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Opinion 2473: Costaclymenia Schindewolf, 1920 and Costaclymeniidae Ruzhencev, 1957: current usage conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2473: Costaclymenia Schindewolf, 1920 and Costaclymeniidae Ruzhencev, 1957: current usage conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved current usage of the name of the Late Devonian ammonite genus Costaclymenia Schindewolf, 1920 and, consequently, the family Costaclymeniidae Ruzhencev, 1957 by designating a neotype for the type species of this nominal genus, Goniatites binodosus Münster, 1832.

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Opinion 2472: Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828 and Circus approximans Peale, 1848 (Aves, Accipitriformes): usage conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2472: Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828 and Circus approximans Peale, 1848 (Aves, Accipitriformes): usage conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved current usage of the specific name of Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828 for the Australo-Wallacean spotted harrier by designating a neotype for this nominal species. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has also conserved current usage of the....

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Opinion 2471: Curculio antirrhini Paykull, 1800 (currently Rhinusa antirrhini; Insecta, Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Curculionidae): usage conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2471: Curculio antirrhini Paykull, 1800 (currently Rhinusa antirrhini; Insecta, Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Curculionidae): usage conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved current usage of the specific name of Curculio antirrhini Paykull, 1800 (currently Rhinusa antirrhini ) for a common Palaearctic weevil species by giving this nominal species precedence over its little-used older subjective synonym Curculio noctis Herbst,....

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Opinion 2470: Bidessus Sharp, 1880 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini): usage conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2470: Bidessus Sharp, 1880 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini): usage conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved current usage of the generic name Bidessus Sharp, 1880 by designating Dytiscus unistriatus Schrank, 1781 as its type species and suppressing Dyticus parvulus Müller, 1776 for the purposes of the Principle of Priority. The International....

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Opinion 2469: Galago demidoff Fischer, 1806 (currently Galagoides demidoff; Mammalia, Primates, Galagidae) and Lemur minutus Cuvier, 1797: neotypes not designated

ICZN, “Opinion 2469: Galago demidoff Fischer, 1806 (currently Galagoides demidoff; Mammalia, Primates, Galagidae) and Lemur minutus Cuvier, 1797: neotypes not designated”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to rule on the validity of the specific names of Galago demidoff Fischer, 1806 and Macropus (Galago) demidovii, Fischer, 1808 or to designate neotypes for Galago demidoff Fischer, 1806 and....

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Opinion 2468: Spracklandus Hoser, 2009 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae) and Australasian Journal of Herpetology issues 1–24: confirmation of availability declined; Appendix A (Code of Ethics): not adopted as a formal criterion for ruling on Cases

ICZN, “Opinion 2468: Spracklandus Hoser, 2009 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae) and Australasian Journal of Herpetology issues 1–24: confirmation of availability declined; Appendix A (Code of Ethics): not adopted as a formal criterion for ruling on Cases”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature finds no basis under the provisions of the Code for regarding the name Spracklandus as unavailable, nor for regarding any of issues 1–24 of Australasian Journal of Herpetology as being unpublished in the sense of the Code, but the....

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Comment 3767-3: More support for the conservation of prevailing usage of the specific name Papilio phoebus Fabricius, 1793 (currently Parnassius phoebus), and that of Doritis ariadne Lederer, 1853 (currently Parnassius ariadne), by designation of a neotype

Zsolt Bálint, “Comment 3767-3: More support for the conservation of prevailing usage of the specific name Papilio phoebus Fabricius, 1793 (currently Parnassius phoebus), and that of Doritis ariadne Lederer, 1853 (currently Parnassius ariadne), by designation of a neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

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Comment 3767-2: Support for the conservation of prevailing usage of the specific name Papilio phoebus Fabricius, 1793 (currently Parnassius phoebus), and that of Doritis ariadne Lederer, 1853 (currently Parnassius ariadne), by designation of a neotype

Richard I. Vane-Wright, “Comment 3767-2: Support for the conservation of prevailing usage of the specific name Papilio phoebus Fabricius, 1793 (currently Parnassius phoebus), and that of Doritis ariadne Lederer, 1853 (currently Parnassius ariadne), by designation of a neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

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Comment 3709-6: Conservation versus DNA of Hesperia species

James A. Scott, “Comment 3709-6: Conservation versus DNA of Hesperia species”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

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Case 3850: Micruridae Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora): proposed suppression for removal of homonymy with Micruridae Dunn, 1931 (Reptilia, Serpentes), as well as for conservation of prevailing usage of Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora)

Hiroshi Kajihara, Eric N. Smith, “Case 3850: Micruridae Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora): proposed suppression for removal of homonymy with Micruridae Dunn, 1931 (Reptilia, Serpentes), as well as for conservation of prevailing usage of Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. 112-130, 2021.

The purposes of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 55.3.1 of the Code, are to conserve the current usage of (1) the family-group name M icruridae Dunn, 1931 (Reptilia, Serpentes) for a family (sometimes treated as a subfamily) of New World  coral snakes that frequently appear in....

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