International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

Su

Subancistrocerus Saussure 1855, Et. Fam. Vesp., 3: 206 (gender: masculine) (type species: Odynerus sichelii Saussure 1855, Et. Fam. Vesp., 3: 206) (ruled under the plenary power to be available from the date of publication by H. de Saussure) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893

subantiqua d’Orbigny 1850 [originally in Fenestrella (sic)], Prodr. Paléontol., 1: 44, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Elias 1956 (J. Paleontol., 30: 317, 319-321, pl. 43, figs. 1-4) (specific name of the type species of Fenestella Lonsdale 1839) (Bryozoa). Opinion 622  

subcoleoptrata Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Conops], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1006 (specific name of the type species of Phasia Latreille 1804) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 896

subconcinna Davidson 1852 [originally in Rhynchonella], Monograph brit. foss. Brachiopoda (Palaeontogr. Soc.), 1(3): 10, pl. 1, figs. 5a-c, as interpreted by the neotype designated under the plenary power (Brachiopoda). Opinion 1183

subconicus Martin 1809 [originally in Conchyliolithus Anomites], Petrif. derb.: sign. Z[2], pl. 47, figs. 6-8, as interpreted by the neotype designated by North 1921 (Quart. J. geol. Soc. London, 76: 203) (conserved under the plenary power) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 419 

subcunctans Alexander 1921 [originally in Tipula], Ann. entomol. Soc. America, 14: 127 (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1160 

subcylindrica Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Helix], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1248 (senior subjective synonym of Truncatella costulata Risso 1826, the type species of Truncatella Risso 1826) (Gastropoda). Opinion 344, Opinion 1664 

subdipterus Fabricius 1792 [originally in Ripiphorus] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2020: Opinion 2463

Subestea Cotton 1944, Trans. roy. Soc. S. Australia, 68: 292 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Alvania seminodosa May 1916, Proc. roy. Soc. Tasmania, 1915: 94, 95, valid name: Cingula australiae Frauenfeld 1867) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1181

subfuscus Draparnaud [1805] [originally in Limax], Hist. nat. Moll. terrestr. fluviat. France: 125 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336  

subgentoni Spath 1926 [originally in Mantelliceras], Geol. Mag., 63: 83 (Cephalopoda). Opinion 557  

subglobosa Stimpson [1871] [originally in Iliacantha], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 2(2): 155 (specific name of the type species of Iliacantha Stimpson [1871]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36

subgutturosa Güldenstaedt 1780 [originally in Antilope], Acta Acad. Sci. imp. Petrop., 1778 (No. 1): 251 (Mammalia). Direction 23  

sublaevis Sowerby 1814 [originally in Ammonites], Min. Conch., 1: 117, pl. 54 (specific name of the type species of Cadoceras Fischer 1882) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 324

sublucanus Forsskål 1775 [originally in Cancer], Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium, quae in itinere orientali, observavit: 94 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1367  

sublyncoides d’Orbigny 1852 [originally in Cypraea], Prodr. Pal., 3: 48 (specific name of the type species of Jousseaumea Sacco 1894) (Gastropoda). Opinion 673

submetallicum Spinola 1851 [originally in Camptopoeum], in Gay, Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile, vol. 6, p. 198 (specific name of the type species of Acamptopoeum Cockerell 1905) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1759

subnigra Bonnaterre 1790 [originally in Testudo], Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature; erpétologie, p. 30 (specific name of the type species of Pelusios Wagler 1830) (Reptilia, Testudines). Opinion 1534

subocularis Brown 1901 [originally in Coluber], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1901: 492 (ruled under the plenary power not to be invalidated by its senior secondary homonym, Bascanion suboculare Cope 1866) (Reptilia). Opinion 745

subquadrata Dana 1851 [originally in Fabia], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 5: 253 (specific name of the type species of Fabia Dana 1851) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36  

subquadrata Cope 1881 [originally in Protogonia], Proc. Amer. philos. Soc., 19: 492 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 980  

subradiatus Sowerby 1823 [originally in Ammonites], Min. Conch., 5: 23, pl. 421, fig. 2 (specific name of the type species of Oppelia Waagen 1869) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 324 

subrufescens Miller 1822 [originally in Helix], Ann. Phil., 19: 379 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336

subspinosa Fabricius 1781 [originally in Crioceris], Species Insectorum, vol. 1, p. 155 (specific name of the type species of Zeugophora Kunze 1818) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1382

substriata Jeffreys 1833 [originally in Alaea], Trans. linn. Soc. London, 16(3): 515 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336 

subsultans Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Musca], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 993 (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1863

subsultans Fabricius 1794 [originally in Syrphus], Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta ..., vol. 4, p. 304 (senior subjective synonym of Mosillus arcuatus Latreille 1805, the type species of Mosillus Latreille 1804, and the specific name of the type species of Gymnomyza Fallén 1810) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1748

subtaeniata Peters 1882 [originally in Psammophis sibilans var.], Reise nach Moçambique, 3: 121 (Reptilia). Opinion 1210

subterraneus Montagu 1808 [originally in Cancer (Astacus)], Trans. linn. Soc. London, 9: 88 (specific name of the type species of Callianassa [Leach 1814]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 434 

subterraneus Bate 1859 [originally in Crangonyx], Nat. Hist. Rev. Dublin, 6 (Proc. Dublin zool. bot. Ass., Feb. 18, 1859): 165 (specific name of the type species of Crangonyx Bate 1859) (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Opinion 1133  

subtruncatum Malm 1855 [originally in Pisidium], Götheborgs K. Vet. & Vitt. Samh. Handl., 3: 92 (Bivalvia). Opinion 336 

Subulina Beck 1837, Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred.: 76 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Gray 1847 (Proc. zool. Soc. London, 15: 177): Bulimus octonus Bruguière [1789], Ency. méth., Vers, 1(1): 325) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335

SUBULINIDAE Thiele 1931, Handb. syst. Weichtierk., 2: 549 (type genus: Subulina Beck 1837) (Gastropoda). Direction 27  

subvirescens Bellamy 1839 [originally in Helix], Nat. Hist. South Devon: 420 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336 

succincta Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Apis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 576 (specific name of the type species of Colletes Latreille 1802) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1713

succinctus Linnaeus 1763 [originally in Gryllus Locusta], Amoen. Acad., 6: 398, as interpreted by the neotype designated under the plenary power (specific name of the type species of Patanga Uvarov 1923) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 998

Succinea Draparnaud [1801], Tabl. Moll. terrestr. fluviat. France: 32, 55 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Gray 1847 (Proc. zool. Soc. London, 15: 171): Helix putris Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 774) (Gastropoda). Opinion 94, Direction 72  

Suchonella Spizharsky 1937, Trudy Tsentral’nogo Nauchno-Issledovatel’skogo Geologo-Razvedochnogo Instituta [Transactions of the Central Geological Prospecting Institute], 97: 159 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Suchonella typica Spizharsky 1939) (Ostracoda). Opinion 1915 

suhmi Bate 1878 [originally in Pentacheles], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)2: 278 (specific name of the type species of Stereomastis Bate 1888) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 702  

sulcata Fischer von Waldheim 1824 [originally in Buprestis], Entomographia Imperii Russici. Genera Insectorum systematica exposita et analysi iconographica instructa. Coleoptera, vol. 2, p. 197, ruled under the plenary power to be treated as not invalid by reason of having been originally published as a junior primary homonym of Buprestis sulcata Thunberg 1789 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008

sulcata Thunberg 1789 [originally in Buprestis], Novas Insectorum species. 5. Dissertation, p. 90 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008 

sulcata Meigen 1804 [originally in Empis], Klassifikazion und Beschreibung der europäischen zweiflügligen Insekten (Diptera Linn.), Abt. 2, p. 229 (specific name of the type species of Rhamphomyia Meigen 1822) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2117  

sulcata Hermann 1781 [originally in Venus], Der Naturforscher, Halle, 15: 127-129, pl. IV, figs. 9, 10, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Cox 1951 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 6: 83) (specific name of the type species of Trigonia Bruguière [1789]) (Bivalvia). Opinion 327 

sulcatifrons Smith 1884 [originally in Parapasiphaë], Rep. U.S. Comm. Fish, 10: 384 (specific name of the type species of Parapasiphaë Smith 1884) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470

Sulcatula Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 209 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592

sulcatus Martyn 1784 [originally in [Trochus]], Univ. Conch., 1: fig. 35 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 479  

sulcatus Jurine 1807 [originally in Ceraphron], Nouv. Méth. class. Hyménopt.: 303 (specific name of the type species of Ceraphron Jurine 1807) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Direction 2

sulcatus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Dytiscus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 412 (specific name of the type species of Acilius Leach 1817) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 619 

sulcatus Wiedemann 1821 [originally in Gyrinus], Mag. Entomol. (Germar), 4: 119 (specific name of the type species of Enhydrus Laporte 1834) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 710

sulcatus Swainson 1820 (July) [originally in Pteroglossus], Quart. J. Sci. Lit. Arts, 9(18): 267 (specific name of the type species of Aulacorhynchus Gould 1834) (Aves). Direction 43 

sulcatus Cope 1882 [originally in Taeniolabis], American Naturalist, 16: 604 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Mammalia, Multituberculata). Opinion 1516 

sulcatus Gmelin [1791] [originally in Turbo], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3592, as interpreted by reference to the holotype, namely the specimen figured by Martyn 1784 (Univ. Conch., 1: fig. 35) as [Trochus] sulcatus (specific name of the type species of Cookia Lesson [1832]) (Gastropoda). Opinion 479  

sulphuratus Lichtenstein 1793 [originally in Cuculus], Cat. Rerum. nat. rariss. Hamb., 1: 15 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 407

sulphurella Zetterstedt 1828 [originally in Cicadula], Fauna Ins. lapp.: 297 (valid name at the date of Opinion 603 of the type species of Elymana de Long 1936) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 603 

sumatranus Thorell 1891 [originally in Gnomulus], Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, (2)10: 759, as defined by the lectotype (male specimen from Mount Singalang, West Sumatra, in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa) designated by Schwendinger & Martens 1999, Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 106(4): 958 (specific name of the type species of Gnomulus Thorell 1890) (Arachnida). Opinion 1966 

sumatrensis Fischer 1814 [originally in Rhinoceros], Zoognosie, 3: 301 (specific name of the type species of Dicerorhinus Gloger 1841) (Mammalia). Opinion 1080 

sumichrasti Bocourt 1886 [originally in Henicognathus], Mission scientifique au Mexique (10): 628-630, pl. 41, fig. 5 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 744  

sumptuosa Laporte & Gory 1835 [originally in Chrysodema], Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères, vol. 1, p. 2 (specific name of the type species of Iridotaenia Deyrolle 1864) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2076  

sundewalli Boheman 1836 [originally in Phaenomerus], in Schoenherr, Gen. Spec. Curc., 3: 632 (specific name of the type species of Phaenomerus Schoenherr 1836) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 621  

superba Clark 1915 [originally in Ophiolepis], Spolia Zeylanica, 10: 89 (specific name of the type species of Ophiolepis Müller & Troschel 1840) (Ophiuroidea). Opinion 1187

superba Costa 1838 [originally in Portunus], Fauna Regno Napoli, Crust. (Addiz. Dec. Brach.): 19 (valid name at the date of Direction 36 of the type species of Bathynectes Stimpson [1871]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36

superbus de Man 1880 [originally in Dorylaimus], Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging, 5: 79, as defined by the female lectotype from Katwijk, The Netherlands (catalogue no. V.As 253 in the Zoological Museum, Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoologie, Amsterdam), designated by Loof 1961, Beaufortia, 8: 237 (specific name of the type species of Aporcelaimus Thorne & Swanger 1936) (Nematoda). Opinion 1904

superbus Dana 1852 [originally in Oedipus], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 25 (specific name of the type species of Coralliocaris Stimpson 1860) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470

supinum Schmidt [1851 (February)] [originally in Pisidium], Z. f. Malakzool., 7: 119 (Bivalvia). Opinion 336

Suricata Desmarest 1804, Nouv. Dict. Hist. nat., 24 (Tab.): 15 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Suricata capensis Desmarest 1804, Nouv. Dict. Hist. nat., 24 (Tab.): 15, valid name: Viverra suricata Schreber [1776]) (Mammalia). Opinion 384 

suricata Schreber [1776] [originally in Viverra], Die Säugthiere, 3: pl. 97 (valid name at the date of Opinion 384 of the type species of Suricata Desmarest 1804) (Mammalia). Opinion 384  

SURICATIDAE Cope 1882, Proc. amer. phil. Soc., 20(112): 474 (type genus: Suricata Desmarest 1804) for use by those who consider that Suricata Desmarest and Herpestes Illiger 1811 belong to different family-group taxa (Mammalia). Direction 53 

surinamensis Retzius 1783 [originally in Cicada laternaria] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

Surnia Duméril 1806, Zoologie analytique, p. 34 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent monotypy by Froriep 1806, C. Duméril’s analytische Zoologie aus dem französischen mit Zusätzen, p. 35: Strix hudsonia Gmelin 1788, of which the valid name at the time of the Commission’s ruling was Strix caparoch Müller 1766) (Aves). Direction 122

Sus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 49 (gender: masculine) (type species, by Linnaean tautonymy: Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 49) (Mammalia). Opinion 75

Susu Lesson 1828, Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière des Mammifères et des Oiseaux découverts depuis 1788 jusqu’à nos jours, vol. 1, p. 212 (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 1565  

sutularis Kirby 1827 [originally in Trichius], Zoological Journal, 3(10): 156 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2162

suturalis MacLeay 1825 [originally in Colymbetes], Annul. javan. (ed. 1): 135 (valid name at the date of Opinion 289 of the type species of Rhantus Dejean 1833) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 289

suturalis Fabricius 1775 [originally in Melolontha], Syst. Entomol.: 34 (specific name of the type species of Stethaspis Hope 1837) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1244

suturalis Gory & Percheron 1833 [originally in Trichius], Monographie des Cétoines et genres voisins ..., p. 48 (specific name of the type species of Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum 1840) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2162