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Case 3099: Titanodamon johnstonii Pocock, 1894 (currently Damon johnstonii: Arachnida, Amblypygi): proposed conservation of the specific name

P. Weygoldt, “Case 3099: Titanodamon johnstonii Pocock, 1894 (currently Damon johnstonii: Arachnida, Amblypygi): proposed conservation of the specific name”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature,

Following resubmission as Case 3260 (acknowledgement of receipt published in BZN 60 (1): 1; published in BZN 60 (3): 188–190), Opinion 2108 has been issued (see BZN 62 (2): 96). The Case is now closed.

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Case 3687: Phrynus mexicanus Poinar & Brown, 2004 (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae): proposed conservation of the specific name as a junior primary homonym of Phrynus mexicanus Bilimek, 1867

Jason A. Dunlop, Mark S. Harvey, George O. Poinar, “Case 3687: Phrynus mexicanus Poinar & Brown, 2004 (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae): proposed conservation of the specific name as a junior primary homonym of Phrynus mexicanus Bilimek, 1867”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. , 2015.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name  Phrynus mexicanus  Poinar & Brown, 2004 which was proposed for a fossil whip spider (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae) preserved in Chiapas (Mexican) amber. This fossil species was initially described under the grammatically erroneous combination ....

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Opinion 2453: Phrynus mexicanus Poinar & Brown, 2004 (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae): specific name not conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2453: Phrynus mexicanus Poinar & Brown, 2004 (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae): specific name not conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to conserve the specific name of  Phrynus mexicanus  Poinar & Brown, 2004 for a fossil whip spider, a junior primary homonym of  Phrynus mexicanus  Bilimek, 1867 (currently  Paraphrynus mexicanus ). As a result, the name  Phrynus....

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