International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

Ba

Bacillus Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Serville [1828], Ency. méth., 10 (Ins.): 446 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Mantis rossia Rossi 1790, Fauna Etrusca, 1: 259) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 149  

bactrianus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Camelus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 65 (specific name of the type species of Camelus Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia). Opinion 16, Opinion 2059 

baculatus Quenstedt 1857 [originally in Ammonites], Der Jura, p. 402 (specific name of the type species of Baculatoceras Mascke 1907) (Ammonoidea). Opinion 2123  

badium Cameron 1924 [originally in Lathrobium], Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1924: 193, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of L. badium Gravenhorst 1802 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2139

badium Gravenhorst 1802 [originally in Lathrobium], Coleoptera Microptera Brunsvicensia, p. 53 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2139 

Baeocera Erichson 1845, Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands, Abth. 1, Coleoptera, 3: 4 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Baeocera falsata Achard 1920, Bull. Soc. entomol. France for 1920: 307) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1221  

Baetis [Leach 1815], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 9: 137 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Ephemera fuscata Linnaeus 1761, Fauna svec., Ed. 2: 376) (Insecta, Ephemeroptera). Opinion 787

Bagauda Bergroth 1903 (Insecta, Heteroptera): usage not conserved and priority maintained for Pleias Kirkaldy 1901. ICZN 2010: Opinion 2259 (Case 3435)

Bagre Cloquet 1816, Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, vol. 4, pp. 52-53 (gender: masculine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy: Silurus bagre Linnaeus 1766) (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes). Opinion 1402 

bagre Linnaeus 1766 [originally in Silurus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, p. 505 (specific name of the type species of Bagre Cloquet 1816) (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes). Opinion 1402 

BAGRIDAE Bleeker 1858, Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae, 4: 42 (type genus: Bagrus Bosc 1816) (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes). Opinion 1402

Bagrus Bosc 1816, Nouveau dictionnaire d’histoire naturelle, vol. 3, p. 147 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Bailey & Stewart 1983, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 40: 169: Silurus bajad Forskål 1775) (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes). Opinion 1402

bahiensis Steindachner 1879 [originally in Pellonula], Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Wien, 80: 181, pl. 3, fig. 2, as defined by the lectotype (specimen no. NMV. 76436:4, 76.5 mm SL, ‘Bucht von Bahia’, Steindachner coll. in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna) designated under the plenary power (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1390

bajad Forskål 1775 [originally in Silurus], Descriptiones Animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscum, insectorum, vermium, quae in itinere orientali observavit, p. 66 (specific name of the type species of Bagrus Bosc 1816) (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes). Opinion 1402

Balaena Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 75 (gender: feminine) (type species, by Linnaean tautonymy: Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 75) (Mammalia). Opinion 75 

Balaeniceps Gould 1850, Athenaeum, 1850: 1315 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Balaeniceps rex Gould 1850, Athenaeum, 1850: 1315) (Aves). Opinion 67, Direction 19  

balamuthi [Preathamoeba]. Case 3362 (closed)

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

balansae Milne Edwards 1873 [originally in Clistocoeloma], Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 9: 311 (specific name of the type species of Clistocoeloma Milne Edwards 1873) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36 

Balantidium Claparède & Lachmann 1858, Mem. Inst. nat. genevois, 5(3): 247 (gender: neuter) (type species, by monotypy: Bursaria entozoon Ehrenberg 1838, Die Infusionsth.: 327) (Ciliophora). Opinion 915 

Balcis Leach in Gray 1847, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 20(133): 271 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Balcis montagui Leach in Gray 1847, a junior subjective synonym of Strombiformis albus Da Costa 1778) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1739  

Balea Gray 1824, Zool. J., 1: 61 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Turton 1831, A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands ..., p. 7: Turbo perversus Linnaeus 1758) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335, Opinion 1718

Balenosteon Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 64 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592

Balintus d’Abrera 2001 (Lepidoptera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2358

Balitochara Hamilton 1894, Trans. Amer. entomol. Soc., 21: 365 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Bolitochara Mannerheim 1831). Opinion 599

Balitora Gray 1830, Illustrations of Indian zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of General Hardwicke, vol. 1, part 3, pl. 88 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Jordan 1919, The genera of fishes. Part 2. From Agassiz to Bleeker, 1833-1858, twenty-six years, with the accepted type of each, p. 178: Balitora brucei Gray 1830) (Osteichthyes, Cypriniformes). Opinion 1715  

BALITORIDAE Swainson 1839, in Lardner (Ed.), The cabinet cyclopedia, vol. 2, p. 190 (type genus: Balitora Gray 1830) (Osteichthyes, Cypriniformes). Opinion 1715

balliston Hübner [1823] [originally in Lampides], Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, p. 11 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1527

Balssia Kemp 1922, Rec. Indian Mus., 24: 267 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Amphipalaemon gasti Balss 1921, Mitt. zool. Sta. Neapel, 22: 523) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470 

Balssiola Strand 1922, Arch. Naturgesch., 88 (A4): 142 (a junior objective synonym of Micratya Bouvier 1913). Opinion 470

balthicus Pallas 1772 [originally in Oniscus], Spicil. Zool. (9): 66 (Crustacea, Isopoda). Opinion 643

baltica Jaekel 1901 [originally in Rhipidocystis], Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft, 52(4): 665, textfig. 3 (specific name of the type species of Rhipidocystis Jaekel 1901) (Eocrinoidea). Opinion 1760

Banareia Milne Edwards 1869, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, (4)9: 168 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Banareia armata Milne Edwards 1869, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, (4)9: 168) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73 

bancrofti Signoret 1879 [originally in Spondyliaspis], Ann. Soc. entomol. France, (5)9 Bull.: lxxxvi (specific name of the type species of Spondyliaspis Signoret 1879) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 725

Bania Brusina 1896, Glasnika Hrvatskoga Naravoslovnoga Drustva, 9: 130 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Stalioa prototypica Brusina 1872) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1965

banksi Aczél 1940 [originally in Pipunculus], Zoologischer Anzeiger, 132: 152 (specific name of the type species of Microcephalops De Meyer 1989) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2000 

banksii Latham 1790 [originally in Psittacus], Index Ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiae ..., vol. 1, p. 107 (Aves, Psittaciformes). Opinion 1833

barbara Fabricius 1794 [originally in Noctua], Entomol. Syst., 3(2): 111 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1120

barbata Férussac 1832 [originally in Helix (Helicigona)], Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, Explication des planches des livraisons 22-27; pl. 66*, fig. 3, confirmed by the Commission that the name is first available from Férussac (1832) and not from Férussac (1821), as defined by the lectotype (specimen figured and named as H. (H.) barbata var. alpha by Férussac 1832), ruled under the plenary power to be as designated by Gittenberger & Groh 1986, Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 116: 222 (Gastropoda). Opinion 1690

barbata Gmelin [1789] [originally in Muscicapa], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2, p. 933 (specific name of the type species of Myiobius Darwin 1839) (Aves). Opinion 414

barbata Müller 1774 [originally in Nais], Vermium Terrestrium et Fluviatilium, seu Animalium Infusoriorum, Helminthicorum et Testaceorum, non Marinorum, Succincta Historia, vol. 1, part 2, p. 23 (specific name of the type species of Nais Müller 1774) (Annelida). Opinion 2167  

barbatum Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Ophidion], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 259 (specific name of the type species of Ophidion Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 57

barbatus Fabricius 1793 [originally in Cancer], Entomol. syst., 2: 460 (valid name at the date of Opinion 522 of the type species of Homola Leach 1815) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 522

barbatus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Mullus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 299 (specific name of the type species of Mullus Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 57  

barbatus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Vultur], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 87 (Aves). Direction 81 

barberinus Lacepède 1802 [originally in Mullus], in Buffon, Hist. nat., Hist. nat. Poissons, 3: 406 (Osteichthyes). Opinion 846  

barbicornis Fabricius 1775 [originally in Curculio], Syst. Entomol.: 134 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 345  

barbicornis Latreille [1803-1804] [originally in Rhina], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 11: 103 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 345 

barbiger Poeppig 1836 [originally in Gecarcinus], Arch. Naturgesch., 2 (No. 1): 138 (valid name at the date of Direction 36 of the type species of Paraxanthus Milne Edwards & Lucas [1844]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36  

barbirostris Fabricius 1775 [originally in Curculio], Syst. Entomol.: 135 (specific name of the type species of Rhinostomus Rafinesque 1815) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 345

barbouri Taylor 1922 [originally in Natrix], Philippine J. Sci., 21: 291-293 (Reptilia). Opinion 756  

Barbouria Rathbun 1912, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 54: 455 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Barbouria poeyi Rathbun 1912, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 54: 455, valid name: Hippolyte cubensis von Martens 1872) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470 

Barrandella Hall & Clarke 1894, Nat. Hist. New York (Pal.), 8(2): 241, 245 (a junior objective synonym of Antirhynchonella Oehlert 1887). Opinion 374 

barrowi Gray 1829 [originally in Otis], in Griffith’s Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., 8 (Aves 3): 303 (Aves). Opinion 407

bartonii Fabricius 1798 [originally in Astacus], Suppl. Entomol. syst.: 407 (specific name of the type species of Cambarus Erichson 1846) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 519 

Bartonius Ortmann 1905, Proceedings amer. phil. Soc., 44: 97, 117 (a junior objective synonym of Cambarus Erichson 1846). Opinion 519

bassanii de Alessandri 1910 [originally in Colobodus], Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, 7(1): 76 (specific name of the type species of Colobodus Agassiz 1844) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 2102  

Bassaris Lichtenstein [1830], Abh. K.-preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1827: 119 (a junior homonym of Bassaris Hübner [1819]). Opinion 384

Bassariscus Coues 1887, Science, 9: 516 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy through the replaced name Bassaris Lichtenstein [1830]: Bassaris astuta Lichtenstein [1830], Abh. K.-preuss. Acad. Wiss., Berlin, 1827: 119) (Mammalia). Opinion 384 

basteri Johnston 1836 [originally in Acarus], Magazine of Natural History, 9(63): 353 (senior subjective synonym of the specific name of Thalassarachna verrillii Packard 1871, the type species of Thalassarachna Packard 1871) (Arachnida). Opinion 2051  

Bathyarca Kobelt 1891, Die Gattung Arca L. In: Martini & Chemnitz Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet (Küster, H.C., Ed.), vol. 8, part 2, p. 213 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Arca pectunculoides Scacchi 1834) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1887  

Bathycoelios Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 554 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069

Bathycrinus Thomson 1872, Proceedings roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 7: 772 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Bathycrinus gracilis Thomson 1872, Proceedings roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 7: 772) (Crinoidea). Opinion 73, Direction 72  

Bathygnathus Leidy 1853 (Synapsida). ICZN 2019: Opinion 2446 

Bathynectes Brinkman 1913, Bergens Mus. Aarb., 1912(9): 1 (a junior homonym of Bathynectes Stimpson [1871]). Direction 37 

Bathynectes Guenther 1878, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)2: 20 (a junior homonym of Bathynectes Stimpson [1871]). Direction 37

Bathynectes Stimpson [1871], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 2 (No. 2): 145 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Bathynectes longispina Stimpson [1871], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 2 (No. 2): 146, valid name: Portunus superba Costa 1838) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73, Direction 37 

Bathynomus Milne Edwards 1879, Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris, 88: 21 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Bathynomus giganteus Milne Edwards 1879), ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over Palaega Woodward 1870 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Isopoda). Opinion 1668

Bathypalaemonella Balss 1914, Zool. Anz., 44: 597 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Bathypalaemonella zimmeri Balss 1914, Zool. Anz., 44: 598) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470  

Bathyplax Milne Edwards 1880, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 8: 16 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Bathyplax typhlus Milne Edwards 1880, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 8: 16) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37 

batia Walcott 1905 [originally in Ptychoparia?], Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 29(1415): 75, 76 (specific name of the type species of Chuangia Walcott 1911) (Trilobita). Opinion 1261

Batrachostomus Gould 1838, Icones Avium, (2): text to pl. 17 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Podargus auritus Gray 1829, in Griffith’s Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., 7: 114 & pl.) (Aves). Opinion 67 

baudinii Lear 1832 [originally in Calyptorhynchus] (Aves). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2390

bauri Cope 1887 [originally in Coelurus], American Naturalist, 21: 368, as defined by the neotype (the articulated skeleton no. AMNH 7224 in the American Museum of Natural History, New York) designated under the plenary power (specific name of the type species of Coelophysis Cope 1889) (Reptilia, Saurischia). Opinion 1842

bavarica Barrande 1868 [originally in Cystidea], Neues Jb. Miner. Geol. Paläontol., 1868: 694 (Cystoidea). Opinion 927 

baylei Salfeld 1913 [originally in Pictonia], Quart. J. geol. Soc. London, 69: 429, as interpreted by reference to the specimen figured by Bayle 1878 (Explic. Carte géol. France, 4 (Atlas): explic. pl. lxvi) (specific name of the type species of Pictonia Bayle 1878) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 426