The following eight new applications have been received since the last Notice of New Applications was published in the Bulletin (volume 78: 166, 30 December 2021). Under Article 82 of the Code, the prevailing usage of names in the applications is to be maintained until the Commission's rulings on the applications (as Opinions) have been published.
Case 3863: Oribata nitens Nicolet, 1855 (currently Achipteria nitens; Acari, Achipteriidae): proposed conservation as a junior primary homonym of Oribata nitens Gervais, 1844 (currently Liacarus nitens, Acari, Liacaridae). R.B. Halliday and R.A. Norton.
Case 3864: Helix insignis d'Orbigny, 1835 (currently Happia insignis; Gastropoda, Scolodontidae): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bernhard Hausdorf.
Case 3865: Proposed conservation of the original and long-established identity of Paradisea superba J.R. Forster, 1781 (currently Lophorina superba; Aves, Paradisaeidae), with confirmation of the valid neotype designation. Andy Elliott, Nigel J. Collar, Murray D. Bruce, Guy M. Kirwan.
Case 3866: Aeschna charpentieri Kolenati, 1846 (Insecta, Odonata): proposed replacement of the current neotype by a new neotype. Gert Jan van Pelt, Andy Vierstraete, Henri J. Dumont, Thomas Schneider.
Case 3867: Ctenodesmini Pfeiffer, Zieritz, Rahim & Lopes-Lima in Zieritz et al., 2021 (Bivalvia, Unionidae): proposed emendation of spelling to Ctenodesmaini to remove homonymy with Ctenodesmini Hoffman, 1965 (Diplopoda, Oxydesmidae). Ivan N. Bolotov.
Case 3868: Cricosaurus Wagner, 1858 (Reptilia, Crocodylomorpha, Metriorhynchidae): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Stenosaurus elegans Wagner, 1852 as the type species. Mark T. Young, Yanina Herrera, Eric Wilberg, Sven Sachs, Pascal Abel, Marco Brandalise de Andrade.
Case 3869: Platyptera Meigen, 1803 and Rhamphomyia Meigen, 1822 (Insecta, Diptera, Empididae): conservation of usage of the generic names by designation of Empis borealis Linnaeus, 1758 as the type species of Platyptera. Neal L. Evenhuis, Miroslav Barták, Bradley J. Sinclair.
Case 3870: Milesia Latreille, 1804 (Insecta, Diptera, Syrphidae, Milesiinae): conservation of usage by designation of Syrphus crabroniformis Fabricius, 1775 as type species. Neal L. Evenhuis and Jeffrey H. Skevington.
