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Case 3237: The published Case Leucopelaea albescens Bates, 1891 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed validation of the lectotype designation

Andrew Smith, “Case 3237: The published Case Leucopelaea albescens Bates, 1891 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed validation of the lectotype designation”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. , 2002.

The purpose of this application is to validate the lectotype designation of  Leucopelaea albescens Bates, 1891 under Article 86.1.2 of the Code. The nominal species has very recently been considered a junior synonym of P latycoelia lutescens  Blanchard, 1851, the name for a scarab beetle (family Scarabaeidae) from the....

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Opinion 2444: Opinion 2444 (Case 3511) – Prionocerus bicolor Redtenbacher, 1868 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Prionoceridae): name conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2444: Opinion 2444 (Case 3511) – Prionocerus bicolor Redtenbacher, 1868 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Prionoceridae): name conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 76, pp. , 2019.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the specific name Prionocerus bicolor Redtenbacher, 1868 for a species of soft-winged flower beetle (Cleroidea, Prionoceridae) by giving it precedence over its senior subjective synonym Prionocerus pertii Laporte, 1836.

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Case 3511: Prionocerus bicolor Redtenbacher, 1868 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Prionoceridae): proposed precedence over P. pertii Laporte de Castelnau, 1836

Michael Geiser, “Case 3511: Prionocerus bicolor Redtenbacher, 1868 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Prionoceridae): proposed precedence over P. pertii Laporte de Castelnau, 1836”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. , 2010.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 81.2.3 of the Code, is to conserve the name Prionocerus bicolor Redtenbacher, 1868 for a common species of soft-winged flower beetle (Cleroidea, Prionoceridae) by giving it precedence over the unused older name P. pertii Laporte de....

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Opinion 2448: Stenoderinae Pascoe, 1867 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae): emended to Stenoderusinae to remove homonymy with Stenoderini Selander, 1991 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Meloidae)

ICZN, “Opinion 2448: Stenoderinae Pascoe, 1867 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae): emended to Stenoderusinae to remove homonymy with Stenoderini Selander, 1991 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Meloidae)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

Under the plenary power, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has emended the spelling of the family-group name Stenoderinae Pascoe, 1867 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) to remove homonymy with Stenoderini Selander, 1991 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Meloidae). The stem of the generic name  Stenoderus Dejean, 1821 has been emended to  Stenoderus- to give the family-group name Stenoderusinae while the....

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Case 3657: Stenoderini Selander, 1991 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed emendation of spelling to Stenoderaini to remove homonymy with Stenoderini Pascoe, 1867 (Insecta, Coleoptera); and Stenoderini Pascoe, 1867: proposed precedence over Syllitini Thomson, 1864

Yves Bousquet, Patrice Bouchard, Marco A. Bologna, “Case 3657: Stenoderini Selander, 1991 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed emendation of spelling to Stenoderaini to remove homonymy with Stenoderini Pascoe, 1867 (Insecta, Coleoptera); and Stenoderini Pascoe, 1867: proposed precedence over Syllitini Thomson, 1864”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. , 2014.

The purposes of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 55.3 of the Code, are to conserve the usage of the family-group name Stenoderini Pascoe, 1867 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) by giving it precedence over the senior but unused name Syllitini Thomson, 1864, and to emend the family-group name Stenoderini Selander, 1991 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Meloidae), a junior homonym of Stenoderini Pascoe, 1867, to Stenoderaini,....

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Case 3694: Pomachilius variegatus Schwarz, 1904 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Elateridae): proposed conservation of the specific name by suppression of the name Aeolus variegatus Curtis, 1839

PJ Johnson, , “Case 3694: Pomachilius variegatus Schwarz, 1904 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Elateridae): proposed conservation of the specific name by suppression of the name Aeolus variegatus Curtis, 1839”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 286–287, 3694.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 81 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Pomachilius variegatus Schwarz, 1904 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Elateridae) by suppression of the name Aeolus variegatus Curtis, 1839 a senior secondary homonym, and a subjective junior synonym of....

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Opinion 2409: Pomachilius variegatus Schwarz, 1904 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Elateridae): conservation of the specific name by suppression of the name Aeolus variegatus Curtis, 1839 not approved

ICZN, “Opinion 2409: Pomachilius variegatus Schwarz, 1904 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Elateridae): conservation of the specific name by suppression of the name Aeolus variegatus Curtis, 1839 not approved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to conserve the specific name Pomachilus variegatus Schwarz, 1904 by suppressing the senior secondary homonym Aeolus variegatus Curtis, 1839.

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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 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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Opinion 2438: Bolitophagus cornutus Fabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus; Insecta, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae): precedence granted over Opatrum bifurcum Fabricius, 1798

ICZN, “Opinion 2438: Bolitophagus cornutus Fabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus; Insecta, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae): precedence granted over Opatrum bifurcum Fabricius, 1798”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 76, pp. , 2019.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the specific name of Bolitophagus cornutus Fabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus ) by giving it precedence over its senior subjective synonym Opatrum bifurcum Fabricius, 1798.

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