A replacement name for the genus-group name NannaBirket-Smith, 1965 (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5071 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-300
Author(s):  
WILLY DE PRINS
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Senior Synonym

In the fly family Scathophagidae (Diptera), the genus Nanna Strobl, 1894 was introduced as “(D. Nanna Becker) flavipes Fall. Zett. 2059, 6332, SS.11! Becker!” (Strobl 1894: 78), with Cordylura flavipes Fallén, 1819 as its type species. See Michelsen (2001: 323–326) for correct authorship and validity of the name Nanna Strobl, 1894 as senior synonym of names proposed by Becker (1894) in the same year.  

scholarly journals Recent proposals on nomenclature of dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
International Code ◽  
Alexandrium Catenella ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Code Of Nomenclature ◽  
Representative Species ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
International Code Of Nomenclature

The recent proposals to conserve or reject dinoflagellate names are commented. The Nomenclatural Committee for Algae (NCA) recommended to conserve Scrippsiella against Heteraulacus and Goniodoma (proposal #2382). The synonymy of Peridinium acuminatum and Glenodinium trochoideum is highly questionable, and one Steins illustration of Goniodoma acuminatum as type will solve the doubts. An alternative genus and family name for the gonyaulacoid taxa formerly classified in Goniodoma is not provided, and Scrippsiella is a junior synonym of Duboscquodinium. The NCA confirmed Amphidoma acuminata as type species against A. nucula (2577). Stein established Amphidoma nucula as the representative species of the genus, and the poor-defined A. acuminata is associated with higher nomenclatural instability because it is probably a Centrodinium species. The NCA recommended Heterocapsa steinii as type of Heterocapsa (2607). That species name is a junior synonym of Properidinium heterocapsum and Peridinium monas. That taxon and allied species should be placed in Cachonina because Stein proposed Heterocapsa for three species of the Kryptoperidiniaceae. The proposal to conserve Alexandrium against Blepharocysta (2686) is based on that Peridinium splendor-maris is a senior synonym of Alexandrium balechii, currently classified in Gessnerium. Peridinium splendor-maris is a collective name that includes undefined organisms, and no description or illustration corresponded to Alexandrium or Gessnerium. The NCA reported that Alexandrium catenella and A. fundyensis are synonyms, without comments on A. pacificum (2302). The consequence is that one of the five species of that group has not name. Naming taxa should follow the principle of priority and the article 7.3 of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, and rejection or conservation of names should be exceptional. Based on a supposed nomenclatural stability, the NCA is creating arbitrariness and instability in naming dinoflagellate taxa based on questionable taxonomical interpretations.

scholarly journals One name to rule them all: Belinurus trilobitoides (Buckland, ) is senior synonym to fourteen named species

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. Lamsdell
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
International Commission ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Horseshoe Crabs ◽  
The Subject

One of the oldest fossil horseshoe crabs figured in the literature is Entomolithus lunatus Martin, 1809, a Carboniferous species included in his Petrificata Derbiensia. While the species has generally been included within the genus Belinurus Bronn, 1839, it was recently used as the type species of the new genus Parabelinurus Lamsdell, 2020. However, recent investigation as to the appropriate authority for Belinurus (see Lamsdell and Clapham, 2021) revealed that all the names in Petrificata Derbiensia were suppressed in Opinion 231 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1954) for being consistently nonbinomial under Article 11.4 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999). Despite the validation of several species names for anthozoans, brachiopods, and cephalopods described in Petrificata Derbiensia in subsequent rulings (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1956a, b), Belinurus lunatus has not been the subject of any subsequent Commission ruling or opinion, and so its use in Petrificata Derbiensia remains suppressed. The Belinurus lunatus species name was used in several subsequent publications during the 1800s, none of which made the name available under ICZN article 11.5; Parkinson (1811) is also suppressed for being nonbinomial, while Woodward (1830), Buckland (1837), Bronn (1839), and Baily (1859) refer to the species only as a synonym of Belinurus trilobitoides (Buckland, 1837) through citation to the suppressed Pretificata Derbiensia. The first author to make Belinurus lunatus an available name was Baldwin (1905), who used the name in reference to a new figured specimen from Sparth Bottoms, Rochdale, UK, but again as an explicit junior synonym of Belinurus trilobitoides (Buckland, 1837). Therefore, it was not until Eller (1938) treated B. lunatus as a distinct species from B. trilobitoides that B. lunatus became an available name as per ICZN Article 11.6.1 under the authorship of Baldwin (1905) following ICZN Article 50.7.

Niethammerella Eichler, a senior synonym of Kaysius Price & Clayton (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1521 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-68
Author(s):  
RICARDO L. PALMA ◽  
ROBERT C. DALGLEISH ◽  
ROGER D. PRICE
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Louse Species ◽  
Special Genus

Eichler (1954: 52) briefly described the new genus Niethammerella to include two morphologically similar species of lice: Machaerilaemus cotingae Carriker, 1949 and M. tityrus (Carriker, 1903), designating the former as the type species. Carriker (1949: 298) had already commented that M. cotingae and M. tityrus “… may warrant the erection of a special genus for their reception.” and that prompted Eichler (1954) to erect Niethammerella. The bird hosts of these two louse species belong to different, though closely related passerine families, that of M. cotingae to the Cotingidae, and M. tityrus to the Tyrannidae.

NOTES ON PTERONEMOBIUS AND A NEW GENUS OF THE TRIBE PTERONEMOBIINI (ORTHOPTERA: GRYLLIDAE: NEMOBIINAE)

1973 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. R. Vickery
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Senior Synonym

AbstractA new genus, Dianemobius, is diagnosed, with Eneoptera fascipes Walker, 1869, as type-species, since this species is not congeneric with Pteronemobius concolor (Walker), the type-species (a senior synonym of the originally designated Nemobius tartarus Saussure) of Pteronemobius. Notes on morphology and cytology which indicate the heterogeneity of Pteronemobius are included.

On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2992 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-51
Author(s):  
PATRICK DAVID ◽  
GERNOT VOGEL ◽  
ALAIN DUBOIS
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Current Content

This paper analyzes the consequences of the non-respect of the Rules of the Code to ascertain the valid subsequent designation of the nucleospecies (type species) of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804. The long accepted designation was invalid because it was based on a nominal species which was not among the prenucleospecies (originally included species) of the nominal genus. In contrast with the commonly accepted viewpoint which makes the Indian taxon Coluber gramineus Shaw, 1802 the nucleospecies of the genus, we show that this role is played by Trimeresurus viridis Lacépède, 1804, a species inhabiting the Lesser Sunda Islands and Timor and, as a nomen oblitum, a senior synonym of Trimeresurus albolabris insularis Kramer, 1977, a taxon now considered a distinct species. The important nomenclatural implications of this finding are discussed here, especially with regard to the recent splitting of the genus Trimeresurus. The generic nomen Trimeresurus should be associated with the Trimeresurus albolabris group of species currently placed in the genus or subgenus Cryptelytrops Cope, 1860. A lectophoront (lectotype) is selected and described for Trimeresurus viridis Lacépède, 1804. Coluber viridis Bechstein, 1802 is an invalid objective junior synonym of Coluber gramineus Shaw, 1802. The current content of the genus Trimeresurus and of its eight subgenera is provided. Some clarifications or improvements to the Code are suggested.

A new blind Lamyctes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from Tasmania with an analysis of molecular sequence data for the Lamyctes- Henicops Group

Zootaxa ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 152 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
GREGORY D. EDGECOMBE ◽  
GONZALO GIRIBET
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
New South ◽  
28S Rrna ◽  
Molecular Sequence Data ◽  
Molecular Sequence ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Complete Sequences

The cosmopolitan, parthenogenetic centipede Lamyctes coeculus (Brölemann, 1889), type species of Lamyctinus Silvestri, 1909, occurs in New South Wales and Lord Howe Island, Australia, the former genetically identical to specimens from Tucumán, Argentina. Parsimony analysis of complete sequences of 18S rRNA and fragments of 28S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I for the Lamyctes-Henicops group suggests that loss of ocelli in Lamyctes coeculus has an independent origin from blindness in Lamyctes hellyeri n. sp. from northern Tasmania. Lamyctinus is nested within Lamyctes Meinert, 1868, its senior synonym. Lamyctes hellyeri is known exclusively from females in gardens, and is probably introduced to Tasmania.

The fossil mite family Archaeorchestidae (Acari, Oribatida) II: redescription of Plategeocranus sulcatus and family-group relationships

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3051 (1) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
EKATERINA A. SIDORCHUK ◽  
ROY A. NORTON
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
World Ocean ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
The World ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Group Relationships ◽  
Mite Family ◽  
Direct Investigation

The oribatid mite family Archaeorchestidae was proposed based on a single specimen of Archaeorchestes minguezae Arillo & Subías, 2000, from Lower Cretaceous amber (Spain). In a previous paper we redescribed Strieremaeus illibatus Sellnick, 1918, from Eocene Baltic and Rovno amber, and considered Strieremaeus a senior synonym of Archaeorchestes. Herein, we transfer a second genus, Plategeocranus, to Archaeorchestidae. This is based on a redescription of the type species, P. sulcatus (Karsch, 1884), using non-type specimens (44 adults and 2 immatures from Baltic and Rovno ambers). Among these are eight Baltic amber specimens identified by Max Sellnick and currently housed in two museums in Kaliningrad: from the Museum of the World Ocean we designate specimen #39 as neotype and specimens 22, 30, 33, 35 and 37 as paraneotypes; from the Kaliningrad Museum of Amber we designate specimens 197-22 and 197-54 as paraneotypes. The contention of Arillo and Subías that Archaeorchestidae is a member of Zetorchestoidea (Eremaeoidea auct.), and is the extinct sister-family of Zetorchestidae, is supported with additional characters that relate to leg setation and the morphology of immatures. The possible inclusion of another Cretaceous fossil mite, Rasnitsynella punctulata Krivolutsky, in Archaeorchestidae or Zetorchestoidea was rejected, leaving it in Plateremaeidae pending the direct investigation of specimens. New diagnoses are presented for Plategeocranus, Archaeorchestidae, and Zetorchestoidea.

Iotrochota revisited: a new sponge and review of species from the western tropical Atlantic (Poecilosclerida:Iotrochotidae)

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Rützler ◽  
Manuel Maldonado ◽  
Carla Piantoni ◽  
Ana Riesgo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Tropical Atlantic ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
The Bahamas ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Senior Synonym

The systematics of tropical and subtropical western Atlantic species of Iotrochota is re-examined in light of the discovery of an undescribed species. Iotrochota birotulata (Higgin), the type species, is found to have more characters than previously recognised and is redefined with emphasis on a skeleton of spongin fibres containing stout, curved styles and strongyles (category I) and an interstitial spiculation consisting mainly of longer, slender and straight styles (II). Iotrochota bistylata Boury-Esnault is confirmed as a synonym of the above. The new species, named I. arenosa, sp. nov., differs in external morphology, strong mucus development, incorporation of sand and interstitial spicules that are mainly long, straight strongyles. Iotrochota atra (Whitfield), thought to be a synonym of I. birotulata, is recognised as a separate species occurring exclusively in the Bahamas and is found to be a senior synonym of I. imminuta Pulitzer-Finali; it is morphologically very similar to I. birotulata, but lacks birotulae and has a strongly reduced skeleton of megascleres (mostly one category of delicate strongyles). Iotrochota agglomerata Lehnert & van Soest is recognised as the fourth distinct species for its unusual colour (orange), thinly encrusting habit and special spiculation (styles with tylostylote modifications).

NOMENCLATORIAL NOTES ON AGROTIS OBESULA AND AGROTIPHILA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)

1968 ◽  
Vol 100 (8) ◽  
pp. 891-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. F. Hardwick
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

AbstractAgrotis obesula Smith is synonymous with the European Agrotis trux Hübner. Because of the fact that it was based on a "misidentified" type species, Agrotiphila Grote should be construed as a senior synonym of Agrotimorpha Barnes and Benjamin, and not of Orosagrotis Hampson.

scholarly journals Revision of the Neotropical spider genus Itatiaya Mello-Leitão (Araneae, Ctenidae) with considerations on biogeographic distribution of species

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 429-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Polotow ◽  
Antonio D. Brescovit
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Senior Synonym

Itatiaya Mello-Leitão, 1915, is revised and the type-species I. modesta Mello-Leitão, 1915, is redescribed and considered a senior synonym of Centroctenus sai Brescovit, 1996. Seven species are newly described: Itatiaya tacamby sp. nov. and I. ywyty sp. nov. from Rio de Janeiro; I. pucupucu sp. nov., I. pykyyra sp. nov. and I. tubixaba sp. nov., from Minas Gerais; I. iuba sp. nov. from São Paulo; I. apipema sp. nov. from São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Notes on their distribution from Brazilian Atlantic Forest are presented.

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