International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
Ni
nibe Jordan & Thompson 1911 [originally in Sciaena], Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 39: 258 (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1272
nicholsoni Reed 1896 [originally in Cyphaspis (Törnquistia [sic])], Quart. J. geol. Soc. London, 52: 433 (specific name of the type species of Toernquistia (correction of Törnquistia) Reed 1896) (Trilobita). Opinion 367
niger Harris 1838 [originally in Aigocerus], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 6: 2 (Mammalia). Direction 23
niger Illiger 1798 [originally in Aphodius], Verzeichniss der Käfer Preussens. Entworfen von Johann Gottlieb Kugelann Apotheker in Osterode, p. 24, as defined by the lectotype labelled ‘Suec’ and ‘lectotype’ in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, designated by Krell F-T., Mann D.J., Angus R.B. & Maté J.F., 2003, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 60: 129 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2099
niger Müller [1776] [originally in Bucco], Linné vollständ. Natursyst., Suppl.: 89 (specific name of the type species of Capito Vieillot 1816) (Aves). Direction 43
niger Forskål 1775 [originally in Cancer], Descriptiones Animalium Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere orientali observavit. Petrus Forskal. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina, p. 89 (specific name of the type species of the genus Chlorodiella Rathbun 1897) (Crustacea) Opinion 2204
niger Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Curculio], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 67 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
niger Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Elater], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 75 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
niger Hartig 1840 [originally in Figites], Z. Entomol. (Germar), 2: 202 (valid name at the date of Direction 50 of the type species of Omalaspis Giraud 1860) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Direction 50.
niger Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Gobius], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 262 (specific name of the type species of Gobius Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 51
niger Panzer 1797 [originally in Scarabaeus], Fauna Insectorum Germaniae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten, Heft 37, p. 1 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2099
niger Geoffroy 1785 [originally in Scolytus], in Fourcroy, Entomol. paris: 139 (a junior objective synonym of scolytus Fabricius 1775 [originally in Bostrichus]). Opinion 683
niger Daudin 1803 [originally in Scytale], Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des reptiles, Paris: 342, and all uses of that name prior to the publication of Scytale neuwiedii var. nigrum Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854, Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles, Paris, 7: 1002 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1165
niger Lubbock 1868 [originally in Smynthurus], Trans. linn. Soc. London, 26: 297 (specific name of the type species of Sminthurinus Börner 1901) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 1027
niger Fabricius 1775 [originally in Sphex], Syst. Entomol.: 350 (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 997
niger Müller 1764 [originally in Staphylinus], Fauna Insectorum Fridrichsdalina, sive methodica descriptio insectorum agri Fridrichsdalensis, p. 23, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over Staphylinus splendens Fabricius 1793 whenever they are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2086
niger Kerr 1792 [originally in Vespertilio vampirus], The animal kingdom or zoological system of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class 1, Mammalia, p. 90 (specific name of the type species of Pteropus Brisson 1762) (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Opinion 1894
nigerrimus Scopoli 1763 [originally in Sphex], Entomol. carn.: 295 (specific name of the type species of Anoplius Dufour 1834) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 997
nigra Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Formica], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 580 (specific name of the type species of Lasius Fabricius [1804-1805]) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Direction 4
nigra Gmelin 1788 [originally in Paradisea (sic)], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2, p. 401 (specific name of the type species of Astrapia Vieillot 1816) (Aves). Direction 43
nigra De Geer 1778 [originally in Podura aquatica] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
nigra De Geer 1778 [originally in Podura arborea] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
nigra De Geer 1776 [originally in Tipula marci] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
nigrellus Zetterstedt 1838 [originally in Anthocoris], Ins. Lapp.: 265, as interpreted by the specimen described by Péricart 1966 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 23: 122) and designated as neotype under the plenary power (specific name of the type species of Elatophilus Reuter 1884) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 863
nigrescens Bartsch & Rehder 1939 [originally in Alvania], Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 98(10): 8 (specific name of the type species of Lirobarleeia Ponder 1983) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1888
nigricana Fabricius 1794 [originally in Pyralis], Entomologia Systematica, vol. 3, part 2, p. 276 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1528
nigricans Schlegel 1839 [originally in Typhlops], Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständig bekannter Amphibien: 38 (specific name of the type species of Leptotyphlops Fitzinger 1843) (Reptilia). Opinion 1207
nigricephala Jameson 1835 [originally in Tanagra], Edinburgh new Phil. J., 19: 213 (valid name at the date of Direction 43 of the type species of Spindalis Jardine & Selby 1836) (Aves). Direction 43
nigriceps Eppelsheim 1885 [originally in Philonthus], Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 29: 112, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of P. nigriceps Gemminger & Harold 1868 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
nigricollis Dwigubskij 1832 [originally in Coluber], Opyt estestv. Istorii, 3: 26 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 642
nigricollis Brehm 1831 [originally in Podiceps], Handb. Naturg. Vögel Deutschl.: 963 (Aves). Opinion 406
nigricorne Burmeister 1838 [originally in Acridium], Handb. Entomol., 2(2): 629 (specific name of the type species of Valanga Uvarov 1923) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 998
nigricornis Zetterstedt 1838 [originally in Anthocoris], Ins. Lapp.: 265, as interpreted by the specimen described by Péricart 1966 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 23: 122) and designated as neotype under the plenary power (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 863
nigrimana Zetterstedt 1846 [originally in Cordylura], Dipt. Scand., 5: 2040 (specific name of the type species of Acanthocnema Becker 1894) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 290
nigripes Fabricius 1792 [originally in Dermestes], Entomol. syst., 1(1): 233 (valid name at the date of Opinion 300 of the type species of Globicornis Latreille 1829) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 300
nigrofasciatus Buchholz & Peters 1875 [originally in Philothamnus], Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 199, 200, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the specific name carinatus Andersson 1901, as published in the binomen Chlorophis carinatus, whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Reptilia). Opinion 1214
nigrolimbatus Giebel 1874 [originally in Lipeurus], Insecta epizoa: 233 (specific name of the type species of Perineus Thompson 1936) (Insecta, Mallophaga). Opinion 656
nigrolineata Fieber 1848 [originally in Corisa], Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 21: 527 (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1782
nigromaculatus Motschulsky 1859 [originally in Pediopsis], Études Entomologiques, redigées par Victor de Motschulsky, vol. 8, p. 111 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Auchenorrhyncha). Opinion 1936
nigropictus Stål 1870 [originally in Thamnotettix], Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 27: 740 (Insecta, Auchenorrhyncha). Opinion 1936
nigroplanus Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Cerambyx], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 73 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
nigropunctata De Geer 1773 [originally in Aphis betulæ] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
nigropunctata De Geer 1773 [originally in Aphis tiliæ] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
nigropunctata Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena alba] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
nigropunctata Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena cana] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
nigropunctata Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena flava] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
nigropunctatus De Geer 1773 [originally in Cimex griseus] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
nigrostrigata Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena violacea] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
nigrum Coiffait 1982 [originally in Omalium], Senckenbergiana Biologica, 62: 151, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of O. nigrum Gravenhorst 1806 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
nigrum Gravenhorst 1806 [originally in Omalium], Monographia Coleopterorum Micropterorum, p. 212 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
nigrum Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854 [originally in Scytale neuwiedii var.], in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Erpét. Gén., 7: 1002 (Reptilia). Opinion 698
NIKIDAE Bate 1888, Rep. Voy. ‘Challenger’ (Zool.), 24: xii, xli, 480, 503 (type genus: Nika Risso 1816) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 434
Nikoides Paulson 1875, Issljed. Rakoobr. krasn. Morja [Stud. Crust. Red Sea]: 98 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Nikoides danae Paulson 1875, Issljed. Rakoobr. krasn. Morja [Stud. Crust. Red Sea]: 98) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
nilotica Savigny 1822 [originally in Bdella], Descr. Egypte, 1(3) (Ann.): 113 (specific name of the type species of Limnatis Moquin-Tandon 1827) (Hirudinea). Direction 77
niloticum Trägårdh 1905 [originally in Trombidium], Results Swedish zool. Exp. Egypt and White Nile, 1901, II: 78-82 (specific name of the type species of Blankaartia Oudemans 1911) (Arachnida). Opinion 655
niloticus Cuvier 1829 [originally in Sudis], ex Ehrenberg MS, Règne Animal (ed. 2), 2: 328 (specific name of the type species of Heterotis Rüppell 1829, ex Ehrenberg MS) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1132
nina Fabricius 1793 [originally in Papilio], Entomol. syst., 3(1): 194 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 584
niobe Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Papilio], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 481 (specific name of the type species of Fabriciana Reuss 1920) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 501
Nioma Gray 1842, Syn. Brit. Mus. (ed. 44): 60 (a junior objective synonym of Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard 1832). Opinion 1009
Niomia Gray 1842, Syn. Brit. Mus. (ed. 44): 90 (an unjustified emendation of Nioma Gray 1842). Opinion 1009
Niona Paetel 1887, Cat. Conch. (ed. 4), 1: 511 (an unjustified emendation of Nioma Gray 1842). Opinion 1009
Niphea Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 98 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 522
niponensis de Haan [1844] [originally in Hymenocera], in Siebold, Fauna japon. (Crust.): pl. 46 (an incorrect original spelling for nipponensis de Haan [1844] [originally in Hymenocera]). Opinion 383
Nipponaphera Habe 1961, Coloured Illustrations of the Shells of Japan, 2, Osaka, Appendix: 27 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Nipponaphera habei Petit 1972, Venus, 31(2): 103) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1052
nipponensis, (emendation of niponensis) de Haan [1844] [originally in Hymenocera], in Siebold, Fauna japon. (Crust.): pl. 46 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 383
nipponica Asano 1944 [originally in Hanzawaia], Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 51(606): 98 (specific name of the type species of Hanzawaia Asano 1944) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1568
NIRMIDES [Leach 1815], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency. (ed. 1), 9: 78 (type genus: Nirmus Hermann 1804) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 627
Nirmus Hermann 1804, Mém. apt.: 12 (a junior objective synonym of Ricinus de Geer 1778). Opinion 627
Nirmus Nitzsch 1818, Mag. Entomol. (Germar), 3: 291 (a junior homonym of Nirmus Hermann 1804). Opinion 627
nisibis de Nicéville 1895 [originally in Neocheritra], J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 9(3): 316, pl. P, fig. 45 (specific name of the type species of Thrix Doherty 1891) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 894
nitens Scopoli 1763 [originally in Curculio], Entomol. Carniolica: 25 (valid name at the date of Opinion 1239 of the type species of Attelabus Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1239
nitens Wagler 1830 [originally in Draconura] Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere und Vögel, vi, 9 folio pls. J.G. Cotta, Munich, p. 149, with the endorsement that it is not to be given priority over the name chrysolepis Duméril & Bibron 1837, as published in the binomen Anolis chrysolepis whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Reptilia, Squamata). Opinion 2256.
nitens Gmelin [1791] [originally in Helix], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3633 (a junior objective synonym of the specific name of Helix nitida Müller 1774) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1822
nitens Michaud 1831 [originally in Helix], Complément de l’histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France, de J.P.R. Draparnaud, p. 44, as defined by the lectotype designated by Forcart 1959, Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 88(1-3): 24 (Gastropoda). Opinion 1822
nitescens [Leach 1814] [originally in Palaemon], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 7(2): 401 (specific name of the type species of Athanas [Leach 1814]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
nitida Retzius 1783 [originally in Apis muraria] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
nitida Lichtenstein 1796 [originally in Cicindela], Catalogus musei zoologici ditissimi Hamburgi, d. III. Februar 1796 auctionis lege distrahendi. Sectio Tertia. Continens Insecta, p. 32, ruled under the plenary power to be available despite having been published in a suppressed work (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1820
nitida Müller 1774 [originally in Helix], Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 32 (specific name of the type species of Zonitoides Lehmann 1862) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335
nitidissimum Nitzsch 1818 [originally in Liotheum], Mag. Entomol. (Germar), 3: 302 (a junior objective synonym of fringillae de Geer 1778 [originally in Ricinus]). Opinion 627
nitidula Draparnaud [1805] [originally in Helix], Hist. nat. Moll. terrestr. fluviat. France: 117, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. 86934 in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna) designated under the plenary power (Gastropoda). Opinion 336, Opinion 1822
nitidulum Lovén 1844 [originally in Chaetoderma], Öfvers. K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl., 1: 116 (specific name of the type species of Chaetoderma Lovén 1844) (Caudofoveata). Opinion 764
nitidulus Pfeiffer 1854 [originally in Pupoides], Malak. Bl., 1: 192 (specific name of the type species of Pupoides Pfeiffer 1854) (Gastropoda). Direction 72
nitidulus Fabricius 1781 [originally in Staphylinus], Species insectorum exhibentes eorum differentias specificas ..., p. 337 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
nitidulus Gravenhorst 1802 [originally in Staphylinus], Coleoptera Microptera Brunsvicensia ..., p. 27, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of S. nitidulus Fabricius 1781 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
nitidum Jenyns 1832 [originally in Pisidium], Trans. Cambridge phil. Soc., 4(2): 304 (Bivalvia). Opinion 336
nitidus Milne Edwards 1870 [originally in Catoptrus], Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (5)13 (No. 2): [1] (specific name of the type species of Catoptrus Milne Edwards 1870) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
nitidus Smith 1870 [originally in Dissodactylus], Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., 2(1): 173 (specific name of the type species of Dissodactylus Smith 1870) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
nitidus Stimpson 1859 [originally in Euryplax], Ann. Lyceum nat. Hist. New York, 7: 60 (specific name of the type species of Euryplax Stimpson 1859) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
nitidus Latham 1790 [originally in Falco], Index orn.: 41 (valid name at the date of Direction 43 of the type species of Asturina Vieillot 1816) (Aves). Direction 43
nitidus Milne Edwards 1867 [originally in Libystes], Ann. Soc. entomol. France, (4)7: 285 (specific name of the type species of Libystes Milne Edwards 1867) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
nitidus Milne Edwards 1873 [originally in Notonyx], Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 9: 269 (specific name of the type species of Notonyx Milne Edwards 1873) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
nitidus Müller 1774 [originally in Planorbis], Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 163 (valid name at the date of Opinion 335 of the type species of Segmentina Fleming 1818) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335
nitidus Stimpson 1858 [originally in Sphaerozius], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858: 35 (specific name of the type species of Sphaerozius Stimpson 1858) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
nivalis Heer 1839 [originally in Hydroporus], Fauna coleopterorum Helvetica, part 1, vol. 2, p. 157, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the name Hydroporus foveolatus Heer 1839 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2127
nivea [Renier] [1807] [originally in Cystia], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 436