International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS andCTIONS


taxa names:

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Glabella Loew 1873, Beschreibung europäischer Dipteren, Band 3, p. 208 (a junior homonym of Glabella Swainson 1840) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1545  

Glabellula Bezzi 1902, Zeitschrift für Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 2: 191 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Platygaster arcticus Zetterstedt 1838) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1545 

glaber Martin 1809 [originally in Conchyliolithus Anomites], Petrif. derb.: sign Z[2], pl. 48, figs. 9, 10 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 420

glaber Stimpson 1858 [originally in Ptychognathus], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858: 104 (specific name of the type species of Ptychognathus Stimpson 1858) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36

glaber Sowerby 1820 [originally in Spirifer], Min. Conch., 3: 123, pl. 269 (numbered 169 on legend in error), as interpreted by the lectotype designated and figured by Muir-Wood 1951 (Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (12)4: 111, pl. 3, figs. 2a-c) (specific name of the type species of Martinia McCoy 1844) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 420 

glaber Müller 1776 [originally in Staphylinus], Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characteres, p. 98, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over Quedius plagiatus Mannerheim 1843 whenever they are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2086

glaber Da Costa 1778 [originally in Strombiformis], Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniae or, the British conchology ..., p. 117, as defined by the neotype designated by Warén 1989, Journal of Conchology, 33(4): 220 (senior objective synonym of the specific name of Turbo subulatus Donovan 1804, the type species of Eulima Risso 1826) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1718 

glaberrimum Burmeister 1838 [originally in Xiphidium], Handb. Entomol., 2(2) Part 1: 707 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1148

glabra Stimpson 1858 [originally in Heteropanope], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858: 35 (specific name of the type species of Heteropanope Stimpson 1858) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712  

glabra Herbst 1786 [originally in Locusta], in Fuessly, Arch. Ins., 7: 193 (specific name of the type species of Gampsocleis Fieber 1852) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Direction 5

glabra Fallén 1820 [originally in Madiza], Oscinides Sveciae: 9 (specific name of the type species of Madiza Fallén 1810) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1112

glabrata Fallén 1808 [originally in Tenthredo], Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar, 29(2): 108 (senior subjective synonym of Ametastegia fulvipes A. Costa 1882, the type species of Ametastegia A. Costa 1882) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1963

glabricula Fallén 1816 [originally in Empis] (Diptera). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2349

glabrum Müller 1774 [originally in Buccinum], Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 135 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336  

glacialis Bate 1881 [originally in Hepomadus], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)8: 190 (specific name of the type species of Hepomadus Bate 1881) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864

glacialis Buchholz 1874 [originally in Pasiphaë], in Koldewey, Zweite Deutsche Nordpolarfahrt, 2: 279 (specific name of the type species of Hymenodora Sars 1877) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470

glacialis Linnaeus 1761 [originally in Procellaria], Fauna svec. (ed. 2): 51 (specific name of the type species of Fulmarus Stephens 1826) (Aves). Direction 43 

gladiator Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Conus], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 141 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380 

Gladiolites Barrande 1850, Grapt. Bohême: 68 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 199  

gladius [originally in Scomber], attributed erroneously to Broussonet 1786, Mém. Acad. Sci. (1786): 454, in the supposed binomen Scomber gladius (not made available in the work cited). Opinion 903 

gladius Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Xiphias], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 248 (specific name of the type species of Xiphias Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 57 

Glaea Curtis 1829, Brit. Entomol., 6: 268 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Gloia Hübner 1822). Opinion 789

glandarius Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cuculus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 111 (specific name of the type species of Clamator Kaup 1829) (Aves). Direction 43

glandon Prunner 1798 [originally in Papilio], Lepid. pedemont.: 76 (specific name of the type species of Agriades Hübner [1819]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 270  

Glandularia Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 245 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592

glanis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Silurus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 304 (specific name of the type species of Silurus Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 57 

Glassia Davidson 1881, Geological Magazine, (2)8(1): 11 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Glassia elongata Davidson 1881) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 2022 

glauca Bergh  1879 (31 March) [originally in Chromodoris], Malakozool. Blätter, N.F., 1: 106, 107 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1253 

glauca Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Notonecta], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 439 (specific name of the type species of Notonecta Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Direction 64 

glauca Kirby 1891 [originally in Poeciloptera], J. linn. Soc. London (Zool.), 24: 154, pl. 6, fig. 14 (specific name of the type species of Hansenia Kirkaldy 1902) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 598

glaucina Esper [1789] [originally in Phalaena], Die Schmett., Suppl., 3 Abschn.: 11, pl. 81, figs. 4, 5 (specific name of the type species of Episema Ochsenheimer 1816) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 494

glaucoides Alder & Hancock 1854 [originally in Eolis], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (2)14: 104 (specific name of the type species of Calma Alder & Hancock 1855) (Gastropoda). Opinion 780

Glaucoma Ehrenberg 1830, Organization syst. geogr. Verhalt. Infusionsth.: 96 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Glaucoma scintillans Ehrenberg 1830, Organization syst. geogr. Verhalt. Infusionsth: 98) (Ciliophora). Opinion 915

Glaucopis Bonaparte 1854, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (4)1(3): 137 (a junior homonym of Glaucopis Gmelin 1788). Opinion 789  

Glaucopis Fabricius 1807, Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 6: 289 (a junior homonym of Glaucopis Gmelin 1788). Opinion 789

Glaucopis Hübner 1808, Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 3, 4, 5, 6 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 789

glaucus Tilesius von Tilenau 1818 [originally in Phasmatocarcinus], Ann. Wetterau. Ges. Naturk., 4: 6 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 864

glaucus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Scomber], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 298 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1841

glaucus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Squalus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 235 (specific name of the type species of Prionace Cantor 1850) (Chondrichthyes). Opinion 723  

Gliricola Mjöberg 1910 (January), Zool. Anz., 35: 292 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Gyropus gracilis Nitzsch 1818, Mag. Entomol. (Germar), 3: 304, valid name: Pediculus porcelli Schrank 1781) (Insecta, Mallophaga). Opinion 342 

Gliricola Mjöberg 1910 (June), Ark. Zool., 6 (No. 13): 18 (a junior homonym and junior objective synonym of Gliricola Mjöberg 1910 (January)). Opinion 342 

GLIRICOLINAE Ewing 1924, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 63 (No. 20): 7 (type genus: Gliricola Mjöberg 1910) (Insecta, Mallophaga). Direction 28 

Glirulus Thomas 1906, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1905(2): 347 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Myoxus japonicus Schinz 1845) (Mammalia). Opinion 1978 

Glis Brisson 1762, Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2, pp. 13, 113 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Sciurus glis Linnaeus 1766), ruled under the plenary power to be taken as first available from Brisson 1762, despite that being a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes (Mammalia, Rodentia). Opinion 1894 

Glis Erxleben 1777, Systema regni animalis ... Classis 1 (Mammalia), p. 358 (a junior homonym of Glis Brisson 1762) (Mammalia, Rodentia). Opinion 1894

glis Linnaeus 1766 [originally in Sciurus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, p. 87 (specific name of the type species of Glis Brisson 1762) (Mammalia, Rodentia). Opinion 1894 

globator Cuvier 1792 [originally in Oniscus], Journal d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 2(13): 24 (a junior homonym of Oniscus globator Pallas 1772) (Isopoda). Opinion 1897

globator Pallas 1772 [originally in Oniscus], Spicilegia zoologica, (9): 70 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Isopoda). Opinion 1574

globator Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Volvox], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 820 (specific name of the type species of Volvox Linnaeus 1758) (Mastigophora). Direction 77 

globiceps Phillips 1836 [originally in Asaphus], Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire; or, a description of the strata and organic remains: accompanied by a geological map, sections, and diagrams, and figures of the fossils, part 2 (The Mountain Limestone District), p. 240 (specific name of the type species of Bollandia Reed 1943) (Trilobita). Opinion 1652

globiceps Retzius 1783 [originally in Ichneumon aeneus] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

Globicornis Latreille 1829, in Cuvier, Règne Anim. (ed. 2), 4: 511 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Dermestes rufitarsis Panzer [1796], Fauna Ins. germ. (35): No. 6, valid name: Dermestes nigripes Fabricius 1792) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 300  

globifera Linnaeus 1776 [originally in Crax], Cat. Birds Beasts Fishes Ins. Edwardsnat. hist.: 13 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 412

Globigenera Sowerby 1842, Conch. Manual (ed. 2): 154 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Globigerina d’Orbigny 1826). Opinion 552  

Globigerina d’Orbigny 1826, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris, [1]7(27): 271, 277 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Parker, Jones & Brady 1865 (Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (3)16: 36): Globigerina bulloides d’Orbigny 1826, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris, [1]7(27): 277) (Rhizopoda). Opinion 552

GLOBIGERINIDA Carpenter, Parker & Jones 1862, Introd. Study Foram.: 171-175 (type genus: Globigerina d’Orbigny 1826) (an incorrect original spelling for GLOBIGERINIDAE Carpenter Parker & Jones 1862). Opinion 552  

GLOBIGERINIDAE (correction by Zittel 1876, of GLOBIGERINIDA) Carpenter, Parker & Jones 1862, Introd. Study Foram.: 171-175 (type genus: Globigerina d’Orbigny 1826), ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over ORBULINIDAE Schultze 1854 by those who consider that the genera Globigerina d’Orbigny 1826 and Orbulina d’Orbigny 1839 belong to the same family-group taxon (Rhizopoda). Opinion 552  

globipunctata Rivolta 1874 [originally in Taenia], Sopra alcune specie Tenie pecore: 3 (specific name of the type species of Stilesia Stiles & Hassall 1893) (Cestoda). Direction 77

Globites de Haan 1825, Specimen philosoph. exhib. Monogr. Ammonit. Goniatit.: 37 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 304 

globosa Hantken 1883 [originally in Globigerina], Ertek. Termesz. Köreböl Tud. Akad., 13: 11, pl. 2, fig. 7 (a junior primary homonym of Globigerina globosa von Hagenow 1842). Opinion 1316  

globosus De Geer 1778 [originally in Acarus aquaticus] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

globosus Fabricius 1787 [originally in Cancer], Mantissa Ins., 1: 315 (a junior objective synonym of globus Fabricius 1775 [originally in Cancer]). Opinion 712 

globulosa Bosc [1801-1802] [originally in Leucosia], in Castel’s Buffon, Hist. nat. Crust., 1: 238 (a junior objective synonym of globus Fabricius 1775 [originally in Cancer]). Opinion 712 

Globulus Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 103 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592

globulus Paykull [1798] [originally in Hydrophilus], Fauna svec., Ins., 1: 188 (specific name of the type species of Anacaena Thomson 1859) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 583

globus Fabricius 1775 [originally in Cancer], Syst. Entomol.: 401 (specific name of the type species of Philyra Leach 1817) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712

Glochidium Rathk 1797, Skr. naturh. Selsk. Kbh., 4(1): 166 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy, but available for use as a technical designation to denote the parasitic larval stage of species of the genus Anodonta Lamarck 1799). Opinion 561  

Gloee Hübner 1808, Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 4, 5 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 789  

Glomeris Latreille 1802, Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes, vol. 3, p. 44 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Jeekel 1971, Monografieën van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 14: Oniscus pustulatus Fabricius 1781) (Diplopoda). Opinion 1897 

gloriosa Fabricius 1793 [originally in Chrysis], Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta, vol. 2, p. 242 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1906 

Glossina Wiedemann 1830 [1 September] (Diptera). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2343

GLOSSINIDAE Theobald 1903 (Diptera). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2343

Glossodoris Ehrenberg 1831, Symbolae physicae seu icones et descriptiones animalium evertabratorum sepositis insectis quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem. Decas 1 Mollusca (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Gray 1847, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1847: 164: Doris (Glossodoris) xantholeuca Ehrenberg 1831, a junior subjective synonym of Doris pallida Rüppell & Leuckart 1830 or 1831) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1375  

Glossograpsus Emmons 1855, Amer. Geol., 1: 108 (ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling for Glossograptus Emmons 1855). Opinion 650

Glossograptus (emendation of Glossograpsus) Emmons 1855, Amer. Geol., 1: 108 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Lapworth 1873 (Geol. Mag., 10: table i): Glossograpsus (sic) ciliatus Emmons 1855, Amer. Geol., 1: 108) (Graptolithina). Opinion 650 

glutinosa Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Caecilia], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 229 (specific name of the type species of Ichthyophis Fitzinger 1826) (Amphibia, Gymnophiona). Opinion 1604  

glutinosa Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Myxine], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 650 (specific name of the type species of Myxine Linnaeus 1758) (Agnatha). Direction 57

glutinosa Green 1818 [originally in Salamandra], J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1(2): 357 (specific name of the type species of Plethodon Tschudi 1838) (Amphibia). Opinion 921

Glycaspis Taylor 1960, Aust. J. Zool., 8: 385 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Aphalara flavilabris Froggatt 1903, Proc. linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 28: 318) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 725

Glycimerigenus [Renier] [1807] [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427

Glycimeris Lamarck 1799, Mémoires de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 1799: 83 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1414

Glycimeris Lamarck 1801, Système des Animaux sans Vertèbres, p. 126 (a junior homonym of Glycimeris Lamarck 1799) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1414

glycimeris Born 1778 [originally in Mya], Index Rerum Naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindibonsis Pars 1, Testacea, p. 10 (specific name of the senior subjective synonym of Panopea aldrovandi Ménard de la Groye 1807, the type species of Panopea Ménard de la Groye 1807) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1414 

GLYCYMERIDIDAE Newton 1916, Journal of Conchology, 15: 83 (type genus: Glycymeris da Costa1778) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1414 

Glycymeris da Costa 1778, British Conchology, p. 168 (gender: feminine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy: Arca glycymeris Linnaeus 1758) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1414  

glycymeris Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Arca], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 695 (specific name of the type species of Glycymeris da Costa 1778) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1414

GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE Stainton 1854, Insecta Britannica, Lepidoptera, p. 169 (type genus: Glyphipterix Hübner [1825]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1418

Glyphipterix Hübner [1825], Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, p. 421 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Tinea bergstraesserella Fabricius 1781) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1418

Glyphipteryx Curtis 1827, British entomology, vol. 4, p. 152 (an unjustified emendation of Glyphipterix Hübner [1825]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1418 

Glyphocrangon Milne Edwards 1881, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (6)11(4): 3 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Glyphocrangon spinicauda Milne Edwards 1881, Ann. Sci. nat.. Paris (Zool.), (6)11(4): 3) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470 

GLYPHOCRANGONIDAE Smith 1884, Rep. U.S. Comm. Fish, 10: 364 (type genus: Glyphocrangon Milne Edwards 1881) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470

Glyptagnostus Whitehouse 1936, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 11: 101 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Glyptagnostus toreuma Whitehouse 1936) (Trilobita). Opinion 1701  

Glyptograpsus Smith 1870, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., 2(1): 153 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Glyptograpsus impressus Smith 1870, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., 2(1): 154) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37

Glyptoplax Smith 1870, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., 2(1): 164 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Glyptoplax pugnax Smith 1870, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., 2(1): 165) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37 

Glyptus Brullé 1835, Hist. nat. Ins., 5 Coleoptera II: 83 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Glyptus sculptilis Brullé 1835, Hist. nat. Ins., 5 Coleoptera II: 84) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1299

Glyptus Hoffmannsegg 1818, Wiedemanns Zool. Mag., 1(2): 85 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1299