International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

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Phacochaeres Gray 1821, London med. Reposit., 15: 306 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 466

Phacocherus Fleming 1822, Phil. Zool., 2: 200 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 466

Phacochoerus Cuvier [1816], Règne Anim. (ed. 1), 1: 236 (not made index in the work cited). Opinion 466

Phacochoerus Cuvier 1826, Dict. Sci. nat., 39: 383 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Aper aethiopicus Pallas 1766, Miscell. zool.: 16) (Mammalia). Opinion 466

Phacochoerus Fischer von Waldheim 1817, Mém. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou, 5: 417 (published in synonymy without an independent indication). Opinion 466acochoerus, all uses of, prior to Phacochoerus Cuvier 1826 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 466

Phaenodonta Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 582 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069

PHAENOMERI Csiki 1936, Col. Cat. (149): 6 (type genus: Phaenomerus Schoenherr 1836) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for PHAENOMERINA Faust 1898). Opinion 621 

PHAENOMERIDAE Ohaus 1913, Deutsch. entomol. Z., 1913: 225 (Beiheft) (type genus: Phaenomeris Hope 1833) (an incorrect original spelling for PHAENOMERIDIDAE Ohaus 1913). Opinion 621 

PHAENOMERIDIDAE (correction of PHAENOMERIDAE) Ohaus 1913, Deutsch. entomol. Z., 1913: 225 (Beiheft) (type genus: Phaenomeris Hope 1833) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 621

PHAENOMERINA Faust 1898, Deutsch. entomol. Z., 1898: 76 (type genus: Phaenomerus Schoenherr 1836) (available for a family-group taxon below subfamily level) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 621 

PHAENOMERINA Hustache 1936, Sborn. entomol. odd. Nár. Mus. Praze, 14: 39 (type genus: Phaenomerus Schoenherr 1836) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for PHAENOMERINA Faust 1898). Opinion 621

Phaenomeris Hope 1833, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1833: 62 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Phaenomeris magnifica Hope 1833, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1833: 62) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 621 

Phaenomerus Schoenherr 1836, Gen. Spec. Curc., 3: 632 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Phaenomerus sundewalli Boheman in Schoenherr 1836, Gen. Spec. Curc., 3: 632) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 621  

Phaenops Dejean 1833, Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean, Ed. 2, part 1, p. 79 (gender: feminine, as ruled under the plenary power) (type species, by subsequent designation by Théry 1942, Faune de France, 41: 73: Buprestis cyanea Fabricius 1775) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1826

Phaenopsectra Kieffer 1921, Ann. Soc. sci., Brussels, 40: 274 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Goetghebuer 1939, (in Lindner, Die Fliegen, Fam. 13c: 80): Chironomus leucolabis Kieffer 1915, Broteria (Ser. Zool.), 13: 75, valid name: Chironomus flavipes Meigen 1818) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 616 

Phaëthon Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 134 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Gray 1840 (List Genera Birds: 80): Phaëthon aethereus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 134) (Aves). Opinion 67 

phaeton Drury [1773] [originally in Papilio], Ill. nat. Hist., 1: index, 42, pl. 21, figs. 3, 4♀ (specific name of the type species of Euphydryas Scudder 1872) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 278

phaeus Forster 1794 [originally in Turdus], Mag. merkwürdig. neuen Reise Beschreib., 5: 128 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 410 

Phakellia Bowerbank 1862, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 152: 1109 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Spongia ventilabrum Linnaeus 1767) (Porifera). Opinion 2091 

Phalaena Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 495 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 450 

PHALAENAEDES Billberg 1820, Enum. Ins. Mus. Billberg: 88 (type genus: Phalaena Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for PHALAENIDAE (correction of PHALAENITES) Latreille [1802]). Opinion 450

PHALAENARIAE Zetterstedt 1840, Ins. lapp.: vi, 953 (type genus: Phalaena Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for PHALAENIDAE (correction of PHALAENITES) Latreille [1802]). Opinion 450

PHALAENIDA [Leach 1815], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 9(1): 134 (type genus: Phalaena Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for PHALAENIDAE (correction of PHALAENITES) Latreille [1802]). Opinion 450  

PHALAENIDAE (correction of PHALAENITES) Latreille [1802], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 411 (type genus: Phalaena Linnaeus 1758) (invalid because the name of the type genus has been suppressed under the plenary power). Opinion 450 

PHALAENIDES [Leach 1815], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 9(1): 134 (type genus: Phalaena Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for PHALAENIDAE (correction of PHALAENITES) Latreille [1802]). Opinion 450  

PHALAENITES Latreille [1802], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 411 (type genus: Phalaena Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect original spelling for PHALAENIDAE Latreille [1802]). Opinion 450

PHALAENODEA Burmeiste 1837, Handb. Nat. (2): 620 (type genus: Phalaena Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for PHALAENIDAE (correction of PHALAENITES) Latreille [1802]). Opinion 450

PHALAENOIDEA Gravenhorst 1843, Vergleich. Zool.: 167 (type genus: Phalaena Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for PHALAENIDAE (correction of PHALAENITES) Latreille [1802]). Opinion 450

PHALAENOIDES Burmeister 1829, De Ins. Syst. Nat.: 27 (type genus: Phalaena Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for HALAENIDAE (correction of PHALAENITES) Latreille [1802]). Opinion 450

phalaenoides Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Phryganea], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 547 (specific name of the type species of Semblis Fabricius 1775) (Insecta, Trichoptera). Opinion 1596 

Phalangium Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 618 (gender: neuter) (type species, by subsequent designation by Latreille 1810, Considérations générales sur l’ordre naturel des Animaux composant les classes des Crustacés, des Arachnides, et des Insectes: avec un Tableau méthodique de leurs genres, disposés en familles, p. 425: Phalangium opilio Linnaeus 1758) (Arachnida). Opinion 2082 

phalangium Fabricius 1775 [originally in Cancer], Syst. Entomol.: 408 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 763  

PHALENIDIA Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 127 (type genus: Phalaena Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for PHALAENIDAE (correction of PHALAENITES) Latreille [1802]). Opinion 450

phaleratus Erichson 1834 [originally in Aegorhinus], Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino- Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, 16(suppl.): 262 (specific name of the type species of Aegorhinus Erichson 1834) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2085 

Phaleria Latreille [1802], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, 3: 162 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Tenebrio cadaverinus Fabricius 1792, Entomol. Syst., 1: 113) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1039

Phancrocraspedon Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 568 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069 

Phaneroptera Serville 1831, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris, 22: 158 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Gryllus falcata Poda 1761, Ins. Mus. graec.: 52) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 154 

Phaneroptyche Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 559 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069 

Phanes Godman [1901], in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop., 2: 741 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Thracides aletes Geyer [1832], in Hübner, Zutr. z. Samml. exot. Schmett., 4: 31, pl. [126], figs. 731, 732) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 830

Phanis Godman [1900], in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop., 2: 548 (a junior homonym of Phanis Fairmaire 1893). Opinion 830 

phantapus Strussenfelt 1765 [originally in Holothuria] (Echinodermata). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2367

Pharalis Leach 1827, in Risso, Hist. nat. princip. Prod. Europ. mérid., 5: 217, 218 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 646   

Pharomachrus de la Llave 1832, Registro trimestre, 1(1): 48 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Pharomachrus mocinno de la Llave 1832, Registro trimestre, 1(1): 48) (Aves). Opinion 67 

Pharopterix Rüppell 1828, Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika von E. Rüppell (Senck. nat. Ges.), 4 Fische (10): 15 (an incorrect original spelling for Pharopteryx Rüppell 1828). Opinion 1082  

Pharopteryx Rüppell 1852, Verz. Mus. Senck. naturf. Gesell. aufges. Samml., 4: 16 (a junior homonym of Pharopteryx Rüppell 1828). Opinion 1082

Phascochaeres Cretzschmar 1828, in Rüppell, Atlas Reise nördl. Afrika, Säugth.: 61 (a junior objective synonym of Phacochoerus Cuvier 1826). Opinion 466

Phascochaerus Desmarest 1822, Ency. méth. (Mamm.) (2): 393 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 466 

Phascochoeres Ranzani 1820, Elem. Zool., 2(3): 536, 537 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 466

Phascochoerus Ranzani 1820, Elem. Zool., 2(3): 536, 537 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 466

Phasia Latreille 1804, Nouv. Dict. Hist. nat., 15: 122 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent monotypy: Conops subcoleoptrata Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1006) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 896  

Phasianella Lamarck 1804, Ann. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 4: 295 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Buccinum australe Gmelin 1791, in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3490) (Gastropoda). Opinion 630 

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

PHASIANELLINAE Swainson 1840, Treatise Malac.: 354 (type genus: Phasianella Lamarck 1804) (Gastropoda). Opinion 630  

phasianoides Milne-Edwards 1869 [originally in Palaeortyx], Recherches anatomiques et paléontologiques pour servir à l’histoire des oiseaux fossiles de la France, vol. 2, p. 237, ruled under the plenary that all previous type fixations are set aside and the scapula from Saint-Gérand-le-Puy, France (specimen no. MNHN Av 2895 in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris) is designated as the neotype (Aves). Opinion 2146 

Phasianus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 158 (gender: masculine) (type species, by Linnaean tautonymy: Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 158) (Aves). Direction 17

Phasma Lichtenstein 1796, Cat. Mus. Zool. Hamb., 3: 77 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation by Kirby 1904 (Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7)13: 439): Phasma empusa Lichtenstein 1796, Cat. Mus. Zool. Hamb., 3: 77) (Insecta, Phasmida). Opinion 641

PHASMATIDAE (correction of PHASMIDAE) Gray 1835, Synops. Ins. Phasm.: 1-44 (type genus: Phasma Lichtenstein 1796) (Insecta, Phasmida). Opinion 716

Phasmatocarcinus Tilesius von Tilenau 1818, Ann. Wetterau. Ges. Naturk., 4: 6 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 864  

PHASMIDAE Gray 1835, Synops. Ins. Phasm.: 1-44 (type genus: Phasma Lichtenstein 1796) (an incorrect original spelling for PHASMATIDAE Gray 1835). Opinion 716  

Phelister Marseul 1853 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2364

Phenacocyclas La Rocque 1948, Univ. Microfilms Publ., No. 1059: 89 (included in a work issued in microfilm and rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 318

Phengaris Doherty 1891 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): precedence by Maculinea Van Eecke 1915 not granted. ICZN 2017: Opinion 2399 (Case 3508)

philadelphica Lepeletier 1841 [originally in Macrocera], Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hyménoptères, vol. 2, p. 110 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1852 

philadelphicus Jarocki 1822 [originally in Axolotus], Zoologiia, 3: 179 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 662

PHILAENINI Metcalf 1955, J. Washington Acad. Sci., 45: 264 (type genus: Philaenus Stål 1864) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 590 

Philaenus Stål 1864, Entomol. Ztg. Stettin, 25: 66 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Van Duzee 1917 (Cat. Hemipt. Amer. north of Mexico: 513): Cicada spumaria Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 437, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Ossiannilsson 1957 (Opuscula Entomol., 22: 1)) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 590 

Philander Brisson 1762, Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2, pp. 13, 207 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Didelphis opossum Linnaeus 1758), ruled under the plenary power to be taken as first available from Brisson 1762, despite that being a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes (Mammalia, Marsupialia). Opinion 1894  

Philesturnus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832, Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, 1: 390 (gender: masculine), type species by monotypy Sturnus carunculatus Gmelin 1789 (Aves). Opinion 2284

Philhydrus Brookes 1828, Prodr. Syn. Anim. Brookesian Mus.: 16 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 649 

philippiana Nyst 1848 [originally in Arca], Mémoires de l’Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 22: 54 (Bivalvia). Opinion 1887

philippii Lucas 1849 [originally in Solenocera], Rev. Mag. zool., (2)1: 300 (a junior objective synonym of siphonoceros Philippi 1840 [originally in Peneus]). Opinion 611

philippinensis Obenberger 1924 [originally in Acmaeodera], Acta Entomologica Musaei Nationalis Pragae, 2: 94, ruled to retain priority over Acmaeodera oaxacae Fisher 1949 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2114  

philippinensis Hinds 1843 [originally in Neaera], Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1843(11): 78 (specific name of the type species of Luzonia Dall & Smith in Dall 1890) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1376 

Phillipsella Oehlert 1886, Bull. Soc. Etud. Sci. Angers, 15: 125, 126 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 476 

Phillipsia Portlock 1843, Rep. Geol. Londonderry: 305 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Vogdes 1890 (Bull. U.S. geol. Surv., No. 63: 83): Phillipsia kellyi (correction of kellii) Portlock 1843, Rep. geol. Londonderry: 307, pl. vi, fig. 1, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Stubblefield 1952 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 6: 153)) (Trilobita). Opinion 352  

PHILLIPSIDAE Oehlert 1886, Bull. Soc. Etud. sci. Angers (n.s.), 15: 127 (type genus: Phillipsia Portlock 1843) (an incorrect original spelling for PHILLIPSIIDAE Oehlert 1886). Direction 41  

phillipsii Williamson 1836 [originally in Unio], Phil. Mag., (3)9: 350, 351, as interpreted by reference to specimen L10106 in the Geology Department of the Manchester Museum, England (specific name of the type species of Anthraconauta Pruvost 1930) (Bivalvia). Opinion 595

PHILLIPSIIDAE (correction of PHILLIPSIDAE) Oehlert 1886, Bull. Soc. Etud. sci. Angers (n.s.), 15: 127 (type genus: Phillipsia Portlock 1843) (Trilobita). Direction 41  

Phillipsinella Novák 1885, Stud. Hypostomen böhm. Trilob., III: 3-5 (invalid because the paper appeared only as a preprint in that year). Opinion 476 

Phillipsinella Novák 1886, SitzBer. Konigl.-böhm. Ges. Wiss. (Math.-nat. Cl.), 1885: 583 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Phacops parabola Barrande 1846, Nouv. Trilob. (Supp. Not. prélim. Syst. silur. Trilob. Bohême): 6, 7) (Trilobita). Opinion 476

PHILLIPSINELLIDAE Whittington 1950, J. Paleontol., 24: 559-561 (type genus: Phillipsinella Novák 1886) (Trilobita). Opinion 476 

Philodendros Fitzinger 1843, Systema Reptilium, 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, Serpentes). Opinion 1384 

Philodendrus Agassiz 1846, Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, p. 285, emendation of Philodendros Fitzinger 1843 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Reptilia, Serpentes). Opinion 1384 

philomelos Brehm 1831 [originally in Turdus], Handb. Naturg. Vögel Deutschl.: 322 (Aves). Opinion 405 

PHILOPTERIDAE Burmeister 1838, Handb. Entomol., 2(2): 422 (type genus: Philopterus Nitzsch 1818) (Insecta, Mallophaga). Opinion 629 

Philopterus Nitzsch 1818, Mag. Entomol. (Germar), 3: 288 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Neumann 1906 (Bull. zool. Soc. France, 20: 58): Pediculus ocellatus Scopoli 1763, Entomol. carn.: 382, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Clay & Hopkins 1951 (Bull. Brit. Mus. (nat. Hist.) Entomol., 2: 8, figs. 8, 9, 11, pl. 1, fig. 2)) (Insecta, Mallophaga). Opinion 629  

Philoscaptus Brèthes 1919, Physis, 4: 602 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Podalgus bonariensis Burmeister 1847) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2066 

Philothamnus Smith 1847, Ill. Zool. S. Africa (Rept.): pl. lix (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Dendrophis (Philothamnus) semivariegata Smith 1847, Ill. Zool. S. Africa (Rept.): pls. lix, lx, lxiv, figs. 1a-b (type locality, as restricted by Bogert 1940 (Bull. amer. Mus. nat. Hist., 77: 56): ‘Bushman Flat, Cape Province’)) (Reptilia). Opinion 328  

Philotrypesis Förster 1878, Ver. naturh. Ver. preus. Rheinl., 35: 59, 60 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Philotrypesis longicauda Förster 1878, Ver. naturh. Ver. preus. Rheinl., 35: 59, 60, valid name: Cynips caricae Linnaeus 1762) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 694  

Philyra de Haan [1833], in Siebold, Fauna japon. (Crust.) (1): 5 (a junior homonym of Philyra Leach 1817). Opinion 712

Philyra Laporte 1836, Rev. entomol., 4(2): 53 (a junior homonym of Philyra Leach 1817). Opinion 712

Philyra Leach 1817, Zool. Miscell., 3: 18, 22 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Milne Edwards 1837 (in Cuvier’s Règne Anim. (ed. 3, Disciples ed.), 18: pl. 24, fig. 4): Cancer globus Fabricius 1775, Syst. entomol.: 401) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712

Phimophis Cope 1860, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 12: 79 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy, through Rhinosimus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854: Rhinosimus guerini Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854, in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Erpét. Gén., 7: 991) (Reptilia). Opinion 698

Phisis Stål 1861, Kongliga svenska Fregattens Eugenies Resa omkring Iorden, Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser, vol. 2, Zoologi (1) Insecta, p. 324 (gender: feminine) (type species, confirmed by the Commission to be by original designation: Listroscelis pectinata Guérin 1831) (Orthoptera, Grylloptera). Opinion 1490

PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE (correction of PHLOEOTHRIPIDAE) Uzel 1895, Mon. Thysanopt.: 25, 45 (type genus: Phlaeothrips Haliday 1836) (Insecta, Thysanoptera). Opinion 865

Phlaeothrips Haliday 1836, Entomol. Mag., 3: 441 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Phlaeothrips coriacea Haliday 1836, Entomol. Mag., 3: 442) (Insecta, Thysanoptera). Opinion 865  

Phlebotomus (emendation of Flebotomus) Rondani 1840, Mem. serv. Ditterol. ital., 1: 12 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Bibio papatasi Scopoli 1786, Delic. Flor. Faun. insubr., 1: 55) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 256

Phloeosinus Chapuis 1869, Synopsis des Scolytidés (Paris): 37; Mém. Soc. roy. Sci. Liége, (2)3: 245 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Hopkins 1914 (Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 48: 115-136): Hylesinus thujae Perris 1855, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, (3)3: lxxviilxxviii) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1167  

Phloeotribus Latreille 1796, Précis. Car. Ins.: 50 (gender: masculine) (type species, through Article 67e (1961 Code): Scolytus scarabaeoides Bernard 1788, Mém. pour servir à lHist. nat. de Provence, 2: 271) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1144

Phloeotrogus Motschulsky 1863, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou, 36: 512 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1146

Phloiotribus Latreille 1796, Précis Car. Ins.: 50 (ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling for Phloeotribus Latreille 1796). Opinion 1144 

Phlyctenopelte Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 576 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069 

Phlyseogrammoceras Buckman 1901, Proc. Cotteswold Nat. Field Club, 13: 266 (gender: neuter) (type species, by monotypy: Ammonites dispansus Lycett 1860, Proc. Cotteswold Nat. Field Club, 2: 146, as interpreted by reference to the holotype refigured by Buckman 1922 (Type Ammonites, 4: pl. 340)) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 324  

Phlyxia Bell 1855, Proc. linn. Soc. London, 2: 433; id, 1855, Trans. linn. Soc. London, 21: 303 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Rathbun 1922 (Smithson. misc. Coll., 73 (No. 1): 28): Phlyxia crassipes Bell 1855, Proc. linn. Soc. London, 2: 433; id., 1855, Trans. linn. Soc. London, 21: 304) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73, Direction 37

Phoca Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 37 (gender: feminine) (type species, by Linnaean tautonymy: Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 38) (Mammalia). Opinion 75

phoebus Fabricius 1793 [originally in Papilio] (Lepidoptera). ICZN 2023: Opinion 2488

phoebus De Prunner 1798 [originally in Papilio]: conservation of the accustomed usage of by suppression of Papilio phoebus Fabricius 1793 not approved (Insecta, Lepidoptera, PAPILIONIDAE). ICZN 2017: Opinion 2382 (Case 3637)

Phoenicopterus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 139 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 139) (Aves). Opinion 67 

phoenicopterus Swainson [1837] [originally in Lamprotornis], in Lardner, The Cabinet of Natural History, p. 360 (Aves). Opinion 1859  

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

Pholadites Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 117 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592 

Pholetesor Mason 1981, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 115: 37 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Apanteles ornigis Weed 1887) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1480

Pholidocidaris Meek & Worthen 1869, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1869: 78 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Lepidocentrus irregularis Meek & Worthen 1869, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1869: 78) (Echinoidea). Opinion 371  

Phoranthella Townsend 1915, Proc. biol. Soc. Washington, 18: 23 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 205   

Phorodon Passerini 1860, Gli Afidi: 277 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Aphis humuli Schrank 1801, Fauna boica, 2(1): 110) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 446  

Phoronis Wright 1856 (Phoronida). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2373

PHORORHACIDAE Lydekker 1893, The Ibis, 5: 43 (an incorrect subsequent spelling of PHORUSRHACIDAE Ameghino 1889) (Aves, Gruiformes). Opinion 1687

Phororhacos Ameghino 1889, Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba, 6: 659(an unjustified emendation of Phorusrhacos Ameghino 1887) (Aves, Gruiformes). Opinion 1687  

PHORORHACOSIDAE Ameghino 1889, Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba, 6: 659 (an incorrect original spelling of PHORUSRHACIDAE) (Aves, Gruiformes). Opinion 1687 

PHORUSRHACIDAE Ameghino 1889, Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba, 6: 659, correction of PHORORHACOSIDAE (type genus: Phorusrhacos Ameghino 1887) (Aves, Gruiformes). Opinion 1687 

Phorusrhacos Ameghino 1887, Boletin del Museo de La Plata, 1887: 24 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Phorusrhacos longissimus Ameghino 1887) (Aves, Gruiformes). Opinion 1687 

phosphorea Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Scolopendra], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 638 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Chilopoda). Opinion 2071 

Photina Burmeister 1838 (Mantodea). ICZN 2017: Opinion 2397

Photinainae Giglio-Tos 1915 (Mantodea). ICZN 2017: Opinion 2397

Photininae Giglio-Tos 1915 (Mantodea). ICZN 2017: Opinion 2397

Photinini LeConte 1881 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2017: Opinion 2397

Photinus Laporte 1833 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2017: Opinion 2397

Phoxinus Agassiz 1835 (gender: masculine), junior homonym of Phoxinus Rafinesque 1820 (Opinion 54)

phoxinus Linnaeus [originally in Cyprinus] (specific name of the type species by absolute tautonymy of Phoxinus Rafinesque 1820) (Opinion 54)

Phrissura Butler 1870, Cistula entomol., 1: 37, 49 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Pieris illana Felder & Felder 1862, Wien. entomol. Monats., 6: 287) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 824  

Phrixura Müller 1867, Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, 5: 184 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Branchiopoda). Opinion 1967

Phronima Latreille [1802], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 38 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Cancer sedentarius Forsskål 1775, Descr. Anim.: 95) (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Opinion 1133  

PHRONIMIDAE (correction of PHRONIMIA) Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 100 (type genus: Phronima Latreille [1802]) (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Opinion 1133  

Phrosina Risso 1822, J. Phys. Chim. Hist. nat. Arts, 95: 244 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Stebbing 1888 (Rep. Voy. ChallengerZool., 29(1): 118): Phrosina semilunarta Risso 1822, J. Phys. Chim. Hist. nat. Arts, 95: 245) (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Opinion 1133

Phoxinus Rafinesque 1820 (gender: masculine), published (i.e. available) as of that work, and with type species by absolute tautonymy Cyprinus phoxinus Linnaeus, as confirmed by Opinion 54

PHROSININAE Dana 1852 (correction of PHROSINIA) Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 100 (type genus: Phrosina Risso 1822) (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Opinion 1133

Phryganeolitha Germar 1813, Magazin Entomol. (Germar), 1: 17 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Phryganeolitha vetusta Germar 1813, Magazin Entomol. (Germar), 1: 17) ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the generic name Holocentropus McLachlan 1878 whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Insecta, Trichoptera). Opinion 1327 

Phryne Herrich-Schaeffer, [1844], Schmett. Europ., 1: 90 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 678

Phrynichus Karsch 1879, Archiv für Naturgeschichte (Berlin), 45: 197 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Phalangium reniforme Linnaeus 1758) (Arachnida). Opinion 2082;  ICZN 2017: Opinion 2396

Phrynidae Wood 1863 (Amblypygi). ICZN 2017: Opinion 2396

PHRYNOBATRACHINAE Laurent 1941, Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 34(2): 192 (type genus: Phrynobatrachus Günther 1862), ruled under the plenary power that this name and other family-group names based on Phrynobatrachus are to be given precedence over HEMIMANTIDAE Hoffmann 1878 and other family-group names based on Hemimantis Peters 1863 whenever their type genera are placed in the same family-group taxon (Amphibia, Anura). Opinion 1921 

Phrynobatrachus Günther 1862, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1862: 190 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Phrynobatrachus natalensis Günther 1862, a junior subjective synonym of Stenorhynchus natalensis Smith 1849) (Amphibia, Anura). Opinion 1921 

Phrynohyas Fitzinger 1843, Syst. Rept.: 30 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy, and under Article 67e (1961 Code): Rana venulosa Laurenti 1768, Specimen Medicum: 31, as interpreted under the plenary power by reference to the type specimen of Hyla zonata Spix 1824, Anim. nov. ... Testud. Ran ... Brasil: 41) (Amphibia). Opinion 520

Phrynosoma Wiegmann 1828, Isis (Oken), 1828: col. 367 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation by Fitzinger 1843 (Syst. Rept.: 17): Lacerta orbicularis Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 206) (Reptilia). Opinion 565

Phrynus Lamarck 1801 (Amblypygi). ICZN 2017: Opinion 2396

Phthirius Burmeister 1835, Handb. Entomol., 2(1): 58 (an unjustified emendation of Pthirus [Leach 1815]). Direction 63 

Phthirus Leach 1817, Zool. Miscell., 3: 64 (an unjustified emendation of Pthirus [Leach 1815]). Direction 63  

PHYCINAE Lyneborg 1976 (Diptera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2372

Phycis Walbaum 1792 (Osteichthyes). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2372

phycis Linnaeus 1766 [originally in Blennius] (Osteichthyes). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2372

Phycocaris Kemp 1916, Rec. Indian Mus., 12: 391 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Phycocaris simulans Kemp 1916, Rec. Indian Mus., 12: 392) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470 

Phycus Walker 1850 (Diptera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2372

PHYCUSINAE Lyneborg 1976 (Diptera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2372

PHYGADICIDA Stål 1862, Öfvers K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl., 1862: 211 (type genus: Phygadicus Fieber 1851) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 679

PHYGADICIDA Walker 1872, Cat. Hemipt. Brit. Mus., 5: 26 (type genus: Phygadicus Fieber 1851) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 679 

PHYGADICIDAE Douglas & Scott 1865, Brit. Hemipt., 1 (Heteropt.): 21, 221; List Brit. Hemipt.: 8 (type genus: Phygadicus Fieber 1851) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 679

PHYGADICIDAE Douglas & Scott 1876, Cat. Brit. Hemipt.: 19 (type genus: Phygadicus Fieber 1851) (a junior objective synonym of HETEROGASTRINAE Stål 1872). Opinion 679  

Phygadicus Fieber 1851 Abh. Königl.-böhm. Ges. Wiss. (Prague), (5)7: 461 (a junior objective synonym of Heterogaster Schilling 1829). Opinion 679  

Phygas Fieber 1837, Beitr. Ges. Natur. Heilwiss., 1: 348 (a junior homonym of Phygas Treitschke 1833, and a junior objective synonym of Heterogaster Schilling 1829). Opinion 679

Phyllacanthus Brandt 1835, Prodr. Descr. Anim. Mertens. Orb. Terr. Circumnav. observ., 1: 67 (conserved under the plenary power as of subgeneric status) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Cidarites (Phyllacanthus) dubius Brandt 1835, Prodr. Descr. Anim. Mertens. Orb. Terr. Circumnav. observ., 1: 68) (Echinoidea). Opinion 208  

Phyllhydrus Gray 1831, in Griffith’s Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., 9, Syn. Spec.: 108 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 649 

Phyllium Illiger 1798, in Kugelann, Verz. Käfer Preuss.: 499 (gender: neuter) (type species, by monotypy: Gryllus siccifolius Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 425) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 149 

Phyllobates Bibron 1840, in Cocteau, J.T. & Bibron, G. Reptiles, in de la Sagra, R. (Ed.), Historia fisica, politica y natural de la Isla de Cuba. Part 2, Historia natural, vol. 8, Atlas de Zoologia, pl. 29b (gender: masculine), type species Phyllobates bicolor Bibron in de la Sagra 1840, by monotypy (Amphibia). Opinion 2223.

PHYLLOBATIDAE Fitzinger 1843, Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae, p. 32 (type genus Phyllobates Bibron in de la Sagra 1840) with an endorsement that it is not to be given priority over DENDROBATIDAE Cope 1865 (1850) whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Amphibia). Opinion 2223

PHYLLOBIINI (correction of PHYLLOBIDES) Schoenherr 1826, Curculionidum dispositio methodica (Leipzig): 15 (type genus: Phyllobius Germar 1824) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1179 

Phyllobius Germar 1824, Insectorum species ..., 1 Coleoptera: 447 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Schoenherr 1826 (Curculionidum dispositio methodica (Leipzig): 15): Curculio pyri Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 384) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1179 

Phylloceras Suess 1865, SitzBer. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien (Math. nat. Cl.), 52(1): 76 (gender: neuter) (type species, by original designation: Ammonites heterophyllus Sowerby 1820, Min. Conch., 3: 119) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 304

PHYLLOCERATIDAE Zittel 1884, Handb. Paläont., Paläozool., 2: 434 (type genus: Phylloceras Suess 1865) (Cephalopoda). Direction 14 

phyllocolpa Viitasaari & Vikberg 1985 [originally in Blennocampa], Notulae Entomologicae, 65: 2 (a junior objective synonym of Tenthredo (Allantus) pusilla Klug 1816, the type species of Blennocampa Hartig 1837 and a junior primary homonym of T. pusilla Müller 1776) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1963 

Phyllocoris Costa 1847, Atti R. Ist. Incoragg. Napoli, 7: 261 (a junior objective synonym of Anthocoris Fallén 1814). Direction 63  

Phyllodoce Lamarck 1818, Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, vol. 5, p. 316 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Phyllodoce laminosa Lamarck 1818) (Polychaeta). Opinion 1692 

Phyllodoce Ranzani 1817, Opuscoli Scientifici, Bologna, 1(2): 109, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Phyllodoce Lamarck 1818 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Polychaeta). Opinion 1692 

PHYLLODOCIDAE Örsted 1843, Annulatorum danicorum conspectus, fasc. 1 (Maricolae), p. 25 (type genus: Phyllodoce Lamarck 1818) (Polychaeta). Opinion 1692 

Phyllognathia Borradaile 1915, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (8)15: 205, 206 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Hymenocera (?) ceratophthalma Balss 1913, Zool. Anz., 42: 236) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470 

Phyllomorpha Laporte 1833. Magasin de Zoologie, 2, suppl.: 47 type species by subsequent designation by Reuter (1888) Coreus hystrix Latreille 1817 (junior subjective synonym of Cimex laciniatus Villers 1789) (Heteroptera) Opinion 2198

Phyllomorphus Laporte 1833. Magasin de Zoologie, 2, suppl.: 41 set aside as the incorrect original spelling of Phyllomorpha Laporte 1833 (Heteroptera) Opinion 2198 

Phyllomya Robineau-Desvoidy 1830, Mémoires présentés par divers Savants à l’Académie Royal des Sciences de l’Institut de France, 2: 213 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Musca volvulus Fabricius 1794) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1475  

Phyllonethis Thorell 1869, Nova Acta K. vet.-Soc. Upsala, (3)7(1) (No. 5): 90 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 517 

phyllophis Boulenger 1891 [originally in Coluber], Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6)7(39): 281 (a junior objective synonym of Phyllophis carinata Günther 1864) (Reptilia, Serpentes). Opinion 1867 

PHYLLOPIA Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 99 (type genus: Phyllopus Rafinesque 1815) (an incorrect original spelling for PHYLLOPODIDAE Rafinesque 1815). Opinion 502  

PHYLLOPODIDAE (correction of PHYLLOPIA) Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 99 (type genus: Phyllopus Rafinesque 1815) (invalid because the name of the type genus has been suppressed under the plenary power). Opinion 502 

Phylloporina Ulrich in Foerste 1887, Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University, 2: 150, type species designated under the plenary power Retepora trentonensis Nicholson 1875 (Bryozoa). Opinion 2281  

Phyllopus Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 99 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 502

Phyllosoma Leach 1818, J. Phys. Chim. Hist. nat., 86: 306 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 507

Phyllostoma Cuvier 1800, Leçons Anat. comp., 1: Tab. 1 (an unjustified emendation of Phyllostomus Lacepède 1799). Direction 24  

Phyllostomus Lacepède 1799, Tabl. Mamm.: 16 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Vespertilio hastatus Pallas 1767, Spicil. Zool., 3: 7) (Mammalia). Opinion 91, Direction 24 

PHYMATEIDAE (correction of PHYMATIDAE) Burmeister 1840, Z. Entomol. (Germar), 2(1): 45, 46 (type genus: Phymateus Thunberg 1815) ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over PYRGOMORPHIDAE Brunner von Wattenwyl 1874 (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 969 

Phymatestes Pascoe 1867, Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, 9: 142 (gender: masculine) (type species, by indication: Lagria tuberculata Fabricius 1792) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1525

Phymateus Thunberg 1815, Mém. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 5: 214, 216, 217 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Kirby 1910 (Syn. Cat. Orth., 3: 312): Gryllus Locusta morbillosus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 431) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 969 

Phymatoceras Hyatt 1867, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 1(5): 88 (gender: neuter) (type species, by monotypy: Phymatoceras robustum Hyatt 1867, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 1(5): 88) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 575 

PHYMATOCERATINAE (correction of PHYMATOIDAE) Hyatt 1867, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 1(5): 88 (type genus: Phymatoceras Hyatt 1867) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 575 

Phymatodes Dejean 1834, Catalogue des Coléoptères, Ed. 2(3), p. 203, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Phymatodes Mulsant 1839 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1525

Phymatodes Mulsant 1839, Histoire Naturelle des Coléoptères de France, vol. 1, p. 39 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Le Conte 1850, Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, (2)12: 32: Cerambyx variabilis Linnaeus 1761) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1525

PHYMATOIDAE Hyatt 1867, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 1(5): 88 (type genus: Phymatoceras Hyatt 1867) (an incorrect original spelling for PHYMATOCERATIDAE Hyatt 1867). Opinion 575

Phymaturus Gravenhorst 1837, Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germaninicae Naturae Curiosorum, 18(2): 749 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Lacerta palluma Molina 1782) (Reptilia). Opinion 2118 

Physa Draparnaud [1801], Tabl. Moll. terrestr. fluviat. France: 31, 52 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Children 1823 (Quart. J. Sci. Lit. Arts, 15: 243): Bulla fontinalis Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 727) (Gastropoda). Opinion 94, Direction 72 

Physa Raffray 1890, Rev. Entomol. franç., 9: 118 (a junior homonym of Physa Draparnaud [1801]). Direction 72  

Physalia Lamarck 1801, Syst. Anim. sans Vertèbr.: 355 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy through Opinion 80 and Article 67e (1961 Code): Holothuria physalis Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 657) (Hydrozoa). Opinion 80, Direction 76 

Physalia Langerhans 1884, Z. wiss. Zool., 40: 264 (a junior homonym of Physalia Lamarck 1801). Direction 76

Physalis Lamarck 1816, Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 2: 480 (an unjustified emendation of Physalia Lamarck 1801). Direction 76

physalis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Holothuria], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 657 (specific name of the type species of Physalia Lamarck 1801) (Hydrozoa). Direction 77  

Physophyscus Lesquereux 1891, Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, 13: 9 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Trace fossil, arthropod). Opinion 1520 

Physostomum Nitzsch 1818, Mag. Entomol. (Germar), 3: 302 (a junior objective synonym of Ricinus de Geer 1778). Opinion 627 

Physothrips Karny 1912, Zool. Annln., 4: 336-340 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Thrips salicis Reuter 1879, Öfvers. finska Vetensk. Soc. Förh., 21: 220, 221) (Insecta, Thysanoptera). Opinion 961

Phytobius Dejean 1835, Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean, Ed. 2, p. 282 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Thomson 1859, Skandinaviens Coleoptera, vol. 1, p. 138: Curculio quadrituberculatus Fabricius 1787), deleted from the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology under the plenary power (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1529, Opinion 1968 

Phytobius Schönherr 1833, Genus et species Curculionidum cum synonymia hujus familiae, vol. 1, p. 20 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation of the replaced nominal genus Hydaticus Schönherr 1825: Rhynchaenus myriophylli Gyllenhal 1813 (a junior subjective synonym of Curculio leucogaster Marsham 1802)) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1968

Phytoptus Dujardin 1851, Annales des Sciences naturelles (Zoology), (3)15: 167 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Phytoptus avellanae Nalepa 1889) (Arachnida, Acarina). Opinion 1521