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.