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Case 3673: Geophilus alpinus Meinert, 1870 (Chilopoda): proposed conservation of the specific name

Lucio Bonato, Alessandro Minelli, “Case 3673: Geophilus alpinus Meinert, 1870 (Chilopoda): proposed conservation of the specific name”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 1, pp. , 2015.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name  Geophilus alpinus  Meinert, 1870 for a widespread European species of geophilomorph centipedes. This name, currently in use, is threatened by the subjective synonyms  Geophilus impressus  C.L. Koch, 1847 and  Geophilus palustris  C.L. Koch, 1863, which have....

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Opinion 2450: Geophilus alpinus Meinert, 1870 (Chilopoda): specific name not conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2450: Geophilus alpinus Meinert, 1870 (Chilopoda): 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  Geophilus alpinus  Meinert, 1870 for a European species of geophilomorph centipede. As a result, the name  impressus  C.L. Koch, 1847 as published in the binomen  Geophilus impressus  has priority over....

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Case 3680: Geophilus bonensis Meinert, 1870 (currently Gnathoribautia bonensis; Chilopoda): proposed conservation of the specific name

Lucio Bonato, Alessandro Minelli, “Case 3680: Geophilus bonensis Meinert, 1870 (currently Gnathoribautia bonensis; Chilopoda): proposed conservation of the specific name”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 7, pp. , 2015.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name  Geophilus bonensis  Meinert, 1870 for a species of geophilomorph centipede, currently classified in the genus  Gnathoribautia  Brölemann, 1909.  G. bonensis  is universally considered the valid name for this species after 1963 and it has....

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Opinion 2452: Geophilus bonensis Meinert, 1870 (Chilopoda): specific name not conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2452: Geophilus bonensis Meinert, 1870 (Chilopoda): 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  Geophilus bonensis  Meinert, 1870 (currently  Gnathoribautia bonensis ) for a species of geophilomorph centipede. As a result, the name  punctiventris  Newport, 1844, as published in the binomen  Necrophloeophagus punctiventris ,....

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