International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
Bl
blackburnii Butler 1881 [originally in Hyposmocoma], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)7(40): 400 (specific name of the type species of Hyposmocoma Butler 1881) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 965
blainvillei (emendation of blainvillii) Leach 1821 [originally in Mormoops], Trans. linn. Soc. London, 13(1): 77, a name having precedence over cuvieri Leach 1821 [originally in Aëllo], through the action of Dobson 1878 (Cat. Chiropt. Brit. Mus.: 454, nota) as first reviser (specific name of the type species of Mormoops Leach 1821) (Mammalia). Opinion 462
blainvillii Leach 1821 [originally in Mormoops], Trans. linn. Soc. London, 13(1): 77 (an incorrect original spelling for blainvillei Leach 1821 [originally in Mormoops]). Opinion 462
blainvillii Duméril & Bibron 1837 [originally in Tropidogaster], Erpét. gén., 4: 300 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 955
blandingii Holbrook 1838 [originally in Cistuda], North Amer. Herpet., Descr. Rept. U.S. (ed. 1), 3: 35 (conserved under the plenary power) (Reptilia). Opinion 660
Blankaartia Oudemans 1911, Entomol. Berichten, 3(57): 123 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Trombidium niloticum Trägårdh 1905, Results Swedish zool. Exped. Egypt and White Nile, 1901, II: 78-82) (Arachnida). Opinion 655
Blanus Wagler 1830, Nat. System der Amphibien.., München, Stuttgart and Tübingen: 197 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Amphisbaena cinerea Vandelli 1797, Mem. Acad. real Sci. Lisboa: 69) (Reptilia). Opinion 1149
Blastophaga Gravenhorst 1829, Beitr. Entomol. Schlesische Fauna, 1: 27 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Blastophaga grossorum Gravenhorst 1829, Beitr. Entomol. Schlesische Fauna, 1: 27, valid name: Cynips psenes Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 694
Blastophagus Eichhoff 1864, Berlin entomol. Z., 8: 25 (a junior objective synonym of Tomicus Latreille [1802]). Opinion 670
Blastophagus Gravenhorst 1827, Uebers. Arb. Verand. schles. Ges. vaterländ Cultur, Breslau, 1826: 23 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 670
Blatta Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 424 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Latreille 1810 (Consid. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 433, 246): Blatta orientalis Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 424) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 104, Direction 63
blattae Bütschli 1878 [originally in Amoeba], Z. wiss. Zool., 30(2): 273-277 (specific name of the type species of Endamoeba Leidy 1879) (Rhizopoda). Opinion 312
Blattella Caudell 1903, Proceedings entomol. Soc. Washington, 5: 234 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Blatta germanica Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 668) (Insecta, Dictyoptera). Opinion 1231
BLATTELLIDAE Karny 1908, Mitt. natur. Ver. Univ. Wien, 6: 112 (type genus: Blattella Caudell 1903) (Insecta, Dictyoptera). Opinion 1231
blennioides Rafinesque 1819 [originally in Etheostoma], specific name of the type species of Etheostoma Rafinesque 1819 (Opinion 14)
Blennius Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 256 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Jordan & Gilbert 1882 (Bull. U.S. nat. Mus., 16: 759): Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 256) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 92, Direction 56
Blennocampa Hartig 1837, Die Aderflügler Deutschlands mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihres Larvenzustandes und ihres Wirkens in Wäldern und Gärten für Entomologen, Wald- und Gartenbesitzer ..., vol. 1, p. 266 (gender: feminine) (type species, ruled under the plenary power to be by subsequent designation by Rohwer 1911, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, Technical Series, 20(2): 75: Tenthredo (Allantus) pusilla Klug 1816, invalid senior objective synonym of Blennocampa phyllocolpa Viitasaari & Vikberg 1985 (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1963
BLENNOCAMPINI Konow 1890, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1890(2): 248 (type genus: Blennocampa Hartig 1837) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1963
Blephara Hübner 1808, Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 4 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 789
Blepharidia Püngeler 1900, Dtsch. entomol. Z., 13: 122 (a junior homonym of Blepharidia Hübner 1822). Opinion 789
Blepharum Hübner 1808, Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 4 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 789
BLISSIDA Stål 1862, Öfvers. K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl., 1862: 210, 212 (type genus: Blissus Burmeister 1835) (an incorrect original spelling for BLISSINAE Stål 1862). Opinion 705
BLISSINAE (correction of BLISSIDA) Stål 1862, Öfvers. K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl., 1862: 210, 212 (type genus: Blissus Burmeister 1835) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 705
Blissus Burmeister 1835, Handb. Entomol., 2: 290 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Blissus hirtulus Burmeister 1835, Handb. Entomol., 2: 290) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 705
Blothrus Schiödte 1847, Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlingar, 6: 80 (gender: masculine) type species Blothrus spelaeus Schiödte 1847 by monotypy, ruled under the Plenary Power not to be given priority over Neobisium Chamberlin 1930, whenever the two are considered to be congeneric (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones). Opinion 2304; ICZN 2019: Official Correction 132
blumenbachii Brongniart in Desmarest 1817 [originally in Calymena], Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle, Ed. 2, vol. 8, p. 517 (specific name of the type species of Calymene Brongniart in Brongniart & Desmarest 1822) (Trilobita). Opinion 1433
blythi Ticehurst & Whistler 1933 [originally in Sylvia curruca], Ibis, 1933: 26, as interpreted by reference to the British Museum (Natural History) specimen No. 98.9.101 (Aves). Opinion 1037