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BZN Volume 60, Part 1, 31 March 2003

Opinions


 

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.

 

 


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