Opinions
with the following titles were published on 31 March 2003 in
Volume 60, Part 1 of the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Copies
of these Opinions can be obtained free of charge from the
Executive Secretary, The International Commission on Zoological
Nomenclature, c/o The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road,
London SW7 5BD, U.K. (e-mail: iczn@nhm.ac.uk).
OPINION
2016 (Case 2888)
Valdivianemertes
Stiasny-Wijnhoff, 1923 (Nemertea): not conserved
Abstract.
The Commission has ruled that priority should be maintained
for the nemertean generic name Akrostomum Grube, 1840.
A proposal had been made to conserve the junior objective synonym
Valdivianemertes Stiasny-Wijnhoff, 1923.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Nemertea; CRATENEMERTIDAE;
Akrostomum; Valdivianemertes; Akrostomum stannii.
OPINION
2017 (Case 2983)
Achatinellastrum
Pfeiffer, 1854 and ACHATINELLIDAE Gulick, 1873 (Mollusca,
Gastropoda): conserved
Abstract.
The Commission has ruled that the generic name Achatinellastrum
Pfeiffer, 1854 for a terrestrial snail from Oahu (one of the
Hawaiian islands) and the family-group name ACHATINELLIDAE Gulick,
1873 are conserved. These names were threatened by the unused
senior subjective synonyms Helicteres Beck, 1837 and
HELICTERINAE Pease, 1870, which have been suppressed except
for homonymy.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Gastropoda; ACHATINELLIDAE;
Achatinella; Achatinellastrum; tree snails; Hawaii.
OPINION
2018 (Case 3192)
BULIMINIDAE
Kobelt, 1880 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): spelling emended to BULIMINUSIDAE,
so removing the homonymy with BULIMINIDAE Jones, 1875 (Rhizopoda,
Foraminifera); and ENIDAE Woodward, 1903 (1880) (Gastropoda):
given precedence over BULIMINUSIDAE Kobelt, 1880
Abstract.
The Commission has ruled that the homonymy between BULIMINIDAE
Jones, 1875 (Foraminifera) and BULIMINIDAE Kobelt, 1880 (Gastropoda)
is eliminated by emending the spelling of Kobelt's name to BULIMINUSIDAE.
Both Jones's and Kobelt's names BULIMINIDAE are in use and refer,
respectively, to a cosmopolitan foraminiferan family from the
Cretaceous to Recent and to a group of terrestrial snails with
Palaearctic and Oriental taxa.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Foraminifera; Gastropoda;
Bulimina; Buliminus; Ena; BULIMINIDAE;
BULIMINUSIADE; ENIDAE.
OPINION
2019 (Case 2899)
Dodecaceria
concharum Örsted, 1843 and Heterocirrus fimbriatus
Verrill, 1879 (currently D. fimbriata) (Annelida,
Polychaeta): conservation of usage of the names by the designation
of a neotype for D. concharum not approved
Abstract.
The Commission has ruled not to approve proposals for the conservation
of usage of the names of two cirratulid polychaetes, Dodecaceria
concharum Örsted, 1843 and Heterocirrus fimbriatus
Verrill, 1879, by the designation of a neotype for D. concharum.
No names have been placed on Official Lists or Indexes.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Polychaeta; cirratulid
polychaetes; Dodecaceria; Dodecaceria concharum;
Heterocirrus fimbriatus.
OPINION
2020 (Case 3078)
Diastylis
Say, 1818 (Crustacea, Cumacea): Cuma rathkii Krøyer,
1841 designated as type species
Abstract.
The Commission has designated Cuma rathkii Krøyer,
1841 as the type species of the cumacean genus Diastylis
Say, 1818, replacing D. arenarius Say, 1818, the original
type species. The original material of D. arenarius is
lost and the taxon is not identifiable from its description.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Crustacea; Cumacea;
DIASTYLIDAE; Diastylis; Diastylis rathkii.
OPINION
2021 (Case 3048 & Comments BZN 59:1,
59:2)
NYMPHULINAE
Duponchel, 1845 (Insecta, Lepidoptera): not given precedence
over ACENTROPINAE Stephens, 1835
Abstract.
The Commission has ruled that priority should be maintained
for the crambid moth subfamily name ACENTROPINAE Stephens, 1835.
A proposal had been made to give precedence to the subjective
synonym NYMPHULINAE Duponchel, 1845.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Lepidoptera; ACENTROPINAE;
NYMPHULINAE; Acentropus; Nymphula; Acentropus
garnonsii; Phalaena stagnata; aquatic caterpillars.
OPINION
2022 (Case 3197)
Glassia
Davidson, 1881 (Brachiopoda): G. elongata Davidson,
1881 designated as the type species
Abstract.
The Commission has ruled that the current usage of Glassia
Davidson, 1881 and Lissatrypa Twenhofel, 1914 for two
important genera of smooth-shelled Silurian brachiopods with
radically different internal structure is conserved. Davidson
designated Atrypa obovata Sowerby, 1839 as the
type species of Glassia, but this species is now known
from its internal structure to be a species of the genus Lissatrypa
(type species L. atheroidea Twenhofel, 1914). To avoid
synonymy between Glassia and Lissatrypa, the species
Glassia elongata Davidson, 1881 has been designated
as type species of Glassia.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Brachiopoda; GLASSIIDAE;
LISSATRYPIDAE; Glassia; Lissatrypa; Glassia
elongata; Lissatrypa atheroidea; Silurian.
OPINION
2023 (Case 3195)
Polonograptus
Tsegelnjuk, 1976 (Graptolithina): P. podoliensis Pribyl,
1983 designated as the type species
Abstract.
The Commission has ruled that the current usage of the generic
name Polonograptus Tsegelnjuk, 1976 for an Upper Ludlow
monograptid is conserved by the designation of P. podoliensis
Pøibyl, 1983 as the type species of Polonograptus,
instead of P. butovicensis (Boucek, 1936).
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Graptolithina; Polonograptus;
Polonograptus podoliensis; Silurian.
OPINION
2024 (Case 3140)
Sceloporus
occidentalis Baird & Girard, 1852 (Reptilia, Sauria):
rediscovered syntypes replaced by a neotype
Abstract.
The Commission has designated a neotype for the Pacific blue-bellied
lizard Sceloporus occidentalis Baird & Girard,
1852 (family PHRYNOSOMATIDAE) from the west coast ranges of
North America. The neotype, originally designated in 1954, is
a well preserved adult specimen of known provenance and replaces
two missing syntypes which have recently been rediscovered but
which are immature specimens and do not distinguish S. occidentalis
from closely related taxa.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Reptilia; Sauria; PHRYNOSOMATIDAE;
Sceloporus occidentalis; Pacific blue-bellied lizards;
western North America.
OPINION
2025 (Case 3191)
Pareiasaurus
karpinskii Amalitzky, 1922 (currently Scutosaurus karpinskii;
Reptilia, Pareiasauria): specific name conserved
Abstract.
The Commission has ruled that the specific name and typification
of Pareiasaurus karpinskii Amalitzky, 1922, an
abundant fossil pareiasaurian reptile from the Russian Permian,
are conserved. The specific name was threatened by a different
spelling that had inadvertently been published five years earlier
when the full description was delayed by war and by Amalitzky's
death.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Reptilia; Pareiasauria;
PAREIASAURIDAE; Scutosaurus; Scutosaurus karpinskii;
Permian; Russia.
OPINION
2026 (Case 3044)
Generic and specific names of birds (Aves) conventionally
accepted as published in the Proceedings or Transactions
of the Zoological Society of London and monographic
works by John Gould and other contemporary zoologists: suppression
of prior usages not approved
Abstract.
The Commission has ruled not to approve proposals for the conservation
of a large number of generic and specific names of birds in
their conventionally accepted places of publication. The problem
arose from the 19th century practice of publishing meeting reports
of the Zoological Society of London in certain London periodicals,
making some names available from those periodicals rather than
from subsequent formal publications of the Zoological Society.
A proposal had been made to suppress the earlier usages of names
in periodicals in order to maintain stability of the formal
source references. No names are placed on Official Lists or
Indexes.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Aves; J. Gould; G.R.
Gray; R. Owen; Proceedings and Transactions of the
Zoological Society of London.
OPINION
2027 (Case
3010)
Usage
of 17 specific names based on wild species which are pre-dated
by or contemporary with those based on domestic animals (Lepidoptera,
Osteichthyes, Mammalia): conserved
Abstract.
The Commission has conserved the usage of 17 specific names
based on wild species, which are pre-dated by or contemporary
with those based on domestic forms. The majority of wild progenitors
and their domestic derivatives share the same name, but in the
17 cases considered (1 Lepidoptera, 1 Osteichthyes and 15 Mammalia)
the wild and domestic forms have been separately named and this
has created confusion.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Mammalia; Perissodactyla;
Artiodactyla; Rodentia; Carnivora; Lepidoptera; Osteichthyes;
names for wild species with domestic derivatives; Equus africanus;
Equus ferus; Camelus ferus; Lama guanicoe;
Vicugna vicugna; Bos primigenius; Bos
gaurus; Bubalus arnee; Bos mutus; Capra
aegagrus; Ovis orientalis; Cavia aperea; Canis
lupus; Mustela putorius; Felis silvestris;
Carassius gibelio; Bombyx mandarina; ass; tarpan;
Bactrian camel; guanaco; vicuña; aurochs; gaur; water
buffalo; yak; bezoar; Asian mouflon; guinea pig; wolf; polecat;
wildcat; Prussian carp; gibel carp; mulberry silk moth.
OPINION 2028 (Case 3073)
Vespertilio
pipistrellus Schreber, 1774 and V. pygmaeus Leach,
1825 (currently Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P.
pygmaeus; Mammalia, Chiroptera): neotypes designated
Abstract.
The Commission has designated neotypes for two broadly sympatric
species of pipistrelle bats, which until recently have been
considered to be a single taxon under the name Pipistrellus
pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774). The existence of two separate
species was first detected from differences in the ultrasonic
echolocation calls of the two species.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Mammalia; Chiroptera;
bats; VESPERTILIONIDAE; Pipistrellus; Pipistrellus
pipistrellus; Pipistrellus pygmaeus.
OPINION
2029 (Case 3020)
Megalotragus
Van Hoepen, 1932 (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): conserved, and
Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Schwarz, 1932 (currently
Megalotragus kattwinkeli): specific name conserved
Abstract.
The Commission has ruled that the generic name Megalotragus
Van Hoepen, 1932 and the specific name M. kattwinkeli
(Schwartz, 1932) are conserved. The generic name has been used
consistently for a genus of very large African fossil antelopes
(family BOVIDAE), dating from the Pliocene-late Pleistocene.
The specific name M. kattwinkeli refers to an East African
species of the genus. The names were threatened by Rhynotragus
Reck, 1925, which had been used only once in 1997, and R.
semiticus Reck, 1925, which had remained unused, and these
have been suppressed except for homonymy.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Mammalia; Artiodactyla;
BOVIDAE; ALCELAPHINI; antelopes; Pliocene; Pleistocene; Africa;
Megalotragus; Megalotragus priscus; Megalotragus
kattwinkeli.
OPINION 2030
(Case 3178)
Hippotragus
Sundevall, 1845 (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): conserved
Abstract.
The Commission has ruled that the generic name Hippotragus
Sundevall, 1845 for the African roan, sable and blaauwbok antelopes
and a number of Pliocene and Pleistocene African and southern
Asian fossil species is conserved. This ruling, which stabilises
the nomenclature of hippotragine antelopes at the family-group,
generic and specific levels, rescinds rulings made by the Commission
in 1929 and 1955 in which Hippotragus was accepted as
available from Sundevall's later publication (1846).
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Mammalia; Artiodactyla;
HIPPOTRAGINAE; Hippotragus; Hippotragus equinus;
Hippotragus niger; Hippotragus leucophaeus;
antelopes; roan; sable; blaauwbok; Recent; Pliocene; Pleistocene;
Asia; Africa.