International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

Case 3783

Overview

Case 3783: Case 3783 – Orchestes Illiger, 1798 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Curculionidae): proposed precedence over Salius Schrank, 1798

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2018
Authors: Caldara, R., Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A.
Journal:Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volume:75
Issue:
Start Page:247
Pagination:
Date Published:12/2018
Type of Article:Case
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Coleoptera, CURCULIONOIDEA, CURCULIONIDAE, Orchestes, Salius, weevil
Abstract:

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.

Full Text:

https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v75.a050

Case:
Case 3783

Volume/Issue:
75

Taxonomic Group(s):
Coleoptera, Insecta

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Opinions

Opinion 2482: Orchestes Illiger, 1798 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Curculionidae): name conserved by conditional reversal of precedence with respect to Salius Schrank, 1798
Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2021
Authors: ICZN
Journal:Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volume:78
Issue:
Start Page:158
Pagination:
Date Published:08/2021
Type of Article:Opinion
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Coleoptera, CURCULIONOIDEA, CURCULIONIDAE, Orchestes, Salius, weevil
Abstract:

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved current usage of the generic name Orchestes Illiger, 1798 (Curculionoidea, Curculionidae), by giving it precedence over the little-used older name Salius Schrank, 1798 whenever these names are considered to be synonyms.

Full Text:

http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v78.a039

Opinion:
Opinion 2482

Volume/Issue:
78

Taxonomic Group(s):

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Status of Case:
Resolved (Opinion Issued)


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