International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

Ot

Otaria Péron 1816, Histoire de l’éléphant marin, ou phoque à trompe [Phoca proboscidae, N.]: pêches des Anglois aux Terres Australes in: Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes, exécuté sur les Corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste, et la Goëlette le Casuarina, pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804, vol. 2, p. 37, footnote (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Phoca leonina Molina 1782, invalid senior subjective synonym of Phoca byronia de Blainville 1820) (Mammalia, Pinnipedia). Opinion 1962

Otarion Zenker 1833, Beitr. Nat. Urwelt: 44 (gender: neuter) (type species, by monotypy: Otarion diffractum Zenker 1833, Beitr. Nat. Urwelt: 44) (Trilobita). Opinion 88

Othius Stephens 1829, ex Leach MS, Nomenclature British Insects: 23 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Staphylinus punctulatus Goeze 1777, Entomol. Beiträge Linne 12. Ausgabe Natursystems, 1: 730) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1250

otidiformis Owen 1844 [originally in Dinornis], Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 3(3): 247 (specific name of the type species of Aptornis Owen 1848) (Aves). Opinion 1874

Otina Gray 1847, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 15: 156 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Helix otis Turton 1819, Conch. Dict. brit. Islands: 70, valid name: Gelericulum ovatum Brown 1827) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335

OTINIDAE Chenu 1859, Man. Conchyl., 1: 479 (type genus: Otina Gray 1847) (Gastropoda). Direction 27

OTIORHYNCHINAE (correction of OTIORHYNCHIDES) Schoenherr 1826, Curc. Disp. meth.: 203 (type genus: Otiorhynchus Germar 1824) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 982

Otiorhynchus Germar 1822, Fauna Insectorum Europae, vol. 7. 25 nrs. Impensis Car. Aug. Kümmelii, Halae, no. 12, unnumbered page on the back of the text sheet corresponding to Plate 12 (gender: masculine), type species by monotypy Curculio rhacusensis Germar 1822 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 982, Opinion 2299 emended in BZN 69: 246

otiosus Hentz 1846 [originally in Attus], Boston J. nat. Hist., 5: 356 (Arachnida). Opinion 1340

otis Turton 1819 [originally in Helix], Conch. Dict. brit. Islands: 70 (a junior primary homonym of otis Solander 1786 [originally in Helix]). Opinion 335

Otocyon Müller 1836, Arch. Anat. Phys. Wiss. Med., 1836: 1 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Otocyon caffer Müller 1836, Arch. Anat. Phys. Wiss. Med., 1836: 1, valid name: Canis megalotis Desmarest 1822) (Mammalia). Opinion 384

OTOCYONIDAE Trouessart 1885, Cat. Mamm. viv. foss. (Fasc. IV, Carniv.): 51 (published as a suppl. to Bull. Soc. Etud. Sci. Angers, 15) (type genus: Otocyon Müller 1836) (Mammalia). Direction 53

Otoes Fischer 1817, Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 5: 445 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Mammalia, Pinnipedia). Opinion 1962

OTOUPHEPODIDAE Lull 1915, Connecticut geol. nat. Hist. Surv. Bull., 24: 187 (type genus: Otouphepus Cushman 1904) (invalid because the name of the type genus has been suppressed under the plenary power). Opinion 535

Otouphepus Cushman 1904, Amer. Geol., 33: 154 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 535

oularsawa Bonnaterre 1790 [originally in Coluber], Ophiologie, in: Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature, p. 26 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Reptilia). Opinion 1463