International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
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Brachycarpus Bate 1888, Rep. Voy. ‘Challenger’ (Zool.), 24: 781, 795 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Brachycarpus savignyi Bate 1888, Rep. Voy. ‘Challenger’ (Zool.), 24: 795, valid name: Palaemon biunguiculatus Lucas [1846]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
brachydactila Leisler 1814 [originally in Alauda], Ann. Wetterau. Ges. gesammte Naturk., 3(2): 357 (an incorrect original spelling for brachydactyla Leisler 1814 [originally in Alauda]). Opinion 411
brachydactyla (emendation of brachydactila) Leisler 1814 [originally in Alauda], Ann. Wetterau. Ges. gesammte Naturk., 3(2): 357 (Aves). Opinion 411
Brachyderes Schönherr 1823, Isis (von Oken), 1823: col. 1140 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Curculio incanus Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1440
BRACHYDERINAE Schönherr 1837, Curculionidum dispositio methodica.., p. 10 (type genus: Brachyderes Schönherr 1823) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1440
Brachyepiodonta Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 582 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Brachymesodon Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 560 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Brachynotus de Haan [1833], in Siebold, Fauna japon. (Crust.), (1): 5 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent monotypy: Goneplax sexdentatus Risso 1827, Hist. nat. princip. Prod. Europ. mérid., 5: 13) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
Brachynotus Kirby 1837, in Richardson’s Fauna Bor. Amer., 4: 249 (a junior homonym of Brachynotus de Haan [1833]). Opinion 712
Brachyomus Lacordaire 1863, Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ..., p. 130 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Wibmer & O’Brien 1986, Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, no. 39, p. 73: Curculio octotuberculatus Fabricius 1787) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1493
Brachyparatasis Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 569 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862, Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néêrlandais. Tome II. Siluroïdes, Chacoïdes et Hétérobranchoïdes, p. 10 (gender: neuter), type species by original designation Platystoma vaillantii Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the names Piratinga Bleeker 1858 and Piramutana Bleeker 1858 whenever it and either of these two names are considered to be synonyms (Osteichthyes) Opinion 2208
Brachyptera Newport 1848, Proceedings of the Linnean Society, London, 1: 388 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Frison 1929, Bulletin of the Illinois State Natural History Survey, 18: 373: Nemoura trifasciata Pictet 1832) (Insecta, Plecoptera). Opinion 1916
brachyptera Lowe 1839 [originally in Echeneis], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 7: 89 (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1033
BRACHYPTERAINAE Zwick 1973, Das Tierreich, 94: 308 (type genus: Brachyptera Newport1848), spelling emended from BRACHYPTERINAE by the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Brachyptera Newport 1848 is BRACHYPTERA- (Insecta, Plecoptera). Opinion 1916
BRACHYPTERINAE Erichson [1845], Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands, Abt. 1 (Insecta, Coleoptera), vol. 3, p. 125 (type genus: Brachypterus Kugelann 1794), ruled under the plenary power that this name and other family-group names based on Brachypterus are not to be given priority over KATERETIDAE Erichson in Agassiz [1846] and other family-group names based on Kateretes Herbst 1793 whenever their type genera are placed in the same family-group taxon (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1916
BRACHYPTERINAE Zwick 1973, Das Tierreich, 94: 308, spelling emended to BRACHYPTERAINAE following the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Brachyptera Newport 1848 is BRACHYPTERA- (Insecta, Plecoptera). Opinion 1916
Brachypterolus Grouvelle 1913, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, 81: 387 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Jelinek & Steel 1966 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 23: 240): Cateretes [sic, recte Kateretes] gravidus Illiger 1798, Käfer Preuss.: 395) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 876
Brachypterus Kugelann 1794, Neuestes Magazin für Liebhaber der Entomologie, 1(5): 560 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Thomson 1859, Skandinaviens Coleoptera synoptiskt bearbetade, vol. 1, p. 67: Dermestes urticae Fabricius 1792) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1916
brachypterus Fabricius 1792 [originally in Dermestes], Entomol. syst., 1: 235 (specific name of the type species of Proteinus Latreille 1796) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 876
brachypterus Haan 1842 [originally in Gryllus], Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche Bezittingen, door de Leden der natuurkundige Commissie in Indië en andere Schrijvers, vol. 3, p. 230, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of Gryllus brachypterus Linnaeus 1761, of Gryllus brachypterus Linnaeus 1763 and of Gryllus brachypterus Ocskay 1826 (specific name of the type species of Duolandrevus Kirby 1906) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 2075
brachypterus Linnaeus 1761 [originally in Gryllus], Fauna Suecica, p. 237 (specific name of the type species of Metrioptera Wesmaël 1838) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 2075
brachypterus Ocskay 1826 [originally in Gryllus], Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino- Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, 13: 409, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of Gryllus brachypterus Linnaeus 1761 and of Gryllus brachypterus Linnaeus 1763 (specific name of the type species of Euthystira Fieber in Kelch 1852) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 2075
Brachypus Fitzinger 1826, Neue Classif. Rept.: 20, 50 (a junior homonym of Brachypus Meyer 1814). Opinion 502
Brachypus Gray 1825, Ann. Phil., 26: 338 (a junior homonym of Brachypus Meyer 1814). Opinion 502
Brachypus Guilding 1828, Zool. J., 4(14): 167 (a junior homonym of Brachypus Meyer 1814). Opinion 502
Brachypus Meigen 1824, Syst. Beschr. zweifl. Ins., 4: 34 (a junior homonym of Brachypus Meyer 1814). Opinion 502
Brachypus Meyer 1814, Ann. Wetterau. Ges. gesammte Naturk., 3: 333 (a junior objective synonym of Apus Scopoli 1777). Opinion 502
Brachypus Schoenherr 1826, Curc. Disp. meth.: 217 (a junior homonym of Brachypus Meyer 1814). Opinion 502
Brachypus Swainson 1824, Zool. J., 1(3): 305 (a junior homonym of Brachypus Meyer 1814). Opinion 502
Brachyrhinus Latreille [1802], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 200 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 982
BRACHYRRHINIDAE Bedel 1883, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, (6)2, Faune Coléopt. Bassin Seine: 20, 30 (type genus: Brachyrhinus Latreille [1802]) (invalid because the name of the type genus has been suppressed under the plenary power). Opinion 982
Brachystira Fieber 1858, Wien entomol. Monats., 2: 301 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Miris calcaratus Fallén 1807, Mon. Cimicum Svec.: 110, 111) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 898
Brachystoma Meigen 1822 (Diptera). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2346
BRACHYSTOMATIDAE Melander 1908 (Diptera). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2346
brachythaerus, any use of, in combination with the generic name Productus (or Producta), prior to brachythaerus Morris 1845 [originally in Productus] (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 486
brachythaerus Sowerby 1844 [originally in Producta], in Darwin, Geol. Observ. volcanic Islands: 158 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 486
brachythaerus Morris 1845 [originally in Productus], in de Strzelecki, Phys. Descript. N.S. Wales & van Diemen’s land: pl. 14, fig. 4c, as conserved under the plenary power and as interpreted by reference to the specimen figured by Morris and refigured by Hill 1950 (Univ. Qld. Papers, Dept. Geol., 3(2): 19), preserved in the British Museum (Natural History), London (specific name of the type species of Terrakea Booker 1930) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 486
Brachyura Kuhl & van Hasselt 1822, Algemeene Konst- en Letterbode, 1(7): 101 suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy (Reptilia) Opinion 2210
brachyura Vieillot [1820] [originally in Sylvia], in Bonnaterre & Vieillot, Tableau encyclopaedique et méthodique, trois règnes de la nature, ornithologie, vol. 2, p. 459 (Aves). Opinion 1859
brachyuris de Man 1880 [originally in Dorylaimus], Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging, 5: 83, as defined by the female lectotype (slide no. VAS 254 in the Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam) designated by Loof 1961, Beaufortia, 8: 239 (specific name of the type species of Nygolaimus Cobb 1913) (Nematoda). Opinion 1876
brachyurus Müller 1776 [originally in Lynceus], Zool. dan. Prodr.: 199 (specific name of the type species of Lynceus Müller 1776) (Crustacea, Branchiopoda). Opinion 532
brachyurus Wiegmann 1837 [originally in Procyon], Arch. Naturges., 3(1): 369 (Mammalia). Opinion 1076
Bracon Fabricius [1804-1805], Syst. Piezat.: 102 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Ichneumon minutator Fabricius 1798, Suppl. Entomol. syst.: 225) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 162
bradyi Milne Edwards 1869 [originally in Squilla], in De Folin & Périer, Fonds de la Mer, 1: 137 (specific name of the type species of Coronida Brooks 1886) (Crustacea, Stomatopoda). Opinion 785
Bradypus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 34 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Miller & Rehn 1901 (Proceedings Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 30: 8) Bradypus tridactylus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 34) (Mammalia). Opinion 91, Direction 24
Brahmaea Walker 1855, List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, vol. 5, p. 1200 (gender: feminine) (type species, confirmed by the Commission to be by subsequent designation by Hampson [1893], The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, moths, vol. 1, p. 29: Bombyx certhia Fabricius 1793) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1698
brahminus Blanchard 1844 [originally in Satyrus], in Jacquemont, Voy. Inde, 4: 22 (specific name of the type species of Aulocera Butler 1867) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 278
branchialis Rathke 1806 [originally in Doris], in Müller, Zool. Dan. (ed. 3), 4: 33, Tab. 149, figs. 5-7 (valid name at the date of Opinion 783 of the type species of Favorinus Gray 1850) (Gastropoda). Opinion 783
branchialis Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Lernaea], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1092 (specific name of the type species of Lernaeocera (emendation under the plenary power of Lerneocera) Blainville 1822) (Crustacea, Copepoda). Opinion 481
branchiata Müller 1846 [originally in Actinotrocha] (Phoronida). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2373
branchiatus Beddard 1886 [originally in Anuropus], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1886: 384 (specific name of the type species of Anuropus Beddard 1886) (Crustacea, Isopoda). Opinion 1357
brandti Dresser 1874 [originally in Otocorys], Hist. Birds Europe, 4(32): 397, 402 (Aves). Opinion 448
brandtii Selenka 1867 [originally in Holothuria], Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 17: 339 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Holothuroidea). Opinion 1533
brantsii A. Smith 1834 [originally in Euryotis], South African Quarterly Journal, 2: 150 (Mammalia, Rodentia). Opinion 1586
brasilianus Humbert & Saussure 1870 [originally in Chomatobius], Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, (2)22: 205 (Chilopoda). Opinion 2071
brasiliensis Saussure 1856 [originally in Alastor], Et. Fam. Vesp., 3: 329 (specific name of the type species of Hypalastoroides Saussure 1856) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893
brasiliensis Fabricius 1775 [originally in Blatta], Syst. Entomol.: 272 (specific name of the type species of Epilampra Burmeister 1838) (Insecta, Dictyoptera). Opinion 1231
brasiliensis Brisson 1762 [originally in Lutra], Règn. Anim. (ed. 2): 202 (included in a work in which the author did not apply the principles of binominal nomenclature). Direction 79
brasiliensis Zimmermann 1780 [originally in Lutra], Geogr. Gesch. Mens., 2: 316 (not made available in the work cited). Direction 79
brasiliensis Spix in Spix & Agassiz 1831 [originally in Mugil], Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam ..., part 2, p. 134 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1787
brasiliensis Gmelin 1788 [originally in Mustela lutris var.], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1, p. 93 (valid name at the date of Direction 79 of the type species of Pteronura Gray 1837) (Mammalia). Opinion 384, Direction 79
brassicae Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Papilio], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 467 (specific name of the type species of Pieris Schrank 1801) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 278
Brassolis [Illiger] 1807, Allgem. Lit. Ztg., Halle (Jena), 1807 (No. 2): 1181 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 232
Brassolis Fabricius 1807, Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 6: 282 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Blanchard 1840 (Hist. nat. Ins., 3: 453): Papilio sophorae Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 471) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 232
brattenburgicus Schlotheim 1820 [originally in Craniolites], Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetzigen Standpunkte, 1: 246 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 1469
brazieri Sclater 1869 [originally in Megapodius], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1869: 529 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 684
bremii Heer 1849 [originally in Termopsis], Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen, p. 31 (specific name of the type species of Termopsis Heer 1849) (Insecta, Isoptera). Opinion 2124
Bremus Panzer [1801-1804], Fauna Ins. germ., (85): pls. 19-21 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 220
brentii Gray 1858 [originally in Lichenella], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 26: 322 (rejected for all nomenclatural purposes other than those of the Principle of Homonymy as a name applied to a specimen not of the Animal Kingdom). Opinion 617
Bresilia Calman 1896, Trans. roy. Irish Acad., 31: 7 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Bresilia atlantica Calman 1896, Trans. roy. Irish Acad., 31: 7) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
BRESILIDAE Kemp 1910, Sci. Invest. Fish. Br. Ireland, 1908(1): 35 (type genus: Bresilia Calman 1896) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for BRESILIIDAE Calman 1896). Opinion 470
BRESILIIDAE Calman 1896, Trans. roy. Irish Acad., 31: 7 (type genus: Bresilia Calman 1896) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Brevicollis Sahlberg 1903 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2377
Brevicomus Pic 1894 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2377
brevilabiatus Newport 1845 [originally in Geophilus], Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 19(9): 436 (senior subjective synonym of Orphnaeus lividus Meinert 1870, the type species of Orphnaeus Meinert 1870) (Chilopoda). Opinion 2071
brevimanus Wagner 1846 [originally in Delphinus], Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen von D. Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, vol. 7 (Ruderfüsser und Fischzitzthiere), pl. 361, fig. 2 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Mammalia, Cetacea). Opinion 1660
brevipalpis Bedel 1881 [originally in Helophorus], Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 6(Supplement): 301, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the specific name of Helophorus creticus Kiesenwetter 1858 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1629
brevipalpis Theobald 1901 (Nov.) [originally in Toxorhynchites], Monogr. Culic., 1: 235 (specific name of the type species of Toxorhynchites Theobald 1901 (July)) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 548
brevipenne Motschulsky 1860 [originally in Omalium], Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 33(2): 545, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of O. brevipenne Gyllenhal 1810 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
brevipennis Curtis 1834 [originally in Limnephilus], London Edinburgh phil. Mag., (3)4(2): 125 (Insecta, Trichoptera). Opinion 596
brevipennis Latreille [1802] [originally in Proctotrupes], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 309 (specific name of the type species of Proctotrupes Latreille 1796) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Direction 2
Brevipes [Palmer] 1836, Analyst, 4: 101 (a junior objective synonym of Apus Scopoli 1777). Opinion 502
breviremis de Quatrefages 1865 [originally in Phyllodoce], Histoire Naturelle des Annelés Marins et d’Eau Douce, vol. 2, p. 132 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Polychaeta). Opinion 1589
brevirostris Calman 1906 [originally in Atyella], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1906: 201 (specific name of the type species of Atyella Calman 1906) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
brevirostris Rathke 1843 [originally in Pandalus], Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol., 20(1): 17 (specific name of the type species of Pandalina Calman 1899) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
briareus Gray 1834 [originally in Phasma (Diura)], Trans. entomol. Soc. London, 1: 45 (specific name of the type species of Ctenomorphodes Karny 1923) (Insecta, Phasmida). Opinion 641
Brintesia Fruhstorfer [1911], in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde, 9: 307 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Papilio circe Fabricius 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 495) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Direction 96
Brissoides Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 104 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
brissonii Lichtenstein 1823 [originally in Fringilla], Verz. Doubl. Berliner Mus.: 22 (type locality: Bahia, Brazil) (Aves). Opinion 1126
Brissus Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 104 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
Brissus Dahl 1823, Col. u. Lepid.: 61 (emendation of Bryssus Dejean 1821) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 209
Brissus Gray 1825, Ann. Phil., 26: 431 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Spatangus brissus var. unicolor Leske 1778, Addit. J.T. Klein Nat. Disp. Echin.: 248, pl. 26, figs. B, C) (Echinoidea). Opinion 209
Brissus Leske 1778, Addit. J.T. Klein nat. Disp. Echin.: 29 (not made available in the work cited). Opinion 209
Brissus Link 1807, Beschr. nat.-Samml. Univ. Rostock, 4: 24 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 209
Brissus Modeer 1793, K. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl., Stockholm, 14: 14 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 209
Brissus Müller 1781, Zool. dan. (Danm. Norges Dyrs Hist.) (Danish Ed.): 20 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 209
Brissus Oken 1815, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3 (Zool.)(1): 354 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 209
Brissus, any use of, prior to Brissus Gray 1825 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 209
Brius Dejean 1821, Catalogue de la collection des Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean, p. 92 (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 1474
brochi Risso 1818 [originally in Tergipes], J. Phys., 87: 373 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 773
Bromius Chevrolat in Dejean 1836, Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Deuxième édition [1833–1836]. Livraison 5. Méquignon-Marvis Pères & Fils, Paris, p. 412, (gender: masculine) ), type species Chrysomela obscura Linnaeus 1758 by subsequent designation by Monros & Bechyné (1956) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2298
Brondelia Bourguignat 1862, Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, (2)14: 20 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1410
brongniarti Sowerby 1817 [originally in Ammonites], Min. Conch., 2: 190 (specific name of the type species of Sphaeroceras Bayle 1878) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 300
bronni Spath 1938 [originally in Liparoceras], Cat. Ammon. Liass. Fam. Liparocerat.: 43 (specific name of the type species of Liparoceras Hyatt 1867) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 308
BRONTEIDES Hawle & Corda 1847, K. Böhm. Gesell. Wiss. (Prague), Abh. 5: 55 (type genus: Brontes Goldfuss 1839) (invalid because based on a junior homonym). Opinion 1004
Brontes Goldfuss 1839, Nova Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol., 19: 360 (a junior homonym of Brontes Fabricius 1801). Opinion 1004
Brontias Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 100 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
brooksi Feldmann Osgood, Szmuc & Meinke 1978 [originally in Chagrinichnites], Journal of Paleontology, 52: 288 (Trace fossil, arthropod). Opinion 1520
Brotogeris Vigors 1825, Zool. J., 2(7): 400 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Psittacus pyrrhopterus Latham 1801, Index ornithol., Suppl.: xxii) (Aves). Opinion 67
Brotogerys Agassiz 1846, Nomencl. zool. Index Univ.: 54 (an unjustified emendation of Brotogeris Vigors 1825). Direction 44
brouni Hutton 1901 [originally in Drosophila], Trans. New Zealand Inst., 33: 91 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 396
brucei Gray 1830 [originally in Balitora], Illustrations of Indian zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of General Hardwicke, vol. 1, part 3, pl. 88, as defined by the neotype designated by Kottelat 1988, Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 95(2): 491-492 (specific name of the type species of Balitora Gray 1830) (Osteichthyes, Cypriniformes). Opinion 1715
brucei Plimmer & Bradford 1899 [originally in Trypanosoma], Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 65: 280, ruled under the plenary power to be the correct original spelling of brucii (Mastigophora). Opinion 1484
BRUCHIDAE Latreille 1802, Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des crustacés et des insectes, vol. 3, p. 192 (type genus: Bruchus Linnaeus 1767) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1809
Bruchus Geoffroy 1762, Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, vol. 1, p. 163, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Bruchus Linnaeus 1767 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1809
Bruchus Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 604 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Latreille 1810, Considérations générales sur l’ordre naturel des animaux composant les classes des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes, p. 430: Dermestes pisorum Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1809
brucii Plimmer & Bradford 1899 [originally in Trypanosoma], Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 65: 280, ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling of brucei (Mastigophora). Opinion 1484
brunnea Brand 1833 [originally in Cubaris], Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 6: 190 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Crustacea, Isopoda). Opinion 1848
brunneicornis Hagen 1858 [originally in Hodotermes], Linnaea Entomologica, 12: 105 (specific name of the type species of Stolotermes Hagen 1858) (Insecta, Isoptera). Opinion 2124
brunneolus Jordan & Richardson 1909 [originally in Pseudotolithus], Mem. Carnegie Mus., 4: 191 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1272
brunneus Fabricius 1792 [originally in Lyctus], Entomologia systematica, vol. 1, part 2, p. 503 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1771
brunneus Erichson 1839 [originally in Tachinus], Genera et species Staphylinorum insectorum coleopterorum familiae, part 1, p. 249 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
brunneus Ullrich 1975 [originally in Tachinus], Monographie der Gattung Tachinus Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) ..., p. 207, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of T. brunneus Erichson 1839 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
brunneus Stephens 1830 [originally in Xylotrogus], Illustrations of British entomology. Mandibulata, vol. 3, p. 117 (specific name of the type species of Xylotrogus Stephens 1830) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1771
bryani Whitehouse 1926 [originally in Labeceras], Mem. Queensland Mus., 8: 227, pl. xxxix, figs. 4a, b (specific name of the type species of Labeceras Spath 1925) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 556
Bryaxis Kugelann 1794, N. Mag. Lieb. Entomol. von Schneider, 1(5): 580-582 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Pselaphus bulbifer Reichenbach 1816, Mon. Pselaph.: 37) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 887
Bryaxis Leach 1817, Zool. Miscell., 3: 81, 85 (a junior homonym of Bryaxis Kugelann 1794). Opinion 887
bryce [Hübner 1790-1793] [originally in Papilio], Lep. Linn.: 9 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 975
bryoniae [Hübner 1790-1793] [originally in Papilio], Lep. Linn.: 14 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 975
Brysocrypta Westwood 1840, Introd. mod. classif. Ins., Synopsis: 118 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Byrsocrypta Haliday 1838). Opinion 1019
Bryssus Dejean 1821, Cat. Coléopt., [Ed. 1]: 96 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 209