International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

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Realia Baird 1850, Nomencl. moll. Anim. & Shells Brit. Mus., 1 Cyclophoridae: 63, 64 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 973

REALIINAE Pfeiffer 1858, Mon. Pneumonopomorum viv., Suppl. 1: 153 (type genus: Realia Baird 1850) (invalid because the name of the type genus has been suppressed under the plenary power). Opinion 973  

Receptacules Defrance 1827, Dict. Sci. nat., 45: 7 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 909

Receptaculites Deshayes 1828, Dict. class. Hist. nat., 14: 486 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent monotypy (Blainville 1830): Receptacules neptuni Defrance 1827, Dict. Sci. nat., 45: 7) (Receptaculitidae). Opinion 909

rectangula Sars 1862 [originally in Alona], Forh. Vidensk.-Selsk. Christiania, 1861: 278 (Crustacea, Branchiopoda). Opinion 532 

rectisectaria Herrich-Schäffer [1855] [originally in Gonodontis], Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischen Schmetterlinge, vol. 1, part 1, pl. 58, fig. 325 (specific name of the type species of Pero Herrich-Schäffer 1855) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1379  

Recurvirostra Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 151 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 151) (Aves). Opinion 67 

redimacula Morrison 1874 [originally in Agrotis], Proc. Bost. Soc. nat. Hist., 17: 165 (ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling for Agrotis redimicula Morrison 1874). Opinion 1354

redimicula Morrison 1874 [originally in Agrotis], Proc. Bost. Soc. nat. Hist., 17: 165 (ruled under the plenary power to be a justified emendation of the specific name redimacula Morrison 1874) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1354

redmanii Leach 1818 [originally in Livoneca], in Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, vol. 12, p. 351 (specific name of the type species of Livoneca Leach 1818) (Crustacea, Isopoda). Opinion 1849 

reducta Staudinger 1901 [originally in Limenitis camilla var.], in Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lepid. pal. Faunengeb., 1: 22, ruled under the plenary power that the name Papilio camillus Cramer [1780] and all uses of that name prior to the publication of Papilio camillus Fabricius 1781 are suppressed for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 562, Opinion 1917 

REDUVIIDAE Latreille 1807 (as REDUVINI), Gen. Crust. Ins., Paris, 3: 126 (type genus: Reduvius Fabricius 1775) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Direction 109

REDUVINI Latreille 1807, Gen. Crust. Ins., Paris, 3: 126 (type genus: Reduvius Fabricius 1775) (an incorrect original spelling for REDUVIIDAE Latreille 1807). Direction 109  

Reduvius Fabricius 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 729 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Latreille 1810 (Consid. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 433, 256): Cimex personatus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 446) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 104, Direction 63

Reepenia Friese 1909, Ann. Mus. nat. Hist. Hung., 7: 205 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Nomia variabilis Friese 1909, Ann. Mus. nat. Hist. Hung., 7: 205) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 788

reflexus Fabricius 1794 [originally in Acarus], Entomol. syst., 4: 426 (specific name of the type species of Argas Latreille 1795) (Arachnida). Direction 90

reflexus Bate 1888 [originally in Dorodotes], Rep. Voy. Challenger’ (Zool.), 24: 678 (specific name of the type species of Dorodotes Bate 1888) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470

refractifrons Bittner 1890 [originally in Rhynchonella], Abh. k.-k. geol. Reichsanst., 14: 34 (specific name of the type species of Norella Bittner 1890) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 633 

regelationis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Tipula], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 587 (specific name of the type species of Atractocera Meigen 1803) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1174

regia Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Paradisaea], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 110 (specific name of the type species of Cicinnurus Vieillot 1816) (Aves). Direction 43

regia Asso 1801 [originally in Perca], An. Cienc. nat. Madrid, 4: 42, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Trewavas 1966 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 23: 4) (a senior objective synonym of Cheilodipterus aquila Lacepède 1803, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 5: 684) (specific name of the type species of Argyrosomus de la Pylaie 1835) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 988

Regina Baird & Girard 1853, Cat. N. Amer. Rept. Mus. Smithson. Inst. (1): 45 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Coluber septemvittatus Say 1825, J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 4: 240) (Reptilia). Opinion 632

regius Fabricius 1805 [originally in Dolichopus] (Diptera). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2421

regius de Brito Capello 1864 [originally in Panulirus], Mem. Acad. Sci. Lisboa (Cl. Sci. math. phys. nat.), (2)3: 5 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 507 

regularis Schlotheim 1820 [originally in Orthoceratites], Die Petref.: 54 (specific name of the type species of Orthoceras Bruguière 1789) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 1003

regularis Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860 [originally in Primnoa], Mémoires de l’Académie des Sciences de Turin, (2)19: 293, as defined by the neotype, specimen USNM 49385 in the United States National Museum, Washington, D.C., designated under the plenary power (specific name of the type species of Narella Gray 1870) (Coelenterata). Opinion 2122

regulbiensis Kanmacher 1798 [originally in Bulla], in Adams, Essays Microsc. (ed. 2): 640, pl. 14, fig. 28 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 568

Regulus Dana 1852, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 18, 27 (a junior homonym of Regulus Cuvier 1800). Opinion 470

religiosus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Gryllus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 426 (specific name of the type species of Mantis Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 299, Opinion 1754  

Remora Forster 1771, Cat. Anim. N. Amer.: 20 (not made available in the work cited). Opinion 242

Remora Gill 1862, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1862: 239 (gender: feminine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy: Echeneis remora Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 260) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 242

Remora Gouan 1770, Hist. Pisc.: 10, [107], 183 (not made available in the work cited). Opinion 242  

remora Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Echeneis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 260 (specific name of the type species of Remora Gill 1862) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 242

renales Goeze 1782 [originally in Ascaris], Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Eingeweidewürmer thierischer Körper, p. 73 (senior subjective synonym of the specific name of Strongylus gigas Rudolphi 1802, the type species of Dioctophyme Collet-Meygret 1802) (Nematoda). Opinion 1552

renalis Gmelin 1790 [or Gmelin in Linnaeus [1791] [originally in Ascaris], type illustration to be that cited by Rudolphi (1809, p. 69), not that mistakenly cited originally by Gmelin (1790, p. 3040) (Opinion 56)

reniforme Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Phalangium], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 619, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the name Phrynus ceylonicus Koch 1843 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Arachnida). Opinion 2082;  ICZN 2017: Opinion 2396

Renoidea Brown 1827, Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland (Edinburgh and London): pl. 1, fig. 14 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1089

renominanda Bischoff 1921 [originally in Mimecomutilla], Arch. Naturgesch. (A), 86(4): 508 (specific name of the type species of Mimecomutilla Ashmead 1903) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1000

repandus Fichtel & Moll 1798 [originally in Nautilus], Testacea microscopica aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus ad naturam picta et descripta, p. 35, as defined by the holotype (Inv. no. MI-470 in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna), the neotype designation by Loeblich & Tappan (1962) having been set aside under the plenary power (specific name of the type species of Eponides de Montfort 1808) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1572 

reptans Fallén 1823 [originally in Agromyza], Diptera Sveciae ..., vol. 2, Agromyzides, p. 1, as defined by the lectotype designated by Nowakowski 1964, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 11: 188 (specific name of the type species of Agromyza Fallén 1810) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1476 

reptans Baird [1836] [originally in Cypris], Berwickshire Nat. Hist. Club, 1(3): 99 (specific name of the type species of Herpetocypris Brady & Norman 1889) (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Opinion 533  

Reptomultisparsa d’Orbigny 1853, Paléontologie française, terrains crétacés, vol. 5, Bryozaires, p. 875 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Diastopora incrustans d’Orbigny 1850) (Bryozoa, Cyclostomata). Opinion 1392

restricta Milne Edwards 1878 [originally in Hippolyte], Bull. Sci. Soc. philomat. Paris, (7)2: 231 (valid name at the date of Opinion 470 of the type species of Trachycaris Calman 1906) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470

resupinatus Martin 1809 [originally in Conchyliolithus Anomites], Petrif. derb.: sign. Z[4], pl. 49, figs. 13, 14, as interpreted by the neotype designated by George & Ponsford 1938 (Trans. Leeds geol. Assoc., 5(4): 288) (conserved under the plenary power) (specific name of the type species of Schizophoria King 1850) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 419

Retepora Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 155 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592

Retes Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 155 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592 

reticularis Bloch 1795 [originally in Gymnothorax], Naturgesch. ausl. Fische, 9: 85 (specific name of the type species of Gymnothorax Bloch 1795) (Osteichthyes). Direction 57

reticulata Thunberg 1787 [originally in Amphisbaena], D.D. Mus. Nat. Acad. Upsaliensis: 30 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1149

reticulata Schneider 1801 [originally in Boa], Historiae Amphibiorum Naturalis et Literariae, vol. 2, p. 264 (oldest available synonym of Coluber oularsawa Bonnaterre 1790 and Coluber oryzivorus Suckow 1798, both of which are suppressed under the plenary power) (Reptilia). Opinion 1463

reticulata Weinland 1863 [originally in Camelopardalis giraffa var.], Zool. Gart., 4: 205 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 944

reticulata de Winton 1899 [originally in Giraffa camelopardalis], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7)4: 212 (Mammalia). Opinion 944

reticulatus Fabricius 1794 [originally in Acarus], Entomol. syst., 4: 428 (specific name of the type species of Dermacentor Koch 1844) (Arachnida). Direction 67

reticulatus Kner 1858 [originally in Bagrus], Ichthyologische Beiträge. II. Abtheilung. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe, Wien, 26: 376 (specific name of the type species of Piratinga Bleeker 1858) (Osteichthyes) Opinion 2208

reticulatus Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Chaetodon], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 40 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380

reticulatus Müller 1774 [originally in Limax], Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 10 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336 

Reticulitermes Holmgren 1913, Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 50(2): 60–61 (gender: masculine), type species by original designation Termes flavipes Kollar 1837, ruled under the plenary power to be given priority over the name Maresa Giebel 1856 whenever their type species are placed in the same genus-group taxon (Insecta, Isoptera). Opinion 2225  

Retinella Fischer 1877, in Shuttleworth, Notitiae Malac., 2: 5 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Kobelt [1879] (Illustr. Conchylienbuch: 223): Helix olivetorum Gmelin [1791], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3639) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335

retortaeformis Zeder 1800 [originally in Strongylus], in Goeze, Versuch Naturg. Eingeweidewürmer, Erst. Nachtr.: 75 (specific name of the type species of Trichostrongylus Looss 1905) (Nematoda). Direction 77

retowskii Bottger 1882 [originally in Amalia] (Gastropoda). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2385

Retusa Brown 1827, Ill. Conch. Gt. Brit. Ireland: pl. 38 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Iredale 1915 (Proc. malac. Soc. London, 11: 300): Bulla obtusa Montagu 1803, Test. brit.: 223) (Gastropoda). Opinion 568  

retusa Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Anomia], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 701 (specific name of the type species of Terebratulina d’Orbigny 1847) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 924 

retusa Maton & Rackett 1807 [originally in Bulla], Trans. linn. Soc. London, 8: 128 (a junior objective synonym of truncata Adams 1800 [originally in Bulla], and of truncatula Bruguière [1792] [originally in Bulla]). Opinion 549  

retusa Lamarck 1819 [originally in Unio], Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, vol. 6, part 1, p. 72 (specific name of the type species of Obovaria Rafinesque 1819) (Bivalvia) Opinion 2188 

RETUSIDAE Thiele 1931, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk., 1: 189 (type genus: Retusa Brown 1827) (Gastropoda). Opinion 568  

retusus Fabricius 1781 [originally in Scarabaeus], Species insectorum exhibentes eorum differentias specificas synonyma auctorum ..., vol. 1, p. 14 (specific name of the type species of Temnorhynchus Hope 1837) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1838

reversa Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Libellula], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 104 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380 

rex Gould 1850 [originally in Balaeniceps], Athenaeum, 1850: 1315 (specific name of the type species of Balaeniceps Gould 1850) (Aves). Direction 19

Reyfria Yonow 1986, Journal of Natural History, 20: 1418 (a junior objective synonym of Fryeria Gray 1853) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1663