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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 3451: Sitticus Simon, 1901 (Arachnida, Araneae): proposed conservation

Jerzy Prószyński, “Case 3451: Sitticus Simon, 1901 (Arachnida, Araneae): proposed conservation”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature,

Case noticed BZN 65 (1) (31 March 2008): 2. Case closed BZN 75 (31 December 2018): 302.

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Case 3674: Collohmannia Sellnick, 1922 (Arachnida, Acari, Oribatida): proposed conservation by giving it precedence over the senior subjective synonym Embolacarus Sellnick, 1919

Roy A. Norton, Ekaterina A. Sidorchuk, “Case 3674: Collohmannia Sellnick, 1922 (Arachnida, Acari, Oribatida): proposed conservation by giving it precedence over the senior subjective synonym Embolacarus Sellnick, 1919”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 1, pp. , 2015.

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Opinion 2419: Collohmannia Sellnick, 1922 (Arachnida, Acari, Oribatida): conditional precedence granted over Embolacarus Sellnick, 1919

ICZN, “Opinion 2419: Collohmannia Sellnick, 1922 (Arachnida, Acari, Oribatida): conditional precedence granted over Embolacarus Sellnick, 1919”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the name Collohmannia Sellnick, 1922 by giving it precedence over its senior subjective synonym Embolacarus Sellnick, 1919.

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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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Case 3736: Garypus latus Hansen, 1884 (currently Larca lata; Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones): proposed precedence over Garypus hungaricus Tömösváry, 1882

Mark S. Harvey, Giulio Gardini, János Novák, “Case 3736: Garypus latus Hansen, 1884 (currently Larca lata; Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones): proposed precedence over Garypus hungaricus Tömösváry, 1882”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. 16–20, 2018.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the widely used specific name Larca lata (Hansen, 1884) for a species of pseudoscorpion from northern and central Europe. The name is threatened by the senior subjective synonym Garypus hungaricus Tömösváry,....

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Opinion 2462: Garypus latus Hansen, 1884 (currently Larca lata; Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones): specific name conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2462: Garypus latus Hansen, 1884 (currently Larca lata; Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones): specific name conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the specific name of Garypus latus Hansen, 1884 for a species of pseudoscorpion from northern and central Europe by giving it precedence over its senior subjective synonym Garypus hungaricus Tömösváry, 1882 whenever the two are considered synonyms.

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Case 3774: Diphyini Simon, 1894 (Arachnida, Araneae, Tetragnathidae): proposed emendation of the current spelling to Diphyaini to remove homonymy with Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (Hydrozoa, Siphonophorae)

Yuri M. Marusik, “Case 3774: Diphyini Simon, 1894 (Arachnida, Araneae, Tetragnathidae): proposed emendation of the current spelling to Diphyaini to remove homonymy with Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (Hydrozoa, Siphonophorae)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 55.3.1 and 29 of the Code, is to remove homonymy between the family-group name Diphyini Simon, 1894 currently placed in Tetragnathidae (Araneae) and the hydrozoan family-group name Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827. It is proposed that the spelling of the spider name....

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Opinion 2480: Diphyini Simon, 1894 (Arachnida, Araneae, Tetragnathidae): spelling emended to Diphyaini to remove homonymy with Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (Hydrozoa, Siphonophorae)

ICZN, “Opinion 2480: Diphyini Simon, 1894 (Arachnida, Araneae, Tetragnathidae): spelling emended to Diphyaini to remove homonymy with Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (Hydrozoa, Siphonophorae)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. 152-154, 2021.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to emend the spelling of the family-group name D iphyini Simon, 1894 (Araneae) to remove homonymy with D iphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (Hydrozoa). The stem of the spider generic name....

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