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Case 3769: Proposed use of the plenary power to declare the pamphlet “Procrustomachia” as an unavailable work

Svatopluk Bílý, M. G. Volkovitsh, Ted C. MacRae, , “Case 3769: Proposed use of the plenary power to declare the pamphlet “Procrustomachia” as an unavailable work”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. 220-223, 2018.

The purpose of this application under Article 8.1.2, Article 8.1.3.1, Article 8.5.3 and Article 9.11 of the Amendment to the Code (ICZN, 2012) is to declare the pamphlet “Procrustomachia” 2016–2018 (Vols. 1–3) as an unavailable work from a nomenclatural viewpoint and all new scientific names and nomenclatural....

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Case 3783: Case 3783 – Orchestes Illiger, 1798 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Curculionidae): proposed precedence over Salius Schrank, 1798

Roberto Caldara, Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga, “Case 3783: Case 3783 – Orchestes Illiger, 1798 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Curculionidae): proposed precedence over Salius Schrank, 1798”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The purpose of this application under Article 23.9.3 of the Code is to conserve the name  Orchestes Illiger, 1798 (Curculionoidea, Curculionidae), a large and well-known weevil genus, by giving it precedence over the little-used older name  Salius Schrank, 1798 whenever these names are considered to be synonyms.

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Opinion 2482: Orchestes Illiger, 1798 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Curculionidae): name conserved by conditional reversal of precedence with respect to Salius Schrank, 1798

ICZN, “Opinion 2482: Orchestes Illiger, 1798 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Curculionidae): name conserved by conditional reversal of precedence with respect to Salius Schrank, 1798”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved current usage of the generic name  Orchestes  Illiger, 1798 (Curculionoidea, Curculionidae), by giving it precedence over the little-used older name  Salius  Schrank, 1798 whenever these names are considered to be synonyms.

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Case 3784: Cnodalon Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Cnodalonini): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Cnodalon viride Latreille, 1804 as the type species

Yves Bousquet, Patrice Bouchard, “Case 3784: Cnodalon Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Cnodalonini): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Cnodalon viride Latreille, 1804 as the type species”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 76, pp. , 2019.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 70.2 and 81.1 of the Code, is to preserve stability in the nomenclature of the beetle family Tenebrionidae by designating Cnodalon viride Latreille, 1804 as the type species of Cnodalon Latreille, 1797. The discovery that Cnodalon viride....

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Case 3788: Streblopus Lansberge, 1874 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): proposed conservation by suppression of Colonychus Harold, 1868 for the purposes of the Principle of Priority

Mario Cupello, Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello, “Case 3788: Streblopus Lansberge, 1874 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): proposed conservation by suppression of Colonychus Harold, 1868 for the purposes of the Principle of Priority”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 76, pp. , 2019.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 81.2.3 of the Code, is to suppress Colonychus Harold, 1868 for the purposes of the Principle of Priority and thereby conserve Streblopus Lansberge, 1874 as the valid name of the genus of dung beetles consisting of....

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Case 3789: Ateuchus costatus Wiedemann, 1823 (currently Scarabaeus costatus) (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): proposed conservation of the specific name

Gimo M. Daniel, Mario Cupello, “Case 3789: Ateuchus costatus Wiedemann, 1823 (currently Scarabaeus costatus) (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): proposed conservation of the specific name”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 76, pp. , 2019.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Ateuchus costatus Wiedemann, 1823, a junior primary homonym of Ateuchus costatus Thunberg, 1818. These names are currently in use and have not been treated as congeneric since 1869,....

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Case 3812: Choeridium latum Boucomont, 1928 (currently Ateuchus latus) (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): proposed conservation of the specific name

Mario Cupello, Cibele S. Ribeiro-Costa, François Génier, Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello, “Case 3812: Choeridium latum Boucomont, 1928 (currently Ateuchus latus) (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): proposed conservation of the specific name”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, 2021.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of the Code, is to conserve current usage of the specific name of Choeridium latum Boucomont, 1928, a junior primary homonym of Choeridium latum Blanchard, 1846. These names are currently used as valid in combination with different....

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Case 3813: Acalyptini Thomson, 1859 (Hexapoda, Coleoptera) and Acalyptini Blatchley, 1926 (Hexapoda, Heteroptera): proposed removal of homonymy by emendation of the latter name to Acalyptaini

Dmitry A. Gapon, Victor B. Golub, Alexander H. Knudson, “Case 3813: Acalyptini Thomson, 1859 (Hexapoda, Coleoptera) and Acalyptini Blatchley, 1926 (Hexapoda, Heteroptera): proposed removal of homonymy by emendation of the latter name to Acalyptaini”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 76, pp. , 2019.

The purpose of this application, under Article 55.3.1 of the Code, is to remove the homonymy between two family-group names of Hexapoda: the coleopteran tribal name ACALYPTINI Thomson, 1859 (type genus Acalyptus Schönherr, 1833; family CURCULIONIDaE) and the heteropteran tribal name ACALYPTINI Blatchley, 1926 (type genus ....

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Case 3835: Charopus rotundatus Erichson, 1840 (Coleoptera, Melyridae, Malachiinae): proposed conservation of current usage by designation of a neotype

Gabriele Franzini, “Case 3835: Charopus rotundatus Erichson, 1840 (Coleoptera, Melyridae, Malachiinae): proposed conservation of current usage by designation of a neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to conserve the current usage of the name Charopus rotundatus Erichson, 1840 for a species of softwinged flower beetle from Sardinia and North Africa by setting aside all previous type fixations for this nominal species....

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