Current Issue
Vol. 82 (2025)
Case 3798 – Gymnodactylus humeralis Guichenot, 1855 (currently Gonatodes humeralis; Reptilia, SPHAERODACTYLIDAE): proposed conservation of the specific name by suppression of Gymnodactylus timoriensis Duméril & Bibron, 1836
Case 3833 – Hyla prasina Burmeister, 1856 (currently Boana prasina; Amphibia, Anura, HYLIDAE): proposed precedence over Hyla quoyi Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828
Case 3852 – Syntormon Loew, 1857 (Diptera, DOLICHOPODIDAE): proposed confirmation of neuter gender
Case 3858 – FORMICIINAE Lutz, 1986 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed conservation by replacement of the type species of Formicium Westwood, 1854
Case 3862 – Aphrodes Curtis, 1831 (Hemiptera, CICADELLIDAE, APHRODINAE, APHRODINI): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Cicada bicincta Schrank, 1776 as the type species
Case 3868 – Cricosaurus Wagner, 1858 (Reptilia, Crocodylomorpha, METRIORHYNCHIDAE): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Stenosaurus elegans Wagner, 1852 as the type species
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
Opinion 2516 (Case 3582) – SCARIDES Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (currently SCARIDAE; Insecta, Hemiptera) and SCARIDI Rafinesque, 1810 (currently SCARIDAE; Osteichthyes): homonymy
removed
Opinion 2517 (Case 3821) – Helix spirorbis Deshayes, 1850 (currently Scolodonta spirorbis; Gastropoda, Eupulmonata): specific name conserved
Opinion 2518 (Case 3826) – Propappus Michaelsen, 1905 and PROPAPPIDAE Coates, 1986 (Annelida, Clitellata): usage conserved by suppression of the senior homonym Propappus Seeley, 1888 (Reptilia)
Opinion 2519 (Case 3828) – The family name of the pearl oysters: homonymy between MARGARITIDAE Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca, Bivalvia) and MARGARITIDAE Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) removed by emending the latter to MARGARITESIDAE
Opinion 2520 (Case 3834) – Ctenarytaina Ferris & Klyver, 1932 (Insecta, Hemiptera): usage conserved by reversal of precedence with Eurhinocola Crawford, 1912
Opinion 2521 (Case 3836) – Sycon Risso, 1827 (Porifera, SYCETTIDAE): usage conserved by reversal of precedence with Scypha Gray, 1821
Prestosuchus (Reptilia, Pseudosuchia, Loricata) is available from Krebs, 1976, not Huene, 1938
The authorship of Barosaurus africanus gracilis (currently Tornieria gracilis; Dinosauria, Sauropoda), and designation of a lectotype
Acanthocythereis huyangorum nom. nov. (Crustacea, Oligostraca), a new replacement name for the ostracod species Acanthocythereis spinosa (Hu & Yang, 1975), with comments on the type series
Reversal of precedence for the species name Teretia teres (Reeve, 1844) (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, RAPHITOMIDAE) over its senior subjective synonym Teretia laviae (Calcara, 1843): prevailing usage maintained