International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS

taxa names:

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afarensis Johanson 1978 [originally in Australopithecus], in Hinrichson, D., New Scientist, 78(1105): 571, as defined by the lectotype (specimen L.H.4 from Laetoli, preserved in the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi) designated by Johanson, White & Coppens 1978, Kirtlandia (Cleveland) 28: 2 (first available subjective synonym of Meganthropus africanus Weinert 1950, the type species of Praeanthropus Senyürek 1955) (Mammalia, Primates). Opinion 1941

affinis Issel 1869 [originally in Chiton], Malac. Mar Rosso: 234, 235 (specific name of the type species of Rhyssoplax Thiele 1893) (Polyplacophora). Opinion 951

affinis Leach 1817 [originally in Corixa], Trans. linn. Soc. London, 12(1): 18 (conserved under the plenary power) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 687

affinis Blyth 1845 [originally in Curruca], J. Asiat. soc. Beng., 14: 564 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1037

affinis Gmelin 1791 [originally in Doris], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3105 (specific name of the type species of Flabellina Voigt 1834) (Gastropoda). Opinion 781

affinis Milne Edwards 1837 [originally in Penaeus], Hist. nat. Crust., 2: 416 (specific name of the type species of Metapenaeus Wood-Mason 1891) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864     

affinis Paykull 1789 [originally in Staphylinus], Monographia Staphylinorum Sueciae, p. 24 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053

affinis Solsky 1868 [originally in Staphylinus], Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, 5: 126, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of S. affinis Paykull 1789 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053         

africana Ortmann 1894 [originally in Gebia], Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena, 8: 22 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 1753

africana Griffith & Pidgeon [late 1833-early 1834] [originally in Terebra], Mollusca and Radiata, in Cuvier, The Animal Kingdom, 12 (39): explanation of plate M23, fig. 5 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1156

africanus Theobald 1901 [originally in Anopheles barbirostris var.], Mem. Liverpool Sch. Trop. Med., 4, app.: 1 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 850           

africanus Heuglin & Fitzinger 1866 [originally in Equus], Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 54: 588, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being pre-dated by a name based on a domestic form (Mammalia). Opinion 2027

africanus Weinert 1950 [originally in Meganthropus], Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Anthropologie, 42(1): 139 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Mammalia, Primates). Opinion 1941

africanus Wilkes 1820 [originally in Oriolus], Encyclopaedia Londinensis, vol. 17, p. 740 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Aves). Opinion 1859

africanus Balss 1913 [originally in Parapenaeus], Denkschr. med. naturwiss. Ges. Jena, 17: 105 (specific name of the type species of Macropetasma Stebbing 1914) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864

africanus Rüppell 1842 [originally in Vespertilio pipistrellus], Museum Senckenbergianum, 3: 156, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the name Vespertilio nanus Peters 1852 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Mammalia). Opinion 2120

Afrolepisma Mendes 1981 (Zygentoma). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2427