International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

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Boa Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 214 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Fitzinger, (1843) (Systema Reptilium ... fasciculus primus: 24): Boa constrictor Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 215) (Reptilia). Opinion 1045

boans Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Rana], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 213, as interpreted by reference to the neotype designated by Duellman 1971 (Herpetologica, 27: 399) Number 16603 in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden (Amphibia). Opinion 1029 

Bodotria Goodsir 1843, Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, 34: 128 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Bodotria arenosa Goodsir 1843) (Cumacea). Opinion 1592

BODOTRIIDAE Scott 1901, Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 19: 273 (type genus: Bodotria Goodsir 1843) (Cumacea). Opinion 1592

boehmi Kittl 1899 [originally in Woehrmannia], Ann. Naturh. Hofmus. Wien, 14: 19 (specific name of the type species of Woehrmannia Boehm 1895) (Gastropoda). Opinion 639 

Bohemilla Vejdovsky 1883, Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Prag), 1883: 218 (a junior homonym of Bohemilla Barrande 1872 and a senior objective synonym of Vejdovskyella Michaelsen 1903) (Oligochaeta). Opinion 1835 

Bohemillula Strand 1928, Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 92(A, 8): 36 (a junior objective synonym of Vejdovskyella Michaelsen 1903) (Oligochaeta). Opinion 1835

Boiga Fitzinger 1826, Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften, pp. 29, 60 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Cope 1860, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1860: 264: Coluber irregularis Bechstein 1802) (Reptilia, Serpentes). Opinion 1374

Boissonneaua Reichenbach [1854], J. Ornithol., 1 (Extra-Heft) (Aufz. Col.): 4, 11 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Trochilus flavescens Loddiges 1832, Proceedings Comm. Sci. zool. Soc. London, 2(15): 7) (Aves). Opinion 550

Boissonneauana Giebel 1877, Thesaur. Orn., 3: 669-677 (an unjustified emendation of Boissonneaua Reichenbach [1854]). Opinion 550  

Boissonneauxia Simon 1897, Cat. Trochilidae: 29 (an unjustified emendation of Boissonneaua Reichenbach [1854]). Opinion 550

Bolbobythus Raffray 1904, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, 73: 255 (a junior objective synonym of Bythinus Leach 1817). Opinion 887

Bolboceras Kirby 1819, Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 12(2): 459 (gender: neuter), ruled under the plenary power that all previous type fixations are set aside and Scarabaeus quadridens Fabricius 1781 is designated as the type species (Insecta, Coleoptera). ICZN 2006: Opinion 2138 (Case 3097)

boleti Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Chrysomela], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 371 (specific name of the type species of Diaperis Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1754

boleti Marsham 1802 [originally in Lytta], Coleoptera Britannica, sistens insecta Coleoptera Britanniae indigena, p. 486 (specific name of the type species of Aderus Stephens 1829) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1549

Boletochara Westwood 1838, Introd. mod. Classif. Ins. (Synopsis): 20 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Bolitochara Mannerheim 1831). Opinion 599

Bolitachara Mulsant & Rey 1872, Ann. Soc. linn. Lyon, (2)19: 215 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Bolitochara Mannerheim 1831). Opinion 599

Bolithochara Laporte 1835, Études entomol.: 136 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Bolitochara Mannerheim 1831). Opinion 599  

BOLITOCHAIRES Mulsant & Rey 1871, Ann. Soc. linn. Lyon, (2)19(1872): 91 (type genus: Bolitochara Mannerheim 1831) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for BOLITOCHARINI Thomson 1859). Opinion 599

Bolitochara Mannerheim 1831, Mém. Acad. imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 1(5): 489 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Aleochara pulchra Gravenhorst 1806, Mon. Coleopt. micr.: 164) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 599 

BOLITOCHARATES Mulsant & Rey 1871, Ann. Soc. linn. Lyon, (2)19(1872): 92 (type genus: Bolitochara Mannerheim 1831) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for BOLITOCHARINI Thomson 1859). Opinion 599

BOLITOCHARIDES Thomson 1859, Skand. Coleopt., 1: 31 (type genus: Bolitochara Mannerheim 1831) (an incorrect original spelling for BOLITOCHARINI Thomson 1859). Opinion 599 

BOLITOCHARINA Sharp 1883, in Godman & Salvin, Biologia cent.-amer., 1(2): 240 (type genus: Bolitochara Mannerheim 1831) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for BOLITOCHARINI Thomson 1859). Opinion 599

BOLITOCHARINI (correction of BOLITOCHARIDES) Thomson 1859, Skand. Coleopt., 1: 31 (type genus: Bolitochara Mannerheim 1831) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 599 

Bolitophaga Mulsant & Rey 1874, Ann. Soc. agric. Lyon, (4)6: 295 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Bolitochara Mannerheim 1831). Opinion 599

Bollandia Reed 1943, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (11)10: 62 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Asaphus globiceps Phillips 1836) (Trilobita). Opinion 1652

bollensis Schübler in Zieten 1832 [originally in Loligo], Die Versteinerungen Württembergs, Expeditum des Werkes ‘Unsere Zeit’, part 5, p. 34 (specific name of the type species of Geoteuthis Münster 1843) (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea). Opinion 1914 

Bollia Jones & Holl 1886, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)17: 360 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Bollia bicollina Jones & Holl 1886, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)17: 361, pl. 12, figs. 14a-c, 15, 16) (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Opinion 934

BOLLIIDAE Bouček 1936, Neues Jahrb., 76B(1): 40 (type genus: Bollia Jones & Holl 1886) (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Opinion 934  

Bolotochara Mulsant & Rey 1872, Hist. nat. Coléopt. France (Brév., Aléo.): 210 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Bolitochara Mannerheim 1831). Opinion 599

Boltenia Savigny 1816, Mém. Anim. sans Vertèbr., (2): 87 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Huntsman 1912 (Trans. roy. canad. Inst., 9: 133): Vorticella ovifera Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1319) (Ascidiacea). Opinion 636

Bombina Oken 1816, Lehrbuch Naturgesch., 3(Zool.)(2): 207 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Rana bombina Linnaeus 1761, Fauna svec., Ed. 2: 101) (Amphibia). Opinion 453

bombina Linnaeus 1761 [originally in Rana], Fauna svec. (ed. 2): 101 (specific name of the type species of Bombina Oken 1816) (Amphibia). Opinion 453 

Bombus Latreille 1802, Hist. nat. Fourmis: 437 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Apis terrestris Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 578) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 220 

BOMBYCES Horsfield & Moore 1858-1859, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. E. India Company, 2: 281 (type genus: Bombyx Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for BOMBYCIDAE (correction of BOMBYCINAE) Latreille [1802]). Opinion 450

BOMBYCIDAE (correction of BOMBYCINAE) Latreille [1802], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 404 (type genus: Bombyx Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 450

Bombycilla Vieillot [1808], Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l’Amérique septentrionale ..., vol. 1, p. 88 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot [1808]) (Aves, Passeriformes). Opinion 1893  

BOMBYCINAE Latreille [1802], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 404 (type genus: Bombyx Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect original spelling for the family name BOMBYCIDAE Latreille [1802], but available as the name for the nominate subfamily of that family). Opinion 450

BOMBYCITES Latreille 1809, Gen. Crust. Ins., 4: 190, 216 (type genus: Bombyx Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for BOMBYCIDAE (correction of BOMBYCINAE) Latreille [1802]). Opinion 450

BOMBYCODEA Burmeister 1837, Handb. Nat. (2): 618 (type genus: Bombyx Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for BOMBYCIDAE (correction of BOMBYCINAE) Latreille [1802]). Opinion 450  

bombylans Fabricius 1775 [originally in Apis], Syst. Entomol.: 386 (specific name of the type species of Lestis Lepeletier & Serville 1828) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 657

Bombyx Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 495 (conserved under the plenary power as of subgeneric status) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Phalaena mori Linnaeu 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 499) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 450

BOMBYXIA Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 127 (type genus: Bombyx Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for BOMBYCIDAE (correction of BOMBYCINAE) Latreille [1802]). Opinion 450 

Bomolchus Von Nordmann 1832, Mikrographische Beitr. Naturgesch. Wirbell. Tiere, 2: 135 (an incorrect original spelling for Bomolochus Von Nordmann 1832). Opinion 732  

BOMOLOCHIDAE Claus 1875, Z. wiss. Zool., 25: 340 (type genus: Bomolochus Von Nordmann 1832) (Crustacea, Copepoda). Opinion 732 

Bomolochus Von Nordmann 1832, Mikrographische Beitr. Naturgesch. Wirbell. Tiere, 2: 135 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Bomolochus soleae Claus 1864, Z. Wiss. Zool., 14: 374, pl. 35, figs. 16-20, pl. 36, fig. 28) (Crustacea, Copepoda). Opinion 732  

bonariensis Burmeister 1847 [originally in Podalgus], Handbuch der Entomologie, Band 5 (Besondere Entomologie. Fortsetzung. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Xylophila et Pectinicornia), p. 118 (specific name of the type species of Philoscaptus Brèthes 1919) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2066

bonensis Meinert 1870 [originally in Geophilus] (Chilopoda): specific name not conserved. ICZN 2020: Opinion 2452 (Case 3680). Official Correction 133

bonnieri Caullery 1896 [originally in Dichelopandalus], Ann. Univ. Lyon, 26: 379 (specific name of the type species of Dichelopandalus Caullery 1896) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470  

Borborus Meigen 1803, Magazin für Insektenkunde (Illiger), 2: 276 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1863

boreale Hochhuth 1851 [originally in Lathrobium], Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 24(2)(3): 41, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the names Lathrobium geminum Kraatz 1857 and Lathrobium volgense Hochhuth 1851 whenever it and either of the others are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2126

borealis Leidy 1853 [originally in Bathygnathus] (Synapsida). ICZN 2019: Opinion 2446 

borealis Gmelin [1789] [originally in Motacilla], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2, p. 686 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 409 

borealis Latreille [1802] [originally in Penaeus], Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 6: 250 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 381  

borealis Warren 1930 [originally in Prionotropis], Trans. roy. Soc. Canad., 24(4): 25, pl. 3, figs. 1-4, pl. 4, fig. 1 (specific name of the type species of Selwynoceras Warren & Stelck 1940) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 861

borealis Zetterstedt 1842 [originally in Simulia], Arsberättelse om Botaniska Arbeten och Upptäckter för ar 1838, p. 515, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the specific name of Simulia ferruginea Wahlberg 1844 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1496  

boreas Phipps 1774 [originally in Cancer], Voy. North Pole: 190 (specific name of the type species of Sclerocrangon Sars 1883) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470 

Borhyaena Ameghino 1887, Bol. Mus. de La Plata, 1: 8 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Boryhaena tuberata Ameghino 1887, Bol. Mus. de La Plata, 1: 8) (Mammalia). Opinion 1209 

Boriomyia Banks 1904, Proceedings entomol. Soc. Washington, 6: 209 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Killington 1937 (Mon. Brit. Neur., 2: 253 (Ray Soc., London)): Hemerobius fidelis Banks 1897, Trans. Amer. entomol. Soc., 24: 27) (Insecta, Neuroptera). Opinion 752

borneensis Gray 1845 [originally in Tarentola], Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum, p. 165 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Reptilia, Squamata). Opinion 1585

Borophaga Enderlein 1924, Entomologische Mitteilungen, 8: 277 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Phora flavimana Meigen 1830, a junior subjective synonym of Phora femorata Meigen 1830 by the first reviser action of Zetterstedt 1848, Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta, p. 2886) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1863  

Boryhaena Ameghino 1887, Bol. Mus. de La Plata, 1: 8 (ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling for Borhyaena Ameghino 1887). Opinion 1209

Bos Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 71 (gender: masculine) (type species, by Linnaean tautonymy: Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 71) (Mammalia). Opinion 75 

bosci Bory de St. Vincent 1828 [originally in Rana], Rés. Erpétol.: 266 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 642 

boscii Defrance in Bronn 1825 [originally in Oryzaria], System der urweltlichen Pflanzenthiere, p. 44 (specific name of the type species of Alveolina d’Orbigny 1826) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1501 

Bostrichus Geoffroy 1762, Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, vol. 1, p. 301 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Latreille 1810, Considerations générales sur ... les classes des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes, p. 431: Dermestes capucinus Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1754

Bothriembryon Pilsbry 1894 (Gastropoda). Op 2476

BOTHRIOTHORACINI Howard 1895, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 17: 605 (type genus: Bothriothorax Ratzeburg 1844), ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the family-group name TETRACNEMINI Howard 1892 whenever Bothriothorax Ratzeburg 1844 and Tetracnemus Westwood 1837 are placed in the same family-group taxon (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 898 

Bothriothorax Ratzeburg 1844, Ichneum. Forstins., 1: 208 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Bothriothorax altensteinii Ratzeburg 1844, Ichneum. Forstins., 1: 209, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Lemche 1965 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 22: 125, footnote), valid name: Encyrtus clavicornis Dalman 1820) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 898  

Bothyllus Hesse 1864, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (5)1: 347 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Botryllus Gaertner 1774). Direction 72

Bothynus Hope 1837, The Coleopterists’ Manual, Containing the Lamellicorn Insects of Linneus and Fabricius, p. 95 (gender: masculine), type species by subsequent designation by Lacordaire (1856) Scarabaeus ascanius Kirby 1819 (Coleoptera) Opinion 2199

Botrillus Oken 1829, Isis (Oken), 1829: 1114 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Botryllus Gaertner 1774). Direction 72  

Botryllis Porro 1841, Note Bibl. Malac., (3): 99 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Botryllus Gaertner 1774). Direction 72  

Botryllofer Dalyell 1851, The powers of the Creator displayed in the Creation ..., 1: 252, pl. 67, fig. 6 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1229  

Botryllus Gaertner 1774, in Pallas, Spicil. zool., 10: 34, 35 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Apstein 1915 (SitzBer. Ges. naturf.-Freunde Berlin, 1915(5): 185): Botryllus stellatus Gaertner 1774, in Pallas, Spicil. zool., 10: 37, valid name: Alcyonium schlosseri Pallas 1766) (Urochordata). Opinion 94, Direction 72  

Botryllus Oken 1815, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3(Zool.)(1): 82 (a junior homonym of Botryllus Gaertner 1774, and published in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Direction 72  

Botrylus Koelliker & Loewig 1846, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (3)5: 236 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Botryllus Gaertner 1774). Direction 72

bottae Valenciennes [1839-1840] [originally in Pleurotoma], in Kiener, Spec. Gén. Icon. Coquilles Vivantes, 5: 33 (specific name of the type species of Crassispira Swainson 1840) (Gastropoda). Opinion 754 

Bourkelamberticeras Buckman 1920, Type Ammonites, 3: 17 (a junior objective synonym of Lamberticeras Buckman 1920). Opinion 324  

Bourletia MacGillivray 1893, Canad. Entomol., 25: 313 (a junior objective synonym of Anurophorus Nicolet [1842]). Opinion 439  

Bourletiella Banks 1899, J. N.Y. entomol. Soc., 7: 194 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Sminthurus hortensis Fitch 1863, 8th Ann. Rep. N.Y. agric. Soc.: 668) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 291 

BOURLETIINI Börner 1932, in Brohmer, Fauna Deutschl. (ed. 4): 141 (type genus: Bourletia MacGillivray 1893) (a junior objective synonym of ANUROPHORINAE Börner 1901, the respective type genera of the two families having the same nominal species as type species). Opinion 439 

bouvieri Sollaud 1911 [originally in Pseudopalaemon], Bull. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 17: 12 (specific name of the type species of Pseudopalaemon Sollaud 1911) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470 

bovis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Oestrus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 584 (specific name of the type species of Hypoderma Latreille 1818) (Insecta, Diptera). Direction 64

bowmani (emendation of bowmanni) Phillips [1846] [originally in Endothyra], Proc. geol. polytech. Soc. West Riding, Yorks., 2: 277, fig. 1, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Loeblich & Tappan 1964 (Treatise invert. Paleont. C, Protista 2: C343-C346) (specific name of the type species of Endothrya Phillips [1846]) (Rhizopoda). Opinion 724

bowmani Brown 1843 [originally in Endothyra], The Elements of Fossil Conchology: 17 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 724  

bowmanii Brown 1843 [originally in Endothyra], The Elements of Fossil Conchology: 17 (an incorrect original spelling for bowmani Brown 1843 [originally in Endothyra]). Opinion 724

bowmanni Phillips [1846] [originally in Endothyra], Proc. geol. polytech. Soc. West Riding, Yorks., 2: 277, fig. 1 (an incorrect original spelling for bowmani Phillips [1846] [originally in Endothyra]). Opinion 724 

Box Gistel 1848, Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs für höhere Schulen, p. viii (an unnecessary replacement name for Aspidiphorus Ziegler in Dejean 1821) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1862 

boycei Broom 1931 [originally in Cyrbasiodon], Records of the Albany Museum, 4: 163 (specific name of the type species of Cyrbasiodon Broom 1931), with the endorsement that it is not to be given priority over the name Procynosuchus delaharpeae Broom 1937 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Therapsida). Opinion 2264