International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

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riccartonensis Lapworth 1876 [originally in Monograptus] Geological Magazine, (2)3: 355-356, as defined by the neotype (specimen BU 1585 in the Lapworth Museum, Birmingham University, U.K.) designated under the plenary power (Graptolithina). Opinion 1883Opinion

Richardina Milne Edwards 1881, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 93: 933 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Richardina spinicincta Milne Edwards 1881, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 93: 933) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712

richardsonii Thomson 1842 [originally in Genetta], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 10: 204 (specific name of the type species of Poiana Gray [1865]) (Mammalia). Opinion 384

richardsonii Charlesworth 1855 [originally in Platychoerops], Rep. brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 24 (Liverpool, 1854): 80 (specific name of the type species of Platychoerops Charlesworth 1855) (Mammalia). Opinion 1123 

ricini Anderson 1971 [originally in Phalaena] (Lepidoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2376

RICINIDAE Neumann 1890, Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Toulouse, 24: 55 (conserved under the plenary power) (type genus: Ricinus de Geer 1778) (Insecta, Mallophaga). Opinion 627  

Ricinus Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 157 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592Opinion

Ricinus de Geer 1778, Mém. Hist. Ins., 7: 69 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Neumann 1906 (Bull. Soc. zool. France, 20: 56): Ricinus fringillae de Geer 1778, Mém. Hist. Ins., 7: 71, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Clay & Hopkins 1954 (Bull. Brit. Mus. (nat. Hist.) Entomol., 3: 237)) (Insecta, Mallophaga). Opinion 627

ricinus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Acarus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 615 (valid name under Article 24a of the type species of Ixodes Latreille 1795) (Arachnida). Direction 110  

rigidus Hall 1858 [originally in Graptolithus], Geol. Surv. Canada, Rept. for 1857: 121 (specific name of the type species of Clonograptus Hall & Nicholson 1873) (Graptolithina). Opinion 650

Riisea Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860, Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, (2)19: 294 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Riisea paniculata Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860), ruled under the plenary power to be the correct original spelling of Rusea (Anthozoa). Opinion 1895Opinion

riisei Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860 [originally in Clavularia], Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, (2)19: 310, ruled under the plenary power to be the correct original spelling of Clavularia rusei (Anthozoa). Opinion 1895

riisei Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860 [originally in Desmophyllum], Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, (2)19: 337, ruled under the plenary power to be the correct original spelling of Desmophyllum rusei (Anthozoa). Opinion 1895 

ringens Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Sabella], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1268 (specific name of the type species of Melicerta Schrank 1803) (Rotifera). Opinion 522  

Rioarribasaurus Hunt & Lucas 1991, Palaeontologische Zeitschrift, 65: 191 (a junior objective synonym of Coelophysis Cope 1889) (Reptilia, Saurischia). Opinion 1842  

Riodina Westwood [1851], Genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, 2(47): 430 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Papilio lysippus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 484) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1073

RIODINIDAE Grote 1895 (1827), Mitt. Roemermus., Hildesheim (1): 2 (type genus: Riodina Westwood [1851]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1073Opinion

riojaensis Pinto 1986 [originally in Xenoptera] (Megasecoptera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2370

Riojana d’Abrera & Bálint in d’Abrera 2001 (Lepidoptera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2358

Riparia Forster 1817, Syn. Cat. Brit. Birds: 17 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Hirundo riparia Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 192) (Aves). Opinion 610Opinion 

riparia Fallén 1813 [originally in Ephydra], K. Vetenskaps Akad. Handl., 1813(2): 246 (specific name of the type species of Ephydra Fallén 1810) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1321  

riparia Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Hirundo], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 192 (specific name of the type species of Riparia Forster 1817) (Aves). Opinion 610  

Ripidiorhynchus Sartenaer 1966, Bull. Inst. roy. Sci. nat. Belg., 42(30): 2 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Terebratula livonica von Buch 1834, Abh. Kön. Ak. Wiss. zu Berlin: 57) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 907Opinion

Risomurex Olsson & McGinty 1958, Bulletin of American Paleontology, 39(177): 40 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Ricinula deformis Reeve 1846) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1623 

risoria Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Columba], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, p. 165 (priority maintained) (Aves) Opinion 2215Opinion

Rissoa Desmarest 1814, Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris, (3)1: 7 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884, Les mollusques marins de Roussillon, vol. 1, part 7, p. 262: Rissoa ventricosa Desmarest 1814) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1664Opinion

rissoana Roux 1828 [originally in Amathia], Crust. Médit. (1): pl. 3 (specific name of the type species of Anamathia Smith 1885) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712Opinion

RISSOIDAE Gray 1847, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 152 (type genus: Rissoa Desmarest 1814), ruled under the plenary power that this name and other family-group names based on Rissoa are to be given precedence over TRUNCATELLIDAE Gray 1840 and other family-group names based on Truncatella Risso 1826 whenever their type genera are placed in the same family-group taxon (Gastropoda). Opinion 1664Opinion

rissonii Desmarest 1825 [originally in Palinurus], Consid. gén. Classe Crust.: 185 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 507 

ritsemae Lansberge 1883 [originally in Onthophagus (Proagoderus)], Notes from the Leyden Museum, 5: 15 (specific name of the type species of Proagoderus Lansberge 1883) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1708 

rivicola Lamarck 1818 [originally in Cyclas], Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vertčbr., 5: 558 (Bivalvia). Opinion 336Opinion

rivularis Rafinesque 1820 [originally in Lepleurus], Annals of Nature, 1: 7 (a junior objective synonym ofGammarus minus Say 1818, through the neotype proposed by Holthuis 1969 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 26: 106) and designated under the plenary power). Opinion 1133Opinion

rivularis Scopoli 1763 [originally in Papilio], Entomol. carn.: 165, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Hemming 1959 (Ops. Decls. int. Comm. zool. Nomencl., 20: 326) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 562  

rivularis Cameron 1932 [originally in Philonthus], The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. Staphylinidae, vol. 3, p. 138, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of P. rivularis Kiesenwetter 1858 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053

rivularis Kiesenwetter 1858 [originally in Philonthus], Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 2: 61 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053

rivularis Paykull 1789 [originally in Staphylinus], Monographia Staphylinorum Sueciae, p. 65, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over Staphylinus cursor Müller 1776 whenever they are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2086  

rivularis Motschulsky 1860 [originally in Trogophloeus], Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 33(2): 552, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over Carpelimus obscurus Stephens 1834 whenever they are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2086 

Rizzolia Trinchese 1877, Rend. Acc. Sci. Inst. Bologna, 1876-77: 147 (a junior objective synonym of Cratena Bergh 1864). Opinion 776