International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

Fl

flabelliforme Sollas 1888 [originally in Scleritoderma], Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76, Zoology, 25(63): 316 (specific name of the type species of Scleritoderma Schmidt 1879) (Porifera). Opinion 2060

Flabellina Cuvier 1830, Règne Anim. (ed. 2), 3: 55 (not made available in the work cited). Opinion 781 

Flabellina d’Orbigny 1839, in Sagra, Hist. nat. Ile Cuba: 42 (a junior homonym of Flabellina Voigt 1834). Opinion 781  

Flabellina de Gregorio 1930, Ann. géol. paléontol. Palermo, 52: 33 (a junior homonym of Flabellina Voigt 1834). Opinion 781

Flabellina Levinsen 1902, Vid. Medd. Dansk. Naturh. Foren.: 21 (an unjustified emendation of Flabellaris Waters 1898). Opinion 781 

Flabellina Voigt 1834, Das Thierreich, 3: 124 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Doris affinis Gmelin 1791, in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3105) (Gastropoda). Opinion 781  

FLABELLININAE Bergh 1889, in Carus, Prodr. Fauna Medit., 2: 215 (type genus: Flabellina Voigt 1834) (Gastropoda). Opinion 781  

flabellipes Olivier 1807 [originally in Curculio], Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes ...Coléoptères, p. 374 (specific name of the type species of Geonemus Schönherr 1833) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1493

flammeus Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Meloë], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 81 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380 

flava Vieillot 1817 [originally in Campephaga], Nouv. Dict. Hist. nat. (ed. 2), 10: 49 (Aves). Opinion 407

flava Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Musca], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 600 (valid name at the date of Opinion 847 of the type species of Chyromya Robineau-Desvoidy 1830) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 847

flava Lacepède 1788 [originally in Testudo], Hist. nat. Quad. ovip. Serpens, 1, Synops. method.: 135, tab. 16 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 660 

flava Fabricius 1775 [originally in Zonitis], Systema Entomologiae ..., p. 127 (specific name of the type species of Zonitis Fabricius 1775) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1918

flaveola Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Certhia], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 119 (specific name of the type species of Coereba Vieillot 1807) (Aves). Direction 43

flavescens Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Amphisbaena], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 29 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380  

flavescens Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Gryllus (Locusta)], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 85 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380  

flavescens Lichtenstein 1793 [originally in Lanius], Cat. Rerum nat. rariss. Hamb., 1: 15 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 407  

flavescens Müller 1776 [originally in Spatagus], Zool. dan. Prodr.: 236, as interpreted, by direction under the plenary power, by the neotype designated by Melville 1960 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 17: 215, 216) (Echinoidea). Opinion 608

flavescens Fabricius 1794 [originally in Tettigonia], Entomol. syst., 4: 24 (valid name at the date of Opinion 590 of the type species of Ptyelus Lepeletier & Serville 1828) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 590

flavescens Loddiges 1832 [originally in Trochilus], Proc. Comm. Sci. zool. Soc. London, 2(15): 7 (specific name of the type species of Boissonneaua Reichenbach [1854]) (Aves). Opinion 550

flavescens Fabricius 1775 [originally in Vespa], Syst. entomol.: 370 (specific name of the type species of Antodynerus Saussure 1855) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893

flavicans Vieillot [1820] [originally in Sylvia], in Bonnaterre & Vieillot, Tableau encyclopaedique et méthodique, trois règnes de la nature, ornithologie, vol. 2, p. 438 (Aves). Opinion 1859

flaviceps Meigen 1830 [originally in Notiphila], Syst. Beschr. zweifl. Ins., 6: 72 (valid name at the date of Opinion 1321 of the type species of Hydrellia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1321 

flavicollis Fabricius 1793 [originally in Termes], Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, vol. 2, p. 91 (specific name of the type species of Kalotermes Hagen 1853) (Insecta, Isoptera). Opinion 2007 

flavicollo Kerr 1792 [originally in Psittacus banksii], The animal kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus, vol. 1, part 2, p. 586 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Aves, Psittaciformes). Opinion 1833

flavicornis Fabricius 1787 [originally in Chrysomela], Mantissa Insectorum, 1: 73, and all uses of that name prior to flavicornis Suffrian 1851 [originally in Chrysomela], Linnaea Entomol., 5: 215 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1270

flavicornis Suffrian 1851 [originally in Chrysomela], Linnaea Entomol., 5: 215 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1270 

flavicornis Claus 1863 [originally in Leuckartia], Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres, p. 183 (specific name of the type species of Lucicutia Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil 1898) (Copepoda). Opinion 1613 

flavilabris Froggatt 1903 [originally in Aphalara], Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 28: 318 (specific name of the type species of Glycaspis Taylor 1960) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 725  

flavipes De Geer 1774 [originally in Elater fuscus] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

flavipennis Fabricius 1793 [originally in Sphex], Entomol. syst., 2: 201 (specific name of the type species of Sphex Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Direction 2. This type designation negates the earlier confirmation in Opinion 32 of Sphex sabulosa Linnaeus 1758 as type species

flavipes Meigen 1818 [originally in Chironomus], Syst. Beschr. zweifl. Ins., 1: 50 (valid name at the date of Opinion 616 of the type species of Phaenopsectra Kieffer 1921) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 616

flavipes Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Chrysomela], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 601 (specific name of the type species of Luperus Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1273  

flavipes Fabricius 1792 [originally in Dytiscus], Entomol. syst., 1: 201 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 395

flavipes Olivier 1795 [originally in Dytiscus], Entomologie, 3 (No. 40): 38, pl. 5, fig. 52a, b (conserved under the plenary power) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 395

flavipes Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Staphylinus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 423, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over Staphylinus planus Paykull 1792 whenever they are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2086

flavipes Panzer 1798 [originally in Syrphus], Faunae insectorum germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten, Heft 54, p. 10 (specific name of the type species of Cheilosia Meigen 1822) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1744

flavipes Kollar 1837 [originally in Termes], Naturgeschichte der schädlichen Insekten in Beziehung auf Landwirthschaft und Forstcultur, & c. viii, Ferdinand Ullrich, Wien, p. 411, specific name of the type species of Reticulitermes Holmgren 1913 (Insecta, Isoptera). Opinion 2225

flavirostris [anon.] [1840] [originally in Garrulus], Verz. Java Samml. Thier. Holzapfel: No. 72 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 273 

flavofasciata Herbst 1801 [originally in Buprestis], Natursystem aller bekännten in- und ausländischen Insecten, als eine Fortsetzung der Büssonschen Naturgeschichte. Der Käfer, vol. 9, p. 306, 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 flavofasciata Piller & Mitterpacher 1783 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008

flavofasciata Piller & Mitterpacher 1783 [originally in Buprestis], Iter per Poseganum, Sclavoniae provinciam mensibus Junio et Julio 1782 susceptum, p. 84 (specific name of the type species of Carininota Volkovitsh 1979) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008 

flavolineatus Lacepède 1802 [originally in Mullus], in Buffon, Hist. nat., Hist. nat. Poissons, 3: 406 (specific name of the type species of Mulloidichthys Whitley 1929) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 846  

flavomaculata Vander Linden 1825 [originally in Libellula], Monographiae libellulinarum Europaearum specimen, p. 19, as defined by specimen no. 768 in the collection of the Linnean Society of London (Insecta, Odonata). Opinion 2110

flavomaculata Heller 1864 [originally in Pontonia], Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 14: 51 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 522  

flavopictus Laporte & Gory 1837 [originally in Asthraeus (sic)], Mon. Bupr., 1: 1, pl. 1, fig. 1 (specific name of the type species of Astraeus Laporte & Gory 1837) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 795  

flavopunctata Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena cristata] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333

flavus Bleeker 1846 [originally in Bagrus], Natuur- en Geneeskundig Archief voor Neêrland’s Indië, 3: 156, ruled that the previous fixation of type specimen is not set aside (Osteichthyes). Opinion 2011 

flavus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Limax], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 652 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336

Flebotomus Rondani 1840, Mem. serv. Ditterol. ital., 1: 12 (an incorrect original spelling for Phlebotomus Rondani 1840). Opinion 256 

fleuriausi d’Orbigny 1842 [originally in Radiolites], Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (2)17: 181 (specific name of the type species of Praeradiolites Douvillé 1902) (Bivalvia). Opinion 856

fleuriausus d’Orbigny 1842 [originally in Radiolites] (Bivalvia). ICZN 2013: Opinion 2314 (emended)

Flexicalymene Shirley 1936, Quart. J. geol. Soc. London, 92: 395 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Calymene caractaci Salter 1865, Mon. Brit. Trilobites: 96) (Trilobita). Opinion 736

flexuella Edwards 1929 [originally in Spaniotoma (Orthocladius)], Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 77: 349 (specific name of the type species of Mesosmittia Brundin 1956) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2179 

flexuosa Münster 1843 [originally in Geoteuthis], in Münster, G. Graf zu, Meyer, H.V. & Wagner, R. (Eds.), Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde ..., p. 75 (specific name of the type species of Parabelopeltis Naef 1921) (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea). Opinion 1914

flexuosa Alder 1857 [originally in Laomedea], Trans. Tyneside Nat. Fld. Cl., 3: 122 (specific name of the type species of Laomedea Lamouroux 1812) (Hydrozoa). Opinion 1345  

florentina Rossi 1790 [originally in Aranea], Fauna Etrusca, 2: 133 (specific name of the type species of Segestria Latreille 1804) (Arachnida). Direction 29

floridanus Gabb 1869 [originally in Conus] (Mollusca, Gastropoda): not to be given precedence over Conus anabathrum Crosse 1865. ICZN 1989: Opinion 1539

floridanus Kingsley 1878 [originally in Thor], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1878: 95 (specific name of the type species of Thor Kingsley 1878) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470 

floriformis Martin 1809 [originally in Erismatolithus Madreporites], Petrif. derb.: sign. V[1], pl. 43, figs. 3, 4, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Smith 1916 (Quart. J. geol. Soc. London, 71: 247, 259) (conserved under the plenary power) (Anthozoa). Opinion 419  

Florilus de Montfort 1808, Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Coquilles univalves, cloisonnées, vol. 1, p. 134 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1568  

flos-maris Richardson 1846 [originally in Clupea], 15th. Rept. Brit. Assoc. (Cambridge 1845): 305 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 901 

fluminalis Müller 1774 [originally in Tellina], Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 205 (specific name of the type species of Corbicula Megerle von Muehlfeld 1811) (Bivalvia). Opinion 335  

fluminensis Faria & Muller 1937 [originally in Cynopoecilus], Revista Naval, 37(3): 99 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Osteichthyes, Cyprinodontiformes). Opinion 1762

fluvialis Savigny [1809] [originally in Pandion], Descr. Egypte, 1(1) (Ois.): 96 (a junior objective synonym of haliaetus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Falco]). Direction 44

fluviatilis Müller 1774 [originally in Ancylus], Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 201 (specific name of the type species of Ancylus Müller 1774) (Gastropoda). Opinion 363

fluviatilis Fabricius 1775 [originally in Astacus], Syst. Entomol.: 413 (a junior objective synonym of astacus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cancer]). Direction 12

fluviatilis Herbst 1785 [originally in Cancer], Versuch Naturgesch. Krabben Krebse, 1(6): 183 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712  

fluviatilis Schumacher 1816 [originally in Margartifera (sic)], Overs. K. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobenhavn, 7: 7 (a junior objective synonym of margaritifera Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Mya]). Opinion 495

fluviatilis Gmelin 1791 [originally in Mytilus], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3359, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the name Unio ochraceus Say 1817 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Bivalvia). Opinion 2092

fluviatilis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Nerita], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 777 (valid name at the date of Opinion 335 of the type species of Theodoxus Montfort 1810) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335  

fluviatilis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Perca], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 289 (specific name of the type species of Perca Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 57

fluviatilis Rafinesque 1814 [originally in Symethus], Précis Découv. Trav. somiolog.: 23 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 522  

fluviatilis Stein 1863 [originally in Tintinnus], Amtl. Ber. Dt. Naturf. u. Aertze: 161 (specific name of the type species of Tintinnidium Kent 1881) (Ciliophora). Opinion 926  

fluviatilis Latreille [1828] [originally in Trichodactylus], Ency. méth., 10 (Ins.): 705 (specific name of the type species of Trichodactylus Latreille [1828]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36  

fluviorum Montfort 1810 [originally in Viviparus], Conch. syst. Class. méth. Coquilles, 2: 247 (a junior objective synonym of vivipara Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Helix]). Opinion 573