International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
Ta
tabacaria Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Fistularia], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 312 (specific name of the type species of Fistularia Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 57
tabaniformis-griseus De Geer 1776 [originally in Bombylius] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
tabatai Tokunaga 1939 [originally in Cornwallius] (currently Paleoparadoxia tabatai; Mammalia, Desmostylia): proposed designation of a neotype not accepted. ICZN 2009: Opinion 2232 (Case 3384)
tabidus Fabricius 1775 [originally in Sirex], Systema Entomologiae sistens Insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. [30], 832 pp. Korte, Flensburgi & Lipsiae, p. 326 (specific name of the type species of Trachelus Jurine 1807) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2306
Tachina Meigen 1803, Magazin für Insektenkunde (Illiger), 2: 280 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Brauer 1893, Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 43: 489: Musca grossa Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1743
TACHINIDAE Fleming 1821, in: Supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 5, p. 49, spelling emended to TACHINUSIDAE following the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Tachinus Gravenhorst 1802 is TACHINUS- (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1743
TACHINIDAE Robineau-Desvoidy 1830, Mémoires présentés par divers savants à l’Académie Royale des Sciences de l’Institut de France, (2)2: 185 (type genus: Tachina Meigen 1803) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1743
Tachinus Gravenhorst 1802, Coleoptera microptera Brunsvicensia ..., p. 134 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Latreille 1810, Considérations générales sur l’ordre naturel des animaux composants les classes des crustacés, des arachnides, et des insectes ..., p. 427: Staphylinus rufipes Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1743
TACHINUSIDAE Fleming 1821, in: Supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 5, p. 49 (type genus: Tachinus Gravenhorst 1802), spelling emended from TACHINIDAE by the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Tachinus Gravenhorst 1802 is TACHINUS- , ruled under the plenary power that this name and other family-group names based on Tachinus are not to be given priority over TACHYPORIDAE MacLeay 1825 and other family group names based on Tachyporus Gravenhorst 1802 whenever their type genera are placed in the same family-group taxon (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1743
Tachyophis Mertens 1934, Arch. Naturgesch. (N.F.), 3: 197 (a junior homonym of Tachyophis Rochebrune 1884). Opinion 524
Tachyphonus Vieillot 1816, Analyse nouv. Ornithol. élém.: 33 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Tanagra rufa Boddaert 1783, Tabl. Pl. enlum. Hist. nat. Daubenton: 44) (Aves). Opinion 67
TACHYPORIDAE MacLeay 1825, Annulosa Javanica, no. 1, p. 49 (type genus: Tachyporus Gravenhorst 1802), ruled under the plenary power that this name and other family-group names based on Tachyporus are to be given precedence over TACHINUSIDAE Fleming 1821 and other family-group names based on Tachinus Gravenhorst 1802 whenever their type genera are placed in the same familygroup taxon (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1743
Tachyporus Gravenhorst 1802, Coleoptera microptera Brunsvicensia ..., p. 124 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Latreille 1810, Considérations générales sur l’ordre naturel des animaux composants les classes des crustacés, des arachnides, et des insectes ..., p. 427: Staphylinus chrysomelinus Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1743
Tachys Dejean 1821, Catalogue de la collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean, p. 16 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Tachys scutellaris Stephens 1828) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1598
Tachyusa Erichson 1837, Käf. Mark. Brandenb., 1: 307 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Tachyusa constricta Erichson 1837, Käf. Mark. Brandenb., 1: 307) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 600
taczanowskii Mello-Leitão 1948 [originally in Acragas], An. Acad. Brasil Cien., 20(2): 187, fig. 27 (specific name of the type species of Hypaeus Simon 1900) (Arachnida). Opinion 889
Taenia Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 819 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Taenia solium Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 819) (Cestoda). Opinion 84, Opinion 272
Taenia Pallas 1766, Elench. Zooph.: 415 (a junior homonym of Taenia Linnaeus 1758). Direction 76
Taenia Walker 1866, List lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. (4): 927 (a junior homonym of Taenia Linnaeus 1758). Direction 76
taenia Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cobitis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 303 (specific name of the type species of Cobitis Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes, Cypriniformes). Opinion 1500
taeniaides Ikeda 1902 [originally in Thalassema], Dobutsugaku Zasshi [The Zoological Magazine, Japan], 14(159): plate (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Echiura). Opinion 2048
taeniatus Wollaston 1867 [originally in Calomicrus], Coleoptera Hesperidum, being an enumeration of the coleopterous insects of the Cape Verde archipelago, London (van Voorst): 145 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1164
taeniatus Rossi 1795 [originally in Dytiscus], Fauna Etrusca (ed. 2), 1: 414 (a junior objective synonym of bilineatus de Geer 1774 [originally in Dytiscus]). Opinion 618
taenioides Ikeda 1904 [originally in Thalassema], Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, 20(4): 63 (specific name of the type species of Ikeda Wharton 1913) (Echiura). Opinion 2048
Taeniolabis Cope 1882, American Naturalist, 16: 604 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Polymastodon taoensis Cope 1882) (Mammalia, Multituberculata). Opinion 1516
TAENIOPTERYGIDAE Klapálek 1905, Ceské společ. Entomol. Casopis, 2: 30 (type genus: Taeniopteryx Pictet 1842) (Insecta, Plecoptera). Opinion 653
Taeniopteryx Pictet 1842, Hist. nat. Ins. Neur., Perlides: 335 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Phryganea nebulosa Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 549) (Insecta, Plecoptera). Opinion 653
Taeniorhynchus Lynch-Arribálzaga 1891, Rev. Mus. La Plata, 1: 374 ; ibid., 2: 143 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 550
taeniorhynchus Wiedemann 1821 [originally in Culex], Dipt. exot.: 43 (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 550
tages Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Papilio] (Lepidoptera). ICZN 2020: Opinion 2464
tagetes (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti 1864) [originally in Aiptasia] (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Actiniaria): precedence by Dysactis pallida Agassiz in Verrill 1864 not approved. ICZN 2017: Opinion 2404 (Case 3633)
taierensis With 1907 [originally in Chelifer], Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology, 30: 55 (specific name of the type species of Thalassochernes Beier 1940) (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida). Opinion 1667
TALITRIDAE (correction of TALITRIDIA) Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 101 (type genus: Talitrus Bosc [1802]) ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over ORCHESTIIDAE Leach 1814 whenever Talitrus Bosc and Orchestia Leach 1814 are placed in the same family-group taxon (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Opinion 1133
Talitrus Bosc [1802], Hist. nat. Crust., 2: 148 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Cancer (Gammarellus) saltator Montagu 1808, Trans. linn. Soc. London, 9: 94) (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Opinion 1133
Talorchestia Dana 1852, Amer. J. Sci. Arts, (2)14: 310 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent monotypy (Dana 1853, U.S. Explor. Exped., 13(2): 861): Talitrus gracilis Dana 1852, Proc. Amer. Acad. Sci., 2: 201) (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Opinion 1133
Talpa Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 52 (gender: feminine) (type species, by Linnaean tautonymy: Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 52) (Mammalia). Opinion 75
talpa Houttuyn 1772 [originally in Madrepora], Natuurlyke Historie of Uitvoerige Beschryving der Dieren, Planten en Mineraalen, vol. 1, part 17, p. 116 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Anthozoa). Opinion 1573
talpa Burmeister 1838 [originally in Stenopelmatus], Handb. Entomol., 2(2) (No. 1): 721 (specific name of the type species of Stenopelmatus Burmeister 1838) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Direction 5
talpae Kolenati 1856 [originally in Ctenophthalmus], Parasiten der Chiroptern (Brünn ed.): 33 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 741
talpina Lamarck 1801 [originally in Fungia], Système des animaux sans vertèbres, p. 370 (Anthozoa). Opinion 1573
talpoida Say 1817 [originally in Hippa], J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1(7): 160 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 522
talpoides Walke [1871] [originally in Hemimerus], Cat. Dermapt. Saltat. Brit. Mus., 5 Suppl. Dermapt. Salt.: 2 (specific name of the type species of Hemimerus Walker [1871]) (Insecta, Dermaptera). Direction 5
tamaricis Puton 1886 [originally in Dicyphus], Exp. Sci. Tunis.: 19 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 958
tanaceti Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Chrysomela], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 369 (specific name of the type species of Galeruca Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1754
tanaceti Leach 1827 [originally in Pharalis], in Risso, Hist. nat. princip. Prod. Europ. mérid., 5: 218 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 646
Tanagra Linnaeus 1764, Mus. Adolph. Frid., 2, Prodr.: 30 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 852
Tanagra Linnaeus 1766, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1, p. 313 (a junior homonym of Tanagra Linnaeus 1764). Opinion 852
TANAGRIDAE Bonaparte 1838, Geogr. Comp. List of Birds of Europe and North America: 35 (type genus: Tanagra Linnaeus 1764 or Tanagra Linnaeus 1766) (invalid because based either on a name suppressed under the plenary power or on a name rejected as a junior homonym). Opinion 852
tanakai Kishida 1909 [originally in Kedania], Notes on the Trombidiidae of Japan (Tokio): page not known (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 1218
tanganyikae Calman 1899 [originally in Limnocaridina], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1899: 704 (specific name of the type species of Limnocaridina Calman 1899) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
tangeri Eydoux 1835 [originally in Gelasimus], Mag. Zool. Paris, 5(7): unnumbered page (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 1262
Taningia Joubin 1931, Annales de l’Institut Océanographique, 10: 181 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Taningia danae Joubin 1931) (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea). Opinion 1768
tantilla Gould 1847 [originally in Pupa], Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 2: 197 (specific name of the type species of Nesopupa Pilsbry 1900) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1823
Tanystropheus von Meyer [1852], Zur Fauna der Vorwelt (2): 42 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Tanystropheus conspicuus von Meyer [1852], Zur Fauna der Vorwelt (2): 42) (Reptilia). Opinion 1186
TANYTARSINI Goetghebuer 1938, in Lindner, Die Fliegen, Fam. 13c: 73 (type genus: Tanytarsus van der Wulp 1874) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 616
Tanytarsus van der Wulp 1874, Tijdschr. Entomol., 17: 134 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Chironomus signatus van der Wulp 1858, Tijdschr. Entomol., 2(3): 169) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 616
taoensis Cope 1882 [originally in Polymastodon], American Naturalist, 16: 684 (specific name of the type species of Taeniolabis Cope 1882) (Mammalia, Multituberculata). Opinion 1516
Tapaia Oken 1816, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3 (Zool.) (2): vi [Table of Contents] (an incorrect original spelling for Tapaja Oken 1816, by selection by Smith 1957 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 13: 270), and invalid also because included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 565
Tapaia Oken 1817, Isis (Oken) 1817: 1183, a spelling selected by Smith 1957 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 13: 270), as first reviser, in preference to Tapaya Oken 1817 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 565
Tapaja Oken 1816, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3 (Zool.) (2): 295, a spelling selected by Smith 1957 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 13: 270), as first reviser, in preference to Tapaia Oken 1816 (invalid because included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 565
Tapaya Fitzinger 1826, Neue Classif. Rept.: 17 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 565
Tapaya Oken 1817, Isis (Oken) 1817: 1183 (an incorrect original spelling for Tapaia Oken 1817, by selection by Smith 1957 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 13: 270)). Opinion 565
Tapayia Gray 1825, Ann. Phil., 26: 197 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 565
Taphius Adams & Adams 1855, Gen. rec. Moll., 2: 262 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Planorbis andecolus d’Orbigny 1835, Mag. Zool., 5: 26) ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over Biomphalaria Preston 1910 whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Gastropoda). Opinion 735
Tapinotetartos Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 572 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Tapirus Brisson 1762, Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2, pp. 12, 81 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Hippopotamus terrestris Linnaeus 1758), ruled under the plenary power to be taken as first available from Brisson 1762, despite that being a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes (Mammalia, Perissodactyla). Opinion 1894
tarandi Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Oestrus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 584 (specific name of the type species of Oedemagena Latreille 1818) (Insecta, Diptera). Direction 64
tarandus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cervus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 67 (specific name of the type species of Rangifer Smith 1827) (Mammalia). Direction 22
Tarantula Fabricius 1793 (Amblypygi). ICZN 2017: Opinion 2396
Tardigradus Boddaert 1785, Elenchus Animalium, vol. 1 (Sistens Quadrupedia), pp. 64, 67 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Mammalia, Primates). Opinion 1922
tardigradus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Lemur], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 29, as defined by the lectotype (specimen no. NRM 532011 in the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm) designated by Gentry, Groves & Jenkins 1998, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 55: 119 (specific name of the type species of Loris E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1796) (Mammalia, Primates). Opinion 1922
tardus Notman 1921 [originally in Thinobius], Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 29(3-4): 149 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2129
tarsatus Laporte 1835 [originally in Hydroporus], Études entomologiques, part 1 (Carnassiers), p. 106 (specific name of the type species of Vatellus Aubé [1837]) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1681
Tarsius Storr 1780, Prodr. meth. Mamm.: 32, Tab. A (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Palmer 1904 (N. Amer. Fauna, 23: 664): Lemur tarsier Erxleben 1777, Syst. Regni Anim.: 71, valid name: Simia syrichta Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia). Opinion 122, Direction 24
tarsius Desmarest 1804 [originally in Tarsius], Nouv. Dict. Hist. nat., 24 (Tab.): 10 (an unjustified emendation of tarsier Erxleben 1777 [originally in Lemur]). Direction 24
tatarica Pallas 1773 [originally in Buprestis], Reisen durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reiches, vom Jahr 1771, vol. 2, p. 464 (specific name of the type species of Cyphosoma Mannerheim 1837) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2083
Tatu Blumenbach 1779, Handbuch der Naturgeschichte, p. 74 (a junior objective synonym of Dasypus Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia, Xenarthra). Opinion 1926
Tatura Butler [1888], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1887(4): 572 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Hypolycaena lebona Hewitson [1865], Ill. diurn. Lep., Lyc. (2): 51, pl. 23) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 994
taurus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Bos], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 71 (specific name of the type species of Bos Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia). Direction 22
taurus Rafinesque 1810 [originally in Carcharias], Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di Animali e Piante della Sicilia con varie osservazioni sopra i medesimi, p. 10 (specific name of the type species of Carcharias Rafinesque 1810) (Chondrichthyes, Lamniformes). Opinion 1459, reconfirming Opinion 47
Taxidea Waterhouse [1839], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 6: 153 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Ursus labradorius Gmelin 1788, in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1, p. 102, valid name: Ursus taxus Schreber [1777]) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
TAXIDEINAE (correction of TAXIDIINAE) Pocock [1922], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1921: 835 (type genus: Taxidea Waterhouse [1839]) for use by those who consider that Taxidea Waterhouse and Meles Brisson I762 belong to different family-group taxa (Mammalia). Direction 53
Taxidia Hodgson 1847, J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, 16: 763 (an unjustified emendation of Taxidea Waterhouse [1839]). Opinion 384
TAXIDIINAE Pocock [1922], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1921: 835 (type genus: Taxidea Waterhouse [1839]) (an incorrect original spelling for TAXIDEINAE Pocock [1922]). Direction 53
Taxonus Hartig 1837, Die Aderflügler Deutschlands mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihres Larvenzustandes und ihres Wirkens in Wäldern und Gärten für Entomologen, Wald- und Gartenbesitzer ..., vol. 1, p. 297 (gender: masculine) (type species, ruled under the plenary power to be by subsequent designation by Rohwer 1911, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, Technical Series, 20(2): 90: Tenthredo (Allantus) nitida Klug 1817, a junior subjective synonym of Tenthredo agrorum Fallén 1808) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1963
Taxus Cuvier & Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1795, Magazin Encyclopédique, 2: 184, 187 (a junior objective synonym of Meles Brisson 1762) (Mammalia, Carnivora). Opinion 1894
taxus Schreber [1777] [originally in Ursus], Die Säugthiere, 3: 520; id. [1778], ibid., 3: pl. 142B (valid name at the date of Opinion 384 of the type species of Taxidea Waterhouse 1839) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
taylorensis Carsey 1926 [originally in Anomalina], Univ. Texas Bull. (No. 2612): 1-53 (Rhizopoda). Opinion 873
taylori Hall 1840 [originally in Sauritolepis], Fourth Annual Report of the Survey of the Fourth Geological District. Assembly Document, Albany Institute, 50: 453, as defined by the lectotype (catalogue no. AMNH 3341 in the American Museum of Natural History, New York) designated by Jeffery, Davis, Shubin & Daeschler 2002, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 59: 199 (specific name of the type species of Sauripterus Hall 1843) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 2089