International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

Ab

abbreviatus Fabricius 1779 [originally in Carabus], Reise nach Norwegen mit Bemerkungen aus der Naturhistorie und Oekonomie, p. 263, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over Lesteva angusticollis Mannerheim 1830 whenever they are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2086

abbreviatus Fabricius 1787 [originally in Curculio], Mantissa Ins., 1: 99 (conserved under the plenary power) (specific name of the type species of Sphenophorus Schoenherr 1838) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 572

abbreviatus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Curculio], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 386 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 572

abbreviatus Fabricius 1801 [originally in Cerambyx] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2020: Opinion 2448

abbreviatus Scott 1874 [originally in Metochus] (Heteroptera). ICZN 2019: Opinion 2433

Abderites Ameghino 1887, Bol. Mus. de la Plata, 1: 5 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Abderites meridionalis Ameghino 1887, Bol. Mus. de la Plata, 1: 5) (Mammalia). Opinion 1241 

ABDERITINAE Ameghino 1889, Actas Acad. Cienc. Cordoba, 6: 268, 269 (type genus: Abderites Ameghino 1887), ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the family-group names CAENOLESTIDAE Trouessart 1898 or PALAEOTHENTIDAE Sinclair 1906 whenever Abderites Ameghino, 1887 and Caenolestes Thomas 1895 or Palaeothentes Ameghino 1887 are placed in the same family-group taxon (Mammalia). Opinion 1241

abdimii Lichtenstein 1823 [originally in Ciconia], Verz. doubl. zool. Mus. Berlin: 76 (specific name of the type species of Sphenorynchus [sic] Lichtenstein 1823) (Aves). Direction 43

abdita Schmitz 1959 [originally in Megaselia], Broteria, 55: 123, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the name griseipennis Santos-Abreu 1921, as published in the binomen Aphiochaeta griseipennis, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2292

abdominalis Panzer [1798] [originally in Tiphia], Fauna Ins. germ. (53): tab. 5 (specific name of the type species of Astata Latreille, 1796) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Direction 4

aberrans Cameron 1932 [originally in Philonthus], The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. Staphylinidae, vol. 3, p. 111, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of P. aberrans Sharp 1876 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053

aberrans Sharp 1876 [originally in Philonthus], Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1876: 174 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053

abessynicus Streubel 1848 [originally in Cypselus], Isis (Oken), 1848: col. 354 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1011 

Abida Turton 1831, Manual land & fresh-water Shells brit. Islands: 101 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Pupa secale Draparnaud [1801], Tabl. Moll. terrestr. fluviat. France: 59) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335

Ablennes Jordan & Fordice 1886, type species Belone hians Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846, corrected original spelling of Athlennes Jordan & Fordice 1886 (Opinion 41)

abietum Bergroth 1914 [originally in Gastrodes], Wien. entomol. Ztg., 33: 183 (specific name of the type species of Gastrodes Westwood [1840]) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 246 

abildgaardi Bloch 1791 [originally in Sparus], Naturgeschichte der ausländische Fische, part 4, p. 22 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1945

absinthii Leach 1827 [originally in Pharalis], in Risso, Hist. nat. princip. Prod. EurOpinion mérid., 5: 217 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 646

abyssicola Bergh 1884 [originally in Cuthonella], Rep. Voy. Challenger’ (Zool.), 26: 24, pl. 10, figs. 1, 2, pl. 11, fig. 2, pl. 12, figs. 9-13 (specific name of the type species of Cuthonella Bergh 1884) (Gastropoda). Opinion 783