International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
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hebraea Martyn 1786 [originally in Nerita], The universal conchologist ..., vol. 3, pl. 109, ruled under the plenary power to be an available name despite being published in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes (Gastropoda). Opinion 1662
hebridensis Grant 1956 [originally in Alauda arvensis], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (12)9: 367 (a junior primary homonym of hebridensis Horniman 1940 [originally in Alauda arvensis]). Opinion 480
hebridensis Horniman 1940 [originally in Alauda arvensis], Prelim. Descr. new Birds: 2 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 480
hebridium Grant 1956 [originally in Emberiza calandra], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (12)9: 367 (a junior primary homonym of hebridium, Emberiza calandra, Horniman 1940). Opinion 480
hebridium Horniman 1940 [originally in Emberiza calandra], Prelim. Descr. new Birds: 3 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 480
hebridium Grant 1956 [originally in Erithacus rubecula], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (12)9: 366 (a junior primary homonym of hebridium, Erithacus rubecula, Horniman 1940). Opinion 480
hebridium Horniman 1940 [originally in Erithacus rubecula], Prelim. Descr. new Birds: 2 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 480
HECTARTHROPIDAE Bate 1888, Rep. Voy. ‘Challenger’ (Zool.), 24: 481, 883 (type genus: Hectarthropus Bate 1888) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 434
heeri Malmgren 1867 [originally in Myriochele], Spetsbergens, Grönlands, Islands och den Skandinaviska halföns hittills kända Annulata Polychaeta, p. 101 (specific name of the type species of Myriochele Malmgren 1867) (Polychaeta). Opinion 1636
Hegumenerythros Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 575 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
heimi Fize & Serène 1956 [originally in Troglocarcinus], Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 80(5, 6): 378 (specific name of the type species of Fizesereneia Takeda & Tamura 1980) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 1591
heinei Finsch & Hartlaub [1870] [originally in Myolestes], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1869: 546 (Aves). Opinion 409
Helarctos Horsfield 1825, Zool. J., 2(6): 221 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Helarctos euryspilus Horsfield 1825, Zool. J., 2(6): 221, valid name: Ursus malayanus Raffles 1821) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
helena Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Muraena], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 244 (specific name of the type species of Muraena Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes, Anguilliformes). Opinion 1672
Heliaca Herrich-Schäffer [1851], Syst. Bearbeit. Schmett. Europ., 2: 370 (a junior homonym of Heliaca Hübner 1822). Opinion 789
Heliaca Hübner 1808, Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 5 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 789
Heliacus d’Orbigny 1842, Mollusques. In Sagra, R., Histoire physique, politique, et naturelle de l’Ile de Cuba, vol. 2, parts 1–7, p. 68, Bertrand, Paris (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Solarium heberti Deshayes 1830 (an incorrect subsequent spelling of herberti), a junior subjective synonym of Trochus cylindricus Gmelin 1791) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2185
helias Pallas 1781 [originally in Ardea], Neue nord. Beytr., 2: 48, pl. 3 (specific name of the type species of Eurypyga Illiger 1811) (Aves). Direction 43
Helicarion Férussac 1821, Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques ... suivis d’un prodrome général ..., p. 23 (folio), p. 19 (quarto) (gender: masculine) (type species, ruled under the plenary power to be by subsequent designation by Gray 1847, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 169: Helicarion cuvieri Férussac 1821), ruled under the plenary power to be the correct original spelling of Helixarion (Gastropoda). Opinion 1678
HELICARIONIDAE Godwin-Austen 1882, Land and freshwater Mollusca of India ..., vol. 1, part 2, p. 65 (type genus: Helicarion Férussac 1821) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1678
Helice Chambers 1873, Canad. Entomol., 5: 187 (a junior homonym of Helice de Haan [1833]). Direction 37
Helice de Haan [1833], in Siebold, Fauna japon. (Crust.): 5; id. [1835], ibid.: 28 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Ocypode (Helice) tridens de Haan [1835] in Siebold, Fauna japon. (Crust.): 28, 57) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37
Helicella Férussac 1821, Tabl. syst. Anim. moll. terrestr. fluviat.: 28 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Helix itala Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 772) (Gastropoda). Opinion 431
Helicella Lamarck 1812 (cited by Chenu 1859, Manuel Conchyl., 1: 421, but not made available). Opinion 431
HELICELLINAE Chenu 1859, Man. Conchyl., 1: 421 (type genus: Helicella Lamarck 1812) (a nomen nudum because its type genus was not made available). Opinion 431
HELICELLINAE von Ihering 1909, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 59: 429 (type genus: Helicella Férussac 1821) (Gastropoda). Opinion 431
Helicigenus [Renier] [1807] [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
helicina Brocchi 1814 [originally in Nerita], Conchiologia fossile subapennina, vol. 2, Stamperia Reale, Milano, p. 297, as defined by the neotype i 4680 in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (MSNM) designated under the plenary power (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Opinion 2247
Helicinigenus [Renier] [1807] [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
Heliconia Godart 1819, Ency. méth., 9 (Ins.): 203 (a junior objective synonym of Heliconius Kluk 1802). Opinion 382
HELICONIDAE Swainson 1827, Phil. Mag. (n.s.), 1: 187 (type genus: Heliconius Kluk 1802) (an incorrect original spelling for HELICONIIDAE Swainson 1827). Direction 54
HELICONIIDAE (correction of HELICONIDAE) Swainson 1827, Phil. Mag. (n.s.), 1: 187 (type genus: Heliconius Kluk 1802) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Direction 54
Heliconius Kluk 1802, Zwierz. Hist. nat. pocz. gospod., 4: 82 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Hemming 1933 (Entomologist, 66: 223): Papilio charithonia Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 757) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 382
Heliconius Latreille 1804, Nouv. Dict. Hist. nat., 24 (Tab.): 185, 199 (a junior homonym of Heliconius Kluk 1802). Opinion 382
Heliconius Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, pp. 465-467 (not made available in the work cited; published as a term intermediate between generic and specific names and not possessing the status of a subgeneric name). Opinion 382
Helicopis [Illiger] 1807, Allgem. Lit. Ztg., Halle (Jena), 1807 (No. 2): 1180 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 232
Helicopis Fabricius 1807, Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 6: 285 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Scudder 1875 (Proc. amer. Acad. Arts Sci. Boston, 10: 186): Papilio cupido Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 482) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 137, Opinion 232
Helicter Pease 1862, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1862: 6 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2017
Helicteres Beck 1837, Molluscorum ..., part 1, p. 51 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2017
HELICTERINAE Pease 1870, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1869: 645 (invalid because the name of its type genus Helicter Pease 1862 has been suppressed) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2017
Helictis Gray 1831, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1 (1830-31): 94 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Helictis moschata Gray 1831, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1 (1830-31): 94) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
Helinaia Audobon 1839 (gender: feminine), type species by subsequent designation by Gray (1841) Motacilla vermivora Gmelin [1789], confirmed by Opinion 62
Heliophilus Meigen 1803, Magazin für Insektenkunde (Illiger), 2: 273 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1747
Heliornis Billberg 1820, Enum. Ins. Mus. Billberg: 79 (a junior homonym of Heliornis Bonnaterre 1790). Direction Heliornis Bonnaterre 1790, Ency. méth., Orn. 1: lxxxiv, 64 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy and through Opinion 67 and Article 67e (1961 Code): Colymbus fulica Boddaert 1783, Tabl. Pl. enlum. Hist. nat. Daubenton: 54) (Aves). Opinion 67, Direction 43, Direction 44
Heliosciurus Trouessart 1880, Le Naturaliste, 1: 292 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Sciurus gambianus Ogilby 1835, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 3: 103) (Mammalia). Opinion 464
HELIOTHINAE (ex HELIOTHIDI) Boisduval 1828, Europaeorum Lepidopterorum Index Methodicus: 94 (type genus: Heliothis Ochsenheimer 1816) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1312
Heliothis Hübner 1808, Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 5 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 789
Heliothis Ochsenheimer 1816, Schmett. Eur., 4: 91 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Samouelle 1819 (Entomol. useful Compendium: 252): Phalaena dipsacea Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 856) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1312
heliotropium Martyn 1784 [originally in Trochus], Univ. Conch., 1: fig. 30 (conserved under the plenary power) (valid name at the date of Opinion 479 of the type species of Astraea [Röding] 1798) (Gastropoda). Opinion 479
Helix Férussac 1821, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Moll. terrestr. fluviat., Tabl. Limacons: 23 (a later usage of Helix Linnaeus 1758, often cited as the name of a separately established genus, in which case it would be a junior homonym of Helix Linnaeus 1758). Direction 72
Helix Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 768 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Montfort 1810 (Conch. syst. Class. méth. Coquilles, 2: 231): Helix pomatia Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 771) (Gastropoda). Opinion 94, Direction 72
Helixarion Férussac 1821, Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques ... suivis d’un prodrome général ..., p. 23 (folio), p. 19 (quarto), ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling of Helicarion (Gastropoda). Opinion 1678
HELIXARIONIDAE Bourguignat 1883, Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Zoologie), (6)15: art. 2, p. 9 (an unjustified emendation of HELICARIONIDAE Godwin-Austen 1882) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1678
helleri Ausserer 1867 [originally in Acantholophus], Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 17: 158 (valid name at the date of Opinion 353 of the type species of Astrobunus Thorell 1876) (Arachnida). Opinion 353
helloides Boisduval 1852 [originally in Polyommatus], Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (2)10: 291, neotype (male specimen identified as Polyommatus helloides Boisduval 1852 from Lakewood, Jefferson Co., Colorado) designated under the plenary power (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 2261
Hellula Guénée 1854, in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hist. nat. Ins., Lép., 8: 415 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Phalaena undalis Fabriciu 1781, Spec. Ins., 2: 272) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 536
Helmithera Sundevall 1872, Meth. nat. Av. Tentamen (1): 28 (an unjustified emendation of Helmitheros Rafinesque 1819). Direction 58
Helmitheros Rafinesque 1819, J. Phys. Chim. Hist. nat., 88: 418 (gender: neuter) (type species, by monotypy: Motacilla vermivora Gmelin [1789], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2, p. 951) (Aves). Opinion 412
Helochares Mulsant 1844, Palp.: Errata et Addenda to page 132 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Thomson 1859 (Skand. Coleopt., 1: 18): Dytiscus lividus Forster 1771, Nov. Spec. Ins.: 52) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 710
Helogale Gray [1862], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1861: 308 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Thomas 1882 (Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1882: 79): Herpestes parvulus Sundevall 1846, Öfvers. K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl., Stockholm, 3 (No. 5): 151) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
Helophilus Fabricius 1805, Systema Antliatorum ..., p. 233 (gender: neuter) (type species, ruled under the plenary power to be by subsequent designation by Curtis 1832, British entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland ..., vol. 9, pl. 429 (text): Musca pendula Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1747
Helophilus Mulsant 1844, Palp.: 132 (a junior homonym of Helophilus Leach 1817). Opinion 710
Helophorus Fabricius 1775, Systema Entomologiae, p. 66 (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 avec un tableau méthodique de leurs genres, disposés en familles, p. 428: Silpha aquatica Linnaeus 1758), ruled under the plenary power to be the correct original spelling of the generic name Elophorus (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1724
Helophygas Motschulsky 1853, Hydrocan. Russ.: 11 (a junior objective synonym of Helochares Mulsant 1844). Opinion 710
Helops Fabricius 1775, Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Xxxii, p. 257 (gender: masculine), type species ruled under the plenary power to be Tenebrio caeruleus Linnaeus 1758 by the fixation of Hope (1840) (Coleoptera). Opinion 2237
helvetica de Loriol 1897 [originally in Ceromyopsis], Mém. Soc. palaeontol. Suisse, 24: 79 (specific name of the type species of Ceratomyopsis Cossmann 1915) (Bivalvia). Opinion 742
helveticus Lacepède 1789 [originally in Coluber], Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpens, vol. 2 (Histoire naturelle des serpens), p. 100, ruled under the plenary power to be available despite having been published in a rejected work (Reptilia, Serpentes). Opinion 1686
Hemerobius Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 549 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Hemerobius humulinus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 550) (Insecta, Neuroptera). Opinion 211
Hemerodromia Meigen 1822 (Diptera). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2347
Hemiarthridae Sirenko 1997 (Polyplacophora). ICZN 2024: Opinion 2514
Hemiarthrinae Markham 1972 (Malacostraca). ICZN 2024: Opinion 2514
Hemirthrumidae Sirenko 1997 (Polyplacophora). ICZN 2024: Opinion 2514
Hemibagrus Bleeker 1862, Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, vol. 2. Siluroïdes, Chacoïdes et Hétérobranchoïdes, p. 9 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Bagrus nemurus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 2011
HEMIDACTYLIINI Hallowell 1856, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 8: 11 (type genus: Hemidactylium Tschudi 1838) (Amphibia, Caudata). Opinion 1873
Hemidactylium Tschudi 1838, Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel, 2: 94 (gender: neuter) (type species, by monotypy: Salamandra scutata Temminck & Schlegel [1838]) (Amphibia, Caudata). Opinion 1873
Hemilepisma Paclt 1967 (Zygentoma). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2427
HEMIMANTIDAE Hoffmann 1878, in Bronn, H.G., Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild, vol. 6, part 2, pp. 613, 635 (type genus: Hemimantis Peters 1863), ruled under the plenary power that this name and other family-group names based on Hemimantis are not to be given priority over PETROPEDETINAE Noble 1931, CACOSTERNINAE Noble 1931 and PHRYNOBATRACHINAE Laurent 1941 and other familygroup names based on Petropedetes Reichenow 1874, Cacosternum Boulenger 1887 and Phrynobatrachus Günther 1862 whenever their type genera are placed in the same familygroup taxon (Amphibia, Anura). Opinion 1921
Hemimantis Peters 1863, Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1863: 451 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Hemimantis calcaratus Peters 1863) (Amphibia, Anura). Opinion 1921
Hemimerus Walker [1871], Cat. Dermapt. Saltat. Brit. Mus., 5, Suppl. Dermapt. Salt.: 2 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Hemimerus talpoides Walker [1871], Cat. Dermapt. Saltat. Brit. Mus., 5, Suppl. Dermapt. Salt.: 2) (Insecta, Dermaptera). Opinion 149
hemingi Alcock & Anderson 1899 [originally in Benthochascon], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7)3: 10 (specific name of the type species of Benthochascon Alcock & Anderson 1899) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
Hemipenaeus Bate 1881, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)8: 171, 186 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Faxon 1895 (Mem. Mus. comp. Zool., 18: 200): Hemipenaeus spinidorsalis Bate 1881, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)8: 186) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864
Hemipeneus Faxon 1893, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 24: 215 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Hemipenaeus Bate 1881). Opinion 864
Hemipneustes Agassiz 1836, Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. Neuchâtel, 1: 183, 184 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy and through Opinion 321 and Article 67e (1961 Code): Spatangus striatoradiatus Leske 1778, Addit. J.T. Klein nat. Disp. Echin.: 170) (Echinoidea). Opinion 321
Hemiprocne (emendation under the plenary power of Hemiprocnes) Nitzsch 1829, Observ. Avium Arteria carot. communi: 31 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Hirundo longipennis Rafinesque 1802, Bull. Sci. Soc. philomat. Paris, No. 68: 153) (Aves). Opinion 457
Hemiprocne Nitzsch 1833, Pterylographiae Avium (1): 21 (a junior homonym of Hemiprocne (emendation of Hemiprocnes) Nitzsch 1829). Opinion 457
Hemiprocne Nitzsch 1840, Syst. Pterylographie: 31, 123 (a junior homonym of Hemiprocne (emendation of Hemiprocnes) Nitzsch 1829). Opinion 457
Hemiprocne Riemann 1838, Leitfadenf. Realsch. Gymn.: 34 (a junior homonym of Hemiprocne (emendation of Hemiprocnes) Nitzsch 1829). Opinion 457
Hemiprocnes Nitzsch 1829, Observ. Avium Arteria carot. communi: 31 (an incorrect original spelling for Hemiprocne Nitzsch 1829). Opinion 457
HEMIPROCNIDAE Oberholser 1906, Proc. biol. Soc. Washington, 19: 68 (type genus: Hemiprocne Nitzsch 1829) (Aves). Opinion 457
Hemipteronotus Lacepède 1801, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, p. 214 (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 1799
Hemisia Klug 1807, Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 6: 213, 227 (a junior objective synonym of Centris Fabricius 1804). Opinion 567
HEMISIINI Michener 1944, Bull. amer. Mus. nat. Hist., 82: 286 (type genus: Hemisia Klug 1807) (a junior objective synonym of CENTRIDINI Cockerell & Cockerell 1901). Opinion 567
hemisphericus Shumard 1858 [originally in Poteriocrinus], in Shumard & Swallow, St. Louis Acad. Sci., Trans., 1: 221, as interpreted by reference to the neotype designated by Moore & Strimple 1970 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 27: 203) (specific name of the type species of Delocrinus Miller & Gurley 1890) (Crinoidea). Opinion 1006
Hemisquilla Hansen 1895, Ergebn. Plankton-Exped., 2(G)(c): 72 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Gonodactylus styliferus Milne Edwards 1837, Hist. nat. Crust., 2: 530, valid name: Gonodactylus ensiger Owen 1832) (Crustacea, Stomatopoda). Opinion 785
Hemistilpnos Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 566 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Hemiurus Gervais 1855, in Castelnau, Expéd. Amér. Sud., 1 (Mamm.): 101 (a junior homonym of Hemiurus Rudolphi 1809). Direction 76
Hemiurus Rudolphi 1809, Entozoorum, 2(1): 38 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Stiles & Hassall 1898 (Arch. Parasitol., 1(1): 90): Fasciola appendiculata Rudolphi 1802, Archiv Zool. (Wiedemann), 3(1): 78) (Trematoda). Opinion 77, Direction 76
HENICOPIDAE Pocock 1901, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7)8: 448 (type genus: Henicops Newport 1844), ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over CERMATOBIIDAE Haase 1885 whenever Henicops Newport 1844 and Cermatobius Haase 1885 are placed in the same family-group taxon (Chilopoda). Opinion 1228
Henicops Newport 1844, Proc. linn. Soc. London, 1(20): 192 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Pocock 1901 (Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7)8: 451): Henicops maculata [sic] Newport 1845, Trans. linn. Soc. London, 19: 372) (Chilopoda). Opinion 1228
Heniola Uvarov 1940, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (11)5: 174 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Heniola gigliotosi Carbonell 1971, Bull. zool. Nomencl., 28: 167) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 1032
hennigi Thompson & Pont 1994 [originally in Chamaepsila], Theses Zoologicae, 20: 161 (a junior objective synonym of Musca rosae Fabricius 1794) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1938
henslowana Sheppard [1823] [originally in Tellina], Trans. linn. Soc. London, 14(1): 150 (Bivalvia). Opinion 336
henslowensis Turton 1831 [originally in Tellina], Manual land & freshwater Shells brit. Islands: 15 (an unjustified emendation of henslowana Sheppard [1823] [originally in Tellina]). Opinion 336
henslowianum Jenyns 1832 [originally in Pisidium], Trans. Cambr. phil. Soc., 4: 308 (an unjustified emendation of henslowana Sheppard [1823] [originally in Tellina]). Opinion 336
henslowii Leach [1820] [originally in Polybius], Malac. podophth. Brit. (17): text to pl. 9B (specific name of the type species of Polybius Leach [1820]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
hentzi Banks 1904 [originally in Centrurus], Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56: 142 (Arachnida, Scorpionida). Opinion 1680
Hepa Geoffroy 1762, Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, vol. 1, p. 479 (a junior objective synonym of Nepa Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1754
Hepatella Smith 1869, in Verrill, Amer. Nat., 3: 250, nota (gender: feminine) (type species, through Article 68b(i): Hepatella amica Smith 1869, in Verrill, Amer. Nat., 3: 250, nota) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73, Direction 37
hepatica Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Fasciola], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 648 (specific name of the type species of Fasciola Linnaeus 1758) (Trematoda). Direction 77
Hephthopelta Alcock 1899, Account Deep Sea Brachyura: 76 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Hephthopelta lugubris Alcock 1899, Account Deep Sea Brachyura: 77) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37
Hepomadus Bate 1881, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)8: 171, 189 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Fowler 1912 (Ann. Rep. New Jersey State Mus., 1911: 544): Hepomadus glacialis Bate 1881, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)8: 190) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864
hepsetus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Atherina], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 315 (specific name of the type species of Atherina Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 57
Heptacarpus Holmes 1900, Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci., 7: 195 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Hippolyte palpator Owen 1839, Zool. Beechey’s Voy. ‘Blossom’: 89) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Heptodonta Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 585 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
heraclei Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Musca], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 600, ruled under the plenary power to be the correct original spelling of the specific name of Musca heraclii (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1645
heraclii Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Musca], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 600, ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling of heraclei (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1645
Herbstia Milne Edwards 1834, in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hist. nat. Crust., 1: 301 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Cancer condyliatus Fabricius 1787, Mantissa Ins., 1: 324) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
Herbstia Robineau-Desvoidy 1851, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, (2)9: 184 (a junior homonym of Herbstia Milne Edwards 1834). Opinion 712
herbstii Milne Edwards 1834 [originally in Panopeus], Hist. nat. Crust., 1: 403, as interpreted by reference to the lectotype designated by Holthuis 1979 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 36: 159) (specific name of the type species of Panopeus Milne Edwards 1834) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 1282
hercules Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Scarabaeus] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2344
Heriaeus Simon 1875, Les Arachnides de France, vol. 2, p. 203 (gender: masculine) (type species, confirmed by the Commission to be by subsequent designation by Simon 1895, Histoire Naturelle des Araignées, Ed. 2, 1(4), p. 1034: Thomisus hirsutus Walckenaer 1824, an incorrect subsequent spelling of Thomisus hirtus Latreille 1819) (Arachnida, Araneae). Opinion 1488
heringi Niepelt 1935 [originally in Tanaecia], Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, 29(2): 13 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1990
hermanni (emendation of herrmanni) Fabricius 1775 [originally in Dytiscus], Syst. Entomol.: 232 (specific name of the type species of Hygrobia (emendation of Hygriobia) Latreille 1804) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 280
hermanni Kessler 1877 [originally in Scaphirhynchus], Ryby Aralo-kaspo-ponticheskoi oblasti: 190, Tab. 8, fig. 25 (Osteichthyes). Opinion 971
hermaphroditus Pallas [1777] [originally in Viverra], in Schreber, Die Säugthiere, 3: 426 (valid name at the date of Opinion 384 of the type species of Paradoxurus Cuvier 1821) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
herminieri Duméril & Bibron 1837 [originally in Holotropis], Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles, vol. 4, p. 261 (Reptilia, Squamata). Opinion 1909
Herodias Boie 1822 (gender: masculine), type species by subsequent designation by Gray (1841) Ardea garzetta Linnaeus confirmed by Opinion 62
Herpertes Illiger 1811, Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium: 135 (an incorrect original spelling for Herpestes Illiger 1811). Opinion 384
Herpestes (emendation of Herpertes) Illiger 1811, Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium: 135 (as Herpertes), 303 (emendation to Herpestes) (gender: masculine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy through the replaced name Ichneumon Lacepède 1799: Viverra ichneumon Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 43) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
HERPESTINA Bonaparte 1845, Cat. met. Mamm. Europ.: 3, 8 (type genus: Herpestes Illiger 1811) (an incorrect original spelling for HERPESTINAE Bonaparte 1845). Direction 53
HERPESTINAE (correction by Gill 1872 (Smithson. misc. Coll., 230: 5, 61) of HERPESTINA) Bonaparte 1845, Cat. met. Mamm. Europ.: 3, 8 (type genus: Herpestes Illiger 1811) (Mammalia). Direction 53
HERPETOCYPRIDINAE Kaufmann 1900, Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Bern, 1900: 105 (type genus: Herpetocypris Brady & Norman 1889) (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Opinion 533
Herpetocypris (emendation under the plenary power of Erpetocypris) Brady & Norman 1889, Sci. Trans. roy. Dublin Soc., (2)4: 64 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Cypris reptans Baird [1836], Berwickshire Nat. Hist. Club, 1(3): 99) (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Opinion 533
Herpeton Oken 1816, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3: 282 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 651
herrichii Saussure 1856 [originally in Odynerus], Et. Fam. Vesp., 3: 309 (specific name of the type species of Pseudepipona Saussure 1856) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893
herrmanni Fabricius 1775 [originally in Dytiscus], Syst. Entomol.: 232 (an incorrect original spelling for hermanni Fabricius 1775 [originally in Dytiscus]). Opinion 280
Hesperia Fabricius 1793, Entomol. Syst., 3(1): 258 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Dalman 1816 (K. svensk. Vetensk.Akad. Handl., 1816(1): 200): Papilio comma Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, part 1, p. 484) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1240
hesperidum Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Coccus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 455 (specific name of the type species of Coccus Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 1303
HESPERIIDAE Latreille 1809 (as HESPERIDES), Genera Crust. Ins., 4: 187, 207 (type genus: Hesperia Fabricius 1793) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1240
Hetairus Bate 1888, Rep. Voy. ‘Challenger’, Zool., 24: 577, 610 (a junior objective synonym of Lebbeus White 1847). Opinion 671
hesperus Fabricius 1793 [originally in Papilio] (Lepidoptera). ICZN 2013: Opinion 2319
hesperus Westwood 1843 [originally in Papilio] (Lepidoptera). ICZN 2013: Opinion 2319
Heteralocha Cabanis [1851], in Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Hein., 1: 218 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Neomorpha acutirostris Gould 1837 (January), Syn. Birds Austr. (1): pl. xi; id., June 1837, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 4: 144) (Aves). Opinion 514
Heterandria Agassiz 1853, Amer. J. Sci., (2)16: 135 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Heterandria formosa Agassiz 1855, Amer. J. Sci., (2)19: 136) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 375
HETERANDRIINI Hubbs 1924, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 13: 7 (published as a name for a taxon below subfamily rank) (type genus: Heterandria Agassiz 1853) (Osteichthyes). Direction 41
Heterelis Costa 1887, Prospetto degli imenotteri italiani (2): 104 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Scolia quinquecincta Fabricius 1793, Entomol. Syst., 2: 234) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1293
Heterocarpoides de Man 1917, Zool. Meded., 3: 284 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Dorodotes levicarina Bate 1888, Rep. Voy. ‘Challenger’ (Zool.), 24: 680) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
heterocarpoides Nobili 1903 [originally in Mimocaris], Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. comp. Torino, 18(447): 6 (specific name of the type species of Mimocaris Nobili 1903) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Heterocarpus Milne Edwards 1881, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (6)11(4): 8 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Heterocarpus ensifer Milne Edwards 1881, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.) (6)11(4): 8) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
heterochelos Lamarck 1801 [originally in Ocypoda], Syst. Anim. sans Vertèbr.: 150 (a junior objective synonym of major Herbst 1782 [originally in Cancer vocans]). Opinion 712
heterochelus Rafinesque 1814 [originally in Alciope], Précis Découv. Trav. somiolog.: 24 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 522
Heterocrypta Stimpson 1871, Ann. Lyc. nat. Hist. New York, 10: 102 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Cryptopodia granulata Gibbes 1850, Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 3: 173) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
Heterodera Schmidt 1871, Z. Rübenzucker, 21: iv, 1, 2 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Heterodera schachtii Schmidt 1871, Z. Rübenzucker, 21: 1-19, pl. 1, figs. 1-25) (Nematoda). Opinion 104
Heterogaster Schilling 1829, Uebers. Arb. Veränder. schles. Ges. vaterl. Cultur, Beitr. Entomol., 1: 37, 84 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Curtis 1836 (Brit. Entomol., 13: pl. 597): Cimex urticae Fabricius 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 231) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 679
HETEROGASTRINAE (correction of HETEROGASTRINI) Stål 1872, Öfvers. K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl., 1872: 40, 62 (conserved under the plenary power) (type genus: Heterogaster Schilling 1829) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 679
HETEROGASTRINI Stål 1872, Öfvers. K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl., 1872: 40, 62 (type genus: Heterogaster Schilling 1829) (an incorrect original spelling for HETEROGASTRINAE, but for use for a taxon belonging to any category within the family group for which the termination ‘-INI’ is considered appropriate). Opinion 679
Heterogyna Nagy 1969, Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum, Hamburg, no. 64, p. 8 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Heterogyna protea Nagy 1969) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1445
HETEROGYNAIDAE Nagy 1969, Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum, Hamburg, no. 64, p. 7 (type genus: Heterogyna Nagy 1969), spelling emended from HETEROGYNIDAE by the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Heterogyna Nagy 1969 is HETEROGYNA- (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1445
HETEROGYNIDAE Nagy 1969, Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum, Hamburg, no. 64, p. 7, spelling emended to HETEROGYNAIDAE following the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Heterogyna Nagy 1969 is HETEROGYNA- (a junior homonym of HETEROGYNIDAE Rambur 1866) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1445
HETEROGYNIDAE Rambur 1866, Catalogue systématique des Lépidoptères de l’Andalousie, vol. 2, p. 316 (type genus: Heterogynis Rambur 1837) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1445
Heterogynis Rambur 1837, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 5: 584 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Kirby 1892, A synonymic catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths), vol. 1, p. 499: Heterogynis paradoxa Rambur 1837) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1445
Heterolaophonte Lang 1948, Monographie der Harpacticiden: 1364 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Cyclops stroemii Baird 1837, Mag. Zool. Bot., 1: 330), with the endorsement that it is to be given precedence over the names Mesolaophonte Nicholls 1941 and Monolaophonte Nicholls 1941 whenever it and either of the other two are considered to be synonyms (Crustacea, Copepoda). Opinion 1356, Opinion 2249
Heterolepisma Escherich 1905 (Zygentoma). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2427
Heterolithadia Alcock 1896, J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, 65(2): 171, 261 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Ebalia fallax Henderson 1893, Trans. linn. Soc. London (Zool.), (2)5: 402) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73
Heteromesus Richardson 1908, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 35: 81 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Heteromesus granulatus Richardson 1908) (Isopoda). Opinion 2062
Heteromorpha Hübner [1806], Tentamen: 1 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes in Opinion 97, as clarified by Opinion 278). Opinion 494
Heteromorpha Hübner 1822, Syst.-alph. Verz.: 15, 18 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 494
Heteromurus Wankel 1860, Lotos, Jahrg. 10: 203 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Heteromurus margaritarius Wankel 1860, Lotos, Jahrg. 10: 203) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 1064
Heteronucia Alcock 1896, J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, 65(2): 170, 177 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Heteronucia vesiculosa Alcock 1896, J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, 65(2): 177) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73
Heteronychus Dejean 1833 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2020: Opinion 2460
Heteropanope Stimpson 1858, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858: 35 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Balss 1933 (Capita Zool., 4(3): 32): Heteropanope glabra Stimpson 1858, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858: 35) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
Heteropenaeus de Man 1896, Zool. Anz., 19: 111 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Heteropenaeus longimanus de Man 1896, Zool. Anz., 19: 111) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864
Heteropeneus Alcock 1906, Cat. Indian Decap. Crust. Ind. Mus., 3(1): 5 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Heteropenaeus de Man 1896). Opinion 864
Heterophyes Cobbold 1866, Tapeworms: 6 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy and through Opinion 84 and Article 67e (1961 Code): Distomum heterophyes Siebold [1852], Z. wiss. Zool., 4(1): 62) (Trematoda). Opinion 84, Direction 76
heterophyes Siebold [1852] [originally in Distomum], Z. wiss. Zool., 4(1): 62 (specific name of the type species of Heterophyes Cobbold 1866) (Trematoda). Direction 77
heterophyllus Sowerby 1820 [originally in Ammonites], Min. Conch., 3: 119 (specific name of the type species of Phylloceras Suess 1865) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 304
Heteropora Hemprich & Ehrenberg (1834), Abh. K.-preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1832: 332 (a junior homonym of Heteropora Blainville 1830). Opinion 674
Heteroptera Macquart 1835, Histoire naturelle des insectes. Diptères, vol. 2, p. 570 (a senior objective synonym of Coproica Rondani 1861 and a junior homonym of Heteroptera Rafinesque 1814) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1839
Heterotis Rüppell 1829, ex Ehrenberg MS, Beschreibung und Abbildung mehrerer neuer Fische im Nil entdeckt: 10, ruled under the plenary power to be available from its publication in synonymy by Rüppell 1829 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Sudis niloticus Cuvier 1829, ex Ehrenberg MS, Règne Animal (ed. 2), 2: 328) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1132
Heterotrypa Nicholson 1879, On the Structure and Affinities of the Tabulate Corals: 291, 293 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Monticulipora frondosa d’Orbigny 1850, Prodr. Paléontol., 1: 25) (Bryozoa). Opinion 838
heterovallum Vologdin 1928 [originally in Polycyathus], Ezhegodnik Russkogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva, 7: 36 (specific name of the type species of Pluralicyathus Okulitch 1950) (Archaeocyatha). Opinion 2121
Heterozius Milne Edwards 1867, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, (4)7: 275 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Heterozius rotundifrons Milne Edwards 1867, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, (4)7: 275) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73
heterurus Jan 1863 [originally in Homalocephalus], Archivio per la Zoologia, l’Anatomia e la Fisiologia, 2(2): 286 (specific name of the type species of Pseudoxyrhopus Günther 1881) (Reptilia, Serpentes). Opinion 1789
hexacanthum Wedl 1856 [originally in Sclerostoma], Sitzungensberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 19: 53 (a junior objective synonym of Strongylus tetracanthus Mehlis 1831) (Nematoda). Opinion 1972
hexadactyla Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Phalaena], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 542 (specific name of the type species of Alucita Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 450
Hexapus de Haan [1833], in Siebold, Fauna japon. (Crust.): 3; id. [1835], ibid.: 35 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Cancer sexpes Fabricius 1798, Suppl. Entomol. syst.: 344) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37
hexapus Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Cancer], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1039 (a junior objective synonym of longicornis Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Cancer], by the first reviser action of Milne Edwards 1837 (in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hist. nat. Crust., 2: 257)). Opinion 701
Hexarthra Schmarda 1854, Denskr. Acad. Wiss. Wien (Math.-natur. Kl.), 7(2): 15 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Pedalion fennicum Levander 1892, Zool. Anz., 15: 403) (Rotifera). Opinion 326
Hexodonta Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 586 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
heydenii Stål 1858 [originally in Leptinotarsa], Öfvers. k. Vetenskaps Akad. Förh., 15: 475 (specific name of the type species of Leptinotarsa Chevrolat 1837) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1290