International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
Op. — see: OPINIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
Op. — see: OPINIONS
Direction — see: DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
As
ASAPHIDAE Burmeister 1843, Organ. Trilob.: 118 (type genus: Asaphus Brongniart 1822) (Trilobita). Opinion 510
Asaphus Brongniart 1817, in Desmarest, Nouv. Dict. Hist. nat. (Ed. 2), 8: 517 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 510
Asaphus Brongniart 1822, in Brongniart & Desmarest, Hist. nat. Crust. foss.: 17-25 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Entomostracites expansus Wahlenberg [1818], Nova Acta K. vet.-Soc. Upsala, 8: 25) (Tribobita). Opinion 510
Ascalapha Hübner 1808, Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 4-6 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 789
ascanius Cramer [1775] [originally in Papilio], Uitl. Kapellen, 1(2): 20, pl. 14, fig. A (conserved under the plenary power) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 265
ascanius Linnaeus 1768 [originally in Papilio], Dissert. acad. sistens in Iter in Chinam: 7, 8 (nota d) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 265
ascanius Kirby 1819 [originally in Scarabaeus], Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 12: 399 (specific name of the type species of Bothynus Hope 1837) (Coleoptera) Opinion 2199
Ascaris Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 648 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Stiles & Hassall 1905 (Bull. U.S. Bur. Anim. Ind., 79: 60-62): Ascaris lumbricoides Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 648) (Nematoda). Opinion 66
ascensionis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833 [originally in Caranx], Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 9, p. 102 (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 1841
Ascitellina Marwick 1928, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 58: 467 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Ascitellina donaciformis Marwick 1928, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 58: 467, 468, figs. 59, 60) (Bivalvia). Opinion 987
asclepiadea Pallas 1773 [originally in Chrysomela], Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Zweyter Theil. Zweytes Buch vom Jahr 1771. Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, St. Petersburg, p. 725, valid specific name of the type species of Chrysochus Chevrolat in Dejean 1836 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2298
asclepiadifolii Fitch-Thomas 1879 [originally in Siphonophora] declared as published (i.e., available) by Opinion 49
asclepiadis Cowen 1895 [originally in Nectarophora] a junior synonym of asclepiadifolii Fitch-Thomas 1879 [originally in Siphonophora] (Opinion 49)
Ascopora Trautschold 1876, Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 13: 367 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Ceriopora nodosa Fischer von Waldheim 1837) (Bryozoa, Cryptostomata). Opinion 1786
Asellus Geoffroy 1762, Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, vol. 2, p. 671 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent monotypy by Fourcroy 1785, Entomologia Parisiensis, vol. 2, p. 541: Oniscus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758) (Isopoda). Opinion 1754
asellus Cuvier 1792 [originally in Oniscus], J. Hist. nat. (Choix de Mém.), 2: 23 (a junior homonym of asellus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Oniscus]). Direction 88
asellus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Oniscus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 637, as defined by the neotype (male specimen, catalogue no. 1994.3341 in the Crustacea Section of the Natural History Museum, London, from the Linneträdgården, Uppsala, Sweden) designated under the plenary power (specific name of the type species of Oniscus Linnaeus 1758) (Crustacea, Isopoda). Opinion 1837, Direction 88
asini Bertrand 1763 [originally in Pes], Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 122 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
Asiolepisma Kaplin 1989 (Zygentoma). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2427
Asiraca Latreille 1796, Précis Caract. Ins.: xii, 202 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Latreille 1810 (Consid. gén. Anim. Crust. Arachn. Ins.: 434): Cicada clavicornis Fabricius 1794, Entomol. syst., 4: 41) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 602
ASIRACIDES Motschulsky 1863, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou, 36: 108 (type genus: Asiraca Latreille 1796) (an incorrect original spelling for ASIRACINAE Motschulsky 1863). Opinion 602
ASIRACINAE (correction of ASIRACIDES) Motschulsky 1863, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou, 36: 108 (type genus: Asiraca Latreille 1796) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 602
aspalacis Jordan 1929 [originally in Amphipsylla], Novit. zool., 35: 161, pl. 10, figs. 22, 24 (Insecta, Siphonaptera). Opinion 491
asparagi Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Chrysomela], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 376 (specific name of the type species of Crioceris Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 908, Opinion 1754
asper Pennant 1777 [originally in Cancer], Brit. Zool. (ed. 4), 4: 8 (specific name of the type species of Eurynome [Leach 1814]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
asper d’Orbigny 1850 [originally in Favosites], Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle, 1: 49 (specific name of the type species of Paleofavosites Twenhofel 1914) (Anthozoa). Opinion 1059
asper Lamarck 1819 [originally in Pecten], Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 6(1): 167, 180 (Bivalvia). Opinion 311
aspera Lamarck 1819 [originally in Trigonia], Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 6(1): 63 (Bivalvia). Opinion 327
Aspergilligenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
aspersa Müller 1774 [originally in Helix], Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 59 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336, ICZN 2015: Opinion 2354
aspersa Alder & Hancock 1845 [originally in Idalia], Mon. Brit. nudibr. Mollusca Fam. 1, pl. 26 (Gastropoda). Opinion 1014
ASPIDIPHORIDAE Kiesenwetter 1877 (1859), Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands (W.F. Erichson), vol. 1 (Insecta, Coleoptera), part 5, Hälfte 1, p. 198 (type genus: Aspidiphorus Ziegler in Dejean 1821), ruled under the plenary power that this name and other family-group names based on Aspidiphorus are not to be given priority over SPHINDIDAE Jacquelin du Val [1861] and other familygroup names based on Sphindus Megerle in Dejean 1821 whenever their type genera are placed in the same family-group taxon (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1862
Aspidiphorus Ziegler in Dejean 1821, Catalogue de la collection de coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean, p. 47 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Nitidula orbiculata Gyllenhal 1808) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1862
Aspidophorus Agassiz 1846, Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis ..., p. 36 (an unjustified emendation of Aspidiphorus Ziegler in Dejean 1821 and a junior homonym of Aspidophorus Lacepède [1801]) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1862
Aspidophorus Lacepède [1801], Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, p. 221 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Osteichthyes, Scorpaeniformes). Opinion 1855
Aspidoproctus Newstead [April 1901], Proceedings zool. Soc. London, 1900: 948 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Walkeriana pertinax Newstead [April 1901], Proceedings zool. Soc. London, 1900: 947, pl. 59) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 268
Aspis Laurenti 1768, Specimen Medicum: 105 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 661
Aspro Lacépède 1802, type species Centropomus macrodon Lacépède 1802, declared available and designated a junior primary synonym of Cheilodipterus Lacépède 1802, but not suppressed for purposes of the Principle of Homonyny (Opinion 23)
Aspro Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828, designated a junior primary homonym of Aspro Lacépède 1802 (Opinion 23)
assectella Zeller 1839 [originally in Roeslerstammia], Isis (von Oken), 1839(3): col. 203 (specific name of the type species of Acrolepiopsis Gaedike 1970) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1910
assimilis Jardine & Selby 1828 [originally in Circus] (Aves). ICZN 2021: Opinion 2472
assimilis Fabricius 1775 [originally in Curculio], Systema Entomologiae, p. 134, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Curculio assimilis Paykull 1792 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1529 (Cases 2219, 2593); Case 3298
assimilis Paykull 1792 [originally in Curculio], Monographia Curculionum Sueciae, p. 69 (specific name of the type species of Ceutorhynchus Germar 1824) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1529
assimilis Nordmann 1837 [originally in Philonthus], Symbolae ad monographiam staphylinorum, p. 78, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over Staphylinus fulgidus Fabricius 1793 whenever they are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2086
assulata Bertrand 1763 [originally in Cidaris], Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 102 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
ASTACIDAE (correction by Samouelle 1819 (Entomol. useful Compendium: 94) of ASTACINI) Latreille [1802], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 32 (type genus: Astacus Fabricius 1775) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 12
Astacilla Cordiner 1793, Remarkable ruins and romantic prospects of North Britain. With ancient monuments and singular subjects of natural history, pl. 4 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Fowler, 1912, Report of the New Jersey State Museum for 1911, p. 525: Oniscus longicornis J. Sowerby 1805), ruled under the plenary power to be the correct original spelling of the name published as ‘Astacillae’ (Isopoda). Opinion 1369
ASTACINI Latreille [1802], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 32 (type genus: Astacus Fabricius 1775) (an incorrect original spelling for ASTACIDAE but available for use for a taxon belonging to any catagory within the family-group for which the termination ‘-INI’ is considered appropriate). Direction 12
Astacoides Guérin-Méneville 1839 (6-13 May), Rev. zool., 2: 109 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Astacoides goudotii Guérin-Méneville 1839 (6-13 May), Rev. zool., 2: 109, valid name: Astacus madagascarensis Milne Edwards & Audouin 1839) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 519
Astacopodium Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 60 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
Astacopsis Huxley [1879], Proceedings zool. Soc. London, 1878: 760, 764 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Astacus franklinii Gray 1845, in Eyre, J. Exped. Discov. centr. Australia, 1: 409) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 559
Astacus Borlase 1758, Nat. Hist. Cornwall: 274 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 332
Astacus Fabricius 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 413 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Cancer astacus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 631) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 104, Direction 12
Astacus Gronovius 1762, Acta Helv., 5: 365 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 332
Astacus Gronovius 1764, Zoophylac. gronov., 2: 227 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 332
Astacus Pallas 1772, Spicil. Zool., 9: 81 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Direction 12
Astacus, any use of, prior to Astacus Fabricius 1775 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Direction 12
astacus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cancer], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 631 (specific name of the type species of Astacus Fabricius 1775) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 12
Astata Latreille 1796, Précis Caract. Ins.: xiii (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy through Latreille [1802] (in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 336): Tiphia abdominalis Panzer [1798], Fauna Ins. germ. (53): tab. 5) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 139
Astatus [Jurine] 1801, Intell.-Bl. Lit.-Ztg., 1801: 163 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Direction 4
Astatus Panzer [1801], Faunae Insectorum Germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten. Vol. 7[1799–1801](83), Felssecker, Nürnberg, p. 12 (gender: masculine) type species by monotypy Sirex troglodyta Fabricius 1787, ruled under the Plenary Power not to be given priority over the name Trachelus Jurine 1807, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2306.
asteria Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Isis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1288 (specific name of the type species of Cenocrinus Thomson 1864) (Crinoidea). Opinion 636
Asteroceras Hyatt 1866, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 3: 78, 80 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation by Buckman 1911 (Type Ammonites, 1: v): Ammonites stellaris Sowerby 1815, Min. Conch., 1: 211, pl. 93) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 324
ASTEROCERATIDAE Spath 1946, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (11)12: 496 (type genus: Asteroceras Hyatt 1866) (Cephalopoda). Direction 14
Asthenognathus Bocourt 1884, Bull. sci. Soc. philomat. Paris, (7)8: 149 (a junior homonym of Asthenognathus Stimpson 1858). Direction 37
Asthenognathus Broom 1915, Bull. amer. Mus. nat. Hist., 25: 125 (a junior homonym of Asthenognathus Stimpson 1858). Direction 37
Asthenognathus Stimpson 1858, Proceedings Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858: 107 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Asthenognathus inaequipes Stimpson 1858, Proceedings Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858: 107) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37
Asthenotoma Harris & Burrows 1891, The Eocene and Oligocene beds of the Paris Basin, p. 113 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy of the replaced nominal genus Oligotoma Bellardi, 1875: Pleurotoma meneghinii Mayer 1868) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1792
astierianus, Ammonites, d’Orbigny 1840, Pal. franç., Terr. crét., 1: 115 (specific name of the type species of Olcostephanus Neumayr 1875) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 575
astoma Bory de St Vincent [1827] [originally in Volverella], in: Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Zoophytes, ou Animaux rayonées, p. 782 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Ciliophora, Suctoria). Opinion 1778
Astraea [Röding] 1798, Mus. bolten., (2): 79 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Suter, 1913 (Man. N.Z. Moll.: 166): Trochus imperialis Gmelin [1791], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3576, valid name: Trochus heliotropium Martyn 1784) (Gastropoda). Opinion 479
Astraea Hartman 1881, Cat. Gen. ‘Partula’: 7 (a junior homonym of Astraea [Röding] 1798).
Astraea Mohnike 1873, Arch. Naturgesch., 39: 166 (a junior homonym of Astraea [Röding] 1798). Opinion 479
Astraea Oken 1815, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3 (Zool.)(1): v, 827 (a junior homonym of Astraea [Röding] 1798, and included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 479
Astraeus Laporte & Gory 1837, Mon. Bupr., 1: 1, pl. 1, fig. 1 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Asthraeus (sic) flavopictus Laporte & Gory 1837, Mon. Bupr., 1: 1, pl. 1, fig. 1) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 795
Astrapia Vieillot 1816, Analyse nouv. Ornithol. élém.: 36 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Paradisea [sic] nigra Gmelin 1788, in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1, p. 401) (Aves). Opinion 67
Astrobunus Thorell 1876, Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova, 8: 466, 499 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Hoplites argentatus Koch 1869, Z. Ferd. Tirol, (3)14: 155, 156, valid name: Acantholophus helleri Ausserer 1867) (Arachnida). Opinion 353
Astropodium Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 62 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
Astrorrhisa Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 62 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
Asturina Vieillot 1816, Analyse nouv. Ornithol. élém.: 24 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Asturia [sic] cinerea Vieillot 1816, Analyse nouv. Ornithol. élém.: 68, valid name: Falco nitidus Latham 1790) (Aves). Opinion 67
astuta Lichtenstein [1830] [originally in Bassaris], Abh. K.-preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1827: 119 (specific name of the type species of Bassariscus Coues 1887) (Mammalia). Opinion 384