International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

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arabica Lichtenstein 1827 [originally in Antilope] (Mammalia). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2391

arabica Gmelin [1791] [originally in Voluta], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3461, as interpreted by reference to the holotype, namely the specimen figured by Martyn 1784 (Univ. Conch., 2: fig. 52) as Buccin[um] arabicum (valid name at the date of Opinion 479 of the type species of Alcithoë Adams & Adams 1853) (Gastropoda). Opinion 479

arabicum, Martyn 1784 [originally in Buccin[um]], Univ. Conch., 2: fig. 52 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 479  

aracari Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Ramphastos], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 104 (specific name of the type species of Pteroglossus Illiger 1811) (Aves). Direction 43

Arachnoides Klein 1778, Nat. Disp. Echin. (Leske’s Ed.): 26 (not made available in the work cited). Opinion 277

Arachnoides Leske 1778, Addit. J.T. Klein nat. Disp. Echin.: 218 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Echinus placenta Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 666) (Echinoidea). Opinion 277 

Araeopus Spinola 1839, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, 8: 336 (a junior objective synonym of Delphax Fabricius 1798). Opinion 602 

Aramus Vieillot 1816, Analyse nouv. Ornithol. élém: 58 (gender: masculine) (type species, bymonotypy: Ardea scolopacea Gmelin [1789], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2, p. 647) (Aves). Opinion 67 

aranaeoides Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Scarabaeus], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 62 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380

Aranea Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1. Salvii, Holmiae, p. 619, suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy (Arachnida, Araneae). Opinion 2224 

aranea Holzapfel 1895 [originally in Lichas], Abh. K.-preuss. geol. Landesanst., 16: 32 (specific name of the type species of Radiolichas Reed 1923) (Trilobita). Opinion 615  

Araneacancroides De Geer 1778 (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

Aranealupus De Geer 1778 (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

Araneaphalangium De Geer 1778 (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

ARANEIDAE Clerck 1758, Svenska spindlar . . . Aranei Svecici, descriptionibus et figuris . . .illustrati. vii, Literis Laur. Salvii, Stockholmiae, type genus Araneus Clerck 1758 (Arachnida, Araneae). Opinion 2224

araneiformis Tripp 1957 [originally in Radiolichas], Geol. Mag., 94: 118 (a junior synonym of aranea Holzapfel 1895 [originally in Lichas]). Opinion 615

Araneus Clerck 1758, Svenska spindlar. . . Aranei Svecici, descriptionibus et figuris . . . illustrate. vii, Literis Laur. Salvii, Stockholmiae, p. 22 (gender: masculine), type species ruled under the plenary power to be by subsequent designation by Simon (1895) Araneus angulatus Clerck 1758 (Arachnida, Araneae). Opinion 2224

araneus Lindström 1885 [originally in Lichas], Öfvers. K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl., 6: 58 (Trilobita). Opinion 615

araneus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Sorex], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 53 (specific name of the type species of Sorex Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia). Direction 22

Arapaima Müller 1843, Arch. Naturges., Jahrg. 9, 1: 192 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Sudis gigas Schinz 1822, in Cuvier, Das Thierreich aus dem französischen frey übersetzt ..., 2: 305) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1132 

arararacina Linnaeus 1776 [originally in Psittacus], Cat. Birds Beasts Fishes Ins. Edwardsnat. Hist.: 9 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 412

aratae Ameghino 1887 [originally in Palaeothentes], Bol. Mus. de la Plata, 1: 5 (specific name of the type species of Palaeothentes Ameghino 1887) (Mammalia). Opinion 1241

arbuscula d’Orbigny 1826 [originally in Dendritina], Annales des Sciences Naturelles, (1)7: 285 (specific name of the type species of Dendritina d’Orbigny 1826) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1570 

arbuscula Wright 1859 [originally in Eudendrium], Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, (n.s.)10: 113, ruled under the plenary power not to be invalid by reason of having been replaced before 1961 as a junior secondary homonym of Tubularia arbuscula d’Orbigny 1846 (Hydrozoa). Opinion 1956 

arbuscula d’Orbigny 1846 [originally in Tubularia], Zoophytes in: Voyage dans l’Amérique méridionale, vol. 5, part 4, p. 28 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Hydrozoa). Opinion 1956  

arbustorum Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Helix], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 771 (specific name of the type species of Arianta Turton 1831) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335

arbustorum Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Musca], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 591, ruled under theplenary power that all previous type fixations are set aside and the male specimen labelled Lpm, Sorsele, 10/8/58, leg. S. Gaunitz, R. Dahl Coll., BM 1997–740 is designated as the neotype (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2153  

Arca Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 693 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Arca noae Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 693) (Bivalvia). Opinion 189  

Arcania Leach 1817, Zool. Miscell., 3: 24 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Cancer erinaceus Fabricius 1787, Mantissa Ins., 1: 325) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73 

Arcella Ehrenberg [1830], Abh. K.-preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1830: 40 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Arcella vulgaris Ehrenberg [1830], Abh. K.-preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1830: 40, pl. 1, fig. 6) (Rhizopoda). Opinion 77 

Arcella Ehrenberg 1838, Die Infusionsth.: 132 (a junior homonym of Arcella Ehrenberg, [1830]). Direction 76

ARCHAEOCIDARIDAE McCoy 1849, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (2)3: 253 (type genus: Archaeocidaris McCoy 1844) (Echinoidea). Direction 41

Archaeocidaris McCoy 1844, Syn. Char. Carb. Limest. Foss. Ireland: 173 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Cidaris urii Fleming 1828, Hist. brit. Anim.: 478) (Echinoidea). Opinion 370 

Archaeopterix [anon.] 1861, Neues Jahrb. Min., 1861: v (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Archaeopteryx von Meyer 1861). Opinion 607

ARCHAEOPTERYGIDAE Huxley 1871, Man. Anat. vert. Anim.: 233 (type genus: Archaeopteryx von Meyer 1861) (Aves). Opinion 607  

Archaeopteryx von Meyer 1861 (gender: feminine), type species, by monotypy: Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer 1861, ruled under the plenary power to have been made available by von Meyer 1861 in Archaeopterix lithographica (Vogel-Feder) und Pterodactylus von Solenhofen. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde, p. 679 (Aves). Opinion 607, original entry amended as per Opinion 1070 and Opinion 2283  

Archaeoteuthis Roemer 1855, in Bronn, Lethaea geogn. (Ed. 3), 1: 520 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 438  

Archarias Dejean 1821, Catalogue de la collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean, p. 86 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1449 

Archeopteryx Owen 1863, Proceedings roy. Soc. London, 12: 272 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Archaeopteryx von Meyer, 1861). Opinion 607 

Archias Paulson 1875, Izslyed. Rakoobr. krasn. Morya [Stud. Crust. Red Sea]: 56 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Archias sexdentatus Paulson 1875, Izslyed. Rakoobr. krasn. Morya [Stud. Crust. Red Sea]: 57) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73 

Archigenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427

archytas Stoll [1787] [originally in Papilio], Aanhangsel van het werk de Uitlandsche Kapellen, p. 25, pl. 5, fig. 5 (senior subjective synonym of the specific name of Anteros axiochus Hewitson, [1867], the type species of Ourocnemis Baker 1887) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1381  

Arcopagus Leach 1817, Zool. Miscell., 3: 80, 83 (a junior objective synonym of Bryaxis Kugelann 1794). Opinion 887

arcta Dalyell 1847 [originally in Sertularia], Rare and remarkable animals of Scotland, represented from living subjects: with practical observations on their nature, vol. 1, p. 224 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Hydrozoa). Opinion 1485 

arctica Latreille 1806 [originally in Lithodes], Gen. Crust. Ins., 1: 40 (a junior objective synonym of maja Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cancer]). Opinion 511 

arctica Gray 1824 [originally in Nucula], Suppl. App. Parrys Voy. N.W. Passage: 241 (specific name of the type species of Portlandia Mörch 1857) (Bivalvia). Opinion 769

Arctictis Temminck [1824], Monogr. Mamm., 1: xxi (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Viverra binturong Raffles 1821, Trans. linn. Soc. London, 13(1): 253) (Mammalia). Opinion 384

arcticus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Colymbus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 135 (Aves). Direction 75

arcticus Zetterstedt 1838 [originally in Platygaster], Insecta Lapponica descripta, Section 3, Diptera, p. 574 (specific name of the type species of Glabellula Bezzi 1902) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1545

Arctocephalus Cuvier 1826, Phoque in Cuvier, F. (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, vol. 39 (Perroq - Phoq), p. 554 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under theplenary power: Phoca pusilla Schreber 1775) (Mammalia, Pinnipedia). Opinion 1962 

Arctogale Gray [1865], Proceedings zool. Soc. London, 1864: 508, 528, 542 (a junior homonym of Arctogale Kaup 1829). Opinion 384  

Arctogalidia Merriam 1897, Science (n.s.), 5: 302 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy through the replaced name Arctogale Gray [1865]: Paradoxurus trivirgatus Gray 1832, Proceedings zool. Soc. London, 2 (1832): 68) (Mammalia). Opinion 384  

ARCTOGALIDIINAE Pocock 1933, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1933 (No. 2): 967, 977 (type genus: Arctogalidia Merriam 1897) for use by those who consider that Arctogalidia Merriam and Paradoxurus Cuvier 1821 belong to different family-group taxa (Mammalia). Direction 53 

Arctopsis Lamarck 1801, Syst. Anim. sans Vertèbr.: 155 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 708 

arctos Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Ursus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 47 (specific name of the type species of Ursus Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia). Direction 22

Arctus Dana 1852, Proceedings Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 14, 19 (a junior homonym and junior objective synonym of Arctus de Haan [1849], and a junior objective synonym of Scyllarus Fabricius 1775). Opinion 519

Arctus de Haan [1849], in Siebold, Fauna japon. (Crust.), (6, 7): xx, 238 (a junior objective synonym of Scyllarus Fabricius 1775). Opinion 519

arctus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cancer], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 633, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Holthuis 1956 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 12: 111) (specific name of the type species of Scyllarus Fabricius 1775) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 519  

arcuata Horsfield 1824 [originally in Anas], in: Zoological researches in Java, and the neighbouring islands, part 8, pl. [65], as defined by the lectotype (specimen no. 1880.1.1.2436 in the collections at Tring of the Natural History Museum, London) designated under the plenary power, ruled under the plenary power to be treated as the specific name of a then new nominal species (Aves, Anseriformes). Opinion 1764

arcuata Laporte & Gory 1838 [originally in Buprestis], Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères, vol. 1, p. 159, ruled under the plenary power to be treated as not invalid by reason of having been originally published as a junior primary homonym of Buprestis arcuata Say 1825 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008

arcuata Say 1825 [originally in Buprestis], Annals of the Lyceum of New York, 1: 251 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008 

arcuata De Geer 1773 [originally in Cicada foliata-] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

arcuata Lamarck 1801 [originally in Gryphaea], Syst. Anim. sans Vertèbr.: 398, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Cox 1951 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 2: 324-331) (specific name of the type species of Gryphaea Lamarck 1801) (Bivalvia). Opinion 338

arcuata Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Musca], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 592, as defined by the neotype (male specimen, in the Natural History Museum, London, marked ‘NEOTYPE, det. P.J. Chandler, 31.3.2000’, collected from Voss, S.W. Norway, by A.E. Stubbs, in 1977) designated under the plenary power (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1982  

arcuata Fallén 1817 [originally in Scaeva], Dipt. svec., Syrphici: 42 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 978 

Ardea Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 141 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Gray 1840 (List Gen. Birds: 66): Ardea cinerea Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 143) (Aves). Opinion 67 

ardeola Paykull 1805 [originally in Dromas], K. Vetensk.-Akad. Nya Handl., Stockholm, 26(3): 182, 188, pl. 8 (specific name of the type species of Dromas Paykull 1805) (Aves). Direction 43 

arenacea Williamson 1858 [originally in Spirillina], Rec. Foram. Gt. Brit.: 93, pl. 7, fig. 203, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Barnard 1962 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 19: 33, 34, pls. 1, 2) (Rhizopoda). Opinion 706

Arenaeus Dana 1851, Amer. J. Sci., (2)12: 130 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Portunus cribrarius Lamarck 1818, Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 5: 259) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73 

arenarea Wilkes 1817 [originally in Motacilla], Encyclopaedia Londinensis, vol. 16, p. 85 (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

Arenaria [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427 

arenaria Bouchard-Chantereaux 1837 [originally in Succinea], Mém. Soc. Agric. Boulogne-sur-Mer, (2)1: 190 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336

Arenarigenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427

arenarius Catesby 1771 [originally in Cancer], Natural History of Carolina (Edwards’ ed.), 2: pl. 35; Linn. Index, No. 35 (deemed not available in Opinion 13, as source is a reprint); (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 262  

arenarius Fabricius 1787 [originally in Scarabaeus], Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentilis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus, p. 11 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2150

arenarius Olivier 1789 [originally in Scarabaeus], Entomologie, ou Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée. Coléoptères. 1, Scarabé, p. 96, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of Scarabaeus arenarius Fabricius 1787 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2150

arenatus Quenstedt 1886 [originally in Ammonites], Die Ammoniten des Schwäbischen Jura, II, Der Braune Jura, p. 482 (specific name of the type species of Prepapillites Buckman 1927) (Ammonoidea). Opinion 2123  

Arengus Cornide 1788, Hist. Peces Galicia: 91 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 799 

arenicola Dixon 1960 [originally in Arizona elegans], Southwestern Naturalist, 5: 226, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Williams & Smith 1962 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 19: 300) (Reptilia). Opinion 717

arenicola Semper 1868 [originally in Holothuria], Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen II, vol. 1, p. 81 (Holothuroidea). Opinion 1533 

arenosa Goodsir 1843 [originally in Bodotria], Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, 34: 128 (specific name of the type species of Bodotria Goodsir 1843) (Cumacea). Opinion 1592

areolata Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Lacerta], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 24 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380 

Arete Stimpson 1860, Proceedings Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1860: 32 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Arete dorsalis Stimpson 1860, Proceedings Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1860: 32) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470 

Argas Latreille 1795, Mag. encyclop., 4: 18 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy, through Latreille [1802] (in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 66): Acarus reflexus Fabricius 1794, Entomol. syst., 4: 426) (Arachnida). Opinion 73, Direction 90  

Argas Scouler 1835, Rec. gen. Sci., 1(2): 137 (a junior homonym of Argas Latreille 1795). Direction 90

Arge Hübner [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett., (4): 60 (a junior homonym of Arge Schrank 1802). Opinion 400

Arge Schrank 1802, Fauna boica, 2(2): 209 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Rohwer, 1911 (Tech. Ser. U.S. Bur. Entomol., 20(2): 74): Tenthredo enodis Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 922) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 157  

argentea Hunt 1983 [originally in Anniella nigra], Copeia, 1983(1): 86 (a junior objective synonym of Anniella pulchra Gray 1852) (Reptilia, Squamata). Opinion 1735  

argenteus Agassiz 1829 [originally in Prochilodus], Sci. Gen. Spec. Pisc. Brasil.: 63, pl. 38 (specific name of the type species of Prochilodus Agassiz 1829) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 772

argiades Pallas 1771 [originally in Papilio], Reise russ. Reichs, 1: 472 (valid name at the date of Opinion 503 of the type species of Everes Hübner [1819]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 503

Argiope Audouin 1826, in Savigny, Explication sommaire des planches dArachnides de IEgypte et de la Syrie, 1(4): 121 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Bonnet 1955 (Bibliographia Araneorum, 2(1): 687): Aranea sericea Olivier 1798, Araignée, Aranea. Encycl. Méth. Hist. Nat. Ins., Paris: 198) (Arachnida). Opinion 1038

Argiopes L. Agassiz’ Levi 1970, Bull. zool. Nomencl., 27: 201 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Argiope Audouin 1826). Opinion 1038

Argis Krøyer 1842, Naturhist. Tidsskrift., 4(3): 255, 267 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Crangon lar Owen 1839, Zool. Beecheys Voy. Blossom’: 88) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470  

argo Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Argonauta], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 708 (specific name of the type species of Argonauta Linnaeus 1758) (Cephalopoda). Direction 73

Argonauta Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 708 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Children 1824 (Quart. J. Sci. Lit. Arts, 16: 252): Argonauta argo Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 708) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 94, Direction 72

Argus Bohadsch 1761, De quibusdam Animalibus marinis: 56 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 185, Opinion 429 

Argus Boisduval [1832], Icon. hist. Lépidopt. nouv., 1(5/6): 49 (a junior homonym of Argus Bohadsch 1761). Opinion 429  

Argus Scopoli 1763, Entomol. carn.: 176 (a junior homonym of Argus Bohadsch 1761). Opinion 429 

argus Bloch 1792 [originally in Anthias], Naturgeschichte der Ausländischen Fische, part 6, p. 111 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1439 

argus, Schneider in Bloch & Schneider 1801 [originally in Cephalopholis], Systema ichthyologiae, p. 311 (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1439  

argus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Papilio], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 483, as interpreted by reference to the male genitalia figured by Chapman 1909 (in Tutt, Nat. Hist. brit. Butts., 3: pl. XX, fig. 1) (specific name of the type species of Plebejus Kluk 1802) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 269

argus Temminck 1807 [originally in Polyplectron], Cat. syst. Cab. Ornith.: 149 (a junior objective synonym of bicalcaratus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Pavo]). Direction 44

arguta Pallas 1773 [originally in Lacerta], Reise Russland, 2: 718 (specific name of the type species of Ommateremias Lantz 1928) (Reptilia). Opinion 1318

ARGYNNIDAE Duponchel [1835], in Godart, Hist. nat. Lépid. pap. France, Suppl., 1 livr. 23: 394, 395 (type genus: Argynnis Fabricius 1807) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Direction 99, Direction 118  

ARGYNNIDINAE Aurivillius [1911], in Seitz, Grossshmett. Erde, 13(107): 121; ibid., [1913], ibid., 13(150): 229 (type genus: Argynnis Fabricius 1807) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for ARGYNNIDAE Duponchel [1835]). Direction 99

Argynnis Fabricius 1807, Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 6: 283 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Latreille 1810 (Consid. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 440, 353): Papilio paphia Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 481) ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over Argyreus Scopoli 1777 whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 161

Argyope Audouin 1826, in Savigny, Explication sommaire des planches dArachnides de IEgypte et de la Syrie, 1(4): 121 (an incorrect original spelling for Argiope Audouin 1826). Opinion 1038

Argyopes Latreille’ Agassiz 1846, Nomenclator Zoologicus, Soloduri: 2 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Argiope Audouin 1826). Opinion 1038  

Argyra Macquart 1834 (Diptera). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2348

ARGYRINI Negrobov 1986 (Diptera). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2348

Argyreus Scopoli 1777, Introd. Hist. nat.: 431 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Reuss 1928 (Int. entomol. Z., 22: 146): Papilio niphe Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 785) by direction under the plenary power, not available for use in preference to Argynnis Fabricius 1807 (type species: Papilio paphia Linnaeus 1758), but available for use by those who do not consider the type species of these two genera to be congeneric with one another (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 161, Direction 2

argyrocephala Meigen 1824 [originally in Tachina], Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten, vol. 4, p. 372 (valid subjective synonym of the specific name of Musca leucocephala Rossi 1790, the type species of Metopia Meigen 1803) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1772

Argyrodes Guénée 1845, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (2)3: 322, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Argyrodes Simon 1864 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1426

Argyrodes Simon 1864, Histoire naturelle des Araignées, Ed. 1, p. 253 (gender: masculine) (type species, by tautonymy: Linyphia argyrodes Walckenaer 1841) (Arachnida, Araneae). Opinion 1426

argyrodes Walckenaer 1841 [originally in Linyphia], Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Aptères II, p. 282 (specific name of the type species of Argyrodes Simon 1864) (Arachnida, Araneae). Opinion 1426  

argyrognomon Bergsträsser [1779] [originally in Papilio], Nomencl. Beschr. Ins. Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg, 2: 76, pl. 46, figs. 1, 29, as interpreted by reference to the male genitalia figured by Chapman 1917 (in Oberthür, Etudes Lépidopt. comp., 14: pl. VIII, fig. 23) (specific name of the type species of Lycaeides Hübner [1819]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 269

Argyrosomus de la Pylaie 1835, C.R. Congrès Sci. France, Poitiers: 532 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Cheilodipterus aquila Lacepède 1803, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 5: 684) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 988

ariadne [originally in Doritis], (Lepidoptera). ICZN 2023: Opinion 2488

Arianta Turton 1831, Manual land & fresh-water Shells brit. Islands: 35 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Helix arbustorum Linnaeu 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 771) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335  

aries Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Ovis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 70 (specific name of the type species of Ovis Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia). Direction 22  

arietans Merrem 1820 [originally in Vipera (Echidna)], Tent. Syst. Amph.: 152 (specific name of the type species of Bitis Gray 1842) (Reptilia). Direction 1

Arieticeras Quenstedt 1883, Ammoniten schwäbisch. Jura, 1: 44, 113 (not made available in the work cited). Opinion 337

Arieticeras Seguenza 1885, Nat. sicil., 4: 255 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation by Levi 1896 (Boll. Soc. geol. ital., 15: 272): Ammonites algovianus Oppel 1863, Pal. Mitt., 1(3): 137) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 337

ARIETICERATINAE Howarth 1955, Proc. Yorks. geol. Soc., 30: 166 (conserved under the plenary power) (type genus: Arieticeras Seguenza 1885), for use by those who consider that Arieticeras Seguenza and Hildoceras Hyatt 1867 belong to different family-group taxa (Cephalopoda). Direction 70 

ARIETIDAE Hyatt 1875, Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 17: 225 (type genus: Arietites Waagen 1869) (an incorrect original spelling for ARIETITIDAE Hyatt 1875). Direction 14  

Arietites Waagen 1869, Geogn.-pal. Beitr., 2: 247 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Ammonites bucklandi Sowerby 1816, Min. Conch., 2: 69) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 305 

ARIETITIDAE (correction by Haug 1885 (Neues Jahrb. Min., Beil.-Band. 3: 713) of ARIETIDAE) Hyatt 1875, Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 17: 225 (type genus: Arietites Waagen 1869) (Cephalopoda). Direction 14 

ariminensis d’Orbigny in Fornasini 1902 [originally in Anomalina], Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna, Scienze Naturali, (5)10: 63, fig. 62, as defined under the plenary power by the holotype from Rimini, Italy (catalogue no. F0437 in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris) (specific name of the type species of Anomalina d’Orbigny 1826) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1902

Arion Férussac 1819, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Moll. terrestr. fluviat., 2: 50, 53 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Fleming 1822 (Ency. Brit., Suppl. 4th, 5th & 6th eds., 5: 572): Limax ater Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 652) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335

arion Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Papilio], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 483 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 503

ARIONIDAE Gray 1840, in Turton, Manual land & freshwater Shells brit. Islands (ed. 2): 101 (type genus: Arion Férussac 1819) (Gastropoda). Direction 27  

Arisbe Hübner [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (6): 89 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Papilio leonidas Fabricius 1793, Entomol. syst., 3: 35) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 823

Arisphinctes Buckman 1924, Type Ammonites, 5: 33, pl. 511 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Arisphinctes ariprepes Buckman 1924, Type Ammonites, 5: 33,  pl. 511, valid name: Perisphinctes cotovui Simionescu 1907) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 306

ARISTAEINA Wood-Mason 1891, in Wood-Mason & Alcock, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6)8: 278 (type genus: Aristeus Duvernoy 1840) (an incorrect original spelling for ARISTEINAE Wood-Mason 1891). Opinion 864

Aristaeomorpha Wood-Mason 1891, in Wood-Mason & Alcock, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6)8: 286 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Aristeus rostridentatus Bate 1881, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)8: 189) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864

Aristaeus Wood-Mason 1891, in Wood-Mason & Alcock, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6)8: 278 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Aristeus Duvernoy 1840). Opinion 864

ARISTEINAE (correction of ARISTAEINA) Wood-Mason 1891, in Wood-Mason & Alcock, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6)8: 278 (type genus: Aristeus Duvernoy 1840) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864

Aristeus Duvernoy 1840, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 11: 217 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Penaeus antennatus Risso 1816, Hist. nat. Crust. env. Nice: 96) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864  

aristolochiae Fabricius 1775 [originally in Papilio], Syst. Entomol.: 443 (conserved under the plenary power) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 265 

aristolochiae Pallas [originally in Papilio], all uses of, by that author, prior to aristolochiae Fabricius 1775 [originally in Papilio] (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 265  

Arizona Kennicott 1859, in Baird, Rep. U.S. Mexican Boundary Survey, 2 Rept.: 18, 19, pl. 13 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Arizona elegans Kennicott 1859, in Baird, Rep. U.S. Mexican Boundary Survey, 2 Rept.: 18, 19, pl. 13) (Reptilia). Opinion 717 

ARMADILLIDAE Brandt [1831], in Brandt & Ratzeburg, Medizinische Zoologie oder getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der Thiere die in der Arzneimittellehre in Betracht kommen, in systematischer Folge herausgegeben, vol. 2, p. 80 (type genus: Armadillo Latreille 1802) (Isopoda). Opinion 1897  

ARMADILLIDIIDAE Brandt 1833, Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 6: 184 (type genus: Armadillidium Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg [1831]) (Isopoda). Opinion 1897 

Armadillidium Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg [1831], Medizinische Zoologie oder getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der Thiere die in der Arzneimittellehre in Betracht kommen, in systematischer Folge herausgegeben, vol. 2, p. 81 (gender: neuter) (type species, by subsequent designation by Fowler, 1912, Report of the New Jersey State Museum, 1911: 225: Armadillidium commutatum Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg [1831], a junior subjective synonym of Armadillo vulgaris Latreille 1804) (Isopoda). Opinion 1897 

Armadillo Cuvier 1792, Journal d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 2(13): 27, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Armadillo Latreille 1802 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Diplopoda). Opinion 1897

Armadillo Latreille 1802, Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes, vol. 3, p. 43 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Armadillo officinalis Duméril 1816) (Isopoda). Opinion 1897

armadillo Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Oniscus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 637 (suppressed underthe plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Isopoda). Opinion 1897

armata Milne Edwards 1881 [originally in Acanthephyra], Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (6)11(4): 12 (specific name of the type species of Acanthephyra Milne Edwards 1881) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 359

armata Milne Edwards 1869 [originally in Banareia], Ann. Soc. entomol. France, (4)9: 168 (specific name of the type species of Banareia Milne Edwards 1869) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36  

armata Latreille [1802] [originally in Maja], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 6: 98, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Holthuis 1962 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 19: 186) (valid name at the date of Opinion 708 of the type species of Pisa [Leach 1814]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 708  

armata Kölliker 1853 [originally in Oceania], Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 4: 323 (specific name of the type species of Oceania Péron & Lesueur 1810) (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Opinion 2166

armata Nicolet [1842] [originally in Podura], Neue Denkschr. allg. Schweiz. Gesellschaft, 6: 57 (specific name of the type species of Ceratophysella Börner 1932) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 1193 

armata (Barrande MS) Owen 1859 [originally in Tubina], Ency. Brit. (8th ed.), 17: 111, fig. 17 (specific name of the type species of Tubina (Barrande MS) Owen 1859) (Gastropoda). Opinion 436 

armatus Bate 1881 [originally in Aristeus], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)8: 188 (specific name of the type species of Plesiopenaeus Bate 1881) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864

armatus Milne Edwards 1853 [originally in Potamocarcinus], Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (3)20: 208 (specific name of the type species of Potamocarcinus Milne Edwards 1853) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36

armbrusteri Zeuner 1931 [originally in Apis], Fortschritte der Geologie und Palaeontologie, 9: 292, as defined by the neotype designated under the Plenary Power (specimen SMNS 64675 in the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart), specific name of the type species of Cascapis Engel 1999 (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2312

armifera Say 1821 [originally in Pupa], J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 2: 162 (Gastropoda). Direction 72

armigera Hübner [1808] [originally in Noctua], Samml. europ. Schmett., 4: fig. 370 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1120 

Armigerus Clessin 1884, Conch. Cab. Martini-Chemnitz (Ed. 2), I, 17: 120 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Morrison 1947 (Nautilus, 61(1): 30, 31): Planorbis albicans Pfeiffer 1839) ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over Biomphalaria Preston 1910 whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Gastropoda). Opinion 735

armillatus [Renier] [1807] [originally in Rodens], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VI (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 436

Arndtiella Eichler [1946], Phthirapterarum Mundi Cat.: 5 (a junior objective synonym of Eureum Nitzsch 1818). Opinion 343  

Arndtiella Eichler 1948, Naturwissenschaften, 1948(2): 31 (a junior homonym of Arndtiella Eichler [1946], and a junior objective synonym of Eureum Nitzsch 1818). Opinion 343 

arnee Kerr 1792 [originally in Bos], The animal kingdom or zoological system of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus, vol. 1, part 1 (Mammalia), p. 336, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being predated by a name based on a domestic form (Mammalia). Opinion 2027  

Arnioceras Hyatt 1867, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 1 (No. 5): 73 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Arnioceras cuneiforme Hyatt 1867, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 1 (No. 5): 73) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 307

ARNIOCERATIDAE Spath 1924, Proc. Geol. Assoc., London, 35: 189 (type genus: Arnioceras Hyatt 1867) (Cephalopoda). Direction 14 

arnouxii Duméril 1851 [originally in Gymnodactylus], Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris, p. 44, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the specific name of Heteronota pelagica Girard 1857 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Reptilia, Sauria). Opinion 1647

Arpidiphorus Ziegler in Dejean 1821, Catalogue de la collection de coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean, p. 47, ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling of Aspidiphorus (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1862  

arquata Münster 1842 [originally in Kelaeno], in Münster, G. Graf zu (Ed.), Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde, part 5, p. 96 (specific name of the type species of Muensterella Schevill 1950) (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea). Opinion 1860

Arquatula Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 53 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592

Artemesia Bate 1888, Rep. Voy. Challenger’ (Zool.), 24: xii, lxxvi, 219, 227, 228, 277, 280, 281 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Artemesia longinaris Bate 1888, Rep. Voy. Challenger’ (Zool.), 24: 281) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864

Artemia Leach 1819, Entomostraca in: Dict. Sci. Nat., 14: 543 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Lucas 1840 (Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes: 289): Cancer salinus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 634) ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the generic name Eulimene Latreille 1816 whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Crustacea, Branchiopoda). Opinion 1301 

Artemisia Latreille 1816, in Cuvier, Le Règne Animal (Ed. 1), 3: 68 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1301

Artemisus Lamarck 1818, Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, 5: 135 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1301 

Artheneis Spinola 1837, Essai Genres Ins. Ordre Hémipt.: 250 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Artheneis foveolata Spinola 1837, Essai Genres Ins. Ordre Hémipt.: 253) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 31 

articularis Lamarck 1822 [originally in Harpa], Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, part 7, p. 256 (Gastropoda). Opinion 1518

artifex Schwarz 1898 [originally in Cardiaspis], Proc. entomol. Soc. Washington, 4: 72 (specific name of the type species of Cardiaspina Crawford 1911) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 725  

Artines Godman [1901], in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop., 2: 608 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Hesperia aquilina Plötz 1883, Entomol. Ztg., Stettin, 44: 33) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 826

aruensis Obenberger 1924 [originally in Polycesta], Acta Entomologica Musaei Nationalis Pragae, 2: 100, ruled to retain priority over Polycesta deserticola Barr 1974 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2114

arvensis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Alauda], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 165 (specific name of the type species of Alauda Linnaeus 1758) (Aves). Direction 43  

Arvicola Lacepède 1799, Tabl. Mamm.: 10 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Mus amphibius Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 61) (Mammalia). Opinion 91, Direction 24 

aryxna Dyar 1905 [originally in Megathymus], J. N.Y. entomol. Soc., 13: 141, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Skinner & Williams 1924 (Trans. amer. entomol. Soc., 50: 204), namely the specimen figured by Druce [1897] (in Godman & Salvin, Biologia cent.-amer., Lep. Het., 3: pl. 69, fig. 4) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 483