International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

Fe

febrilis Linnaeus 1758: 588 [originally in Tipula] (Diptera). ICZN 2023: Opinion

fedtschenkoi [Myrmecaelurus]. Case 2985 (closed)

feisthamelii Duponchel 1832 [originally in Papilio], in Godart, Hist. nat. Lépid. France, Suppl., 1 (Diurnes): 7, pl. 1, fig. 1♀ (type locality: ‘Barcelone’) (without prejudice to the prior rights of the nominal species Papilio podalirius Linnaeus 1758, if that name is held to apply to a subspecies of the same collective species) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 263 

Felis Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 41 (gender: feminine) (type species, by Linnaean tautonymy: Felis catus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 42) (Mammalia). Opinion 91, Direction 24

felis Linnaeus 1766 [originally in Silurus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1(1), p. 501, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. BMNH 1985.11.11:1 in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London) designated under the plenary power, any type specimen status of the specimen no. 125 in the Linnean Society of London collection, labelled Silurus felis Linnaeus No. 19 of Garden, being set aside under the plenary power (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes). Opinion 1547 

felix MacLachlan 1878 [originally in Diplectrona], Rev. Syn. Trich.: 376 (specific name of the type species of Diplectrona Westwood 1839) (Insecta, Trichoptera). Opinion 758

femorale Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Murex], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 749 (specific name of the type species of Cymatium [Röding] 1798) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1650

fenestralis Fallén 1820 [originally in Copromyza] (Diptera). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2341

femorata Olivier 1790 [originally in Buprestis], Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes ... Coléoptères, genera 9-34, vol. 2(32), p. 47, 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 femorata Villers 1789 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008

femorata Guérin-Méneville 1857 [originally in Corixa], Moniteur univ. (no. 330): 1298 (specific name of the type species of Krizousacorixa Hungerford 1930) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 1311

femorata Fabricius 1792 [originally in Dryops], Entomologia systematica, vol. 1, part 2, p. 74 (specific name of the type species of Oncomera Stephens 1829) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1506

femorata Meigen 1830 [originally in Phora], Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten EuropäischenZweiflügeligen, vol. 6, p. 213 (senior subjective synonym by the first reviser action of Zetterstedt 1848, Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta, p. 2886, of the specific name of Phora flavimana Meigen 1830, the type species of Borophaga Enderlein 1924) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1863 

femurrubrum de Geer 1773 [originally in Acrydium], Mém. Hist. Ins., 3: 498, pl. 42, fig. 5 (specific name of the type species of Melanoplus Stål 1873) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 835 

Fenestella [Röding] 1798, Mus. bolten., 2: 193 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 622  

Fenestella Lonsdale 1839, in Murchison, Silurian System: 677 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Fenestrella [sic] subantiqua d’Orbigny 1850, Prodr. Paléont., 1: 44, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Elias 1956 (J. Paleont., 30: 317, 319-321, pl. 43, figs. 1-4)) (Bryozoa). Opinion 622  

FENESTELLIDAE King 1849, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (2)3: 388 (type genus: Fenestella Lonsdale 1839) (Bryozoa). Opinion 622  

fenestralis Ström 1768 [originally in Aranea], Trondh. Selsk. Skr., 4: 362 (valid name at the date of Opinion 1119 of the type species of Amaurobius Koch 1837) (Arachnida). Opinion 1119 

fenestralis Fallén 1820 [originally in Helomyza], Heteromyzides Sveciae, p. 5 (specific name of the type species of Oecothea Haliday in Curtis 1837) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1797 

Fenestrella d’Orbigny 1849, Rev. Mag. Zool., (2)3: 501 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Fenestella Lonsdale 1839). Opinion 622 

Fenestrella d’Orbigny 1850, Prodr. Paléont., 1: 44 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Fenestella Lonsdale 1839). Opinion 622 

Fenestrella Girard [1844], Arch. wiss. Kunde Russland (1843), 3: 539 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Fenestella Lonsdale 1839). Opinion 622

Fenestrella Gray 1847, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1847: 201 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Fenestella [Röding] 1798). Opinion 622

Fenestrella Osborn & Drake 1916, Ohio State Univ. Bull., 20: 222 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Fenestrella ovata Osborn & Drake 1916, Ohio State Univ. Bull., 20: 222) for use by those who consider that Fenestrella is a taxon distinct from Acalypta Westwood 1840 (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 622

Fenestrellina d’Orbigny 1849, Rev. Mag. Zool., (2)3: 501 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Fenestella crassa McCoy 1844, Syn. Char. Carb. Limest. Foss. Ireland: 501) (Bryozoa). Opinion 622

Fennecus Desmarest 1804, Nouv. Dict. Hist. nat., 24 (Tab.): 18 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Fennecus arabicus Desmarest 1804, Nouv. Dict. Hist. nat., 24 (Tab.): 18, valid name: Canis zerda Zimmermann 1780) (Mammalia). Opinion 384 

fennicum Levander 1892 [originally in Pedalion], Zool. Anz., 15: 403 (specific name of the type species of Hexarthra Schmarda 1854) (Rotifera). Opinion 326

fenwickorum Barrera & Bartels 2010 [originally in Grallaria] in Barrera, Bartels & Fundación ProAves de Colombia  (Aves, GRALLARIIDAE): replacement of an indeterminate holotype by a neotype not approved. ICZN 2018: Opinion 2414 (Case 3623)

fergusoni G.B. Sowerby III 1873 [originally in Conus], Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1873: 145, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the specific name of Conus fulvocinctus Crosse 1872 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Gastropoda). Opinion 1502

feriatus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cancer], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 627 (specific name of the type species of Charybdis de Haan [1833]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712

fernandopoensis Germain 1915 [originally in Sitala (Prositala)], Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 21: 283 (specific name of the type species of Prositala Germain 1915) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2081

ferox Gmelin 1771 [originally in Accipiter], Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. imp. Petrop., 15: 442 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Direction 83 

ferox Risso 1826 [originally in Carcharias], Hist. nat. princip. Prod. Europ. mérid., 3: 122 (specific name of the type species of Odontaspis Agassiz 1838) (Chondrichthyes). Opinion 723

ferox Bennett 1833 [originally in Cryptoprocta], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1(1833): 46 (specific name of the type species of Cryptoprocta Bennett 1833) (Mammalia). Opinion 384

ferox Giebel 1867 [originally in Lipeurus], Z. ges. Nat. Wiss., 29: 195 (specific name of the type species of Harrisoniella Bedford 1929) (Insecta, Mallophaga). Opinion 656  

ferrugalis Hübner 1796 [originally in Pyralis], Samml. europ. Schmett.: pl. Pyr. 9, fig. 54 (specific name of the type species of Udea Guénée 1844) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 536

ferrugator Fabricius 1794 [originally in Cimex], Entomol. syst., 4: 101 (an unjustified emendation of ferrugatus Fabricius 1787 [originally in Cimex]). Direction 63 

ferrugatus Fabricius 1787 [originally in Cimex], Mantissa Ins., 2: 232 (specific name of the type species of Elasmucha Stål 1864) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Direction 63  

ferruginea Marsham 1802 [originally in Corticaria], Entomologia Britannica, sistens insecta Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnaeanam disposita. Tomus I. Coleoptera. Wilks & Taylor, Londini, p. 111, specific name of the type species of Corticaria Marsham 1802 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2288

ferruginea Hodgson 1845 [originally in Hemichelidon], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 13: 32 (conserved under the plenary power) (Aves). Opinion 416

ferruginea Hodgson 1844 (June) [originally in Hemichelidon], in Gray, Zool. Miscell. (6): 84 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 416

ferruginea Scopoli 1763 [originally in Musca], Entomologica carniolica exhibens insecta ..., p. 340 (specific name of the type species of Coenomyia Latreille 1796) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1870

ferruginea Merrem 1784 [originally in Muscicapa], Avium rar. Icones Descr., 1: 19 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 416 

ferruginea Wahlberg 1844 [originally in Simulia], Ofversigt at Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, vol. 1, p. 110, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the specific names of Simulia rufa Meigen 1838 and Simulia borealis Zetterstedt 1842 whenever these names are considered to be synonyms of ferruginea (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1496

ferruginea Fabricius 1805 [originally in Tipula], Syst. antl.: 28 (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1257 

ferruginea Scopoli 1763 [originally in Tipula], Entomol. carniolica: 321 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1257 

ferrugineus Linnaeus 1761 [originally in Conops], Fauna svecica sistens animalia sveciae regni, Ed. 2, p. 468 (specific name of the type species of Sicus Scopoli 1763) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1870  

ferrugineus Koch 1835 [originally in Geophilus], Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, heft 3, tab. 2, unnumbered page (Chilopoda). Opinion 2218

ferrugineus Olivier 1789 [originally in Scarabaeus] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2019: Opinion 2432 

ferrugineus Palisot de Beauvois 1809 [originally in Scarabaeus] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2019: Opinion 2432 

ferrumequinum Schreber [1774] [originally in Vespertilio], Die Säugthiere, 1: 174, pl. 62 (specific name of the type species of Rhinolophus Lacepède 1799) (Mammalia). Direction 22 

fertilis Verrill 1869 [originally in Artemia], American Journal of Science and Arts, (2)48: 430 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Branchiopoda). Opinion 1704

ferus Przewalski 1878 [originally in Camelus bactrianus], From Kul’dzha through Tyan’-Shan’ to Lob-Nor, pp. 20, 43, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being pre-dated by a name based on a domestic form (Mammalia). Opinion 2027  

ferus Falk 1786 [originally in Camelus dromedarius], Beiträge zur topographischen Kenntnis des Russischen Reiches, vol. 3, p. 292 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Mammalia). Opinion 2027  

ferus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cimex], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 449 (valid name at the date of Direction 64 of the type species of Nabis Latreille [1802]) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Direction 64

ferus Boddaert 1785 [originally in Equus], Elenchus Animalium, vol. 1 (Sistens Quadrupedia), p. 159, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being pre-dated by a name based on a domestic form (Mammalia). Opinion 2027

ferus Erxleben 1777 [originally in Felis catus var.], Syst. Regni Anim.: 518 (a junior primary homonym of ferus Schreber [1775] [originally in Felis catus Linn.]). Opinion 465

ferus Schreber [1775] [originally in Felis catus, Linn.], Die Säugthiere, 3: pl. 107A (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 465  

ferussaci Roux 1830 [originally in Squilla], Crust. Médit.: pl. 28 (Crustacea, Stomatopoda). Opinion 522  

fervensis Gmelin 1791 [originally in Tellina], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3235 (specific name of the type species of Psammobia Lamarck 1818) (Bivalvia). Opinion 910

festiva Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Buprestis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 663 (specific name of the type species of Palmar Schaefer 1949) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1825

festiva Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Musca], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 593, as defined by the neotype (male specimen BM 1937-539, in the Natural History Museum, London, marked ‘NEOTYPE, det. P.J. Chandler, 31.3.2000’, collected from Schneverdingen, Lüneberg Heath, N. Germany by T.H. Rowsell and B.J. Clifton in 1937) designated under the plenary power (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1982  

festucae Theobald 1917 [originally in Myzus], Entomologist, 50: 80, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the specific name myrmecophilum Theobald 1916, as published in the binomen Macrosiphum myrmecophilum, whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 1353