International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
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Elachista Treitschke 1833, in Ochsenheimer, Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, vol. 9, part 2, p. 177 (gender: feminine) (type species, ruled under the plenary power to be by subsequent designation by Meyrick 1915, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 47: 210: Elachista bifasciella Treitschke 1833) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1557
ELACHISTIDAE Bruand 1850, Mémoires (et Comptes Rendus) de la Société d’Emulation du Doubs, (1)3(5-6): 50 (type genus: Elachista Treitschke 1833) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1557
elachistus Steiner 1949 [originally in Paratylenchus], Proc. Soil Sci. Soc. Fla. (1942) 4-B: 72-117, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Tarjan & Golden 1964 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 21: 226) (Nematoda). Opinion 791
Elanus Savigny 1809, Descr. Egypte, 1(1) (Ois.): 69, 97 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Elanus caesius Savigny 1809, Descr. Egypte, 1(1) (Ois.): 98, valid name: Falco caeruleus Desfontaines [1789]) (Aves). Opinion 67
Elaphe Fitzinger 1833, in Wagler, Descr. Icon. Amph. (3): expl. pl. 27 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Elaphe parreyssii Fitzinger 1833, in Wagler, Descr. Icon. Amph. (3): expl. pl. 27, valid name: Coluber sauromates Pallas [1814]) by direction under the plenary power to take precedence over the generic name Gonyosoma Wagler 1828 (Reptilia). Opinion 490
Elaphella Bezzi 1913, Soc. entomol. (Internat. Entomol. Verein), 28(13): 56 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Enderlein 1913 (Zool. Anz., 42: 253) for the replaced name Allodicrania Enderlein 1913: Pangonia cervus Wiedemann 1828, AussereurOpinion zweifl. Insekt., 1: 94) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 530
elaphis Shaw 1802 [originally in Coluber], Gen. Zool., 3: 450 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 642
elaphus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cervus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 67 (specific name of the type species of Cervus Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia). Direction 22
ELAPIDAE Boie 1827, Isis (Oken), 20(3): 510 (type genus: Elaps Schneider 1801), ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the family-group name BUNGARIDAE Fitzinger 1826 whenever Elaps Schneider 1801 and Bungarus Daudin 1803 are placed in the same family-group taxon (Reptilia). Opinion 1201
Elaps Schneider 1801, Historia amphibiorum naturalis et literariae (Jena), fasc. 2: 289 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Coluber lemniscatus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 224) ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the generic name Micrurus Wagler 1824 whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Reptilia). Opinion 1201
Elasmia Hübner 1822, Syst.-alph. Verz.: 62 (an incorrect original spelling for Elasmion Hübner 1822). Opinion 789
Elasmion Hübner 1808, Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 6 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 789
Elasmucha Stål 1864, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, (4)4: 54 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Cimex ferrugatus Fabricius 1787, Mantissa Ins., 2: 232) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Direction 63
Elatophilus Reuter 1884, Mon. Anthocorid. Orbis Terrestris: 56 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Kirkaldy 1906 (Trans. Amer. entomol. Soc., 32: 120): Anthocoris nigrellus Zetterstedt 1838, Ins. Lapp.: 265) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 863
elatus Desor 1847 [originally in Hyboclypus], in Agassiz & Desor, Annales des Sciences naturelles, Paris, (Zoologie), (3)7: 152 (specific name of the type species of Desorella Cotteau 1855) (Echinoidea). Opinion 1512
electricus Gmelin [1789] [originally in Silurus], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 3, p. 1354 (specific name of the type species of Malapterurus Lacepède 1803) (Osteichthyes). Direction 57
Eledone Leach 1817, Zool. Miscell., 3: 138 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Octopus moschatus Lamarck 1798, Bull. Sci. Soc. philomat. Paris (No. 17): 130) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 233
elegans Van der Linden 1823 [originally in Agrion], Agriones Bononienses descriptae, p. 104 (specific name of the type species of Ischnura Charpentier 1840) (Insecta, Odonata). Opinion 2037
elegans Nordmann 1837 [originally in Agrodes], Symbolae ad monographiam staphylinorum, p. 161 (specific name of the type species of Agrodes Nordmann 1837) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1851
elegans Risso 1816 [originally in Alpheus], Hist. nat. Crust. Nice: 92 (specific name of the type species of Gnathophyllum (emendation under the plenary power of Gnatophyllum) Latreille 1819) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
elegans Kennicott 1859 [originally in Arizona], in Baird, Rep. U.S. Mexican Boundary Survey, 2 Rept.: 18, 19, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Blanchard (1924, Occ. Papers Mus. Zool. U. Mich., 150: 4) and ruled under the plenary power not previously to have been rejected as a junior secondary homonym (specific name of the type species of Arizona Kennicott 1859) (Reptilia). Opinion 717
elegans Crawford 1937 [originally in Bathyporeia], Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 21: 639 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Amphipoda). Opinion 2136
elegans Watkin 1938 [originally in Bathyporeia], Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 23: 222, as defined by the lectotype (Zoologisk Museum i Oslo, ZMO F2656) designated by d’Udekem d’Acoz 2004, Zoologische Verhandelingen, 348: 33 (Amphipoda). Opinion 2136
elegans Panzer (1806-1809) [originally in Chamaemy[i]a], Fauna Ins. germ. (105): 12 (specific name of the type species of Chamaemyia Meigen 1803) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 847
elegans Carpenter in Dawson 1872 [originally in Choristes], The Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science, (n.s.)6(4): 392 (specific name of the type species of Choristes Carpenter in Dawson 1872) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2047
elegans Shaw 1802 [originally in Coluber], Gen. Zool., 3: 536, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Williams & Smith 1962 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 19: 300) (Reptilia). Opinion 717
elegans Fourcroy 1785 [originally in Curculio], Entomol. paris. (1): 118 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 572
elegans Carruthers 1868 [originally in Didymograpsus (sic)], Geol. Mag., 5: 129 (specific name of the type species of Dicellograptus Hopkinson 1871) (Graptolithina). Opinion 650
elegans Bock & Wheeler 1972 [originally in Drosophila], The Drosophila melanogaster species group, p. 28 (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2143
elegans Statz 1940 [originally in Drosophila], Palaeontographica, 91A: 152 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2143
elegans Thunberg 1815 [originally in Gryllus], Mém. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 5: 226 (specific name of the type species of Zonocerus Stål 1873) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 969
elegans Philippi 1844 [originally in Haliotis], Abbildung und Beschreibungen neuer oder weniger gekannter Conchylien, vol. 1, part 5, p. 119 (Gastropoda). Opinion 1950
elegans Gmelin [1791] [originally in Helix], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3642 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
elegans Guérin-Méneville 1844 [originally in Hemerobius], Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d’après nature de l’une des espèces les plus remarquables, et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d’animaux. Insectes, p. 388, ruled under the plenary power not to be invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of elegans Stephens 1836, as published in the binomen Hemerobius elegans (Neuroptera). Opinion 2220
elegans Stephens 1836 [originally in Hemerobius], Illustrations of British entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, economy . . . Mandibulata, vol. 6, p. 113 (Neuroptera). Opinion 2220
elegans Leuckart 1828 [originally in Idalia], Brev. Anim.: 15 (specific name of the type species of Okenia Menke 1830) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1014
elegans Roux 1830 [originally in Latreillia], Crust. Médit. (5): pl. 22 (specific name of the type species of Latreillia Roux 1830) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
elegans Gould 1837 [originally in Malurus], Birds Austr. (1): pl. 2 (Aves). Opinion 410
elegans Forster 1794 [originally in Motacilla], Mag. merkwürdig. neuen Reise Beschreib., 5: 128 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 410
elegans Temminck 1844 [originally in Myoxus], in Siebold, Temminck & Schlegel (Eds.), Fauna Japonica, p. 52 (an invalid senior objective synonym of Myoxus japonicus Schinz 1845) (Mammalia). Opinion 1978
elegans Leach 1815 [originally in Ophiura], in Leach & Nodder, Zoological Miscellany, vol. 2, p. 57 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Ophiuroidea). Opinion 1560
elegans Rathke 1837 [originally in Palaemon], Mém. Acad. imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 3(3-4): 370 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 564
elegans Meigen 1830 [originally in Phytomyza], Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten, vol. 6, p. 148 (senior synonym of Phytomyza festiva Meigen 1830, the type species of Napomyza Westwood 1840, by the first reviser action of Hendel 1920, Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 84: 148) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1477
elegans Gmelin 1788 [originally in Psittacus], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2, p. 318 (valid name at the date of Direction 43 of the type species of Platycercus Vigors 1825) (Aves). Direction 43
elegans Risso 1826 [originally in Succinea], Hist. nat. princip. Prod. Europ. mérid., 4: 59 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
elegantula Hall 1852 [originally in Callopora], Palaeontology of New York, 2: 144 (specific name of the type species of Hallopora Bassler 1911) (Bryozoa). Opinion 1034
Eleotris Gronovius 1763, Zoophylac. gronov., 1: 83 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Direction 56
Eleotris Schneider 1801, in Bloch, Syst. Ichthyol.: 65 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Gobius pisonis Gmelin [1789], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 3, p. 1206) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 93, Direction 56
elephantinum Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Dentalium], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 785 (specific name of the type species of Dentalium Linnaeus 1758) (Scaphopoda). Direction 73
elephas Fabricius 1787 [originally in Astacus], Mantissa Ins., 1: 331 (specific name of the type species of Palinurus Weber 1795) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 519
elephas Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Gryllus Locusta], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 431 (specific name of the type species of Pamphagus Thunberg 1815) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 969
Eleutherodactylus Duméril & Bibron 1841, Erpétologie Générale, 8: 620 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Hylodes martinicensis Tschudi 1838, Classif. der Batrachier [preprint of Mem. Soc. Sci. nat. Neuchâtel, 2]: 37, 77) (Amphibia). Opinion 1104
Eleuthrobothrios Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 548 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Elfia Robineau-Desvoidy 1850, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (2)8: 190 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Robineau-Desvoidy 1863, Histoire naturelle des Diptères des environs de Paris, vol. 1, p. 672: Actia cingulata Robineau-Desvoidy 1830) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1432
Elleipsocephalus Zenker 1833, Beitr. Nat. Urwelt.: 51 (an incorrect original spelling for Ellipsocephalus Zenker 1833). Opinion 512
ELLIPSOCEPHALIDAE Matthew 1887, Trans. roy. Soc. Canada, 5 (Sect. 4): 128 (type genus: Ellipsocephalus Zenker 1833) (Trilobita). Opinion 512
Ellipsocephalus (emendation of Elleipsocephalus) Zenker 1833, Beitr. Nat. Urwelt: 51 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Elleipsocephalus [sic] ambiguus Zenker 1833, Beitr. Nat. Urwelt: 51, valid name: Trilobites hoffii Schlotheim 1823) (Trilobita). Opinion 512
Ellipsolithes Montfort 1808, Conch. syst. Class. méth. Coquilles, 1: 86 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 304
Ellipsoma Millard 1997, Classification of Mollusca. A classification of world wide Mollusca, p. 86 (an incorrect subsequent spelling of Ellipstoma Rafinesque 1818) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2093
Ellipsostoma Agassiz 1846, Nomenclator zoologicus, continens nomina systematica generum animalium, tam viventium quam fossilium, p. 33 (an incorrect subsequent spelling of Ellipstoma Rafinesque 1818) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2093
Ellipstoma Rafinesque 1818, American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, 4: 42 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2093
ellipticum Latreille 1817 [originally in Belostoma] (Heteroptera). ICZN 2017: Opinion 2395
ELMIDAE Curtis 1830, British entomology, vol. 7, pl. 294 (type genus: Elmis Latreille 1802), it being ruled by the Commission that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Elmis Latreille 1802 is ELM- (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1812
Elmis Latreille 1802, Histoire naturelle des fourmis, p. 398 (gender, as ruled by the Commission: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Elmis maugetii Latreille 1802) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1812
elongata Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Chrysomela], Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 377 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2278
elongata Suffrian 1851 [originally in Chrysomela], Linnaea Entomologica, 5: 146, with the endorsement that it is not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of elongata Linnaeus 1758, as published in the binomen Chrysomela elongata (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2278
elongata Salter 1873 [originally in Ctenodonta], A catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of Cambridge, Cambridge: 24 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1022
elongata Korotneff 1880 [originally in Dactylamoeba], Arch. Zool. exp. gen., 8: 469, 470 (specific name of the type species of Dactylamoeba Korotneff 1880) (Rhizopoda). Opinion 1344
elongata Davidson 1881 [originally in Glassia], Geological Magazine, (2)8(4): 148 (specific name of the type species of Glassia Davidson 1881) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 2022
elongata Guérin[-Méneville] 1832 [originally in Isea], Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 1: 300, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the specific name of Callianidea typa H. Milne Edwards 1837 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 1522
elongata Lightfoot 1786 [originally in Voluta], A catalogue of the Portland Museum ..., p. 30 (a junior objective synonym of Limax fibratus Martyn 1784) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1662
elongatum Bastian 1865 [originally in Leptosomatum], Trans. linn. Soc. London, 25: 145 (specific name of the type species of Leptosomatum Bastian 1865) (Nematoda). Opinion 1068
elongatum Bütschli 1874 [originally in Oxystoma], Abhandl. Senckenberg. naturf. Ges., 9: 270 (specific name of the type species of Oxystomina Filipjev 1918) (Nematoda). Opinion 1098
elongatus Fabricius 1787 [originally in Bostrichus], Mantissa Insectorum, vol. 1, p. 36 (specific name of the type species of Colydium Fabricius 1792) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1811
elongatus Guérin-Méneville 1856 [originally in Hippolyte], in Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Hist. nat., 7: xx (specific name of the type species of Xiphocaris von Martens 1872) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
elongatus Baqri 1982 [originally in Indodorylaimus], Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 39: 57 (specific name of the type species of Indodorylaimus Ali & Prabha 1974) (Nematoda, Dorylaimida). Opinion 1404
elongatus Dawson 1860 [originally in Naiadites], Supplement to ‘Acadian Geology’: 44 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 766
Elonium Leach in Samouelle 1819, The entomologist’s useful compendium, p. 175 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1722
Elophilus Meigen 1803, Magazin für Insektenkunde (Illiger), 2: 274 (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 1747
Elophorus Fabricius 1775, Systema Entomologiae, p. 66, ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling of the generic name Helophorus (Insecta Coleoptera). Opinion 1724
Elymana de Long 1936, Ohio J. Sci., 36: 218 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Thamnotettix inornatus Van Duzee 1892, Trans. amer. entomol. Soc., 19(12): 303, valid name: Cicadula sulphurellla Zetterstedt 1828) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 603