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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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Case 3771: Stylina Lamarck, 1816 (Coelenterata, Scleractinia): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Stylina insignis Fromentel, 1861 as type species and lectotype designation for it

Shaahin Zaman, Bernard Lathuilière, “Case 3771: Stylina Lamarck, 1816 (Coelenterata, Scleractinia): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Stylina insignis Fromentel, 1861 as type species and lectotype designation for it”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The purpose of this application under Article 81 of the Code is to conserve the name Stylina Lamarck, 1816 in its accustomed usage by designating a new type species Stylina insignis Fromentel, 1861 and to designate a lectotype. Stylina Lamarck, 1816 is a....

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Opinion 2418: Chilicola vicugna Toro & Moldenke, 1979 (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Colletidae): neotype not designated

ICZN, “Opinion 2418: Chilicola vicugna Toro & Moldenke, 1979 (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Colletidae): neotype not designated”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to set aside the existing holotype of Chilicola vicugna Toro & Moldenke, 1979 and designate a neotype.

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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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Opinion 2420: Proposal to affirm that ‘Formenkreis’ is not a genus-group taxonomic rank with potential availability: not approved

ICZN, “Opinion 2420: Proposal to affirm that ‘Formenkreis’ is not a genus-group taxonomic rank with potential availability: not approved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its specific powers to rule that ‘Formenkreis’ (plural ‘Formenkreise’) is not a genus-group taxonomic rank with potential availability.

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Opinion 2421: Liancalus Loew, 1857 and Scellus Loew, 1857 (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae): usage conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2421: Liancalus Loew, 1857 and Scellus Loew, 1857 (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae): usage conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to conserve the generic names Liancalus Loew, 1857 and Scellus Loew, 1857 by designating Dolichopus regius Fabricius, 1805 as type species of Anoplomerus Rondani, 1856.

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Opinion 2422: Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Helicidae): usage conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2422: Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Helicidae): usage conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the usage of the name Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833 and Cylinder Montfort, 1810 by suppressing all senior homonyms of each nominal genus.

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Case 3754: Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828 and Circus approximans Peale, 1848 (Aves, Accipitriformes): conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828, and suppression of Circus juxta, Peale, 1848

Stephen J.S. Debus, Ian A.W. McAllan, Richard Schodde, “Case 3754: Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828 and Circus approximans Peale, 1848 (Aves, Accipitriformes): conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828, and suppression of Circus juxta, Peale, 1848”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

This application has two purposes. The first is to conserve, by neotypification under Articles 75.6 and 81.1 of the Code, usage of the species group name  assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828, universally employed for the Australo-Wallacean spotted harrier in the genus  Circus  Lacépède, 1799 from the end of....

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Comment 3685-1: Arion vulgaris Moquin- Tandon, 1855 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Arionidae): modified proposal to preserve the specific name in its accustomed sense

Kadolsky, D., Welter-Schultes, F., Bank, R. A., “Comment 3685-1: Arion vulgaris Moquin- Tandon, 1855 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Arionidae): modified proposal to preserve the specific name in its accustomed sense”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

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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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