International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
Ps
PSALIDOPODIDAE Wood-Mason & Alcock 1892, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6)9: 265 (type genus: Psalidopus Wood-Mason & Alcock 1892) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Psalidopus Wood-Mason & Alcock 1892, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6)9: 266 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Holthuis 1955 (Zool. Verh., Leiden, 26: 81): Psalidopus huxleyi Wood-Mason & Alcock 1892, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6)9: 273) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Psallistomus Walbaum 1792, type species not designated, unavailable under Opinion 5 (Opinion 21)
Psammobia Lamarck 1818, Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 5: 511 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Children 1823 (Quart. J. Sci., 14: 304): Tellina fervensis Gmelin 1791, in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3235) (Bivalvia). Opinion 910
PSAMMOBIADAE Fleming 1828, Hist. brit. Anim.: 437 (type genus: Psammobia Lamarck 1818) (an incorrect original spelling for PSAMMOBIIDAE Fleming 1828). Opinion 910
PSAMMOBIIDAE (correction of PSAMMOBIADAE) Fleming 1828, Hist. brit. Anim.: 437 (type genus: Psammobia Lamarck 1818) (Bivalvia). Opinion 910
Psammochares Latreille 1796, Précis Caract. Ins.: 115 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Direction 2
Psammocollus Grube 1866, Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 16: 178 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Polychaeta). Opinion 1636
Psammolepisma Irish 1988 (Zygentoma). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2427
Psammylla Rafinesque 1817, Amer. mon. Mag. crit. Review, 2: 41 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1133
Psathyrocaris Wood-Mason & Alcock 1893, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6)11: 168 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Psathyrocaris fragilis Wood-Mason & Alcock 1893, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6)11: 168) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Psednura Burr 1903, in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum, Fasc. 15, Orthoptera, Fam. Eumastacidae: 22 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Kirby 1910 (Synonymic Cat. Orthoptera, 3, Orthoptera Saltatoria, Part 2 Locustidae vel Acrididae: 101): Mesops pedestris Erichson 1842, Arch. Naturges., Jahrg. 8, 1: 250, 251) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 1096
psenes Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cynips], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 554 (valid name at the date of Opinion 694 of the type species of Blastophaga Gravenhorst 1829) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 694
Psephidonus Gistel 1856, Die Mysterien der europäischen Insectenwelt ..., p. 29 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Geobius kunzei Heer 1839), ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the name Geodromicus Redtenbacher 1857 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2077
Psetites Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 147 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
Pseudamussium Mörch 1853, Catalogus Conchyliorum (2): 59 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Pecten septemradiatus Müller 1776, Zool. dan. Prodr.: 248) (Bivalvia). Opinion 714
Pseudancylus Walker 1921, Nautilus, 35: 58 (a junior objective synonym of Ancylus Müller 1774). Opinion 363
Pseudanisakis Layman & Borovkova 1926, Rab. parazit. Lab. Mosk. gos. Univ. (1926): 17 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Pseudanisakis tricupola Gibson 1973, J. nat. Hist., 7: 321-334) (Nematoda). Opinion 1086
Pseudantichus Desbrochers des Loges 1868 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2377
Pseudepipona Saussure 1856, Et. Fam. Vesp., 3: 309 (gender: feminine) (type species: Odynerus herrichii Saussure 1856, Et. Fam. Vesp., 3: 309) (ruled under the plenary power to be available from the date of publication by H. de Saussure) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893
Pseuderichthus Brooks 1886 (May), Johns Hopkins Univ. Circ., 5(49): 83 (a junior objective synonym of Pseudosquilla Dana 1852). Opinion 785
Pseuderichthus Dames 1886 (post Sept), Zeitschr. Deutsch. geol. Ges., 38: 571 (a junior homonym of Pseuderichthus Brooks 1886). Opinion 785
Pseudibacus Guérin-Méneville 1855, Rev. Mag. Zool., (2)7: 137 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 293
Pseudobagrus Bleeker 1859 (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes, BAGRIDAE): conservation by suppression of a senior synonym not approved. ICZN 2011: Opinion 2274 (Case 3455)
Pseudoblankaartia Fuller & Wharton 1951, Psyche, 58(2): 85-88 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Pseudoblankaartia bequaerti Fuller & Wharton 1951, Psyche, 58(2): 85-88) (Arachnida). Opinion 655
pseudobrowniana Kempf 1971 [originally in Scottia], Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, 22: 45 (specific name of the type species of Scottia Brady & Norman 1889) (Ostracoda). Opinion 1836
PSEUDOCALANIDAE Sars 1901, An account of the Crustacea of Norway, vol. 4, p. 19 (type genus: Pseudocalanus Boeck 1873) (Copepoda) not to be given precedence over Clausocalanidae Giesbrecht 1892. ICZN 1988: Opinion 1503
Pseudocalanus Boeck 1873, Förhandlinger i Videnskabsselskabet i Kristiania, 1872: 37 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Clausia elongata Boeck 1865, a junior subjective synonym of Calanus minutus Krøyer 1845) (Copepoda). Opinion 1503
Pseudocaranx Bleeker 1863, Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem, (2)18: 82 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Scomber dentex Bloch & Schneider 1801) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1841
Pseudocarcinus Milne Edwards 1834, in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hist. nat. Crust., 1: 407 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Miers 1886 (Rep. Voy. ‘Challenger’ (Zool.), 17 (No. 2): 141, nota 1): Cancer gigas Lamarck 1818, Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 5: 272) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37
Pseudoclavella Bassett-Smith 1898, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (7)2: 92 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Copepoda). Opinion 1430
PSEUDOCOCCIDAE Cockerell 1905, Univ. Colorado Studies, 2: 193 (type genus: Pseudococcus Westwood 1840) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 1247
PSEUDOCOCCINI Cockerell 1905, Colorado University Studies, 2: 193 (type genus Pseudococcus Westwood 1840), ruled under the plenary power (together with other familygroup names based on Pseudococcus) to be given precedence over SPHAEROCOCCINI Cockerell 1899 and other family-group names based on Sphaerococcus Maskell 1892 whenever their type genera are placed in the same family-group taxon (Hemiptera). Opinion 2236
Pseudococcus Westwood 1840, Introduction to modern classification of insects, 2: 447, 488 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Dactylopius longispinus Targioni-Tozzetti 1867, Mem. Soc. ital. Sci. nat., 3: 75) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 1247
Pseudocoenia d’Orbigny 1850 (Coelenterata, Scleractinia): proposed conservation of usage by the designation of a lectotype for the type species not approved. ICZN 2013: Opinion 2321 (Case 3386)
Pseudocorallium Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 147 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
Pseudocorymbites Fiori 1898, Atti. Soc. Nat. Modena, (3)16: 162 (a junior objective synonym of Harminius Fairmaire 1851). Opinion 1334
pseudodelphis Schlegel 1841 [originally in Delphinus], Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie, vol. 1 (Beiträge zur Characteristik der Cetaceen), p. 22 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Mammalia, Cetacea). Opinion 1660
Pseudodynerus Saussure 1855, Et. Fam. Vesp., 3: 220 (gender: masculine) (type species: Odynerus luctuosus Saussure 1855, Et. Fam. Vesp., 3: 220) (ruled under the plenary power to be available from the date of publication by H. de Saussure) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893
Pseudofoenus Kieffer 1902, Hymenoptera, Fam., Evaniidae in Wytsman, P. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum, fascicle 2, p. 6 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Foenus unguiculatus Westwood 1841) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1912
pseudogallarum Vallot 1836 [originally in Acarus], Mémoires de l’Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Dijon, 1836: 189 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Arachnida, Acarina). Opinion 1521
Pseudogrammoceras Buckman 1901, Proc. Cotteswold Nat. Field Club, 13: 266 (gender: neuter) (type species, by monotypy: Ammonites struckmanni Denckmann 1887, Abh. geol. Specialkarte Preussen, 8 (Heft 2): 72, pl. 3, fig. 1) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 324
PSEUDOMOPIDAE Rehn 1903, Trans. amer. entomol. Soc., 29: 260 (type genus: Pseudomops Audinet- Serville 1831) (Insecta, Dictyoptera). Opinion 1231
Pseudomops Audinet-Serville 1831, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris, 22: 41 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Blatta oblongata Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 425) (Insecta, Dictyoptera). Opinion 1231
pseudomutabilis de Loriol 1874 [originally in Ammonites], Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. nat. Genève, 23: 28, pl. 5, figs. 1-3 (specific name of the type species of Aulacostephanus Tornquist 1896) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 302
Pseudonevermannia Baranov 1926, Neue Beiträge zur Systematischen Insektenkunde, 3: 164 (a junior objective synonym of Cnetha Enderlein 1921 by the designation under the plenary power of Simulium vernum Macquart 1826 as type species of both nominal genera) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1416
Pseudopalaemon Sollaud 1911, Bull. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 17: 12, 15 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Pseudopalaemon bouvieri Sollaud 1911, Bull. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 17: 12) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Pseudoperisphinctes Schindewolf 1923, Centralbl. Min. Geol. Pal., 1923: 236 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Perisphinctes rotundatus Roemer 1911, Fauna Aspidoides-Schichten Lechstedt (Inaug. Dissert.): 44, pl. 8, fig. 2, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Arkell 1950 (J. Paleontol., 24: 363)) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 324
PSEUDOPERISPHINCTIDAE Schindewolf 1925, Neues Jahrb. Min., 52 (Abt. B): 319 (type genus: Pseudoperisphinctes Schindewolf 1923) (Cephalopoda). Direction 14
Pseudophilyra Miers 1879, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1879: 40 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Rathbun 1922 (Smithson. misc. Coll., 73 (No. 1): 28): Pseudophilyra tridentata Miers 1879, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1879: 41) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73, Direction 37
Pseudopinnixa Holmes 1895, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., (2)4: 565 (a junior homonym of Pseudopinnixa Ortmann 1894). Direction 37
Pseudopinnixa Ortmann 1894, Zool. Jahrb., Jena (Syst.), 7: 694 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Pseudopinnixa carinata Ortmann 1894, Zool. Jahrb., Jena (Syst.), 7: 694) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37
Pseudorhombila Milne Edwards 1837, in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hist. nat. Crust., 2: 58 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Melia quadridentata Latreille [1828], Ency. méth., 10 (Ins.): 706) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37
Pseudorthocladius Edwards 1932, The Entomologist, 65: 141 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2179
Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer 1943, Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region, vol. 3, p. 93 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Psectrocladius curtistylus Goetghebuer 1921) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2179
Pseudoscaphirhynchus Nikolski 1900, Ann. Mus. zool. Acad. Sci. Pétersbourg, 5(1-2): 257 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Pseudoscaphirhynchus rossikowi Nikolski 1900, Ann. Mus. zool. Acad. Sci. Pétersbourg, 5(1-2): 257) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 971
Pseudoschwagerina Dunbar & Skinner 1935, J. Paleontol., 10: 83-91 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Schwagerina uddeni Beede & Kniker 1924, Univ. Texas Bull., No. 2433: 27, pl. 1, figs. 1, 2; pl. 4, fig. 10; pl. 6, figs. 1, 2, 5-7) (Rhizopoda). Opinion 213
Pseudosquilla Dana 1852, U.S. Explor. Exped., 13: 615, 621 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Squilla ciliata Fabricius 1787, Mantissa Ins., 1: 333) (Crustacea, Stomatopoda). Opinion 785
Pseudosquille Eydoux & Souleyet 1842, Voy. Bonite (Zool.), 1(2): 263 (a vernacular (French) name). Opinion 785
Pseudothelphusa Saussure 1857, Rev. Mag. Zool., (2)9: 305 (gender: feminine) (type species,by monotypy: Pseudothelphusa americana Saussure 1857, Rev. Mag. Zool., (2)9: 305) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73
PSEUDOTHELPHUSINAE Ortmann 1893, Zool. Jahrb. (Syst.), 7: 487 (type genus: Pseudothelphusa De Saussure 1857) ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over POTAMIDAE Ortmann 1896 by those who consider Potamon Savigny 1816 and Pseudothelphusa De Saussure to belong to the same family-group taxon (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
Pseudoxyrhopus Günther 1881, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (5)7(41): 359 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy of the replaced nominal genus Homalocephalus Jan 1863: Homalocephalus heterurus Jan 1863) (Reptilia, Serpentes). Opinion 1789
Psiloceras Hyatt 1867, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 3: 72 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation by Spath 1924 (Proc. Geol. Assoc, London, 35: 191): Ammonites planorbis Sowerby 1824, Min. Conch., 5: 69, pl. 448, fig. 1) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 324
PSILOCERATIDAE Hyatt 1867, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 3: 72 (type genus: Psiloceras Hyatt 1867) (Cephalopoda). Direction 14
Psittacus Catesby 1777, Pisc. Serp. Ins. Imagines: 29 (a junior homonym of Psittacus Linnaeus 1758). Direction 44
Psittacus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 96 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Gray 1840 (List Genera Birds: 52): Psittacus erithacus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 99) (Aves). Opinion 67
Psodos Treitschke 1825, in Ochsenheimer, Schmett. von Europa, 5(2): 434 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Duponchel 1829 (in Godart, Hist. nat. Lépid. France, 7(2): 112): Phalaena equestrata Fabricius 1777, Gen. Ins.: 288, valid name: Phalaena quadrifaria Sulzer 1776) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 995
Psoidos Treitschke 1825, in Ochsenheimer, Schmett. von Europa, 5(2): 434 (ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling for Psodos Treitschke 1825). Opinion 995
Psolus Oken 1815 (Echinodermata). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2367
Psopha Fieber 1852, in Kelch, Grundl. Orth. Oberschles.: 2 (a junior homonym of Psopha Billberg 1828). Direction 5
Psopheticus Wood-Mason 1892, Ill. Zool. ‘Investigator’, Crust. (1): pl. 5, fig. 1 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Psopheticus stridulans Wood-Mason 1892, Ill. Zool. ‘Investigator’, Crust. (1): pl. 5, fig. 1) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37
Psophia Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 154 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Psophia crepitans Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 154) (Aves). Opinion 67
psophia Pallas 1767 [originally in Grus], Spicil. Zool., 4: 1 (a junior objective synonym of crepitans Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Psophia]). Direction 55
Psophus Fieber 1853, Lotos, 3: 122 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Gryllus stridulus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 432) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 149
Psoroptes Gervais 1841, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (2)15: 9 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Sarcoptes equi Raspail 1834, Bull. gén. Thér. méd. chir., Paris, 7 (Suppl.): 182) (Arachnida). Opinion 104, Direction 66
Psuchocephalus Latreille 1828, Dictionnaire Classique d’Histoire Naturelle, vol. 14, p. 597 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Curculio leprosus Olivier 1807, a junior synonym of Curculio vitulus Fabricius 1775), ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the name Aegorhinus Erichson 1834 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2085
Psuphocephalus Imhoff 1856, Versuch einer Einführung in das Studium der Koleopteren, p. 221 (an incorrect subsequent spelling of Psuchocephalus Latreille 1828) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2085
psyche [Hübner 1790-1793] [originally in Papilio], Lep. linn.: 9 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 975
Psylla Geoffroy 1762, Hist. abrég. Ins. Paris, 3: 482 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Chermes alni Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 454) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 731
PSYLLIDAE Latreille 1807, Gen. Crust. Ins., 3: 168 (type genus: Psylla Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 731