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Case 3495: Chionobas chryxus Doubleday, 1849 (currently Oeneis chryxus; Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae): proposed conservation of usage by designation of a neotype

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2010
Authors: Scott, J. A.
Journal:Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volume:67
Issue:2
Start Page:121
Pagination:
Date Published:06/2010
Type of Article:Case
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Oeneis, Oeneis chryxus, Oeneis calais altacordillera, nymphalid butterfly, Rocky Mountains
Abstract:

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.5 of the Code, is to conserve the usage of the name Chionobas chryxus Doubleday, 1849 (currently Oeneis chryxus) in its original and accustomed usage for a nymphalid butterfly from the Rocky Mountains by designation of an identifiable neotype. Chionobas chryxus Doubleday 1849 (currently Oeneis chryxus) was described and figured from a male specimen which has since been lost. The original figure perfectly matches males of one of the two species into which the species was later divided. In 1984 a female specimen was designated as lectotype but the lectotype lacks adequate locality data and is a female so cannot be determined as either of the two segregate species, and the validity of this designation under Article 72.4.1.1 of the Code is unclear. It is proposed that all previous type fixations for the species Chionobas chryxus be set aside and a male specimen identifiable as the species proposed in the original publication be designated as neotype.

Full Text:

https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v67i2.a2

Case:
Case 3495

Volume/Issue:
67(2)

Taxonomic Group(s):
Insecta, Lepidoptera

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Opinions

Opinion 2434: Chionobas chryxus Doubleday, 1849 (currently Oeneis chryxus; Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae): conservation of usage by designation of a neotype not granted
Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2019
Authors: ICZN
Journal:Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volume:76
Issue:
Start Page:141
Pagination:
Date Published:08/2019
Type of Article:Opinion
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Oeneis, Oeneis chryxus, Oeneis calais altacordillera, nymphalid butterfly, Rocky Mountains
Abstract:

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to set aside the existing lectotype of Chionobas chryxus Doubleday, 1849 and to designate a neotype. However, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its specific powers to confirm that the name-bearing type is the male specimen illustrated in Doubleday (1849).

Full Text:

http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a041

Opinion:
Opinion 2434

Volume/Issue:
76

Taxonomic Group(s):

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Status of Case:
Resolved (Opinion Issued)

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