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Case 3699: Thorectes Mulsant, 1842 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea): proposed conservation of usage

MA Alonso-Zarazaga, JM Lobo, JI López-Colón, JR Verdú, “Case 3699: Thorectes Mulsant, 1842 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea): proposed conservation of usage”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 291–296, 2015.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 70.3, 74.7 and 81.1 of the Code, is to conserve the current usage of the beetle genus  Thorectes  Mulsant, 1842 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Geotrupidae) by confirmation of its type species  Scarabaeus laevigatus  Fabricius, 1798. This action will also stabilise the predominant usage of another genus, ....

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Opinion 2425: Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): Diplodocus longus Marsh, 1878 maintained as the type species

ICZN, “Opinion 2425: Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): Diplodocus longus Marsh, 1878 maintained as the type species”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to replace the type species of the sauropod dinosaur genus Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 with D. carnegii Hatcher, 1901.

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Case 3700: Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): proposed designation of D. carnegii Hatcher, 1901 as the type species

Emanuel Tschopp, Octávio Mateus, “Case 3700: Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): proposed designation of D. carnegii Hatcher, 1901 as the type species”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. , 2016.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 78.1 and 81.1 of the Code, is to replace Diplodocus longus Marsh, 1878 as the type species of the sauropod dinosaur genus Diplodocus by the much better represented D. carnegii Hatcher, 1901, due to the undiagnosable state....

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Case 3703: Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Nautilida): proposed designation of a neotype

Svetlana V. Nikolaeva, W. Bruce Saunders, Royal Mapes, A. Louise Allcock, “Case 3703: Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Nautilida): proposed designation of a neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. , 2015.

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.5 of the Code, is to set aside all type fixations for Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758, and to designate a neotype. The type series of N. pompilius includes specimens in the Linnean Society of London, the University Museum in....

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Opinion 2426: Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Nautilida): neotype designated

ICZN, “Opinion 2426: Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Nautilida): neotype designated”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has ruled under the plenary power to set aside all previous type fixations for Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758, and to designate as neotype an identifiable specimen with known provenance.

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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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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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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 3706: Trochus (Osilinus ?) capillaceus Philippi, 1849 (currently Cantharidus capillaceus; Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochoidea): proposed conservation of the specific name

Marshall, B. A., Beu, A. G., Ponder, W. F., Spencer, H. G., Walton, K., Willan, R. C., “Case 3706: Trochus (Osilinus ?) capillaceus Philippi, 1849 (currently Cantharidus capillaceus; Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochoidea): proposed conservation of the specific name”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 74, pp. , 2017.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name of the well-known species Cantharidus capillaceus (Philippi, 1849), a common marine gastropod from southern New Zealand and Macquarie Island. The name is threatened by the senior subjective synonym Trochus....

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