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Opinion 2411: Thorectes Mulsant, 1842 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea): usage conserved by maintenance of Scarabaeus laevigatus Fabricius, 1798 as type species

ICZN, “Opinion 2411: Thorectes Mulsant, 1842 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea): usage conserved by maintenance of Scarabaeus laevigatus Fabricius, 1798 as type species”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to set aside all previous fixations of type species for the nominal genus Thorectes Mulsant, 1842 prior to the designation of Scarabaeus laevigatus Fabricius, 1798 by López-Colón & Alonso-Zarazaga (2006) which it has accepted....

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Case 3704: Lepisma Linnaeus, 1758 (Insecta, Zygentoma, Lepismatidae): proposed reversal of Direction 71 (1957) regarding the gender of the name

Rafael Molero-Baltanás, Graeme B. Smith, Luis F. Mendes, Miquel Gaju-Ricart, Bach de Roca, Carmen, “Case 3704: Lepisma Linnaeus, 1758 (Insecta, Zygentoma, Lepismatidae): proposed reversal of Direction 71 (1957) regarding the gender of the name”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. , 2016.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 78.1, 78.2.3 and 80.2 of the Code, is to resolve an ongoing issue involving the gender of the name of the silverfish genus Lepisma Linnaeus, 1758 and other generic names derived from Lepisma . Under Direction 71 issued by....

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Opinion 2427: Lepisma Linnaeus, 1758 (Insecta, Zygentoma, Lepismatidae): Direction 71 (1957) reversed

ICZN, “Opinion 2427: Lepisma Linnaeus, 1758 (Insecta, Zygentoma, Lepismatidae): Direction 71 (1957) reversed”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to rescind Direction 71, which was issued in 1957 and which deemed deeming Lepisma Linnaeus, 1758 to be of feminine gender and all generic names derived from it (i.e. those ending in -lepisma) are....

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Opinion 2428: Mantis limbata Brullé, 1838 (currently Ameles limbata) (Mantodea, Mantidae, Amelinae): specific name conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2428: Mantis limbata Brullé, 1838 (currently Ameles limbata) (Mantodea, Mantidae, Amelinae): specific name conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to conserve the specific name Mantis limbata Brullé, 1838 (currently Ameles limbata ) by giving it precedence over its senior primary homonym Mantis limbata Hahn, 1835.

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Case 3705: Mantis limbata Brullé, 1838 (currently Ameles limbata) (Mantodea, Mantidae, Amelinae): proposed conservation of the specific name.

Wieland, F, Goldberg, J, Schütte, K, “Case 3705: Mantis limbata Brullé, 1838 (currently Ameles limbata) (Mantodea, Mantidae, Amelinae): proposed conservation of the specific name.”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, pp. , 2017.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name  Mantis limbata  Brullé, 1838 (Insecta, Mantodea). It is a junior primary homonym of  Mantis limbata  Hahn, 1835(Insecta, Mantodea).  Mantis limbata  Brullé, 1838 is currently assigned to the genus  Ameles  Burmeister, 1838 (Mantidae,....

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Case 3709: Conservation of the usage of names of western North American Hesperia comma-group subspecies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) through designation of neotypes for Pamphila colorado Scudder, 1874, Pamphila manitoba Scudder, 1874, Pamphila cabelus Edwards, 1881, Pamphila harpalus Edwards, 1881, Pamphila idaho Edwards, 1883, Pamphila oregonia Edwards, 1883, and Hesperia colorado ochracea Lindsey, 1941

James A. Scott, Norbert G. Kondla, John F. Emmel, Kenneth E. Davenport, Sterling O. Mattoon, Michael S. Fisher, Crispin S. Guppy, Steve Kohler, William D. Patterson, Paul A. Opler, A. Richard Westwood, Ronald A. Royer, “Case 3709: Conservation of the usage of names of western North American Hesperia comma-group subspecies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) through designation of neotypes for Pamphila colorado Scudder, 1874, Pamphila manitoba Scudder, 1874, Pamphila cabelus Edwards, 1881, Pamphila harpalus Edwards, 1881, Pamphila idaho Edwards, 1883, Pamphila oregonia Edwards, 1883, and Hesperia colorado ochracea Lindsey, 1941”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The purpose of this case, under Articles 15.2.1, 45.6.4.1, 75.5, 75.6, 76, and 81 of the Code, is to eliminate nomenclatural chaos within Hesperia comma -group butterflies in western North America caused by seven lectotypes and a holotype whose appearance and inadequate or mislabeled localities do not allow....

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Case 3717: Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca: Bivalvia): proposed emendation of the spelling to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta: Diptera).

Eugene V. Coan, James T. Carlton, Neal L. Evenhuis, “Case 3717: Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca: Bivalvia): proposed emendation of the spelling to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta: Diptera).”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, pp. , 2017.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 29 and 55.3 of the Code, is to remove the homonymy between the family-group names Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta: Diptera), which are homonyms due to the similarity of the names of their respective type genera ....

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Opinion 2429: Opinion 2429 (Case 3717) – Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): emended to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera)

ICZN, “Opinion 2429: Opinion 2429 (Case 3717) – Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): emended to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has emended the spelling of the name Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca, Bivalvia) to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera). The stem of the molluscan generic name Xylophaga Turton, 1822 has been emended to Xylophaga- to give Xylophagaidae....

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Case 3725: Lema decempunctata Gebler, 1829 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): proposed conservation of the emended specific name

Michael Schmitt, “Case 3725: Lema decempunctata Gebler, 1829 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): proposed conservation of the emended specific name”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 74, pp. , 2017.

The purpose of this application, under Article 19.2, is to conserve the widely used specific name Lema decempunctata Gebler, 1829. In the original publication, the printed name clearly reads “ L. ropunctata ”. Nearly all subsequent taxonomists have interpreted this spelling as an error of the typesetter....

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Opinion 2439: Lema decempunctata Gebler, 1829 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): spelling of the specific name conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2439: Lema decempunctata Gebler, 1829 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): spelling of the specific name conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 76, pp. , 2019.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the spelling of the specific name of Lema decempunctata Gebler, 1829. The name was originally published as “ L. ropunctata ”, but prevailing usage is of the spelling decempunctata as the former has been regarded by most....

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