International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

Ex

exaratus Milne Edwards 1834 [originally in Chlorodius], in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hist. nat. Crust., 1: 402 (specific name of the type species of Leptodius Milne Edwards 1863) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36 

excavata Alder 1830 [originally in Helix], Trans. nat. Hist. Soc. Northumb., 1(1): 38 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336

excavata Geinitz 1842 [originally in Orthis], Neues Jahrb. Min., 1842: 578, pl. 10, figs. 12, 13 (specific name of the type species of Orthothrix Geinitz 1847) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 625  

excavatum Kugelann 1791 [originally in Anobium], (Schneider’s) Neues Mag. für die Liebhaber Entomol., 4: 488 (specific name of the type species of Grynobius Thomson 1859) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1062 

excellens Klug 1825 [originally in Buprestis], Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae-Leopoldino Carolinae, Naturae Curiosorum, 12(2): 421 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008 

excellens Klug 1855 [originally in Buprestis], Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1855: 644, ruled under the plenary power to be treated as not invalid by reason of having been originally published as a junior primary homonym of Buprestis excellens Klug 1825 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008

excelsus Heller 1862 [originally in Perigrapsus], Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 12 (Abh.): 522 (specific name of the type species of Perigrapsus Heller 1862) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36  

excentrica Roemer 1836 [originally in Isocardia], Versteinerungen des norddeutschen Oolithen-Gebirges: 106 (specific name of the type species of Ceratomya Sandberger 1864) (Bivalvia). Opinion 742 

excisus Fabricius 1801 [originally in Curculio], Systema Eleutheratorum, vol. 2, p. 531 (senior subjective synonym of the specific name of Chlorophanus fallax Sahlberg 1823, the type species of Chlorophanus Sahlberg 1823) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1642

excisus Bronn 1831 [originally in Pecten], Italiens Tertiär-Gebilde und deren organische Einschlüsse, p. 102 (specific name of the type species of Lissochlamys Sacco 1897) (Bivalvia) Opinion 2203 

excubitor Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Lanius], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 94 (specific name of the type species of Lanius Linnaeus 1758) (Aves). Direction 43

Exechoparatasis Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 570 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069  

exigua Alder & Hancock 1848 [originally in Eolis], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (2)1: 192 (Gastropoda). Opinion 773

exigua Lamarck [1816] [originally in Janthina], Ency. méth. (Vers): pl. 456 and expl. (specific name of the type species of Iodina Mörch 1860) (Gastropoda). Opinion 989

exiguus Nicholson 1868 [originally in Graptolites lobiferus var. ß], Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 24: 533, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Monograptus exiguus Lapworth 1876 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Graptolithina). Opinion 1620  

exiguus Lapworth 1876 [originally in Monograptus], Geological Magazine, (2)3: 503, as defined by the lectotype (specimen no. BU 1654 in the University of Birmingham, U.K.) designated by Loydell 1989, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 46: 33 (Graptolithina). Opinion 1620

exilis Temminck 1830 [originally in Falco], Planch. Color., livr. 84, pl. 496 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1028

exilis Kretzoi 1956 [originally in Villanyia], Geologica Hungarica, series Paleontologica, 27: 188 (specific name of the type species of Villanyia Kretzoi 1956), neotype (specimen GIH V-12702 VT95#2, Museum of the Hungarian Geological Survey (MAFI), Budapest) designated under the plenary power (Mammalia, Rodentia ). Opinion 2265

eximius Jordan & Gilbert 1925 [originally in Eostomias], Stanf. Univ. Publs. (Biol. Sci.), 4(1): 13 (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1031  

exitiosus Hill 1925 [originally in Eutermes], Proc. roy. Soc. Victoria, N.S., 37: 222 (Insecta, Isoptera). Opinion 1310 

exoleta Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Venus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 688 (specific name of the senior objective synonym of Pectunculus capillaceus da Costa 1778, the type species of Pectunculus da Costa 1778) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1414  

Exolygus Wagner 1949, Verh. naturwiss. Heimatf. Hamburg, 30: 26-40 (a junior objective synonym of Lygus Hahn 1833) Opinion 667

Exomalopsis Spinola 1853, Memoire della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, (2)13: 89 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Taschenberg 1883, Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 27: 82: Exomalopsis fulvopilosa Spinola 1853, a junior synonym of E. auropilosa Spinola 1853) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2070

Exoprosopa Macquart 1840, Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus, vol. 2, part 1, p. 35 (gender: feminine) (type species, ruled under the plenary power to be by subsequent designation by Coquillett 1910, Proceedings of the United States Museum of Natural History, 37: 544: Anthrax pandora Fabricius 1805) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1632  

expansa Rudolphi 1805 [originally in Taenia], Bemerk. Naturg., 2: 38 (specific name of the type species of Moniezia Blanchard 1891) (Cestoda). Direction 77 

expansus Linnaeus 1768 [originally in Entomolithus paradoxus var.], Systema Naturae (ed. 12), 3: 160 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 510

expansus Wahlenberg [1818] [originally in Entomostracites], Nova Acta K. vet.-Soc. Upsala, 8: 25, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Jaanusson 1956 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 12: 93) (specific name of the type species of Asaphus Brongniart 1822) (Trilobita). Opinion 510 

expansus Dixon 1850 [originally in Plethodus], Geol. Foss. Tertiary & Cretaceous Sussex: 394 (specific name of the type species of Plethodus Dixon 1850) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 921

exsculpta Loew 1862 [originally in Ochthera], Monographs Diptera North America, part 1, Smithson. misc. Colls., 6: 160, to be interpreted by reference to the holotype of the species (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1258 

exsul Garman 1884 [originally in Crotalus], Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard College, 8(3): 114, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the subspecific name of Crotalus adamanteus ruber Cope 1892 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Reptilia, Serpentes). Opinion 1960

extensorius Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Ichneumon], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 561 (specific name of the type species of Ichneumon Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Direction 4  

exulans Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Diomedea], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 132 (specific name of the type species of Diomedea Linnaeus 1758) (Aves). Direction 43

exunguis Natterer 1839 [originally in Manatus], in Diesing, Ann. wiener Mus. Naturges., 2(2): 230 footnote (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1320