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The purpose of this application, under Article 75.5 of the Code, is to conserve the usage of the name Chionobas chryxusDoubleday, 1849 (currently Oeneis chryxus) in its original and accustomed usage for a nymphalid butterfly from the Rocky Mountains by designation of an identifiable neotype. Chionobas chryxusDoubleday 1849 (currently Oeneis chryxus) was described and figured from a male specimen which has since been lost. The original figure perfectly matches males of one of the two species into which the species was later divided. In 1984 a female specimen was designated as lectotype but the lectotype lacks adequate locality data and is a female so cannot be determined as either of the two segregate species, and the validity of this designation under Article 72.4.1.1 of the Code is unclear. It is proposed that all previous type fixations for the species Chionobas chryxus be set aside and a male specimen identifiable as the species proposed in the original publication be designated as neotype.
The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the widely used generic name MaculineaVan Eecke, 1915 in its accustomed usage. The name MaculineaVan Eecke, 1915 is threatened by its senior synonym PhengarisDoherty, 1891. It is proposed that Maculinea be given precedence over the other name whenever the two are considered to be synonyms.
The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Cetonia squamosaGory & Percheron, 1833 (currently Aethiessa squamosa,cetoniidae, endemic in Sicily), threatened by the senior homonym Cetonia squamosaLefebvre, 1827 (currently Protaetia (Netocia) squamosa, also cetoniidae, endemic in southern Italy including Sicily). Both names are in current use, but are placed in different genera and are unlikely ever to be treated as congeneric. In order to conserve the current usage of the name it is proposed that C. squamosaGory & Percheron, 1833 (which does not have junior synonyms) be conserved by ruling that it is not invalid by reason of being a junior homonym of C. squamosaLefebvre, 1827.
The purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 81.2.3 of the Code, is to conserve the name Prionocerus bicolorRedtenbacher, 1868 for a common species of soft-winged flower beetle (cleroidea, prionoceridae) by giving it precedence over the unused older name P. pertiiLaporte de Castelnau, 1836 whenever these names are considered to be synonyms.
The purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 81, is to maintain usage of the junior homonym ChaetosomaWestwood, 1851 and of the junior synonym ApodasyaPascoe, 1863 over the newly discovered older name ChaetosomaChevrolat, 1843. The Commission is also asked to conserve the beetle family-group name chaetosomatidaeCrowson, 1952 by suppressing the older but permanently invalid nematode name chaetosomatidaeClaus, 1872.
The purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 70.2 of the Code, is to conserve the usage of the cucujoidea family name latridiidaeErichson, 1842 by giving it precedence over the senior name corticariidaeCurtis, 1829, and to conserve the current usage of the widely used name CorticariaMarsham, 1802 by designation of Corticaria ferrugineaMarsham, 1802 as the type species.
The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to conserve prevailing usage of the species group names tenuirostrisKuhl, 1820 and pastinatorGould, 1841, long employed for the southeastern and respetive south-western species of Australian long-billed corellas, genus Cacatua Vieillot, 1817. The only apparently traceable syntype of tenuirostris Kuhl has been found to be of the southwestern species; the resulting nomenclatural shift would destabilise established usage and confound past and future references to the name in literature. To conserve the long-accustomed use of tenuirostris Kuhl for the southeastern corella and to maintain pastinator Gould as the valid name for the southwestern long-billed corella, we propose that the only known syntype of tenuirostris Kuhl be set aside and replaced with a neotype of the southeastern species.
The purpose of this application, under Article 81.1 of the Code, is to conserve the long and widely used name RhynchotheriumFalconer, 1868, applied to proboscidean fossils from North America, by designating Rhynchotherium falconeriOsborn, 1923 as the type species. It has long been agreed that the cast of the holotype of R. tlascalaeOsborn, 1918, the type species of Rhynchotherium, belongs to the genus GomphotheriumBurmeister, 1837, so preservation of the present usage of the genus name Rhynchotherium requires a type species that fits the current concept of the genus. It is proposed that Rhynchotherium falconeriOsborn, 1923 be designated the type species.
Frank-Thorsten Krell, David J. Patterson, J.C. den Hartog, R.M.L. Ates, Ernest H. Williams Jr., Lucy Bunkley-Williams, Nancy Fitz Simmons, Peter Havaš, Washington Tapia, Belinda Wright, Sharon Okanga, Ferry Grunewald, Scot Ramsay, James I. Kirkland, Gareth Dyke, Walter J. Bock, Richard Schodde, Ricardo L. Palma, Ernst Bauernfeind, Spencer G. Lucas
The Commission has conserved the current usage of the name Euspirahelicina (Brocchi, 1814) for a species of naticine gastropod from the Pliocene of Piacenza area, Italy by setting aside previous type fixations and designating a neotype.
The Commission has conserved the usage of the name HalectinosomaVervoort, 1962 for a common genus of primarily marine harpacticoid copepods in the family ectinosomatidae. The name Halectinosoma was threatened by the senior subjective synonym PararenosetellaLang, 1944 (type species Ectinosoma erythropsBrady, 1880). All previous type fixations for HalectinosomaVervoort, 1962 were set aside and Ectinosoma chrystaliiScott, 1894 has been designated as the type species. HalectinosomaVervoort, 1962 has also been given precedence over PararenosetellaLang, 1944 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms.
The Commission has conserved the generic name HeterolaophonteLang, 1948 for a group of marine harpacticoid copepods (family laophontidae) by giving it precedence over the unused senior names MesolaophonteNicholls, 1941 and MonolaophonteNicholls, 1941 whenever these names are considered to be synonyms.
The Commission conserved the name DelognathaLacordaire, 1859 for a tenebrionid beetle genus from the Neotropical Region by suppression of the name DelognathaAgassiz, 1846.
The Commission has suppressed the ambiguous binomen Columba norfolciensisLatham, 1801, which has been applied to three different species in different columbid genera within the last hundred years.
The Commission has ruled to confirm that, with respect to the specific name of the black-browed albatross Diomedea melanophris Boie in Temminck, 1828 (currently Thalassarche melanophris) melanophris is the correct original spelling.
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