International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
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NABINI Costa 1852, Cimicum regni neapolitani centuria tertia et quartae fragmentum (Naples): 66 (type genus: Nabis Latreille [1802]) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Direction 109
nabirop Temminck 1807 [originally in Sturnus], Catalogue systématique du cabinet d’ornithologie et de la collection de quadrumanes de Crd. Jb. Temminck, p. 85 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Aves). Opinion 1859
Nabis Latreille [1802], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 248 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Westwood [1840] (Introd. Mod. Class. Ins., 2, Syn. Gen. brit. Ins.: 120): Cimex vagans Fabricius 1787, Mantissa Ins., 2: 307, valid name: Cimex ferus Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 104, Direction 63
Nacaduba Moore [1881], The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, vol. 1, part 3, p. 88 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Lampides prominens Moore 1877), ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over Pepliphorus Hübner [1819] whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1773
nagelii [anon.] [1840] [originally in Gulo], Verz. Java Samml. Thier. Holzapfel: No. 17 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 273
Nahecaris Jaekel 1921, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 72: 290 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: N. stuertzi Jaekel 1921, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the name Dilophaspis Traquair in Walther 1903 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Malacostraca). Opinion 2109
NAIDIDAE Ehrenberg 1828, Symbolae physicae. Animalia evertebrata, p. 59 (type genus: Nais Müller 1774) (Annelida). Opinion 2167
Nais Müller 1774, Vermium Terrestrium et Fluviatilium, seu Animalium, Infusoriorum, Helminthicorum et Testaceorum, non Marinorum, Succincta Historia, vol. 1, part 2, p. 20 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Sperber 1948, Zoologiska Bidrag från Uppsala, 28: 102: Nais barbata Müller 1774) (Annelida). Opinion 2167
nais Forster 1771 [originally in Papilio], Nov. Spec. Ins., 1: 73 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Direction 2
Najas Hübner [1806], Tentamen: [1] (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 278
Najas Hübner [1807], Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, vol. 1, pl. [60] (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 1380
Najas Hübner 1808, Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 3 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 789
najas de Geer 1773 [originally in Cimex], Mém. Hist. Ins., 3: 313 (specific name of the type species of Aquarius Schellenberg 1800) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 247
nama Hamilton-Buchanan 1822 [originally in Chanda], An account of the fishes of the Ganges: 109 (specific name of the type species of Chanda Hamilton-Buchanan 1822) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1121
Nana Schumacher 1817, Essai nouv. Syst. Habitations Vers test.: 225 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 793
nana Gmelin 1790 [originally in Buprestis], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 4, p. 1940 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 322
nana Paykull 1799 [originally in Buprestis], Fauna suecica, 2: 233 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1322
nana Alder & Hancock 1842 [originally in Eolis], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 9: 36 (specific name of the type species of Cuthona Alder & Hancock 1855) (Gastropoda). Opinion 773
Nandinia Gray 1843, List Mamm. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 54 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Viverra binotata Gray 1830, Spicil. zool. (2): 9) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
NANDINIIDAE Pocock 1929, Ency. Brit. (ed. 14), 3: 898 (type genus: Nandinia Gray 1843) (Mammalia). Direction 53
nannodes Cope 1864 [originally in Anolis], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 16: 173, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Smith & Follett 1960 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 18: 78) (Reptilia). Opinion 637
Nanodes Schönherr 1825, Isis (von Oken), 1825: col. 587 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1526
Nanodes Stephens 1826, in Shaw, General Zoology or systematic Natural History commenced by the late George Shaw, M.D., F.R.S. &c., vol. 14, p. 118 (a junior homonym of Nanodes Schönherr 1825) (Aves). Opinion 1526
Nanophyes Schönherr 1838, Genera et species Curculionidum ..., vol. 4(2), p. 780 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation for Nanodes by Schönherr 1825, Isis (von Oken), 1838: col. 587: Curculio lythri Fabricius 1787, a junior subjective synonym of Curculio marmoratus Goeze 1777) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1526
nanum Boulenger 1887 [originally in Cacosternum], Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (5)20: 52 (specific name of the type species of Cacosternum Boulenger 1887) (Amphibia, Anura). Opinion 1921
nanus Peters 1852 [originally in Vespertilio], Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mozambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV. in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Zoologie, 1. Säugethiere, p. 63, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the name Vespertilio pipistrellus africanus Rüppell 1842 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Mammalia). Opinion 2120
Napaea Hübner [1819], Samml. exot. Schmett., 1: pl. [34] (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Cremna eucharila Bates 1867, Trans. entomol. Soc. London, (3)5: 543, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Hemming 1964 (Annot. Lep., 1: 102)) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 820
Napomyza Curtis 1837, A guide to an arrangement of British Insects; being a catalogue of all the named species hitherto discovered in Great Britain and Ireland, p. 282, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Napomyza Westwood 1840 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1477
Napomyza Westwood 1840, An introduction to the modern classification of insects. Synopsis of the genera of British insects, p. 152 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Phytomyza festiva Meigen 1830 = Phytomyza elegans Meigen 1830 by the first reviser action of Hendel 1920, Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 84: 148) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1477
narcissus Fabricius 1775 [originally in Papilio] (Lepidoptera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2359
narcissus Fabricius 1798 [originally in Papilio] (Lepidoptera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2359
Narella Gray 1870, Catalogue of the lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum, p. 49 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Primnoa regularis Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860) (Coelenterata). Opinion 2122
Narica d’Orbigny (ex Récluz MS) 1842 (?), in Sagra, Cuba, Moll. (French ed.), 2: 39 (a junior objective synonym of Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard 1832). Opinion 1009
NARICIDAE Récluz 1846 [‘1845’], Mag. Zool., (2)7(9): 6 (type genus: Narica d’Orbigny (ex Récluz MS.) 1842 (?)) (based on a junior objective synonym of Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard 1832). Opinion 1009
narina Stephens 1815 [originally in Trogon], in Shaw, Gen. Zool. (Aves), 9(1): 14 (specific name of the type species of Apaloderma Swainson 1833) (Aves). Direction 43
nasalis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Oestrus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 584 (Insecta, Diptera). Direction 63
Nascio Gory & Laporte 1838, Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères, publiée par monographies séparées, Genre Nascio, p. 2 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Buprestis vetusta Boisduval 1835) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
nasica Krøyer 1841 [originally in Cuma], Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, (1)3: 524 (specific name of the type species of Leucon Krøyer 1846) (Cumacea). Opinion 1594
nassatula Lamarck 1822 [originally in Turbinella], Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres ..., vol. 7, p. 110 (specific name of the type species of Peristernia Mörch 1852) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1981
Nassigenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
Nasua Storr 1780, Prodr. Meth. Mamm.: 35, tab. A (gender: feminine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy: Viverra nasua Linnaeus 1766, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1, p. 64) (Mammalia). Opinion 91
nasua Wagler 1830 [originally in Vipera], Natürl. Syst. Amph.: 171 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 698
nasua Linnaeus 1766 [originally in Viverra], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1, p. 64 (specific name of the type species of Nasua Storr 1780) (Mammalia). Direction 22
Nasus Basilewsky 1855, Nouv. Mém. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou, 10: 234 (gender: masculine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy: Cyprinus nasus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 325) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 513
nasus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cyprinus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 325 (specific name of the type species of Nasus Basilewsky 1855) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 513
Nasutitermes Dudley 1890 (Insecta, Isoptera): application to conserve name not approved. ICZN 2007: Opinion 2168 (Case 3292)
NASUTITERMITINAE Hare 1937 (Insecta, Isoptera): application to conserve name not approved. ICZN 2007: Opinion 2168 (Case 3292)
nasutus Lacepède 1789 [originally in Coluber], Hist. nat. Quad. ovip. Serpens, 2: 100 (valid name at the date of Opinion 524 of the type species of Ahaetulla Link 1807) (Reptilia). Opinion 524
natalensis Smith 1849 [originally in Stenorhynchus], Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa ... Reptilia, Appendix, pp. 23-24 (senior subjective synonym of Phrynobatrachus natalensis Günther 1862, the type species of Phrynobatrachus Günther 1862) (Amphibia, Anura). Opinion 1921
natalis Lesueur 1819 [originally in Pimelodus], Mémoires du Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, 5: 154 (senior subjective synonym of Silurus lividus Rafinesque 1820, the type species of Ameiurus Rafinesque 1820) (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes). Opinion 1584
natator Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Dytiscus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 412 (specific name of the type species of Gyrinus Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1754
Natica Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 143 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
Natichigenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
naticina Menke 1845 [originally in Valvata], Z. f. Malakzool., 2: 129 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
natka Gmelin 1788 [originally in Lanius], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2, p. 309 (Aves). Opinion 409
natrix Schlotheim 1820 [originally in Ammonites], Die Petrefaktenkunde: 162 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 996
nattereri Steindachner 1870 [originally in Philodryas], Sitz. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 62: 345 (Reptilia). Opinion 1211
NAUCORIDA [Leach 1815], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 9: 123 (type genus: Naucoris Geoffroy 1762) (an incorrect original spelling for NAUCORIDAE [Leach 1815]). Opinion 681
NAUCORIDAE (correction of NAUCORIDA) [Leach 1815], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 9: 123 (type genus: Naucoris Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 681
NAUCORIDEA Fieber 1851, Genera Hydrocoridum: 9, 15 (type genus: Naucoris Geoffroy 1762) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for NAUCORIDAE [Leach 1815]). Opinion 681
NAUCORIDES Fallén 1814, Spec. nov. Hemipt.: 3, 15 (type genus: Naucoris Fabricius 1775) (invalid because the name of the type genus is a junior homonym). Opinion 681
NAUCORIDI Acloque 1897, Faune de France, 2: 259, 398 (type genus: Naucoris Geoffroy 1762) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for NAUCORIDAE [Leach 1815]). Opinion 681
NAUCORINI Costa 1852, Cimicum Regni Neap. Centuria tertia et quartae: 65 (type genus: Naucoris Geoffroy 1762) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for NAUCORIDAE [Leach 1815], but available for use for a taxon belonging to any category within the family-group for which the termination ‘-INI’ is considered appropriate). Opinion 681
Naucoris Fabricius 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 693 (a junior homonym of Naucoris Geoffroy 1762). Opinion 681
Naucoris Geoffroy 1762, Hist. abrég. Ins. Paris., 1: 473-475 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Naucoris maculatus Fabricius 1798, Suppl. Entomol. syst.: 325) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 681
NAUCORISEAE Fieber 1851, Genera Hydrocoridum: 9 (type genus: Naucoris Geoffroy 1762) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for NAUCORIDAE [Leach 1815]). Opinion 681
naucrates (emendation of neucrates) Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Echeneis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 261 (specific name of the type species of Echeneis Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 242
Naucrates Rafinesque 1810, Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia ..., p. 43 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Jordan & Gilbert 1883, Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 16: 443: Gasterosteus ductor Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1799
naucum Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Bulla], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 726 (senior objective synonym of the specific name of Atys cymbulus de Montfort 1810, the type species of Atys de Montfort 1810) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1553
Nauticaris Bate 1888, Rep. Voy. ‘Challenger’ (Zool.), 24: 577, 602 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Calman 1906 (Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7)17: 31): Nauticaris marionis Bate 1888, Rep. Voy. ‘Challenger’ (Zool.), 24: 603) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Nautilus Schneider 1784, Samml. verm. Abhandl. Aufklär. Zool.: 120 (not made available in the work cited). Opinion 233
nautilus Schneider 1784 [originally in Octopodia], Samml. verm. Abhandl. Aufklär. Zool.: 120 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 233
navalis Fabricius 1775 [originally in Dermestes], Systema Entomologiae, p. 56 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1495
navalis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Teredo], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 651 (specific name of the type species of Teredo Linnaeus 1758) (Bivalvia). Direction 73
navicularis Mantell 1822 [originally in Ammonites], Fossils South Downs: 198 (specific name of the type species of Calycoceras Hyatt 1900) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 557
naxensis Werner 1889 [originally in Lacerta muralis fusca var.], Wiss. Mitt. Bosn. Hercegov., 6: 835 (conserved under the plenary power) (Reptilia). Opinion 642