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Opinion 2405: Pieris virginiensis Edwards, 1870 (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pieridae): neotype designated

ICZN, “Opinion 2405: Pieris virginiensis Edwards, 1870 (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pieridae): neotype designated”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to designate a neotype for Pieris virginiensis Edwards, 1870.

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Opinion 2451: Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata): specific name conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2451: Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata): specific name conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to conserve the accustomed usage of the specific names of  Varanus indicus  (Daudin, 1802) and  Varanus chlorostigma Gray, 1831 by replacing the neotype specimen of  Tupinambis indices  Daudin, 1802 with a new neotype that belongs to the original taxonomic....

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Case 3676: Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by replacement of the neotype

Valter Weijola, “Case 3676: Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by replacement of the neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. , 2015.

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to designate a new neotype for the mangrove monitor  Varanus indicus  (Daudin, 1802), which is endemic to the Moluccan islands of Indonesia. The recent choice of an unrepresentative specimen to serve as neotype for this nominal species....

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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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Case 3739: Proposed conservation of usage of the specific names of Tipula marci Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Bibio marci) and Tipula febrilis Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Dilophus febrilis) by designation of a neotype for each (Insecta, Diptera, Bibionidae)

John Skartveit, Jean-Paul Haenni, “Case 3739: Proposed conservation of usage of the specific names of Tipula marci Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Bibio marci) and Tipula febrilis Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Dilophus febrilis) by designation of a neotype for each (Insecta, Diptera, Bibionidae)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to set aside all previous fixations of name-bearing types for the species Tipula marci Linnaeus, 1758 and Tipula febrilis Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Bibio marci and Dilophus febrilis , the St.....

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Opinion 2459: Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa, 1928 (Crocodyliformes, Eusuchia, Allodaposuchidae): neotype designated

ICZN, “Opinion 2459: Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa, 1928 (Crocodyliformes, Eusuchia, Allodaposuchidae): neotype designated”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to designate a neotype to replace the non-diagnostic lectotype for the species  Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa, 1928.

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Case 3743: Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa, 1928 (Crocodyliformes: Eusuchia: Allodaposuchidae): proposed designation of a neotype

Iván Narváez, Christopher A. Brochu, Ane de Celis, Massimo Delfino, Fernando Escaso, Adán Pérez-García, Márton Rabi, Francisco Ortega, “Case 3743: Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa, 1928 (Crocodyliformes: Eusuchia: Allodaposuchidae): proposed designation of a neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. , 2017.

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.5 of the Code, is to set aside all type fixations for the crocodyliform  Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa, 1928, and to designate a neotype. The type series of  A. precedens  includes specimens from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Vălioara, housed at the....

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Case 3779: Petalodus Owen, 1841 (Chondrichthyes, Petalodontiformes, Petalodontidae): proposed conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for its type species Petalodus hastingsii Owen, 1841.

Kenneth Carpenter, Wayne Itano, “Case 3779: Petalodus Owen, 1841 (Chondrichthyes, Petalodontiformes, Petalodontidae): proposed conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for its type species Petalodus hastingsii Owen, 1841.”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. 241-246, 2018.

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to confirm the availability and to maintain the usage of the genus Petalodus Owen, 1840, which is  threatened by the identity of the type specimen of its type species ....

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Case 3787: Rhyncholepta grandicallosa Bergroth, 1911 (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera): proposed replacement of the lectotype by a neotype

Petr Kment, Eger, Joe E. Jr, Rider, David A., “Case 3787: Rhyncholepta grandicallosa Bergroth, 1911 (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera): proposed replacement of the lectotype by a neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 76, pp. , 2019.

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.5 of the Code, is to replace the unidentifiable female lectotype of the Neotropical shield bug Rhyncholepta grandicallosa Bergroth, 1911 (Pentatomidae, Pentatominae, Chlorocorini), with a recently collected male neotype from the type locality, French Guiana.

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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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