International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
Ep
eperlanus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Salmo], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 310 (specific name of the type species of Osmerus Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 69
Ephialtes Gravenhorst 1829, Ichneumon. Europ., 1: Conspectus 64; ibid., 3: 224 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Ichneumon manifestator Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 563) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 159
Ephialtes Schrank 1802, Fauna boica, 2(2): 316 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Direction 4
EPHIPPIDAE Gill 1861, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 13 (Suppl.): 64, type genus Ephippus Cuvier 1816 (Osteichthyes). Opinion 2302
ephippium Lichtenstein 1796 [originally in Cassida], Catalogus musei zoologici ditissimi Hamburgi, d. III. Februar 1796 auctionis lege distrahendi. Sectio Tertia. Continens Insecta, p. 65, ruled under the plenary power to be available despite having been published in a suppressed work (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1820
ephippium Lichtenstein 1796 [originally in Reduvius], Catalogus musei zoologici ditissimi Hamburgi, d. III. Februar 1796 auctionis lege distrahendi. Sectio Tertia. Continens Insecta, p. 111, ruled under the plenary power to be available despite having been published in a suppressed work (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1820
Ephippus Cuvier 1816, Le règne animal distribué d’après son organisation, pour servir de base à l’histoire naturelle des animaux et d’introduction à l’anatomie comparée. Tome II. xvii, Deterville, Paris, p. 335 (gender: masculine) type species ruled under the plenary power to be Chaetodon orbis Bloch 1787 (Osteichthyes). Opinion 2302
Ephydra Fallén 1810, Specimen entomologicum novam Diptera disponendi methodum exhibens: 22 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Curtis 1832 (British Entomology, 9: 413): Ephydra riparia Fallén 1813, K. Vetenskaps Akad. Handl. for 1813 (2): 246) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1321
EPHYDRIDAE Zetterstedt 1837, Isis (Oken): col. 48 (type genus: Ephydra Fallén 1810), ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the family-group name HYDRELLIIDAE Robineau-Desvoidy 1830 and over GYMNOMYZIDAE Latreille 1829 and other family-group names based on Gymnomyza Fallén 1810 (a junior subjective synonym of Mosillus Latreille 1804) whenever Ephydra or Hydrellia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830, or Mosillus or Gymnomyza are placed in the same family-group taxon (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1321, Opinion 1748
Ephyra Roux 1831, Mém. Class. Crust. Salic.: 24 (a junior homonym of Ephyra Péron & Lesueur 1810). Opinion 359
Ephyrina Smith 1885, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 7: 506 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Ephyrina benedicti Smith 1885, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 7: 506) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Epicolobos Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 547 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
EPICRIIDAE (published as ‘Epicria’) Fitzinger 1843, Systema Reptilium ... fasciculus primus: Amblyglossae (Conspectus geographicus), p. 34, spelling emended to EPICRIUMIDAE following the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Epicrium Wagler 1828 is EPICRIUM- (Amphibia, Gymnophiona). Opinion 1604, Opinion 1749
EPICRIIDAE Berlese 1885, Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, 17: 129 (type genus: Epicrius Canestrini & Fanzago 1877) (Arachnida, Acari). Opinion 1749
Epicrium Wagler 1828, Isis (von Oken), 1828: col. 742 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation by the Commission: Caecilia hypocyana Boie 1827) (Amphibia, Gymnophiona). Opinion 1604, Opinion 1749
EPICRIUMIDAE Fitzinger 1843, Systema reptilium. Fasciculus primus (Amblyglossae), p. 34 (type genus: Epicrium Wagler 1828), spelling emended from EPICRIIDAE by the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Epicrium Wagler 1828 is EPICRIUM-, ruled under the plenary power that this name and other family-group names based on Epicrium are not to be given priority over ICHTHYOPHIIDAE Taylor 1968 and other family-group names based on Ichthyophis Fitzinger 1826 whenever their type genera are placed in the same familygroup taxon (Amphibia, Gymnophiona). Opinion 1749
Epicrius Canestrini & Fanzago 1877, Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, (5)4(1): 131 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Epicrius geometricus Canestrini & Fanzago 1877) (Arachnida, Acari). Opinion 1749
Epidiodonta Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 557 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Epigea Hübner [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (4): 62 (a junior objective synonym of Erebia Dalman 1816). Opinion 506
epigena Stoll [1790] [originally in Phalaena], Aanhangsel van het Werk, de Uitlandsche Kapellen, voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America, door den Heere Pieter Cramer, p. 72 (specific name of the type species of Rhogalia Hübne [1825]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1617
Epilampra Burmeister 1838, Handb. Entomol., 2(2): 504 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Kirby 1903 (Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7)12: 276): Blatta brasiliensis Fabricius 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 272) (Insecta, Dictyoptera). Opinion 1231
EPILAMPRIDAE Brunner von Wattenwyl 1865, Nouv. Syst. Blatt. (Wien): 47, 147 (type genus: Epilampra Burmeister 1838) (Insecta, Dictyoptera). Opinion 1231
epilobii Kittel 1827 [originally in Aphis], Mém. Soc. linn. Paris, 5: 152 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 1188
Epilobocera Stimpson 1860, Ann. Lyceum nat. Hist. New York, 7: 234 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Epilobocera cubensis Stimpson 1860, Ann. Lyceum nat. Hist. New York, 7: 234) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73
Epimelus Milne Edwards 1878, Bull. Sci. Soc. philomat. Paris, (7)2: 227 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Epimelus cessacii Milne Edwards 1878, Bull. Sci. Soc. philomat. Paris, (7)2: 227) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73
Epinectes Régimbart 1877, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, (5)7: 105 (a junior objective synonym of Enhydrus Laporte 1834). Opinion 710
Epinectus Dejean 1833, Cat. Coléopt. (ed. 2): 48 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 710
EPINEPHELIDI Tutt 1896, Brit. Butts.: 87, 376, 402 (type genus: Epinephele Hübner [1819]) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 506
Epinephelus Bloch 1793, Naturgesch. ausl. Fische, 7: 11 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Epinephelus marginalis Bloch 1793, Naturgesch. ausl. Fische, 7: 14) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 93
Epiphiaria Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 202 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
Epiphrixus Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis 1932, Zool. Anz., 101: 99 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Epiphrixus adriaticus Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis 1932, Zool. Anz., 101: 99) (Crustacea, Isopoda). Opinion 1242
Epiphryxus Shiino 1934, Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto imp. Univ., (B), 9: 281 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1242
Epirhexis Cope 1866, J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, (2)6: 96 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1024
Epirrita Hübner 1808, Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 4 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 789
episcopalis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Voluta], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, pp. 732, 733 (a junior objective synonym of Voluta mitra Linnaeus 1758). Opinion 885
episcopus Linnaeus 1766 [originally in Tanagra], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1, p. 313, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the specific name virens Linnaeus 1766, as published in the binomen Loxia virens, whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Aves). Opinion 852
episcopus Hombron & Jacquinot 1848 [originally in Trochus] (Gastropoda). ICZN 2019: Opinion 2437
Episema Cope & Jordan 1877, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1877: 77 (a junior homonym of Episema Ochsenheimer 1816). Opinion 494
Episema Ochsenheimer 1816, Schmett. Europa, 4: 65 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Phalaena glaucina Esper [1789], Die Schmett., Suppl. 3 Abschn.: 11, pl. 81, figs. 4, 5) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 494
EPISEMIDAE Guénée 1852, Hist. nat. Ins., 5: 168, 407 (type genus: Episema Ochsenheimer 1816) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 494
Epitactus Förster 1854, Verhandlungen der naturhistorischen Vereines der preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens (N. F.), 1: 435 (gender: masculine), type species by monotypy Epitactus praecox Förster 1854, with the endorsement that it is not to be given precedence over Pachynematus Konow 1890, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2280
Epixanthus Heller 1861, SitzBer. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien (Math.-nat. Cl.), 43 (No. 1): 323 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Epixanthus kotschii Heller 1861, SitzBer. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien (Math.-nat. Cl.), 43 (No. 1): 325, valid name: Ozius frontalis Milne Edwards 1834) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37
Epizoanthus Gray 1867, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1867: 237 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Dysidea papillosa Johnston 1842) (Anthozoa). Opinion 1689
Eponides de Montfort 1808, Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Coquilles univalves, cloisonnées, vol. 1, p. 127 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Nautilus repandus Fichtel & Moll 1798) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1572
epops Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Upupa], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 117 (specific name of the type species of Upupa Linnaeus 1758) (Aves). Direction 17
Epsilon Saussure 1855, Et. Fam. Vesp., 2: 229, 252 (gender: neuter) (type species: Odynerus dyscherus Saussure 1852, Et. Fam. Vesp., 1: 175) (ruled under the plenary power to be available from the date of publication by H. de Saussure) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893