International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

Mi

micans Kugelmann 1794 [originally in Bostrichus], Mag. Lieb. Entomol. [Schneider’s], 5: 523 (specific name of the type species of Dendroctonus Erichson 1836) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 670

michahellesii Fitzinger 1864 [originally in Podarcis], in Erber, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 14: 703 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 642

michiganensis La Rocque 1948 [originally in Follmannella], Univ. Microfilms Publ., No. 1059: 17 (included in a work issued in microfilm and rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 318  

Micracanthus Sauvage 1879, Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, (7)3: 95 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 2043 

Micraster Agassiz 1836, Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. Neuchâtel, 1: 184 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Forbes 1850 (Mem. geol. Surv. U.K., Dec. 3: pl. 10, p. 2): Spatangus coranguinum Leske 1778, Addit. J.T. Klein nat. Disp. Echin.: 221) (Echinoidea). Opinion 608

Micratya Bouvier 1913, Bull. Soc. entomol. France, 1913: 181 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Atya poeyi Guérin-Méneville 1856, in Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Hist. nat., 7: xviii) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470

Micrischyrus Alvarenga 1965, Boletim da Universidade Federal do Paraná, Zoologia, 2(6): 86 (a junior objective synonym of Ischyrus Lacordaire 1842) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1824 

microbiplex Quenstedt 1887 [originally in Ammonites], Die Ammoniten des Schwäbischen Jura, p. 876 (specific name of the type species of Microbiplices Arkell 1936) (Ammonoidea). Opinion 2123  

Microcephalops De Meyer 1989, Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Entomologie), 59: 120 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Pipunculus banksi Aczél 1940) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2000 

Microcephalops De Meyer 1989, Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Entomologie), 59: 120 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Pipunculus banksi Aczél 1940) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2000; original entry amended as per BZN 67: 118.

microcephalus Brook 1889 [originally in Lepadogaster], Proc. roy. phys. Soc. Edinburgh, 10: 166, pl. 7, figs. 1-4 (specific name of the type species of Apletodon Briggs 1955) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 638

Microcerotermes Silvestri 1901 (Insecta, Isoptera): application to conserve name not approved. ICZN 2007: Opinion 2168 (Case 3292)

Microchrysa Loew 1855, Verhandlungen des zoologisch-botanischen Vereins in Wien, 5: 146 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Musca polita Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1443

microdon Allen 1919 [originally in Xenogale], J. Mamm., 1: 27 (specific name of the type species of Xenogale Allen 1919) (Mammalia). Opinion 384  

Microdryas Laseron 1950, Rec. Australian Mus., 22(3): 277 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Epigrus iravadioides Gatliff & Gabriel 1913, Proc. roy. Soc. Victoria N.S., 26(1): 67) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1181  

Microfasciolites Gaemers 1978, Leidse Geologische Mededelingen, 51: 106 (a junior objective synonym of Alveolina d’Orbigny 1826) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1501

Microgaster Latreille 1804, Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle, vol. 24, p. 175 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Microgaster australis Thomson 1895) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1510  

Microhoria Chevrolat 1877 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2377

microlepis Jan 1865 [originally in Sphalerosophis (sic)], in Filippi, Note Viaggio Persia: 356, 357 (specific name of the type species of Spalerosophis Jan 1865) (Reptilia). Opinion 794

Micronecta Kirkaldy 1897, Entomologist, 30: 260 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Notonecta minutissima Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 439) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 739  

MICRONECTINAE Jaczewski 1924, Ann. Zool. Mus. Pol. N.H., 3: 3 (type genus: Micronecta Kirkaldy 1897) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 739

Micropanope Stimpson [1871], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 2 (No. 2): 139 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Micropanope sculptipes Stimpson [1871], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 2 (No. 2): 140) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37

Micropeza Meigen 1803, Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 2: 276 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Musca corrigiolata Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 955) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 369 

MICROPEZIDAE Loew 1862, Smithson. misc. Coll., 6 (Art. 1): 38 (type genus: Micropeza Meigen 1803) (Insecta, Diptera). Direction 41

Microphthalmus Gortani 1907, Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna, (6)4: 229 (a junior homonym of Microphthalmus Mecznikow 1865) (Trilobita). Opinion 2006

MICROPODIDAE Stejneger 1885, in Kingsley, Standard nat. Hist., 4: 437 (type genus: Micropus Wolf 1810) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 502

micropogon Cope 1865 [originally in Ceratichthys], Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 16(5): 277, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. USNM 166416 in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.) designated under the plenary power (Osteichthyes). Opinion 2002

Microporella Hincks 1877, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (4)20: 526 (gender: feminine) (type species, byoriginal designation: Eschara ciliata Pallas 1766, Elench. Zooph.: 38) (Bryozoa). Opinion 458 

MICROPORELLIDAE Hincks 1880, Hist. brit. mar. Polyzoa, 1: 204 (type genus: Microporella Hincks 1877) (Bryozoa). Opinion 458 

microps Milne Edwards & Bouvier 1892 [originally in Catapaguroides], Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (7)13: 211 (specific name of the type species of Catapaguroides Milne Edwards & Bouvier 1892) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712

microps Alcock & Anderson 1894 [originally in Xanthodes], J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, 63(2): 183 (specific name of the type species of Orphnoxanthus Alcock 1898) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36 

Micropteron Eschricht 1849, K. dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., (5)1: 97 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Micropterus Wagner 1846). Opinion 1289

Micropus Denny 1842, Monogr. Anoplurorum Brit.: 247 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf 1810). Opinion 502 

Micropus Gray 1831, Zool. Miscell. (1): 20 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf 1810). Opinion 502  

Micropus Hübner 1818, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett., 1: 24 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf 1810). Opinion 502 

Micropus Kner 1868, SitzBer. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien (Math.-Nat. Cl.), 58(1): 29, 322 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf 1810). Opinion 502 

Micropus Spinola 1837, Essai Genres Ins. Ordre Hémipt.: 218 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf 1810). Opinion 502

Micropus Swainson [1832], in Richardson, Fauna bor.-amer., 2: 486 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf 1810). Opinion 502 

Micropus Wolf 1810, in Meyer & Wolf, Taschenb. deuts. Vögelk., 1: 280 (a junior objective synonym of Apus Scopoli 1777). Opinion 502  

Microsaurus Dejean 1833, Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean, p. 61 (gender: masculine) (type species, designated under the plenary power: Staphylinus ochripennis Ménétriés 1832) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2115

Microspongia Miller & Dyer 1878, Cincinnati Society of Natural History Journal, 1: 37 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Porifera). Opinion 2134

MICROSPONGIIDAE Howell 1940, Bulletin of the Wagner Free Institute of Sciences, 15: 45 (invalid because the name of the type genus, Microspongia Miller & Dyer 1878, is suppressed) (Porifera). Opinion 2134  

MICROSPORIDAE Crotch 1873, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 13: 78 (type genus: Microsporus Kolenati 1846) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1331, Opinion 1957

Microsporus Kolenati 1846, Melet. entomol., 5: 64 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Microsporus obsidianus Kolenati 1846, Melet. entomol., 5: 64) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1331

Microterys Thomson [1876], Scandinaviens Hymenopteren, 4: 155 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Ashmead 1900 (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 22: 390-394): Encyrtus sylvius Dalman 1820, K. svensk. Ventenskaps Akad. Handl., (1)20: 154) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1110

Microura Gould 1837, Icones Avium (1): expl. to pl. 5 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 695

Micrurus Wagler 1824, in Spix, Serpentium brasiliensium (Munich): 48 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Micrurus spixii Wagler 1824, in Spix, Serpentium brasiliensium (Munich): 48) ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the generic name Elaps Schneider 1801 whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Reptilia). Opinion 1201  

miersi de Man 1888 [originally in Harpilius], J. linn. Soc. London (Zool.), 22: 274 (specific name of the type species of Anchistus Borradaile 1898) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470

miersi Holthuis 1952 [originally in Penaeopsis], Rés. sci. Expéd. océanogr. Belge Atlant. Sud, 3(2): 80 (specific name of the type species, through Metapenaeopsis pubescens Bouvier 1905, of Metapenaeopsis Bouvier 1905) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864

Miersia Kingsley 1880, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1879: 416 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 359 

miescheri Lankester 1882 [originally in Sarcocystis], Quart. J. micr. Sci. (n.s.), 22: 54, 60 (a junior objective synonym of miescherianum Kühn 1865 [originally in Synchytrium]). Direction 76  

miescherianum Kühn 1865 [originally in Synchytrium], Mitt. landwirthsch. Inst. Halle: 68 (specific name of the type species of Sarcocystis Lankester 1882) (Sporozoa). Direction 77 

Mieza Walker 1854, List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, part 2, p. 527 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1927 

migrans La Rocque 1948 [originally in Limoptera], Univ. Microfilm Publ., No. 1059: 47 (included in a work issued in microfilm and rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 318

migratoria Linnaeus 1766 [originally in Columba], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1, p. 285 (specific name of the type species of Ectopistes Swainson 1827) (Aves). Direction 18 

migratorius Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Gryllus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 432 (specific name of the type species of Locusta Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 299

Mikropteron Eschricht 1849, K. dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., (5)1: 98 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Micropterus Wagner 1846). Opinion 1289

MILACIDAE Ellis 1926, Brit. Snails: 252 (type genus: Milax Gray 1855) (Gastropoda). Direction 27

Milax Gray 1855, Cat. Pulmonata Brit. Mus.: 174 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Hesse 1926 (Abh. Arch. Molluskenk., 2: 31) and by Kennard & Woodward 1926 (Syn. brit. non-marine Moll.: 204): Limax gagates Draparnaud [1801], Tabl. Moll. terrestr. fluviat. France: 100) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335 

mildei Peters 1878 [originally in Amphisbaena], Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss., 1878: 778-781 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1131

milensis Bedriaga 1882 [originally in Lacerta muralis fusca var.], Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou, 56(3): 98 (conserved under the plenary power) (Reptilia). Opinion 642 

miles Fabricius 1787 [originally in Pagurus], Mantissa Ins., 1: 327 (specific name of the type species of Diogenes Dana 1851) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 472

miliaris Bertrand 1763 [originally in Cidaris], Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 102 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592  

militaris Storr 1975 [originally in Ctenotus], Records of The Western Australian Museum, 3: 231, as defined by the holotype (registration number R40779 in the Western Australian Museum) (Reptilia). Opinion 2090 

militaris Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Emberiza], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 178 (valid name at the date of Direction 43 of the type species of Leistes Vigors 1825) (Aves). Direction 43 

militaris Fabricius 1781 [originally in Formica], Species Insectorum ..., vol. 1, p. 493 (specific name of the type species of Myrma Billberg 1820) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1919

militaris Penard 1890 [originally in Nebela] (Arcellinida). ICZN 2023: Opinion 2493

milium Held 1836 [originally in Pisidium], Isis (Oken), 29: 281 (Bivalvia). Opinion 336  

milneedwardsii Miers 1886 [originally in Paracyclois], Rep. Voy. Challenger’ (Zool.), 17 (No. 2): 289 (specific name of the type species of Paracyclois Miers 1886) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36

Mimecomutilla Ashmead 1903, Canad. Entomol., 35(12): 327 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Mimecomutilla renominanda Bischoff 1921, Arch. Naturgesch. (A), 86(4): 508) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1000 

Mimocaris Nobili 1903, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. comp. Torino, 18(447): 5 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Mimocaris heterocarpoides Nobili 1903, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. comp. Torino, 18(447): 6) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470

mimosa (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti 1864) [originally in Aiptasia] (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Actiniaria): precedence by Dysactis pallida Agassiz in Verrill 1864 not approved. ICZN 2017: Opinion 2404 (Case 3633)

mimulus Sharp 1874 [originally in Philonthus], Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1874: 38, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of P. mimulus Rottenberg 1870 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053  

mindanense Reeve 1844 [originally in Cardium], Conchologia Iconica, vol. 2. Pl. 4, fig. 19 as defined by the lectotype designated by Vidal (1998) (Bivalvia) Opinion 2197.

minima Baird & Baird 1843 [originally in Tyrannula], Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1: 284 (Aves, Passeriformes). Opinion 1885

minimum Müller 1774 [originally in Carychium], Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 125 (specific name of the type species of Carychium Müller 1774) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335

minimus Miller 1826 [originally in Belemnites], Trans. geol. Soc. London, (2)2: 62, pl. ix, fig. 6 (Cephalopoda). Opinion 430 

minimus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Conus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 714 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of  Homonymy). Opinion 753 

minimus Forsskål 1775 [originally in Limax], Descr. Anim.: 100 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 773

minimus Fuessly 1775 [originally in Papilio], Verz. bekannt. schweiz. Ins.: 31 (specific name of the type species of Cupido Schrank 1801) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 503

minimus Skjöldebrand 1777 [originally in Vulpes], K. svenska Vetensk.Akad. Handl., 38: 265-267 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1129

minor Cornide 1788 [originally in Arengus], Hist. Peces Galicia: 91 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 799 

minor Lartet 1851 [originally in Cricetodon], Notice sur la colline de Sansan ..., p. 19, as defined by the neotype designated by Freudenthal 1969, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 25: 180, it having been ruled by the Commission that the lectotype designation by Fahlbusch 1964, Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, (n.f.)118: 19, is invalid (Mammalia, Rodentia). Opinion 1419 

minor De Geer 1774 [originally in Elater fuscus] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

minor McCoy 1849 [originally in Fistulipora], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (2)3: 130 (specific name of the type species of Fistulipora McCoy 1849) (Bryozoa). Opinion 459

minor Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Forficula], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 423 (specific name of the type species of Labia [Leach 1815]) (Insecta, Dermaptera). Direction 5 

minor Retzius 1783 [originally in Formica nigra] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

minor Lubbock 1862 [originally in Macrotoma], Trans. linn. Soc. London (Zool.), 23: 598 (specific name of the type species of Tomocerus Nicolet [1842]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 239  

minor De Geer 1776 [originally in Musca vivipara] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

minor Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena diura] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

minor Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena strobilorum pini] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

minor Retzius 1783 [originally in Tenthredo pectinata] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

minor Suckow 1798 [originally in Testudo mydas], Anfangsgr. Naturgesch. Thiere, 3: 30 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 660 

minus Say 1818 [originally in Gammarus], J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1: 376 (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Opinion 1133 

minuscula Binney 1840 [originally in Helix], Boston J. nat. Hist., 3(4): 435 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336  

minuta Fabricius 1780 [originally in Aphrodita], Fauna Groenlandica, p. 314 (Polychaeta). Opinion 1666  

minuta Pennant 1777 [originally in Aphrodita], British Zoology, Ed. 4, vol. 4, p. 38 (quarto edition), and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Aphrodita minuta Fabricius 1780 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Polychaeta). Opinion 1666  

minuta Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Buprestis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, p. 410, specific name of the type species of Trachys Fabricius 1801 (Coleoptera). Opinion 2222. 

minuta Buckman 1845 [originally in Cidaris], in Murchison, Geology of Cheltenham (ed. 2): 81 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 626 

minuta Cabanis 1849 [originally in Euphonia], in Schomburgk, Reisen Brit. Guiana, 3: 671 (valid name at the date of Opinion 852 of the type species of Euphonia Desmarest [1806]) (Aves). Opinion 852

minuta Gmelin 1790 [originally in Notonecta], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 4, p. 2119 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1782

minuta Fabricius 1783 [originally in Podura], K. danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., 2(2): 307 (specific name of the type species of Dicyrtomina Börner 1903) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 1092

minuta Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Podura], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1013, and all uses prior to minuta Fabricius 1783 [originally in Podura] (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1092

minuta Fabricius 1794 [originally in Sigara], Entomologia systematica, emendata et aucta, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, p. 60 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1491

minuta Draparnaud 1805 [originally in Valvata], Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France, p. 42, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. 100485 in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna) designated under the plenary power (Gastropoda).Opinion 2035 minutator Fabricius 1798 [originally in Ichneumon], Suppl. Entomol. syst.: 225 (specific name of the type species of Bracon Fabricius [1804-1805]) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Direction 2 

minutior Sulzer 1776 [originally in Notonecta], Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten, part 2, p. 91 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1782

minutissima Rossi 1790 [originally in Apis], Fauna Etrusca, 2: 109, Liburni (Pisis) (specific name of the type species of Nomioides Schenck 1866) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1319

minutissima Lea 1841 [originally in Helix], Trans. amer. phil. Soc., 9: 17 (specific name of the type species of Punctum Morse 1864) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335 

minutissima Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Notonecta], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 439 (specific name of the type species of Micronecta Kirkaldy 1897) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 739  

minutum Fabricius 1775 [originally in Sphaeridium], Syst. Entomol.: 68 (specific name of the type species of Cryptopleurum Mulsant 1844) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1178

minutus Krøyer 1845 [originally in Calanus], in Gaimard, Voyages ... en Scandinavie ... pendant ... 1838, 1839 et 1840 su la Corvette La Recherche, Zoologie (Crustacés), Atlas, pl. 41, fig. 4 (senior subjective synonym of Clausia elongata Boeck 1865, the type species of Pseudocalanus Boeck 1873) (Copepoda). Opinion 1503 

minutus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cancer], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 625 (valid name at the date of Direction 36 of the type species of Planes Bowditch 1825) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36 

minutus [in Echinus], all uses of, prior to minutus Buckman 1845 [originally in Echinus] (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 626 

minutus Buckman 1845 [originally in Echinus], in Murchison, Geology of Cheltenham (ed. 2): 81 (conserved under the plenary power) (Echinoidea). Opinion 626

minutus Gmelin 1790 [originally in Echinus], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3194 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 626

minutus Pallas 1774 [originally in Echinus], [Spicil. Zool. (10): 34] (not made available in the work cited). Opinion 626

minutus Cuvier 1797 [originally in Lemur]: neotype not designated. ICZN 2021: Opinion 2469 (Case 3742) 

minutus Coiffait 1962 [originally in Xantholinus], Comptes Rendus des Séances Mensuelles Société des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc, 28: 73, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of X. minutus Lacordaire 1835 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053

Miopentamerus Alexander (née Caldwell) 1936, Abstr. geol. Soc. London, 1315: 116, 117 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 297 

Miopentamerus Woods 1937, Palaeontology (ed. 7): 209, 210 (a junior objective synonym of Pentamerus Sowerby 1813). Opinion 297

Miotermes Rosen 1913. Transactions of the Second International Congress of Entomology, Oxford 1912, 2: 325 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Termopsis procera Heer 1849) (Insecta, Isoptera). Opinion 2124

Mira Schellenberg 1803, Gen. Mouch. dipt.: 68 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Mira macrocera Schellenberg 1803, Gen. Mouch. dipt.: 68) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 898  

mira Hudson 1871 [originally in Pedalion], Mon. microscOpinion J., 6: 121 (Rotifera). Opinion 326

mirabilis Murray 1877 [originally in Lychnoculus], 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

mirabilis Perkins 1912 [originally in Neopasiphae], Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8)9: 115 (specific name of the type species of Neopasiphae Perkins 1912) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1713 

mirabilis Münster 1834 [originally in Nothosaurus], Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde, 1834: 525 (specific name of the type species of Nothosaurus Münster 1834) (Reptilia, Sauropterygia). Opinion 1907

mirabilis Tullberg 1871 [originally in Triaena], Öfvers. k. Vetensk.Akad. Förh., 28: 155 (specific name of the type species of Friesea von Dalla Torre 1895) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 1049

MIRAINI (emendation under the plenary power of MIRINI) Ashmead 1900, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 22: 327 (type genus: Mira Schellenberg 1803) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 898

mirandaribeiroi Nelson & Lescure 1975 [originally in Synapturanus], Herpetologica, 31: 394 (specific name of the type species of Synapturanus Carvalho 1954) (Amphibia, Anura). Opinion 1513  

MIRIDAE (correction of MIRIDES) Hahn 1833, Wanzen. Ins., 1: 234 (type genus: Miris Fabricius 1794) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 898

MIRIDIDAE Timberlake 1962, Entomol. News, 73(3): 66 (type genus: Miris Fabricius 1794) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for MIRIDAE Hahn 1833). Opinion 898

MIRINI Ashmead 1900, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 22: 327 (type genus: Mira Schellenberg 1803) (ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling for MIRAINI Ashmead 1900). Opinion 898

Miris Fabricius 1794, Entomol. Syst., 4: 215 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Latreille 1810 (Consid. gén. Anim. Crust. Arachn. Ins.: 433): Cimex striatus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 449) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 898

Mirochernes Beier 1930, Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 44: 216 (gender: masculine) (type species, confirmed by the Commission to be by original designation: Chelanops dentatus Banks 1895) (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida). Opinion 1653 

Mirolepisma Silvestri 1938 (Zygentoma). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2427

mirus Walckenaer 1837 [originally in Dolomedes], Hist. nat. Ins., Aptères, 1: 357, 358 (specific name of the type species of Pisaurina Simon 1898) (Arachnida). Opinion 1083

mirza Plotz 1880 [originally in Lycaena], Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 41: 203 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1478 

mirza Staudinger 1874 [originally in Lycaena], Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 35: 90 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1478  

mirzaellus Koçak 1980 [originally in Azanus], Nota Lepidopterologica, 2: 141 (a junior objective synonym of Lycaena mirza Plotz 1880) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1478  

miser Nees 1834 [originally in Eulophus], Hymenopt. Ichneum., 2: 173 (valid name at the date of Opinion 720 of the type species of Tetrastichus Haliday 1844) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 720

Misocampe Latreille 1818, Nouv. Dict. Hist. nat. (ed. 2), 21: 213 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Direction 4

missisipensis Gray 1831 [originally in Alligator], Syn. Rept.: 62 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for mississippiensis (emendation of mississipiensis) Daudin [1801] [originally in Crocodilus]). Direction 97  

mississipiensis Daudin [1801] [originally in Crocodilus], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. Rept., 2: 412, nota (1) (an incorrect original spelling for mississippiensis Daudin [1801] [originally in Crocodilus]). Direction 97

mississippiensis (emendation under the plenary power of mississipiensis) Daudin [1801] [originally in Crocodilus], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. Rept., 2: 412, nota (1) (specific name of the type species of Alligator Cuvier 1807) (Reptilia). Direction 97 

missouriensis Jackson 1896 [originally in Oligoporus], Bull. geol. Soc. Amer., 7: 184-186, pl. 9, figs. 50-52 (specific name of the type species of Lovenechinus Jackson 1912) (Echinoidea). Opinion 372

mistroides Monticelli 1896 [originally in Mesogonimus], Internationale Monatsschrift für Anatomie und Physiologie (Leipzig), 13: 144 (senior subjective synonym of the specific name of Hapalotrema loossi Price 1934, the type species of Hapalotrema Looss 1899) (Digenea). Opinion 1875 

misumenus Gyllenhal in Schönherr 1840 [originally in Somatodes], Genera et species curculionidum, vol. 5, part 2, p. 801 (specific name of the type species of Somatodes Schönherr 1840) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1770

Mithion Simon 1884, Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 9: 4 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Mithion semiargenteus Simon 1884), ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over Thyene Simon 1885 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Arachnida, Araneae). Opinion 1625 

Mitobates Sundevall 1833, Conspectus arachnidum, p. 34 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation and by monotypy: Mitobates triangulus Sundevall 1833) (Arachnida, Opiliones). Opinion 1703 

Mitra Lamarck [1798], Ency. méth., Tabl. Vers: pl. 369 (gender: feminine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy: Voluta mitra Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, pp. 732, 733) (Gastropoda). Opinion 885

mitra Eschscholtz 1833 [originally in Acmaea], Zool. Atlas, 5: 18 (specific name of the type species of Acmaea Eschscholtz 1833) (Gastropoda). Opinion 344

mitra Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Voluta], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, pp. 732, 733 (specific name of the type species of Mitra Lamarck [1798]) (Gastropoda). Opinion 885

mitrata Eschscholtz 1821 [originally in Presbytis], in Kotzebue, Entdeckungsreise in die Sud-See und nach den Berings- Strasse zur Erforschung einer nordostlichen Durchfahrt unternommen in der Jahren 1815-1818 (Weimar, Gebrüder Hoffmann), 3: 196 (specific name of the type species of Presbytis Eschscholtz 1821) (Mammalia). Opinion 1202

mitrata Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Rana], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 19 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380 

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

Mixosaurus Baur 1887, Bericht über die XX Versammlung des Oberrheinischen geologischen Vereins, p. 19 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Ichthyosaurus cornalianus Bassani 1886) (Reptilia). Opinion 1977

mixta Fabricius 1794 [originally in Cicada], Entomol. syst., 4: 39 (specific name of the type species of Allygus Fieber 1872) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 1365

mixtus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Labrus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 287, as defined by the neotype (catalogue no. UUZM 193 in the Uppsala University Zoological Museum, Sweden) designated by Kullander 1997, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 54: 113 (specific name of the type species of Labrus Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1954