International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
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Ataenius Harold 1867, Coleopterologische Hefte, 1: 82 (gender: masculine), type species by subsequent designation by Chapin (1940, p. 12) Ataenius scutellaris Harold 1867, given precedence under the plenary power over the name Aphodinus Motschulsky 1862 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2241
Atalanta Stål 1861, Stettin Entomol. Ztg., 22: 149 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 678
atalanta Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Papilio], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 478 (specific name of the type species of Vanessa Fabricius 1807) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Direction 4
Atechna Chevrolat 1837, in Dejean, Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean, Ed. 3. Paris: 427 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Chevrolat 1843 (Chrysomélines, in C. d’Orbigny, Dict. univ. Hist. nat., 3: 656): Chrysomela quattuordecimguttata Fabricius 1798, Suppl. Entomol. Syst.: 85, valid name: Chrysomela duodecimguttata Thunberg 1787) ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over Chrysolina Motschulsky 1860 whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1279
ATELECYCLIDAE Ortmann 1893, Zool. Jahrb. (Syst.), 7: 27 (type genus: Atelecyclus [Leach 1814]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
Atelecyclus [Leach 1814], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 7(2): 430 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Cancer (Hippa) septemdentatus Montagu 1813, Trans. linn. Soc. London, 11: 1, valid name: Cancer rotundatus Olivi 1792) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
Atelemelanos Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 563 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Atelerythros Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 567 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Ateles Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1806, Ann. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 7(40-41): 269 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Miller & Rehn 1901 (Proceedings Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 30: 298, 299): Simia paniscus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 26) (Mammalia). Opinion 91, Direction 24
Ateletritos Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 578 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
ater Jakovlev 1889 [originally in Capsus], Horae Soc. entomol. Rossicae, 24: 344, ruled under the plenary power not to be rejected as a junior secondary homonym of ater Linnaeus 1758, as published in the binomen Cimex ater, whenever the two species are placed in different genera (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 1325
ater Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cimex], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 447 (specific name of the type species of Capsus Fabricius 1803) ruled under the plenary power not to be interpreted as a senior secondary homonym of ater Jakovlev 1889, as published in the binomen Capsus ater, whenever the two species are placed in different genera (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 298, Opinion 1325
ater Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Curculio], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 385 (specific name of the type species of Rhyncolus Germar 1817) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1655
ater De Geer 1774 [originally in Dytiscus], Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire des insectes, vol. 4, p. 401 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1556
ater Forster 1771 [originally in Dytiscus], Novae species Insectorum I, p. 54, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Dytiscus ater De Geer 1774 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1556
ater Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Limax], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 652 (specific name of the type species of Arion Férussac 1819) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335
ater Creutzer 1796 [originally in Ptilinus], in Panzer, Ins. Germ., heft 35, tab. 9 (specific name of the type species of Xyletinus Latreille 1809) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 966
ater Duméril 1856 [originally in Sauromalus], Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 8: 536 (specific name of the type species of Sauromalus Duméril 1856) (Reptilia). Opinion 2072
Atergatis de Haan [1833], in Siebold, Fauna japon. (Crust.): 4, 17 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Rathbun 1922 (Smithson. misc. Coll., 73(No. 1): 26): Cancer integerrimus Lamarck 1818, Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 5: 272) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73, Direction 37
Atergatopsis Milne Edwards 1862, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (4)18: 43 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Carpilius signatus Adams & White [1849], Zool. ‘Samarang’, (4) Crust.: 37) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73, Direction 37
aterrima Gravenhorst 1802 [originally in Aleochara], Coleopt. micr.: 83 (specific name of the type species of Acrotona Thomson 1859) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 600
Athanas [Leach 1814], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 7(2): 432 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Palaemon nitescens [Leach 1814], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 7(2): 401) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Athelges Gerstaecker 1862, Wiegmann’s Arch. Naturges., 28: 558 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Markham 1977 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 34: 128): Athelges phyllodes Gerstaecker 1862, Wiegmann’s Arch. Naturges., 28: 558, valid name: Phryxus paguri Rathke 1843) (Crustacea, Isopoda). Opinion 1229
ATHELGINAE Codreanu & Codreanu 1956, Bull. biol. France Belgique, 90: 119 (type genus: Athelges Gerstaecker 1862) (Crustacea, Isopoda). Opinion 1229
Athelgue’ Hesse 1861, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris, (4)15: 91, 112 (ruled under the plenary power to be a vernacular name). Opinion 1229
Atherina Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 315 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 315) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 75
atherinoides Rafinesque 1818 [originally in Notropis], Amer. mon. Mag. crit. Rev., 2: 204 (specific name of the type species of Notropis Rafinesque 1818) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1230
Atheris Cope 1862, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 14: 337 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Loveridge 1957, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, 117(2): 159: Vipera chloroechis Schlegel 1855, a junior subjective synonym of Vipera chlorechis Pel [1851]) (Reptilia, Serpentes). Opinion 1634
atheroidea Twenhofel 1914 [originally in Lissatrypa], Museum Bulletin, Canadian Geological Survey, 3: 33 (specific name of the type species of Lissatrypa Twenhofel 1914) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 2022
Atheta Thomson 1858, Öfvers. K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl., 15: 36 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Aleochara graminicola Gravenhorst 1806, Mon. Coleopt. micr.: 176) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 600
ATHETINI Casey 1910, Memoirs on the Coleoptera I. Pp.1–183. The New Era Printing Company, Lancaster, p. 2, type genus Atheta Thomson 1858 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2305
Athlennes Jordan & Fordice 1886, incorrect original spelling of Ablennes Jordan & Fordice 1886 (Opinion 41)
Athyreus MacLeay 1819, Horae entomol., 1(1): 123 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Howden & Martinez 1963 (Canadian entomol., 95: 350): Athyreus bifurcatus MacLeay 1819, Horae entomol., 1(1): 124) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1299
Atilax Cuvier 1826, in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, Hist. nat. Mammif., 3(54): ‘Vausire’ 2 et Tab. (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Herpestes paludinosus Cuvier 1829, Règne Anim. (Ed. 2), 1: 158) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
atlantica Calman 1896 [originally in Bresilia], Trans. roy. Irish Acad., 31: 7 (specific name of the type species of Bresilia Calman 1896) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
atlantica [originally in Helix]. Case 3553 (closed).
atlantica Morelet 1860 [originally in Viquesnelia], Iles Açores. Notice sur l’histoire naturelle des Açores suivie d’une description des mollusques terrestres de cet Archipel, p. 139 (specific name of the type species of Plutonia Morelet in Stabile 1864) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1880
atlanticum Péron 1804 [originally in Pyrosoma], Ann. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 4: 440 (specific name of the type species of Pyrosoma Péron 1804) (Urochordata). Direction 73
atlanticus Pechuman 1949 [originally in Chrysops], Canadian Entomologist, 81: 79 (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1711
atlanticus Koefoed 1927 [originally in Scylliorhinus], Report of the Scientific Results of Michael Sars North Atlantic Deepsea Expedition 1910, 4(1): 18 (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes). Opinion 1732
atlanticus Milne Edwards 1830 [originally in Sergestes], Ann. Sci. nat., Paris, (1)19: 349 (specific name of the type species of Sergestes Milne Edwards 1830) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864
atlas Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Phalaena], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 495 (specific name of the type species of Attacus Linnaeus 1767) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 450
atomaria Fabricius 1794 [originally in Cicada], Entomol. syst., 4: 37 (specific name of the type species of Allygidius Ribaut 1948) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 1365
atomaria Illiger 1807 [originally in Sigara], Fauna Etrusca, 2: 354 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 687
Atomosia Macquart 1838 (Diptera). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2342
ATOMOSIINI Lynch Arribálzaga 1882 (Diptera). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2342
atra Gravenhorst 1806 [originally in Aleochara], Mon. Coleopt. micr.: 162 (specific name of the type species of Thinonoma Thomson 1859) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 600
atra Sternfeld 1912 [originally in Dasypeltis scabra] (Reptilia). ICZN 2020: Opinion 2465
atra Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Blatta], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 82 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
atra Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Fulica], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 152 (specific name of the type species of Fulica Linnaeus 1758) (Aves). Direction 17
atra [anon.] [1840] [originally in Tanagra], Verz. Java Samml. Thier. Holzapfel: No. 112 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 273
Atractus Wagler 1828, Isis von Oken, 21(7): column 741 on p. 60 (gender: masculine), type species by monotypy A. trilineatus Wagler 1828 (Reptilia) Opinion 2210
Atramentarius Buckland & Agassiz 1838, in Buckland, W., Geologie und Mineralogie in Beziehung zur natürlichen Theologie, vol. 2, pl. 44”, fig. 7, footnote (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea). Opinion 1914
atraria Girard 1856 [originally in Siboma], Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the freshwaters of the United States west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 44, first issued as a separate in September 1856; published in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 8: 208 between 30 September and 27 December 1856 (Osteichthyes, Cypriniformes). Opinion 1872
atratus [originally in Coluber], any use of, prior to that by Hallowell 1845 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 644
atratus Gmelin 1788 [originally in Coluber], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 3, p. 1103 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 644
atratus Hallowell 1845 [originally in Coluber], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 2: 245 (conserved under the plenary power) (Reptilia). Opinion 644
atratus Finsch 1875 [originally in Eudyptes], ex Hutton MS., Ibis: 114 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1056
atricapillus Germar 1825 [originally in Oxytelus], Fauna insectorum Europae, vol. 11, p. 4, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of O. atricapillus Nicolai 1822 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
Atricha Gould 1844 (January), suppressed for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy (Aves). Opinion 2270
Atrichornis Stejneger 1885. Order XVIII. Passeres. Pp. 458–547 in Kingsley, J.S. (Ed.), The Standard Natural History, vol. 4, p. 462 (gender: masculine), type species by monotypy Atrichia rufescens Ramsay 1866 (Aves). Opinion 2270
atripes Le Conte 1859 [originally in Cassida], Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 11(6): 28 (specific name of the type species of Strongylocassis Hincks 1950, replacement name for Strongylaspis Spaeth 1936) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1453
atropos Lepeletier 1841 [originally in Alastor], in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hymenopt., 2: 669 (specific name of the type species of Alastor Lepeletier 1841) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893
atropos Walckenaer 1830 [originally in Drassus], Faune française, Aranéides, 27: 171 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1119
atropos Lepeletier 1841 [originally in Odynerus], in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hymenopt., 2: 661 (specific name of the type species of Stenancistrocerus Saussure 1863) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893
atropos Lamarck 1816 [originally in Spatangus], Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 3: 32 (specific name of the type species of Moira Agassiz 1872) (Echinoidea). Opinion 209
atropunctata Goeze 1778 [originally in Cicada], Entomol. Beytr. Linn., 2: 162 (valid name at the date of Opinion 647 of the type species of Eupteryx Curtis 1831) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 647
atrox Baird & Girard 1853 [originally in Crotalus], Cat. N. Amer. Rept. Mus. Smithson. Inst., 1 (Serpents): 5 (Reptilia). Opinion 365
atrum Casey 1894 [originally in Omalium], Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 7: 420, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of O. atrum Heer 1839 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
atrum Heer 1839 [originally in Omalium], Fauna Coleopterorum Helvetica, vol. 1, part 2, p. 178 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
ATTACIDAE (correction of ATTACITES) Blanchard 1840, in Laporte, Hist. nat. Anim. articulés, Hist. nat. Ins. (Paris, Duménil), 3: 483 (type genus: Attacus Linnaeus 1767) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 450, Opinion 1170
Attacus Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 808 (conserved under the plenary power as of subgeneric status) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation underthe plenary power: Phalaena atlas Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 495) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 450
attelaboides Fabricius 1787 [originally in Rhinomacer], Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus, vol. 1, p. 123 (specific name of the type species of Cimberis Gozis 1881) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2111
Attelabus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 387 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Attelabus curculionoides Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 619, valid name: Curculio nitens Scopoli 1763) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1239
attenuatus Martin 1809 [originally in Conchyliolithus Anomites], Petrif. derb.: (Addit. Remarks) 14 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 420
attenuatus Gray 1846 [originally in Steno], The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Erebus’ and ‘Terror’ during the years 1839 to 1843, vol. 1 (Mammalia, Birds), p. 44 (specific name of the type species of Stenella Gray 1866) (Mammalia, Cetacea). Opinion 1660
ATTIDAE Yu 1936, Chin. J. Zool., 2: 88 (type genus: Atya Leach 1816) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for ATYIDAE (correction of ATYADEA) de Haan [1849]). Opinion 470
Atya Leach 1816, Ency. Brit., Suppl. 4th, 5th & 6th eds., 1: 421 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Atys scaber Leach 1815, Trans. linn. Soc. London, 11: 345) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
ATYADEA de Haan [1849], in Siebold, Fauna japon. (Crust.): 168, 184 (type genus: Atya Leach 1816) (an incorrect original spelling for ATYIDAE de Haan [1849]). Opinion 470
Atyaephyra de Brito Capello 1867, Mem. Acad. Sci. Lisboa, Sci. mat. phys. nat. (n. ser.), 4(1)(7): 5 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Atyaephyra rosiana de Brito Capello 1867, Mem. Acad. Sci. Lisboa, Sci. mat. phys. nat. (n. ser.), 4(1)(7): 6, valid name: Hippolyte desmarestii Millet 1831) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 522
ATYDAE Abbott 1954, American Seashells, p. 278 (an incorrect subsequent spelling of ATYDIDAE Thiele 1925) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1553
ATYDIDAE Thiele 1925, Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf des Dampfer ‘Valdivia’ 1898-1899. (Gastropoda), vol. 17, part 2, p. 265 (type genus: Atys de Montfort 1810), spelling emended from ATYIDAE by the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Atys de Montfort 1810 is ATYD- (Gastropoda). Opinion 1553
Atyella Calman 1906, Proceedings zool. Soc. London, 1906: 201 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Atyella brevirostris Calman 1906, Proceedings zool. Soc. London, 1906: 201) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
ATYIDAE (correction by Dana 1852 (Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 13, 16) of ATYADEA) de Haan [1849], in Siebold, Fauna japon. (Crust.): 168, 184 (type genus: Atya Leach 1816) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
ATYIDAE Thiele 1925, Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf des Dampfer ‘Valdivia’ 1898-1899. (Gastropoda), vol. 17, part 2, p. 265, spelling emended to ATYDIDAE following the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Atys de Montfort 1810 is ATYD- (Gastropoda). Opinion 1553
Atypopenaeus (emendation under the plenary power of Atypopeneus) Alcock 1905, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7)16: 524 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Penaeus compressipes Henderson 1893, Trans. linn. Soc. London, Zool. (2)5: 450) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864
Atypopeneus Alcock 1905, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7)16: 524 (ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling for Atypopenaeus Alcock 1905). Opinion 864
Atys de Montfort 1810, Conchyliologie systématique, et classification méthodique des coquilles. Coquilles Univalves, non cloisonnées, vol. 2, p. 342 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Atys cymbulus de Montfort 1810, a junior objective synonym of Bulla naucum Linnaeus 1758) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1553
Atys Leach 1815, Trans. linn. Soc. London, 11: 345 (a junior homonym of Atys Montfort 1810). Opinion 470