International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

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Insecta

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Comment 3767-4: Support for the proposed conservation of the specific name Papilio phoebus Fabricius, 1793
(currently Parnassius phoebus) because of prevailing usage

Oleg E. Kosterin, “Comment 3767-4: Support for the proposed conservation of the specific name Papilio phoebus Fabricius, 1793
(currently Parnassius phoebus) because of prevailing usage”
, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. 133-134, 2021.

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Comment 3767-5: Support for the conservation of prevailing usage of the specific name Papilio phoebus Fabricius, 1793
(currently Parnassius phoebus), and that of Doritis ariadne Lederer, 1853 (currently Parnassius ariadne), by designation of a neotype

Martin Wiemers, “Comment 3767-5: Support for the conservation of prevailing usage of the specific name Papilio phoebus Fabricius, 1793
(currently Parnassius phoebus), and that of Doritis ariadne Lederer, 1853 (currently Parnassius ariadne), by designation of a neotype”
, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. 135-136, 2021.

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Case 3768: Hybosorus illigeri Reiche, 1853 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation by giving it precedence over Hybosorus pinguis Westwood, 1845, Hybosorus roei Westwood, 1845 and Hybosorus carolinus LeConte, 1847

Alberto Ballerio, Frank-Thorsten Krell, Aleš Bezděk, Andrey Frolov, Jean-Bernard Huchet, Denis Keith, José Ignacio López-Colón, Eric Matthews, Federico Ocampo, Antonio Rey, Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello, “Case 3768: Hybosorus illigeri Reiche, 1853 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation by giving it precedence over Hybosorus pinguis Westwood, 1845, Hybosorus roei Westwood, 1845 and Hybosorus carolinus LeConte, 1847”, 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 widely used specific name Hybosorus illigeri Reiche, 1853 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea, Hybosoridae), a globally widespread and common scarab beetle. The name is threatened by the very rarely used senior subjective synonyms Hybosorus....

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Opinion 2477: Hybosorus illigeri Reiche, 1853 (Insecta, Coleoptera): name conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2477: Hybosorus illigeri Reiche, 1853 (Insecta, Coleoptera): name conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. 144-146, 2021.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved  current usage of the specific name of Hybosorus illigeri Reiche, 1853, a widespread  species of scarabaeid beetle, by giving it precedence over the specific names of Hybosorus pinguis ....

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Case 3770: Musca jejuna Fabricius, 1787 (currently Bengalia jejuna) and Musca torosa Wiedemann, 1819 (currently Bengalia torosa) (Insecta, Diptera, Calliphoridae): proposed conservation of prevailing usage of names by setting aside existing name-bearing types (syntypes) of both nominal species and replacing them with male neotypes

Knut Rognes, “Case 3770: Musca jejuna Fabricius, 1787 (currently Bengalia jejuna) and Musca torosa Wiedemann, 1819 (currently Bengalia torosa) (Insecta, Diptera, Calliphoridae): proposed conservation of prevailing usage of names by setting aside existing name-bearing types (syntypes) of both nominal species and replacing them with male neotypes”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The purpose of the present application, under Articles 75.5 and 75.6 of the Code, is to conserve the names Bengalia jejuna (Fabricius, 1787) and Bengalia torosa (Wiedemann, 1819) in their accustomed usage for two Oriental blowflies by setting aside the three female syntypes of ....

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Case 3772: Anastrepha Schiner, 1868 (Insecta, Diptera, Tephritidae): Proposed precedence over Toxotrypana Gerstaecker, 1860

Allen L. Norrbom, Norman B. Barr, Peter Kerr, Ximo Mengual, “Case 3772: Anastrepha Schiner, 1868 (Insecta, Diptera, Tephritidae): Proposed precedence over Toxotrypana Gerstaecker, 1860”, 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 current usage of the well-established genus-group name Anastrepha Schiner, 1868 for a genus of Neotropical fruit flies by reversal of precedence with its senior synonym, Toxotrypana Gerstaecker, 1860, under the....

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Opinion 2479: Anastrepha Schiner, 1868 (Insecta, Diptera, TephriTidae): usage conserved by conditional reversal of
precedence with respect to Toxotrypana Gerstaecker, 1860

ICZN, “Opinion 2479: Anastrepha Schiner, 1868 (Insecta, Diptera, TephriTidae): usage conserved by conditional reversal of
precedence with respect to Toxotrypana Gerstaecker, 1860”
, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. 149-151, 2021.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved current usage of the generic name Anastrepha Schiner, 1868 for a group of Neotropical  fruit flies, many of them major pest species, by conditionally reversing its precedence with respect to the senior synonym ....

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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 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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