The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Mantis limbata Brullé, 1838 (Insecta, Mantodea). It is a junior primary homonym of Mantis limbata Hahn, 1835 (Insecta, Mantodea). Mantis limbata Brullé, 1838 is currently assigned to the genus Ameles Burmeister, 1838 (mantidae, amelinae), whereas Mantis limbata Hahn, 1835 is assigned to the genus Stagmomantis Saussure, 1869 (mantidae, stagmomantinae). Both names have not been considered to be conspecific after 1899. Therefore, we propose to suppress the replacement name Ameles canaria Koçak & Kemal, 2008, that has been suggested for the junior primary homonym, for the purposes of priority in order to avoid nomenclatural confusion within the subfamily amelinae.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 29 and 55.3 of the Code, is to remove the homonymy between the family-group names xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta: Diptera), which are homonyms due to the similarity of the names of their respective type genera Xylophaga Turton, 1822 and Xylophagus Meigen, 1803. It is proposed that the stem of the generic name Xylophaga be emended to Xylophaga- to give xylophagaidae, while leaving the fly family name unaltered.

Under the specific powers the Commission has confirmed that Vipera latastei Boscá, 1878 is the correct original spelling of the specific name for the viper named for Fernand Lataste.

The Commission has not used its plenary power to conserve the name Papilio phoebus De Prunner, 1798 for the European ‘Small Apollo’ butterfly (papilionidae) found in the Holarctic by giving it precedence over the senior primary homonym Papilio phoebus Fabricius, 1793.

Under the plenary power the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has ruled to maintain current usage of the names Touit G.R. Gray, 1855 and Prosopeia Bonaparte, 1854 through the suppression of the earlier but little-used, taxonomically ambiguous name Pyrrhulopsis Reichenbach, 1850.

Under the plenary power the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has ruled to set aside all previous type fixations for Ascalabotes sthenodactylus Lichtenstein, 1823 (currently Stenodactylus sthenodactylus) and to designate as neotype a specimen that conserves current usage of the specific name.

Under the plenary power the Commission has conserved the specific name of the terrestrial slug Amalia kaleniczenkoi Clessin, 1883 (originally as Amalia kalenzkoi; currently Tandonia kaleniczenkoi, milacidae) by suppression of its little-used senior subjective synonym Amalia retowskii Böttger, 1882, whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms.

Under the plenary power the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has ruled to maintain current usage of the names Mutilla clytemnestra Fox, 1899 and Mutilla dasya Péringuey, 1899 through the suppression of the senior primary homonym and objective synonym of the former, Mutilla clytemnestra Péringuey, 1899, for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to ruled that the generic name Orthezia [Bosc d'Antic], 1784 and the specific name characias [Bosc d'Antic], 1784 are available. Orthezia-Characias [Bosc d'Antic], 1784 and d'Orthezia-Characias [Bosc d'Antic], 1784 are ruled to be incorrect original spellings of the former. The work in which Orthezia [Bosc d'Antic], 1784 and characias [Bosc d'Antic], 1784 were published is ruled to be available for nomenclatural purposes and placed on the Official List of Works Approved as Available for Zoological Nomenclature.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to conserve the generic name Mesocrangon Zarenkov, 1965 by suppressing the unused senior homonym Mesocrangon Woodward, 1873. Mesocrangon Zarenkov, 1965 is placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has ruled that the specific name Cerambyx striatus Goeze, 1777 is not unavailable by reason of being originally published in a not consistently binominal work, nor is it invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of the name Cerambyx striatus Linnaeus, 1758. It has also ruled that the specific name Cerambyx striatus Fabricius, 1787 is not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of the names Cerambyx striatus Linnaeus, 1758 and Cerambyx striatus Goeze, 1777.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to designate a neotype for Calyptorhynchus baudinii Lear, 1832, thereby conserving usage of the specific names Calyptorhynchus baudinii Lear, 1832 and Calyptorhynchus latirostris Carnaby, 1948, for two species of endemic Australian cockatoos. Both specific names are placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to set aside the lectotype status of a skull of Antilope arabica Lichtenstein, 1827, retaining only a skin as the sole lectotype specimen.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved prevailing usage of the name Musca purpurascens Walker, 1836 (currently Lucilia purpurascens) by setting aside all previous type fixations and designating a neotype. The name is placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the specific name Paludina conica Prévost, 1821 (currently ‘Peringia’ conica) by suppressing the senior primary homonym Paludina conica Férussac, 1814. The former name has been placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, and the latter on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to conserve the specific name for the fossil cone shell Conus antidiluvianus Bruguière, 1792 by designating a neotype. The name is placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.