International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
Va
Vachoniainae. Case 3119
vagans Loew 1861 [originally in Pelastoneurus], Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Dipteren, Beitrag 8, p. 39 (specific name of the type species of Pelastoneurus Loew 1861) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2087
vaginalis Blanchard 1885 [originally in Amoeba], Traité Zool. médic., 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 312
vaginalis Donné 1836 [originally in Trichomonas], Compte Rendu Hebdomadaire des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris, 3: 386 (specific name of the type species of Trichomonas Donné 1836) (Mastigophora). Opinion 1447
vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard 1824 [originally in Gerres], Voy. ‘Uranie’ (Zool.): 292 (specific name of the type species of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 962
vaillantii Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840 [originally in Platystoma], Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes, p. 21 (specific name of the type species of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862) (Osteichthyes) Opinion 2208
Valanga Uvarov 1923, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (9)12: 345 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Acridium nigricorne Burmeister 1838, Handb. Entomol., 2(2): 629) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 998
Valanginites Sayn in Kilian 1910, Lethaea geognostica, Teil 2 (Das Mesozoicum), Band 3 (Kreide), Lieferung 2, p. 194 (gender: masculine) (type species, ruled under the plenary power to be by subsequent designation by Roman 1938, Les ammonites jurassiques et crétacées. Essai de genera, p. 386: Ammonites nucleus Roemer 1841) (Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea). Opinion 1610
valdani d’Orbigny 1844 [originally in Ammonites], Paléontol. franç., Terr. jurass., 1: 255, pl. 71, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Getty 1970 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 27: 107, pl. 3) (specific name of the type species of Acanthopleuroceras Hyatt 1900) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 996
Valdivia Ragonot 1888, Nouv. gen. esp. Phycit. Gall.: 27 (a junior homonym of Valdivia White 1847). Direction 37
Valdivia Shannon 1927, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 70 (Article 9): 31 (a junior homonym of Valdivia White 1847). Direction 37
Valdivia White 1847, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 15: 85 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Valdivia serrata White 1847, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 15: 85) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73
Valdivianemertes Stiasny-Wijnhoff 1923, Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 67: 643 (a junior objective synonym of Akrostomum Grube 1840) (Nemertea). Opinion 2016
Valettaster Lambert 1914, Rev. crit. Paleozool., 1914: 27 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Rasmussen 1950 (Dansk. geol. Unders., 2 (No. 77): 93): Oreaster ocellatus Forbes 1848, Mem. geol. Surv. Great Brit., 2: 468) (Asteroidea). Opinion 331
Vallonia Risso 1826, Hist. nat. princip. Product. Europ. mérid., 4: 101 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Vallonia rosalia Risso 1826, Hist. nat. princip. Product. Europ. mérid., 4: 102, valid name: Helix pulchella Müller 1774) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335
VALLONIIDAE Pilsbry 1900, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1900: 564 (type genus: Vallonia Risso 1826) (Gastropoda). Direction 27
Valvata Müller 1774, Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 198 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Valvata cristata Müller 1774, Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 198) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335
VALVATIDAE Gray 1840, in Turton, Manual land & freshwater Shells brit. Islands (ed. 2): 79 (type genus: Valvata Müller 1774) (Gastropoda). Direction 27
vandellii Cuvier 1829 [originally in Osteoglossum], Le règne animal distribué d’après son organisation pour servir de base à l’histoire naturelle des animaux et d’introduction à l’anatomie comparée, Ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 328, ruled under the plenary power that all first reviser actions regarding the specific names vandellii Cuvier 1829, as published in combination with the manuscript generic name Ischnosoma, are set aside and that bicirrhosum Cuvier 1829 is deemed a senior objective synonym of vandellii Cuvier 1829 (Osteichthyes, Osteoglossiformes). Opinion 1621
Vanessa Fabricius 1807, Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 6: 281 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Latreille 1810 (Consid. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 440, 354): Papilio atalanta Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 478) ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over Cynthia Fabricius 1807 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 156
vanessae Robineau-Desvoidy 1830 [originally in Sturmia], Mémoires présentés par divers savants à l’Académie Royale des Sciences de l’Institut de France. Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques, (2)2: 172 (specific name of the type species of Sturmia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2307
Vanicora Paetel 1887, Cat. Conch. (ed. 4), 1: 511 (an unjustified emendation of Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard 1832). Opinion 1009
Vanicoro Gray 1840, Syn. Brit. Mus. (ed. 42) [issue 2]: 152 (an unjustified emendation of Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard 1832). Opinion 1009
VANICOROIDAE Gray 1840, Syn. Brit. Mus. (ed. 42) [issue 2]: 121 (type genus: Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard 1832) (an incorrect original spelling for VANIKORIDAE Gray 1840). Opinion 1009
Vanikora Whitfield 1891, Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist., 3: 387, 388 (an unjustified emendation of Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard 1832). Opinion 1009
VANIKORIDAE Gray 1840 (a justified emendation of VANICOROIDAE) Syn. Brit. Mus. (ed. 42) [issue 2]: 121 (type genus: Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard 1832) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1009
Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard 1832, Voy. Astrolabe, Zool., 2: 239 (made available under the plenary power) (gender, as ruled under the plenary power: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Sigaretus cancellatus Lamarck 1822, Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert., 6(2): 208) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1009
Vanikoroa Cossman 1924, Essais Paléoconch. comp., 13: 163 (an unjustified emendation of Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard 1832). Opinion 1009
Vanikoroia Martin 1914, Samml. Geol. Reichs-Mus. Leiden (n.f.), 2(4): 170 (an unjustified emendation of Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard 1832). Opinion 1009
variabilis Linnaeus 1761 [originally in Cerambyx], Fauna Svecica, Editio altera, p. 192 (specific name of the type species of Phymatodes Mulsant 1839) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1525
variabilis Say 1822 [originally in Donax], Jour. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 2: 305 (Bivalvia). Opinion 1057
variabilis Schumacher 1817 [originally in Donax], Essai d’un nouveau système des vers testacés (Copenhague): 156 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1057
variabilis Friese 1909 [originally in Nomia], Ann. Mus. nat. Hist. Hung., 7: 205 (specific name of the type species of Reepenia Friese 1909) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 788
varians Gory 1833 [originally in Cicindela] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2410
varians Ljungh 1799 [originally in Cicindela] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2410
varians [Leach 1814] [originally in Hippolyte], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 7(2): 431 (specific name of the type species of Hippolyte [Leach 1814]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
varians [Leach 1814] [originally in Palaemon], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 7(2): 432 (specific name of the type species of Palaemonetes Heller 1869) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
variegata Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Cicada], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 87 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
variegata Megerle [1803] [originally in Hippobosca], Appendix ad catalogum insectorum, quae mense Novembris MDCCCII Viennae Austriae auctionis lege vendita fuere, p. [17], ruled under the plenary power to be available despite having been published in a suppressed work (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1710
variegata Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Mantis], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 82 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
variegata Risso 1816 [originally in Nika], Hist. nat. Crust. Nice: 86 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 606
variegata Kerr 1792 [originally in Simia (Papio)], The Animal Kingdom, Mammalia: 62 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 935
variegata Gray 25 [originally in Terebra] November 1834, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1834: 61 (Gastropoda). Opinion 1156
variegatum Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Oestrum], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 106 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
variegatus Curtis 1839 [originally in Aeolus] (Insecta, Coleoptera, Elateridae): suppression of the name not approved. ICZN 2018: Opinion 2409 (Case 3694)
variegatus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Gryllus Locusta], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 432 (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 969
variegatus Villers 1789 [originally in Oniscus], Caroli Linnaei entomologia, faunae Suecicae descriptionibus aucta, vol. 4, p. 188 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Isopoda). Opinion 1897
variegatus [Leach 1814] [originally in Portumnus], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 7(2): 391 (a junior objective synonym of latipes Pennant 1777 [originally in Cancer]). Direction 84
variegatus Schwarz 1904 [originally in Pomachilius] (Insecta, Coleoptera, Elateridae): conservation of the specific name by suppression of the name Aeolus variegatus Curtis 1839 not approved. ICZN 2018: Opinion 2409 (Case 3694)
variegatus Semper 1868 [originally in Stichopus], Reisen im Archipel de Philippinen, 2: 73 (Holothuroidea). Opinion 762
variocostatus Buckland 1836 [originally in Ammonites], Bridgewater Treatise, 6: pl. 42, fig. 7 (no text) (specific name of the type species of Perisphinctes Waagen 1869) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 303
variolaris Brongniart 1822 [originally in Calymene], Histoire naturelle des Crustacés fossiles ... les Trilobites: 14, 15, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Tripp, Temple & Gass 1977 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 33: 251) (Trilobita). Opinion 1216
variolata Bertrand 1763 [originally in Cidaris], Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 102 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
variolosa Fabricius 1801 [originally in Buprestis], Systema Eleutheratorum, vol. 2, p. 190, 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 variolosa Paykull [1799] (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
variolosa Paykull [1799] [originally in Buprestis], Fauna Suecica. Insecta, vol. 2, p. 219 (specific name of the type species of Poecilonota Eschscholtz 1829) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1825
variopedata Cuvier [1804b] [originally in Tricoelia], Prospetto della classe dei vermi, p. 18, ruled under the plenary power to be available from Renier [1804b] (Annelida). Opinion 2296
varius Leidy 1851 [originally in Gordius], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 5: 262, 263 (specific name of the type species of Paragordius Camerano 1897) (Nematomorpha). Direction 77
varius Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Gymnotus], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 37 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
Varuna Milne Edwards 1830, Dict. class. Hist. nat., 16: 511 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Cancer litteratus Fabricius 1798, Suppl. Entomol. syst.: 342) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37
vastus Selenka, De Man & Bülow 1884 [originally in Sipunculus], Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr C. Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaften Resultate, p. 103 (Sipuncula). Opinion 1532
Vatellus Aubé [1837], Hydrocanthares. In Dejean (Ed.), Iconographie et histoire naturelle des coléoptères d’Europe, vol. 5, p. 221 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy of the replaced nominal genus Leucorea Laporte 1835: Hydroporus tarsatus Laporte 1835) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1681