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Case 3682: The work ‘The White-cheeked Geese: Branta canadensis, B. maxima, B. ‘lawrensis’, B. hutchinsii, B. leucopareia, and B. minima. Taxonomy, ecophysiographic relationships, biogeography, and evolutionary considerations, Volume 1, Eastern taxa; Volume 2, Western taxa, biogeography, and evolutionary considerations’ by Harold C. Hanson: proposed suppression for nomenclatural purposes.

Banks, R. C., LeCroy, M., Schodde, R., “Case 3682: The work ‘The White-cheeked Geese: Branta canadensis, B. maxima, B. ‘lawrensis’, B. hutchinsii, B. leucopareia, and B. minima. Taxonomy, ecophysiographic relationships, biogeography, and evolutionary considerations, Volume 1, Eastern taxa; Volume 2, Western taxa, biogeography, and evolutionary considerations’ by Harold C. Hanson: proposed suppression for nomenclatural purposes.”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. , 2015.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 78.1 and 81.1 of the Code, is to suppress for nomenclatural purposes the two-Volume work ‘The White-cheeked geese: Branta canadensis , B. maxima , B. ‘ lawrensis ’, B. hutchinsii , B. leucopareia , and ....

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Opinion 2455: Lanius leucorynchus and Psittacus mascarinus: species-group names conserved as justified emendations of punctuated original spellings, Lanius leucoryn. and Psittacus mascarin. in Linnaeus's Mantissa Plantarum Altera, 1771

ICZN, “Opinion 2455: Lanius leucorynchus and Psittacus mascarinus: species-group names conserved as justified emendations of punctuated original spellings, Lanius leucoryn. and Psittacus mascarin. in Linnaeus's Mantissa Plantarum Altera, 1771”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the species-group names  leucorynchus Linnaeus, 1771 and  mascarinus Linnaeus, 1771 as respective justified emendations of the specific names for a woodswallow,  Artamus leucorynchus  (Linnaeus, 1771), type species of the avian genus  Artamus  (Artamidae), and a parrot,  Mascarinus mascarinus  (Linnaeus, 1771), type....

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Case 3715: Punctuated avian species-group names as abbreviations in the zoological appendix of Linnaeus' Mantissa Plantarum Altera, 1771: proposed conservation of leucorynchus and mascarinus as justified emendations of their respectively punctuated original spellings as Lanius leucoryn. and Psittacus mascarin.

Richard Schodde, Robert J. Dowsett, Walter J. Bock, “Case 3715: Punctuated avian species-group names as abbreviations in the zoological appendix of Linnaeus' Mantissa Plantarum Altera, 1771: proposed conservation of leucorynchus and mascarinus as justified emendations of their respectively punctuated original spellings as Lanius leucoryn. and Psittacus mascarin.”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. , 2017.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 78.1, 80.2. and 81.1 of the Code, is to conserve the in-use spellings  leucorynchus Linnaeus, 1771 and  mascarinus Linnaeus, 1771 as respective justified emendations of the specific names for the woodswallow,  Artamus leucorynchus  (Linnaeus, 1771), type species of the avian genus  Artamus....

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Opinion 2441: Thamnophilus schistaceus d’Orbigny, 1838 (Aves, Thamnophilidae): name conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2441: Thamnophilus schistaceus d’Orbigny, 1838 (Aves, Thamnophilidae): name conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 76, pp. , 2019.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the specific name of Thamnophilus schistaceus d’Orbigny, 1838 for a species of antshrike by suppressing the name Thamnophilus schistaceus d’Orbigny 1835, a senior primary homonym.

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Case 3730: Thamnophilus schistaceus d’Orbigny, 1838 (Aves: Thamnophilidae): proposed conservation of usage by suppression of Thamnophilus schistaceus d’Orbigny, 1835

Edward C. Dickinson, Remsen, James V. Jr, “Case 3730: Thamnophilus schistaceus d’Orbigny, 1838 (Aves: Thamnophilidae): proposed conservation of usage by suppression of Thamnophilus schistaceus d’Orbigny, 1835”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 74, pp. , 2017.

The purpose of this application, under Article 81 of the Code, is to conserve the accustomed usage of the name Thamnophilus schistaceus d’Orbigny, 1838, for an antshrike confusingly treated in the works that dealt with the findings of d’Orbigny during his travels in southern South America almost....

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Case 3754: Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828 and Circus approximans Peale, 1848 (Aves, Accipitriformes): conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828, and suppression of Circus juxta, Peale, 1848

Stephen J.S. Debus, Ian A.W. McAllan, Richard Schodde, “Case 3754: Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828 and Circus approximans Peale, 1848 (Aves, Accipitriformes): conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828, and suppression of Circus juxta, Peale, 1848”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

This application has two purposes. The first is to conserve, by neotypification under Articles 75.6 and 81.1 of the Code, usage of the species group name  assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828, universally employed for the Australo-Wallacean spotted harrier in the genus  Circus  Lacépède, 1799 from the end of....

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