International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
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taxa names:

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Aechmophorus Coues 1862, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1862: 229 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Podiceps occidentalis Lawrence 1858, in Baird, Rep. Explor. Surv. Route Railroad Pacific Ocean, 9: 894) (Aves). Opinion 67 

Aecothea Haliday 1838, Annals of Natural History, 2: 187 (a junior objective synonym of Oecothea Haliday in Curtis 1837) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1797

Aedipoda Le Guillou 1841, Rev. Zool., 4: 295 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Oedipoda Latreille 1829). Opinion 631

aedon Vieillot [1809] [originally in Troglodytes], Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l’Amérique septentrionale ..., vol. 2, p. 52 (specific name of the type species of Troglodytes Vieillot [1809]) (Aves, Passeriformes). Opinion 1893

aegagrus Erxleben 1777 [originally in Capra], Systema regni animalis ... Classis 1 (Mammalia), p. 260, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being pre-dated by a name based on a domestic form (Mammalia). Opinion 2027

Aegithia Blyth 1860, J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, 29: 254 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Aegithina Vieillot 1816). Direction 44

Aegithina Vieillot 1816, Analyse nouv. Ornithol. élém.: 44 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Sylvia leucoptera Vieillot 1807, Ois. Amér. sept., 2: 28, valid name: Motacilla tiphia Linnaeus 1758) (Aves). Opinion 67 

Aegocera Berthold 1827, in Latreille, Nat. Fam. Thierr.: 61 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Egocerus Desmarest 1822). Direction 23

Aegoceros Pallas 1811, Zoograph. rosso-asiat., 1: 224 (a junior objective synonym of Capra Linnaeus 1758). Direction 23

Aegocerus Wagner 1844, in Schreber, Die Säugthiere, Suppl., 4: 482 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Egocerus Desmarest 1822). Direction 23

Aegorhinus Erichson 1834, Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, 16(suppl.): 261 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Aegorhinus phaleratus Erichson 1834), ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the name Psuchocephalus Latreille 1828 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2085

Aegotheles Vigors & Horsfield 1826, Trans. linn. Soc. London, 15(1): 194 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Caprimulgus novaehollandiae Latham 1790, Index orn.: 588, valid name: Caprimulgus cristatus Shaw 1790) (Aves). Opinion 67 

aegypti Linnaeus 1762 [originally in Culex], in Hasselquist, Reise nach Palästina: 470, as interpreted under the plenary power by reference to the neotype described by Mattingly, Stone & Knight 1962 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 19: 212-219, pl. 5, text-figs. 1-5) (conserved under the plenary power) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 711

aegyptiaca Cobbold 1866 [originally in Heterophyes], Tapeworms: 6 (a junior objective synonym of heterophyes Siebold [1852] [originally in Distomum]). Direction 76

aegyptiacum Cobbold 1876 [originally in Diplostomum], Veterinarian, 49: 757 (valid name at the date of Direction 77 of the type species of Gastrodiscus Cobbold 1877) (Trematoda). Direction 77

aegyptiacum Railliet 1923 [originally in Trichonema], Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée, 1: 13, as defined by the lectotype (storage no. MT2343F in the U.S. National Parasite Collection in Beltsville, Maryland) designated by Gibbons & Lichtenfels 1999, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 56: 232 (a junior objective synonym of Strongylus tetracanthus Mehlis 1831) (Nematoda). Opinion 1972

aegyptiensis Airaghi 1904 [originally in Conulites], Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat., 43: 160, 183 (an unjustified emendation of egyptiensis Chapman 1900 [originally in Patellina]). Opinion 585

eagyptiellus Strand 1909 [Halticus morbillosus]. Bull. zool. Nomencl., 4: 256.

Aenasioidea Girault 1911, Canadian Entomologist, 43(5): 171 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Aenasioidea latiscapus Girault 1911), ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over Metaphycus Mercet 1917 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1898

aenea Fabricius 1777 [originally in Bibio], Genera insectorum: eorumque characteres naturales secundam numerum, figuram, situm et proportionem, omnium partium oris adiecta mantissa specierum nuper detectarum. (xvi), Litteris Mich. Friedr. Bartschii, Chilonii [= Kiel], p. 305, specific name of the type species of Callicera Panzer 1809 (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2305

aenea Linnaeus 1761 [originally in Buprestis], Fauna Suecica, Ed. 2, p. 213 (specific name of the type species of Dicerca Eschscholtz 1829) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1784

ænea De Geer 1775 [originally in Leptura aquatica] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

aenea Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Libellula], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 544, as defined by the lectotype, the female specimen no. 769 in the collection of the Linnean Society of London, designated under the plenary power (Insecta, Odonata). Opinion 2110

aeneus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cancer], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 630 (specific name of the type species of Zosimus Leach 1823) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36 

aeneus Scopoli 1763 [originally in Cimex], Entomol. carn.: 122 (specific name of the type species of Eysarcoris Hahn 1834) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 313

aeneus de Geer 1774 [originally in Hydrophilus], Mém. Hist. Ins., 4: 379, pl. 15, figs. 5-7 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 583

aeneus Dejean 1821 [originally in Hydrophilus], Cat. Coléopt.: 51 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 583

aeneus Germar 1824 [originally in Hydrophilus], Ins. Spec. nov., 1: 96 (conserved under the plenary power) (specific name of the type species of Paracymus Thomson 1867) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 583

AEOLIDAE Locard 1886, Prodr. Malac. Fr.: 43 (type genus: Aeolidia Cuvier 1797) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for AEOLIDIIDAE d’Orbigny 1834). Opinion 779

Aeolidia Cuvier 1797, Tabl. élém. Hist. nat.: 388 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Alder & Hancock 1847 (Mon. brit. nud. Moll., (3), Gen. 12: 2): Limax papillosus Linnaeus 1761, Fauna svec. (ed. 2): 508) (Gastropoda). Opinion 779

AEOLIDIADAE Bergh 1888, in Semper, Reisen Arch. Philipp., Malac. Unters., 3: 777 (type genus: Aeolidia Cuvier 1797) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for AEOLIDIIDAE d’Orbigny 1834). Opinion 779

AEOLIDIDAE Bergh 1870, in Semper, Reisen Arch. Philipp., Malac. Unters., 1: 1 (type genus: Aeolidia Cuvier 1797) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for AEOLIDIIDAE d’Orbigny 1834). Opinion 779

Aeolidiella Bergh 1867, Vid. Medd. Dansk. Naturh. Foren., 1866: 99 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Eolis alderi Cocks 1852, Naturalist, 2: 1) (Gastropoda). Opinion 780, Opinion 1315

AEOLIDIIDAE (correction of EOLIDIDAE) d’Orbigny 1834, Moll. Ech. Foram. Pol. îles Canar.: 34 (type genus: Aeolidia Cuvier 1797) (Gastropoda). Opinion 779

AEOLIDINA MacGillivray 1843, Hist. Moll. Anim.: 192 (type genus: Aeolidia Cuvier 1797) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for AEOLIDIIDAE d’Orbigny 1834). Opinion 779

Aeolidina Pruvot-Fol 1951, Arch. Zool. expér. gén., 88: 2 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Eolidina Quatrefages 1843). Opinion 780

Aeolis Menke 1844, Z. Malakozool., 1844: 73 (an unjustified emendation of Aeolidia Cuvier 1797). Opinion 779

Aepyornis Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1850, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (3)14: 209 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Aepyornis maximus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1850, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (3)14: 209) (Aves). Opinion 67 

aequalis Thomson 1868 [originally in Mycetoporus], Skandinaviens Coleoptera, synoptisk bearbetade, Tom. X, p. 323, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the name Mycetoporus forticornis Fauvel 1875 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2163

aequicauda Martynov 1931 [originally in Carcinogammarus], Zool. Jahrb. (Syst.), 60(3-4): 593 (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Opinion 992

aequinoctialis Scopoli 1763 [originally in Cimex], Entomologia carniolica, p. 132 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Auchenorrhyncha). Opinion 1935

aequinoctialis Lund 1793 [originally in Scyllarus], Skr. naturh. Selsk. Kbh., (2)2: 21 (specific name of the type species of Scyllarides Gill 1898) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 293

aeruginosus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Falco], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 91 (specific name of the type species of Circus Lacepède 1799) (Aves). Opinion 1189

aeruginosus Gistel 1831 [originally in Onitis] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2365

aeruginosus Klug 1855 [originally in Onitis] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2365

aeruginosus Perty 1830 [originally in Onitis] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2365

aesalon [Tunstall] 1771 [originally in Falco], Ornithologia britannica: 1 (Aves). Opinion 882

Aeschna [Illiger] 1801 (gender: feminine), unjustified emendation of Aeshna Fabricius 1775 (Opinion 34)

Aeshna Fabricius 1775 (gender: feminine), correct original spelling confirmed by Opinion 34

Aethalion Herrmannsen 1846, Indicis Gen. Malacoz. Primordia, 1: 22 (an unjustified emendation of Ethalion Risso 1826). Opinion 774

Aetheius Hübner [1819], Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, part 7, p. 109 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1381

aethereus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Phaëthon], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 134 (specific name of the type species of Phaëthon Linnaeus 1758) (Aves). Direction 43

aethiopicus Pallas 1766 [originally in Aper], Miscell. zool.: 16 (specific name of the type species of Phacochoerus Cuvier 1826) (Mammalia). Opinion 466

aethiopicus Latham 1790 [originally in Tantalus], Index Ornithologicus, sive Systema Ornithologiae ..., vol. 2, p. 706 (specific name of the type species of Threskiornis Gray 1842) (Aves, Ciconiiformes). Opinion 1674

aethiops Fabricius 1775 [originally in Lamia], Systema Entomologiae, p. 174 (specific name of the type species of Ceroplesis Serville 1835) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1407

aethiops Gmelin 1790 [originally in Tenthredo], in Linnaeus, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 5, p. 2992 (senior subjective synonym of Selandria rosae Harris 1841, the type species of Endelomyia Ashmead 1898) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1963