International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
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debilis Smith 1882 [originally in Hymenopenaeus], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 10: 91 (specific name of the type species of Hymenopenaeus Smith 1882) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864
debilis Cameron 1950 [originally in Leptacinus], Explorations du Parc National Albert. Mission G.F. de Witte, (1933- 1935), 59: 28, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of L. debilis Erichson 1839 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
debilis Erichson 1839 [originally in Leptacinus], Genera et species Staphylinorum insectorum coleopterorum familiae, part 1, p. 336 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
debilis Smith 1871 [originally in Leptopodia], Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci., 1869/1870 (app.): 87 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 763
DECASTIDAE Ameghino 1893, Rev. gen. Sci. (Paris), 4: 79 (type genus: Decastis Ameghino 1891), ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the family-group names CAENOLESTIDAE Trouessart 1898 or PALAEOTHENTIDAE Sinclair 1906 whenever Decastis Ameghino 1891 and Caenolestes Thomas 1895 or Palaeothentes Ameghino 1887 are placed in the same family-group taxon (Mammalia). Opinion 1241
Decastis Ameghino 1891, Rev. arg. Hist. nat., 1: 19 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Decastis columnaris Ameghino 1891, Rev. arg. Hist. nat., 1: 305) (at the time of Opinion 1241 treated as a junior subjective synonym of Dipilus Ameghino 1890) (Mammalia). Opinion 1241
decemnotatus Aubé 1838 [originally in Agabus], Species général des Hydrocanthares et Gyriniens, par le docteur Ch. Aubé; pour faire suite au species général des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean, vol. 6, p. 319 (specific name of the type species of Platynectes Régimbart 1879) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1796
decempunctata Gebler 1829 [originally in Lema] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2019: Opinion 2439
decipiens Rominger 1866 [originally in Chaetetes], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1866: 116, 117 (specific name of the type species of Peronopora Nicholson 1881) (Bryozoa). Opinion 838
Deckenia Hilgendorf 1869, SitzBer. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berlin, 1868: 2 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Deckenia imitatrix Hilgendorf 1869, SitzBer. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berlin, 1868: 2) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73
decollata Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Helix], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 773 (specific name of the type species of Rumina Risso 1826) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335
decolorata Staudinger 1886 [originally in Lycaena argiades var.], Stett. entomol. Zs., 47: 204 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 970
decora Phillips 1836 [originally in Spirifera], Ill. Geol. Yorks., 2: 219, pl. 10, fig. 9, to be interpreted by reference to the holotype refigured by Muir-Wood, 1951 (Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (12)4: pl. 5, figs. 6a-c) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 421
decorata Smith 1853 [originally in Oxystoglossa], Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, part 1 (Andrenidae and Apidae), p. 83 (specific name of the type species of Oxystoglossa Smith 1853) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1952
decorsei Bolivar 1905 [originally in Geloius], Boln. R. esp. Hist. nat., 5: 286, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Wintrebert 1972 (Annals Mus. r. Afr. cent. (Zool.), 198: 64) and ratified under the plenary power (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 1091
decurtatus Gmelin [1790] [originally in Curculio], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 4, p. 1747 (a junior objective synonym of abbreviatus Fabriciu 1787 [originally in Curculio]). Opinion 572
deformis Reeve 1846 [originally in Ricinula], Conchologia iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, Ricinula, pl. 6, fig. 44, text ( specific name of the type species of Risomurex Olsson & McGinty 1958) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1623
defossus Simpson 1843 [originally in Ammonites], A monograph of the ammonites of the Yorkshire Lias (London): 15, as interpreted by the lectotype designated under the plenary power (Cephalopoda). Opinion 1088
Defrancia Millet 1826, Mém. linn. Soc. Paris, 5: 437 (a junior homonym of Defrancia Bronn 1825). Opinion 666
Defrancia Möller 1842, Ind. Moll. Groenl.: 12 (a junior homonym of Defrancia Bronn 1825). Opinion 666
Degeeria Nicolet [1842], Neue Denkschr. allgem. schweiz. Ges., 6: 70 (a junior homonym of Degeeria Meigen 1838). Opinion 440
Degeeria Nicolet 1841, Bibl. Univ. Genève (n.s.), 32: 384 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 440
DEGEERIADAE Lubbock 1873, Monogr. Collemb. Thysan.: 129 (type genus: Degeeria Nicolet [1842]) (an incorrect original spelling for DEGEERIIDAE Lubbock 1873). Opinion 440
Degeeriella Neumann 1906, Bull. zool. Soc. France, 20: 60 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Johnston & Harrison 1911 (Proc. linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 36: 326): Nirmus discocephalus Burmeister 1838, Handb. Entomol., 2(2): 430, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Clay 1958 (Bull. Brit. Mus. (nat. Hist.), Entomol., 7: 168)) (Insecta, Mallophaga). Opinion 627
DEGEERIELLINI Eichler 1937, in Niethammer, Handb. dtsch. Vogelkunde, 1: 360 (type genus: Degeeriella Neumann 1906) for use by those who consider that Degeeriella Neumann 1906 and Philopterus Nitzsch 1818 belong to different taxa of the family-group (Insecta, Mallophaga). Opinion 627
DEGEERIIDAE (correction by Tullberg 1876 (Öfvers. K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl., Stockholm, 33 (No. 5): 31) of DEGEERIADAE) Lubbock 1873, Monogr. Collemb. Thysan.: 129 (type genus: Degeeria Nicolet [1842]) (invalid because the name of the type genus is a junior homonym of Degeeria Meigen 1838). Opinion 440
Deidamia von Willemoes-Suhm 1873, in Thomson, Nature (London), 8: 51 (a junior homonym of Deidamia Clemens 1859). Opinion 579
deissneri Bleeker 1859 [originally in Osphromenus], Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië, 18: 376, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. ZRC 31377 in the Zoological Reference Collection National University of Singapore) designated under the plenary power (specific name of the type species of Parosphromenus Bleeker 1877) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1946
dejeanii Lepeletier 1841 [originally in Dufourea], Histoire naturelle des insectes, vol. 2, p. 228 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2001
dekayi Holbrook 1842 [originally in Tropidonotus], North Amer. Herpet., 4: 54 (specific name of the type species of Storeria Baird & Girard 1853) (Reptilia). Opinion 632
delaharpeae Broom 1937 [originally in Procynosuchus], Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Series B, 107: 314 (specific name of the type species of Procynosuchus Broom 1937), with the endorsement that it is to be given precedence over the names Cyrbasiodon boycei Broom 1931 and Parathrinaxodon proops Parrington 1936 whenever it and either of the other two are considered to be synonyms (Therapsida). Opinion 2264
delfini Philippi 1895 [originally in Galaxias], Verh. deutsch wiss. Ver. Santiago Chile, 3: 17-22, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the specific name platei Steindachner 1898, as published in the binomen Galaxias platei, whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1153
delicata Perry 1811 [originally in Harpa], Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells; containing a new arrangement of the genera and species ..., pl. 40, fig. 2 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1518
Delocrinus Miller & Gurley 1890, J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 13: 9 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Poteriocrinus hemisphericus Shumard 1858, in Shumard & Swallow, St. Louis Acad. Sci., Trans., 1: 221) (Crinoidea). Opinion 1006
Delognatha Agassiz 1846, Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. viii, 393 pp. Jent & Gassmann, Soloduri [= Solothurn, Switzerland], p. 118, , suppressed under the plenary power for the Purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2250.
Delognatha Lacordaire 1859, Histoire naturelle des insectes. Généra des coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu’ici dans cet ordre d’insectes. Tome cinquième. Première partie contenant les familles des Ténébrionides, Cistélides, Nilionides,Pythides, Mélandryides, Lagriides, Pédilides, Anthicides, Pyrochroïdes, Mordellides, Rhipiphorides, Stylopides, Meloïdes et Oedémérides. 750 pp. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, p. 315 (gender: feminine), type species Delognatha lacordairei Lacordaire 1859 by subsequent designation by Gebien (1940) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2250
DELPHACIDA [Leach 1815], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 9: 125 (type genus: Delphax Fabricius 1798) (an incorrect original spelling for DELPHACIDAE [Leach 1815]). Opinion 602
DELPHACIDAE (correction of DELPHACIDA) [Leach 1815], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 9: 125 (type genus: Delphax Fabricius 1798) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 602
Delphax Fabricius 1798, Suppl. Entomol. syst.: 511 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Cicada crassicornis Panzer 1796, Fauna Ins. germ., 35: 19) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 602
Delphinuligenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
Delphinus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 77 (gender: masculine) (type species, by Linnaean tautonymy: Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 77) (Mammalia). Opinion 75
delphis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Delphinus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 77 (specific name of the type species of Delphinus Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia). Direction 22
demidoff Fischer 1806 [originally in Galago] (currently Galagoides demidoff; Mammalia, Primates, Galagidae): neotype not designated. ICZN 2021: Opinion 2469 (Case 3742)
demissus Philippi 1836 [originally in Conus], Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae, vol. 1, p. 239, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the specific name of Conus berghausi Michelotti 1847 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Gastropoda). Opinion 1699
democratica Forsskål 1775 [originally in Salpa], Descr. Anim.: 112 (specific name of the type species of Thalia Blumenbach 1798) (Urochordata). Opinion 888
Democricetodon Fahlbusch 1964, Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, (n.f.)118: 19 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Democricetodon crassus Freudenthal 1969) (Mammalia, Rodentia). Opinion 1419
Demodex Owen 1843, Lect. comp. Anat. Phys. invertebr. Anim.: 252 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Acarus folliculorum Simon 1842, Arch. Anat. Phys. Wiss. Med., 1842: 231) (Arachnida). Opinion 104
demodocus Esper [1798] [originally in Papilio], Ausl. Schmett. (14): 205, pl. 51, fig. 1 (specific name of the type species of Princeps Hübner [1807]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Direction 2
demophile [Hübner 1790-1793] [originally in Papilio], Lep. Linn.: 10 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 975
Dendraspis Fitzinger 1843, Syst. Rept.: 28 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 709
Dendrelaphis Boulenger 1890, Faun. Brit. Ind., Rept. Batr.: 239 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Ahaetulla caudolineata Gray [1834], Ill. Ind. Zool., (2): pl. 81) (Reptilia). Opinion 524
dendriticum Rudolphi 1819 [originally in Distoma], Entoz. Syn. Mant.: 93, 364 (valid name at the date of Direction 77 of the type species of Dicrocoelium Dujardin [1844]) (Trematoda). Direction 77
Dendritina d’Orbigny 1826, Annales des Sciences Naturelles, (1)7: 285 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Cushman 1927, Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research, 3(4): 189: Dendritina arbuscula d’Orbigny 1826) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1570
Dendroaspis Schlegel 1848, Over Elaps jamesonii Traill etc., Natura Artis Magistra 1848: 5 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Elaps jamesonii Traill 1843, Edinburgh new phil. J., 34(66): 54) (Reptilia). Opinion 709
Dendrobates Wagler 1830, Natürliches System der Amphibien mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie, vi, p. 202 (gender: masculine), type species Rana tinctoria Cuvier 1797, by subsequent designation by Duméril & Bibron (1841) (Amphibia). Opinion 2223
DENDROBATIDAE Cope 1865 (1850), Natural History Review, N.S., 5: 100, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the family-group name PHYLLOBATIDAE Fitzinger 1843 whenever the two are regarded as synonyms (Amphibia). Opinion 2223
Dendrochariessa Gistl 1848, Naturgeschichte des Thierreiches für höhere Schulen, p. ix (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 1825
Dendroctonus Erichson 1836, Arch. Naturgesch., 2(1): 52 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Bostrichus micans Kugelmann 1794, Mag. Lieb. Entomol. [Schneider’s], 5: 523) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 670
Dendrophis Boie 1826, in Fitzinger, Neue Classif. Rept.: 29, 60 (a junior objective synonym of Leptophis Bell 1825). Opinion 524
Dendrophyllia Blainville 1830, Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, vol. 60, p. 319 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Milne Edwards & Haime 1850, A monograph of the British fossil corals. First part. Introduction; corals from the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations, p. liii: Madrepora ramea Linnaeus 1758) (Anthozoa). Opinion 2061
DENDROPHYLLIIDAE Gray 1847, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 19: 128 (type genus: Dendrophyllia Blainville 1830) (Anthozoa). Opinion 2061
Dendropoma Mörch 1861, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1861: 153 (gender: neuter) (type species, by subsequent designation by Keen 1961, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 7(3): 189: Siphonium (Dendropoma) lituellum Mörch 1861) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1425
Dendryphantes Koch 1837, Uebers. Arachnidensyst., 1: 31 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Thorell [1870] (Nova Acta K. vet.-Soc. Upsala, (3)7(fasc. 1) (No. 1): 214): Aranea hastatus Clerck [1758], Aran. svec.: 115) (Arachnida). Opinion 104, Direction 66
densispina Levinsen 1925 [originally in Membranipora], Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdeling, 8, 7: 316 (specific name of the type species of Marssonopora Lang 1914) (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata). Opinion 1608
Dentale da Costa 1778, Hist. Nat. Test. Brit.: 24 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 361
Dentalium Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 785 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation by Montfort 1810 (Conch. syst. Class. méth. Coquilles, 2: 23): Dentalium elephantinum Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 785) (Scaphopoda). Opinion 94, Direction 72
Dentalius Forbes 1841, Hist. brit. Starfishes: 253 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Dentalium Linnaeus 1758). Direction 72
dentata Fabricius 1793 [originally in Hippa], Entomol. syst., 2: 475 (a junior objective synonym of cassivelaunus Pennant 1777 [originally in Cancer]). Opinion 689
dentata Bell 1855 [originally in Nursilia], Proc. linn. Soc. London, 2: 434; id., 1855, Trans. linn. Soc. London, 21: 309 (specific name of the type species of Nursilia Bell 1855) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
dentata Angelin 1854 [originally in Sphaerocoryphe], Palaeontol. Scand. (1): 66, pl. 34, fig. 6 (specific name of the type species of Sphaerocoryphe Angelin 1854) (Trilobita). Opinion 614
dentatum Stein 1858 [originally in Entodinium], Abh. Königl.-böhm. Ges. Wiss., (5)10: 69, as determined by Schuberg 1888 (Zool. Jahrb., Jena (Syst.), 3: 365-418); by Kofoid & MacLennan 1932 (Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., 37: 53-152); and by Wertheim 1935 (Veterinarskog Arhiva, 5: 388-526) (specific name of the type species of Diplodinium Schuberg 1888) (Ciliophora). Opinion 202
dentatus Sowerby 1821 [originally in Ammonites], Min. Conch., 4: 3, pl. 308, as interpreted by Spath 1925 (Mon. Ammonoidea of the Gault (Palaeontogr. Soc.)), 1: 10 (specific name of the type species of Hoplites Neumayr 1875) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 353
dentatus Herbst 1785 [originally in Cancer], Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse, nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten, vol. 1, p. 186 specific name of the type species of the genus Etisus H. Milne Edwards 1834 (Crustacea) Opinion 2204
dentatus Banks 1895 [originally in Chelanops], Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 3: 6 (specific name of the type species of Mirochernes Beier 1930) (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida). Opinion 1653
dentatus Scopoli 1763 [originally in Pediculus], Entomol. carn.: 383, as interpreted under the plenary power by the neotype designated by Clay & Hopkins 1951 (Bull. Brit. Mus. (nat. Hist.) Entomol., 2: 17, figs. 21, 22, pl. 1, fig. 5) (Insecta, Mallophaga). Opinion 629
dentatus Diesing 1839 [originally in Stephanurus], Ann. wiener Mus. Naturgesch., 2(2): 232 (conserved under the plenary power) (specific name of the type species of Stephanurus Diesing 1839) (Nematoda). Opinion 340
dentatus Rudolphi 1803 [originally in Strongylus], Archiv Zool. (Wiedemann), 3(2): 12, as interpreted by the descriptions and figures published by Goodey 1924 (J. Helminth., 2(1): 1-14, figs. 1-15) (specific name of the type species of Oesophagostomum Molin 1861) (Nematoda). Opinion 340
dentex Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cyprinus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 325 (senior subjective synonym of Salmo niloticus Linnaeus 1758, the type species of Alestes Müller & Troschel 1844, by the first reviser action of Valenciennes 1849, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 22, p. 185) (Osteichthyes, Characiformes). Opinion 1813
dentex Perry 1811 [originally in Haustrum], Conchology: pl. 44 (rejected as a nomen oblitum). Opinion 886
dentex Bloch & Schneider 1801 [originally in Scomber], Systema ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum ..., vol. 1, p. 30 (specific name of the type species of Pseudocaranx Bleeker 1863) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1841
denticolle Beck 1817 [originally in Omalium], Beiträge zur baierischen Insektenfauna, oder Beschreibung und Abbildung neuentdeckter Käfer ..., vol. 7, p. 26 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
denticolle Sharp 1889 [originally in Omalium], Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6)3: 475, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of O. denticolle Beck 1817 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
denticulata Martyn 1784 [originally in Patella?], Univ. Conch., 2: fig. 65 (conserved under the plenary power) (Gastropoda). Opinion 479
denticulatus Meigen 1830 [originally in Borborus], Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten, vol. 6, p. 200 (specific name of the type species of Ischiolepta Lioy 1864) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1839
denticulatus Montagu 1808 [originally in Cancer], Trans. linn. Soc. London, 9: 87 (specific name of the type species of Pirimela Leach [1816]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
dentipes Guérin 1832 [originally in Alpheus], Expéd. sci. Morée, Zool. (2): 39 (conserved under the plenary power) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 606
dentiventris Nylande 1848 [originally in Halictoides], Notiser ur Sällskapets pro fauna et flora Fennica, vol. 1, p. 195, as defined by the lectotype (female specimen no. 5153 in the Zoological Museum, Helsinki) designated by Ebmer 1976, Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen, 25: 1 (specific name of the type species of Halictoides Nylander 1848) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2001
depicta [Renier] [1807] [originally in Aglaja], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (ruled under the plenary power to be an available name) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1079
depilans [originally in Aplysia] (or Laplysia), all uses of, prior to depilans Gmelin [1791] [originally in Aplysia] (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 200
depilans Gmelin [1791] [originally in Aplysia], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3103 (conserved under the plenary power) (specific name of the type species of Aplysia (emendation of Laplysia) Linnaeus 1767) (Gastropoda). Opinion 200
depilans Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Laplysia], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1082 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 200
deplanatus Cano 1889 [originally in Euryetisus], Boll. Soc. Nat. Napoli, (1)3: 88 nota, 200 (specific name of the type species of Euryetisus Cano 1889) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
Depranella Ulrich 1890, J. Cincinnati Soc. nat. Hist., 1890: 117, 118 (ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling for Drepanella Ulrich 1890). Opinion 591
DEPRANELLINAE Howe 1955, Handbook of Ostracod Taxonomy: 61 (type genus: Depranella Ulrich 1890) (an invalid spelling because the name of the type genus has been emended under the plenary power to Drepanella Ulrich 1890). Opinion 591
depressa Fabricius 1775 [originally in Buprestis], Systema entomologiae ..., p. 219, ruled under the plenary power to be treated as not invalid by reason of having been originally published as a junior primary homonym of Buprestis depressa Linnaeus 1771 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
depressa Linnaeus 1771 [originally in Buprestis], Mantissa Plantarum, p. 533 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
depressa Stimpson [1871] [originally in Panoplax], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 2 (No. 2): 151 (specific name of the type species of Panoplax Stimpson [1871]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
depressicornis Smith 1827 [originally in Antilope], in: Griffith’s Cuvier, Mammals, 4: 239 (Mammalia). Opinion 1349
depressus Fabricius 1775 [originally in Cancer], Syst. Entomol.: 406 (specific name of the type species of Plagusia Latreille 1804) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
depressus Bertrand 1763 [originally in Echinites], Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 128 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
depressus Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Echinus], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 124 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
depurator Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cancer], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 627, as interpreted by the neotype designated under the plenary power, namely the specimen figured by Holthuis 1956 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 12: 104, 105, pl. 2) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 84
derasa Mousson 1863 [originally in Clausilia] (Gastropoda). ICZN 2021: Opinion 2481
derbyensis (emendation of derbiensis) Phillips 1836 [originally in Entomolithus], Ill. Geol. Yorks., 2: 240 (Trilobita). Opinion 352
derbyensis Onicites Martin 1809 [originally in Entomolithus], Petrif. derb.: Sign. X & Y, pl. 45, figs. 1, 2; pl. 45*, fig. 1 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 352
derelicta Fischer 1867 [originally in Doris], Journal de Conchyliologie, (3)15: 7, as defined by the neotype (specimen labelled as the neotype in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, collected from Castropol, Asturias, Spain) designated under the plenary power (a junior objective synonym of Doris verrucosa Linnaeus 1758) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1980
Dermacentor Koch 1844, Arch. Naturgesch., 10(1): 235 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Neumann 1901 (Mém. Soc. zool. France, 14: 340): Acarus reticulatus Fabricius 1794, Entomol. syst., 4: 428) (Arachnida). Opinion 73, Direction 66
Dermanissus Kolenati [1856], Paras. Chiropt.: 19, 21, 50 (an unjustified emendation of Dermanyssus Dugès 1834). Direction 92
Dermanyssus Dugès 1834 (January), Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (2)1: 18 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy and through Article 67e (1961 Code): Acarus gallinae de Geer 1778, Mém. Hist. Ins., 7: 111, pl. 6, figs. 13, 14) (Arachnida). Opinion 104, Direction 92
Dermatochelys Wagler 1830, Natürl. Syst. Amph.: 133 (a junior objective synonym of Dermochelys Blainville 1816). Direction 56
Dermochelis Lesueur 1829, in Cuvier, Règne Anim. (ed. 2), 2: 14 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Dermochelys Blainville 1816). Direction 56
Dermochelys Blainville 1816, J. Phys. Chim. Hist. nat., 83: 259 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy through Cuvier 1829 (Règne Anim. (ed. 2), 2: 14): Testudo coriacea Linnaeus 1766, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1, p. 350) (Reptilia). Opinion 92, Direction 56
deroissyi Léveillé 1835 [originally in Spirifera], Mém. Soc. géol. Fr., 2: 39 (Brachiopoda). Opinion 1041
Desbrochers des Loges 1868 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2377
Descarpentriesina Leraut 1983, Entomologica Gallica, 1(1): 6 (a junior objective synonym of Poecilonota Eschscholtz 1829) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1825
deschiensiana Deshayes 1862 [originally in Bithinia], in: Description des animaux sans vertèbres du Bassin de Paris, part 2, p. 492 (specific name of the type species of Euchilus Sandberger 1870) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1965
Desidea Koehler 1855, Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, 20(4): 12 (an incorrect subsequent spelling of Dysidea Johnston 1842) (Porifera, Keratosa). Opinion 1550
deslongchampsi (Defrance MS) [originally in Ammonites] d’Orbigny 1846, Pal. franç., Terr. jurass., 1: 405, pl. 138, figs. 1, 2 (specific name of the type species of Cadomites Munier-Chalmas 1892) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 324
desmaresti Brongniart in Brongniart & Desmarest 1822 [originally in Ogygia], Hist. nat. Crust.: 28 (specific name of the type species of Ogygites Tromelin & Lebesconte 1876) (Trilobita). Opinion 1259
desmarestii Millet 1831 [originally in Hippolyte], Mém. Soc. Agric. Sci. Arts, Angers, 1: 56 (valid name at the date of Opinion 522 of the type species of Atyaephyra de Brito Capello 1867) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 522
desmarestii Prévost 1821 [originally in Paludina], Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d’Histoire naturelle et des Arts, 92: 426 (specific name of the type species of Stalioa Brusina 1870) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1965
Desmocaris Sollaud 1911, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 152: 913 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Palaemonetes trispinosus Aurivillius 1898, Bihang. K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl., Stockholm, 24(4)(1): 29) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Desmognathus Baird (1850), J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, (2)1(4): 282 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Stejneger & Barbour 1917 (Checklist N. Amer. Amph. Rept.: 22): Triturus fuscus Rafinesque 1820, Annals of Nature: 4) (Amphibia). Opinion 92, Direction 56
Desmophyes Haeckel 1888, Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft, 22: 36 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Desmophyes annectens Haeckel 1888) (Cnidaria). Opinion 2157
Desorella Cotteau 1855, Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, (2)12: 710 (gender: feminine) (type species, ruled under the plenary power to be by subsequent designation by Cotteau 1873, in d’Orbigny, Paléontologie Française, vol. 9, p. 333: Hyboclypus elatus Desor 1847) (Echinoidea). Opinion 1512
desponsa Smith 1854 [originally in Melissodes], Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, part 2 (Apidae), p. 310 (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1852
destructor Olivier 1795 [originally in Scolytus], Entomologie, 4(78): 1-14, pls. 1, 2 (a junior objective synonym of scolytus Fabricius 1775 [originally in Bostrichus]). Opinion 683
desultor Schiødte 1849 [originally in Lipistius (sic)], Nat. Tidskr., (2)2: 621 (specific name of the type species of Liphistius Schiødte 1849) (Arachnida). Opinion 933
detrita Müller 1774 [originally in Helix], Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 1: 101 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
Deuteros Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 581 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Deuterosminthurus Börner 1901, Zool. Anz., 24(645): 345 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Smynthurus bicinctus Koch 1840, in Herrich-Schaeffer, in Fürnrohr, Naturhistorische Topographie von Regensburg, Regensberg, 3: 353) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 1042
Deuterythros Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 567 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Dexia Meigen 1826, Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten, vol. 5, p. 33 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Musca rustica Fabricius 1775) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1475
Dexilla Westwood 1840, Synopsis of the genera of the British Insects, p. 140 (a junior objective synonym of Dexia Meigen 1826) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1475