International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
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Lybas Dejean 1836, Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean, Ed. 2, Livr. 5, p. 429, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Lybas Lacordaire 1842 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1824
Lybas Lacordaire 1842, Monographie des Erotyliens, famille de l’ordre des coléoptères, p. 228 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Crotch 1876, Cistula Entomologica, 1: 471: Lybas normalis Lacordaire 1842) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1824
Lybia Milne Edwards 1834, in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hist. nat. Crust., 1: 431 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Grapsus tesselatus Latreille 1812, in Milbert, Voy. Ile de France, 2: 275) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 36, Direction 37
Lycaeides Hübner [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (5): 69 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Papilio argyrognomon Bergsträsser [1779], Nomencl. Beschr. Ins. Grafschaft Hanau- Munzenberg, 2: 76, pl. 46, figs. 1, 2♀, as interpreted by reference to the male genitalia figured by Chapman 1917 (in Oberthür, Études Lépidopt. comp., 14: pl. VIII, fig. 23)) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 270
Lycaon Brookes 1827, in Griffith’s Cuvier, Anim. Kingd. (Mamm.), 5 Syn.: 151 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Lycaon tricolor Brookes 1827, in Griffith’s Cuvier, Anim. Kingd. (Mamm.), 5 Syn.: 151, valid name: Hyaena picta Temminck 1820) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
Lychnoculus Murray 1877, Science Lectures for the People, (9)4: 132 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1333
Lychnorhiza lucerna Haeckel 1880 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae): generic and specific names not conserved. ICZN 2018: Opinion 2412 (Case 3485)
Lycognathophis Boulenger 1893, Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), vol. 1, p. 317 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Psammophis seychellensis Schlegel 1837) (Reptilia, Serpentes). Opinion 1856
Lygocoris Reuter 1875, Bih. K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl., 3(1): 16-18 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Kirkaldy 1906 (Trans. amer. entomol. Soc., 32: 139): Cimex pabulinus Linnaeus 1761, Fauna svec. (ed. 2): 253) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 667
Lygus Hahn 1833, Wanzen. Ins., 1: 147, 148 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Cimex pratensis Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 448) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 667
Lymantria Hübner [1819], Verz. bekannter Schmett. (9)-(11): 160 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Moore [1883] (Lepid. Ceylon, 2: 99): Phalaena monacha Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 501) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1283
LYMANTRIIDAE Hampson [1893], Fauna British India, Moths, 1: 432 (type genus: Lymantria Hübner [1819]), ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over ORGYIIDAE Wallengren 1861 and over DASYCHIRIDAE Packard 1864 whenever Lymantria Hübner [1819] and Orgyia Ochsenheimer 1810 or Dasychira Hübner [1809] are placed in the same family-group taxon (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1283
Lymnaea Lamarck 1799, Mém. Soc. Hist. nat. Paris, 1799: 75 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Fleming 1818 (Ency. Brit. (Suppl. 4th, 5th & 6th eds.), 3: 313): Helix stagnalis Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 774) (Gastropoda). Opinion 495
Lymnaea Oken 1815, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3 (Zool.) (1): 236 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 495
LYMNAEADAE Gray 1824, Ann. Phil., 25: 107 (type genus: Lymnaea Lamarck 1799) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for LYMNAEIDAE (correction of LYMNIDIA) Rafinesque 1815). Opinion 495
LYMNAEIDAE (correction of LYMNIDIA) Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 144 (type genus: Lymnaea Lamarck 1799) (Gastropoda). Opinion 495
Lymnaeus Cuvier 1817, Règne Anim. (ed. 2), 2: 412 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Lymnaea Lamarck 1799). Opinion 495
Lymnea Link 1807, Beschr. nat.-Samml. Univ. Rostock, 3: 138 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Lymnaea Lamarck 1799). Opinion 495
Lymneigenus [Renier] [1807] [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
Lymneus Férussac 1812, Ann. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 9: 252 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Lymnaea Lamarck 1799). Opinion 495
LYMNIDIA Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 144 (type genus: Lymnaea Lamarck 1799) (an incorrect original spelling for LYMNAEIDAE Rafinesque 1815). Opinion 495
Lymnium Oken 1815, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3 (Zool.) (1): 236, 237 (published in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 495
Lymnoea Lamarck 1799, Mém. Soc. Hist. nat. Paris, 1799: 75 (an incorrect original spelling for Lymnaea Lamarck 1799). Opinion 495
Lymnoea Suter 1913, Manual N.Z. Moll.: 604 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Lymnaea Lamarck 1799). Opinion 495
Lymnoeus Michelin 1831, Mag. Zool., 1: 22 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Lymnaea Lamarck 1799). Opinion 495
Lymnula Rafinesque 1819, J. Phys. Chim. Hist. nat., 88: 423 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Lymnaea Lamarck 1799). Opinion 495
Lymnus Montfort 1810, Conch. syst. Class. méth. Coquilles, 2: 262 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Lymnaea Lamarck 1799). Opinion 495
LYNCEIDAE Sayce 1902, Proc. roy. Soc. Victoria (n.s.), 15: 257 (type genus: Lynceus Müller 1776) (Crustacea, Branchiopoda). Opinion 532
Lynceus Gray 1821, London med. Reposit., 15: 302 (a junior homonym of Lynceus Müller 1776). Opinion 532
Lynceus Müller 1776, Zool. dan. Prodr.: xxvii, 199 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Latreille 1810 (Consid. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 421, 91): Lynceus brachyurus Müller 1776, Zool. dan. Prodr.: 199) (Crustacea, Branchiopoda). Opinion 532
Lynx Kerr 1792, Anim. Kingd.: 32, 155 (gender: masculine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy: Felis lynx Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 43) (Mammalia). Opinion 91
lynx Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Felis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 43 (specific name of the type species of Lynx Kerr 1792) (Mammalia). Direction 22
Lypesthes Baly 1863 (Insecta, Coleoptera): usage not conserved and priority maintained for Fidia Motschulsky 1860. ICZN 2009: Opinion 2227 (Case 3375)
lyra Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Callionymus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 249 (specific name of the type species of Callionymus Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 57
lyrifer Remy 1936 [originally in Scleropauropus], Zoologischer Anzeiger, 116: 316, a junior objective synonym of Scleropauropus hastifer Silvestri 1902, as defined by the neotype (specimen at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, labelled ‘Scleropauropus lyrifer Remy ad. Montgaillard prés Périgueux. Été 1946. F. Grandjean’) designated under the plenary power (Myriapoda). Opinion 2235
Lyristes Horvath 1926 (Hemiptera). ICZN 2021: Opinion 2475
Lyristinae Gomez-Menor 1957 (Hemiptera). ICZN 2021: Opinion 2475
Lyrus Brullé 1837, in Audouin & Brullé, Hist. nat. Ins., 6 (Coleopt., 3): 108 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Zyras Stephens 1835). Opinion 599
Lysandra Hemming 1933, Entomologist, 66: 277 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Papilio coridon Poda 1761, Ins. Mus. graec.: 77) for use by those who consider that the type species of this genus is not congeneric with Papilio icarus Rottemburg 1775, the type species of Polyommatus Latreille 1804 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 429
Lysiosquilla Dana 1852, U.S. explor. Exped., 13: 616 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Fowler 1912 (Ann. Rep. New Jersey State Mus., 1911: 539): Lysiosquilla inornata Dana 1852, U.S. explor. Exped., 13: 616) (Crustacea, Stomatopoda). Opinion 294
Lysippe Kinahan 1858, Nat. Hist. Rev., 5: 266-271 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 347
Lysippe Malmgren 1865, Öfvers K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl, Stockholm, 22: 367 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Lysippe labiata Malmgren 1865, Öfvers. K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl., Stockholm, 22: 367) (Polychaeta). Opinion 347
lysippus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Papilio], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 484 (specific name of the type species of Riodina Westwood [1851]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1073
Lysmata Risso 1816, Hist. nat. Crust. Nice: 175 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Milne Edwards 1837 (Cuvier’s Règne Anim. (ed. 3, Disciples ed.), 18: pl. 54, fig. 3): Melicerta seticaudata Risso 1816, Hist. nat. Crust. Nice: 110) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 522
LYSMATINAE Dana 1852, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 16, 20 (type genus: Lysmata Risso 1816) for use by those who consider that Lysmata Risso and Hippolyte [Leach 1814] belong to different family-group taxa, but not to be used in preference to HIPPOLYTIDAE Bate 1888 by those specialists who consider that these genera belong to the same family-group taxon (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Lystrophis Cope 1885, Proc. amer. phil. Soc., 22: 193 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Heterodon dorbignyi Duméril Bibron & Duméril 1854, in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Erpét. Gén., 7: 772) (Reptilia). Opinion 698
Lytoceras Suess 1865, SitzBer. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien (Math. nat. Cl.), 52 (No. 1): 78 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Ammonites fimbriatus Sowerby 1817, Min. Conch., 2: 145) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 130