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Case 3559: Meliboeus violaceus Kiesenwetter, 1857 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence

H. Mühle, “Case 3559: Meliboeus violaceus Kiesenwetter, 1857 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature,

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Case 3582: Scaris Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 and Scarides (Scaridae) Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (Insecta, Hemiptera): proposed suppression to remove homonymy of the latter with Scaridi (currently Scaridae) Rafinesque, 1810 (Osteichthyes)

Mervin W. Nielson, Chandra A. Viraktamath, van der Laan, Richard, “Case 3582: Scaris Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 and Scarides (Scaridae) Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (Insecta, Hemiptera): proposed suppression to remove homonymy of the latter with Scaridi (currently Scaridae) Rafinesque, 1810 (Osteichthyes)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. 6–11, 2018.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 55.3.1 and 81 of the Code, is the suppression of the hemipteran insect genus-group name Scaris Le Peletier & Audinet- Serville, 1828 and family-group names based on it to remove the homonymy between the parrotfish family-group name Scaridi (currently Scaridae)....

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Case 3602: Coenosia Meigen, 1826 and Coenosiinae Verrall, 1888 (Insecta, Diptera, Muscidae): proposed conservation of usage of the genus-group and family-group names

Evenhuis, N. L., Pont, A. C., “Case 3602: Coenosia Meigen, 1826 and Coenosiinae Verrall, 1888 (Insecta, Diptera, Muscidae): proposed conservation of usage of the genus-group and family-group names”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 271-275, 2012.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 70.2 and 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the current usage of the generic name Coenosia Meigen, 1826, for a well-established genus of muscid flies. The type species of Coenosia has long been assumed to be ....

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Opinion 2360: Coenosia Meigen, 1826 and Coenosiinae Verrall, 1888 (Insecta, Diptera, Muscidae): usage of the genus-group and family-group names conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2360: Coenosia Meigen, 1826 and Coenosiinae Verrall, 1888 (Insecta, Diptera, Muscidae): usage of the genus-group and family-group names conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 173-175, 2015.

Under the plenary power, the Commission has conserved the usage of the generic name Coenosia Meigen, 1826, for a well-established genus of muscid flies. All type fixations for Coenosia Meigen, 1826 prior to that of Musca tigrina Fabricius, 1775 by Westwood (1840) have....

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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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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 3664: Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Ptychoptera contaminata; Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation of prevailing usage through designation of a neotype

Andrew Fasbender, Gregory W. Courtney, “Case 3664: Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Ptychoptera contaminata; Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation of prevailing usage through designation of a neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. , 2014.

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to conserve the universal usage of Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 by setting aside all previous type fixations and designating a neotype. Tipula contaminata is the type species of the genus Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803,....

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Comment 3664-1: Comment on Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Ptychoptera contaminata; Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation of prevailing usage through designation of a neotype

Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Linn Katrine Hagenlund, Björn Rulik, “Comment 3664-1: Comment on Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Ptychoptera contaminata; Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation of prevailing usage through designation of a neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. , 2015.

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Opinion 2445: Opinion 2445 (Case 3664) – Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Ptychoptera contaminata; Insecta, Diptera): neotype designated

ICZN, “Opinion 2445: Opinion 2445 (Case 3664) – Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Ptychoptera contaminata; Insecta, Diptera): neotype designated”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 76, pp. , 2019.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to designate a neotype for Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758, conserving the existing usage of Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803 and Ptychopteridae Osten Sacken, 1862.

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Case 3669: Family-group names based on Ortalis Merrem, 1786 (Aves, Cracidae): proposed conservation of Ortalida-, Ortalis- or Ortalid- as the stem and suppression of family-group names based on Ortalis Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera) in the latter two instances, and acceptance of the English text of part of Article 29.3.3 of the Code as definitive in the second instance.

Thomas M. Donegan, “Case 3669: Family-group names based on Ortalis Merrem, 1786 (Aves, Cracidae): proposed conservation of Ortalida-, Ortalis- or Ortalid- as the stem and suppression of family-group names based on Ortalis Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera) in the latter two instances, and acceptance of the English text of part of Article 29.3.3 of the Code as definitive in the second instance.”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. , 2015.

The Case is brought under Articles 78.1, 81.1 and 89 of the Code to resolve a controversy surrounding the stem of family-group names based on  Ortalis  Merrem, 1786, a genus of large, pheasant-like birds (chachalacas) of the New World. This genus has a junior homonym in Diptera,  Ortalis  Fallén,....

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