 2014.

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to conserve the universal usage of Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 by setting aside all previous type fixations and designating a neotype. Tipula contaminata is the type species of the genus Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803,....

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Opinion 2445: Opinion 2445 (Case 3664) – Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Ptychoptera contaminata; Insecta, Diptera): neotype designated

ICZN, “Opinion 2445: Opinion 2445 (Case 3664) – Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Ptychoptera contaminata; Insecta, Diptera): neotype designated”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 76, pp. , 2019.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to designate a neotype for Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758, conserving the existing usage of Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803 and Ptychopteridae Osten Sacken, 1862.

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Case 3666: DICROGLOSSIDAE Dubois, 1987 (Amphibia, Anura): proposed conservation

Annemarie Ohler, A. A. Thasun Amarasinghe, Franco Andreone, Aaron Bauer, Leo Borkin, Alan Channing, Yodchaiy Chuaynkern, Indraneil Das, Kaushik Deuti, Thierry Frétey, Masafumi Matsui, Truong Nguyen, R. Alexander Pyron, Mark Oliver Rödel, Gabriel Hoinsoude, “Case 3666: DICROGLOSSIDAE Dubois, 1987 (Amphibia, Anura): proposed conservation”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 71, no. 4, 2014.

The purpose of this application, under Article 81 of the Code, is to conserve the name DICROGLOSSIDAE Dubois, 1987 for a family of frogs. Analysis of the publication where the name DICROGLOSSIDAE was first used (Anderson, 1871) showed that this was an incorrect subsequent spelling of DISCOGLOSSIDAE Günther, 1858....

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Opinion 2394: Conus antidiluvianus Bruguière, 1792: prevailing usage of specific name conserved by setting aside the unidentifiable lectotype and replacing it with a neotype (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conidae)

ICZN, “Opinion 2394: Conus antidiluvianus Bruguière, 1792: prevailing usage of specific name conserved by setting aside the unidentifiable lectotype and replacing it with a neotype (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conidae)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, pp. , 2017.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to conserve the specific name for the fossil cone shell  Conus antidiluvianus  Bruguière, 1792 by designating a neotype. The name is placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.

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Case 3668: Conus antidiluvianus Bruguière, 1792 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conidae): proposed conservation of prevailing usage of specific name by setting aside the unidentifiable lectotype and replacing it with a neotype. 

Janssen, A. W., Janssen, R., Tracey, S., Vaessen, L.M.B., Voort, J. van der , “Case 3668: Conus antidiluvianus Bruguière, 1792 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conidae): proposed conservation of prevailing usage of specific name by setting aside the unidentifiable lectotype and replacing it with a neotype. ”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. , 2014.

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.5 of the Code, is to conserve prevailing usage of the specific name  Conus antidiluvianus  Bruguière, 1792 for a Neogene fossil cone shell, widely distributed in Europe. The type locality stated in the original description was an Eocene site in the east....

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