International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
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lubentina Cramer [1777] [originally in Papilio], Uitl. Kapellen, 2(13): 92, pl. 115, figs. C, D (specific name of the type species of Euthalia Hübner [1819]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Direction 2
Lucerna Férussac 1821 (Gastropoda). ICZN 2023: Opinion 2492
Lucerna Swainson 1840 (Gastropoda). ICZN 2023: Opinion 2492
lucerna Haeckel 1880 [originally in Lychnorhiza] (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae): generic and specific names not conserved. ICZN 2018: Opinion 2412 (Case 3485)
LuCerninae Swainson 1840 (Gastropoda). ICZN 2023: Opinion 2492
lubrica Müller 1774 [originally in Helix], Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 104 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
Lucicutia Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil 1898, Das Tierreich, 6: 110 (gender: feminine) (type species, by indication under Article 67.8 of the Code: Leuckartia flavicornis Claus 1863) (Copepoda). Opinion 1613
LUCICUTIIDAE Sars 1902, An account of the Crustacea of Norway, vol. 4 (Copepoda, Calanoida), parts 7 and 8 (Centropagidae and Diaptomidae), p. 73 (type genus: Lucicutia Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil 1898) (Copepoda). Opinion 1613
lucida Lovén 1846 [originally in Yoldia], Öfvers. k. Vetenskaps Akad. Förh., 3(6): 188 (specific name of the type species of Yoldiella Verrill & Bush 1897) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1306
lucidus Dana 1852 [originally in Regulus], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 27 (specific name of the type species of Thalassocaris Stimpson 1860) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
lucidus Rafinesque 1820 [originally in Sperchius], Annals of Nature, 1: 7 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1133
Lucifer Thompson 1830, Zool. Res. (3): 37 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent indication under Art. 68b, by Milne Edwards 1837: Leucifer typus Milne Edwards 1837, Hist. nat. Crust., 2: 469) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864
LUCIFERIDAE Dana 1852, U.S. Explor. Exped., 13(1): 636, 639 (type genus: Lucifer Thompson 1830) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864
lucifuga Quoy & Gaimard 1833 [originally in Holothuria], Voy. ‘Astrolabe’, Zool., 4: 134 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 762
Lucilda d’Abrera & Bálint in d’Abrera 2001 (Lepidoptera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2358
Lucina Bruguière 1797, Encyclopédie méthodique, Histoire naturelle des vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers, pls. 284-286 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Venus pensylvanica Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 688) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1095
Lucinigenus [Renier] [1807] [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
lucius Cuvier 1807 [originally in Crocodilus (Alligator)], Ann. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 10: 28, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Mertens 1956 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 12: 175) (a junior objective synonym of mississippiensis (emendation of mississipiensis) Daudin [1801] [originally in Crocodilus]). Direction 97
lucius Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Esox], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 314 (specific name of the type species of Esox Linnaeus 1758 as confirmed by Opinion 58) (Osteichthyes). Direction 57
lucorum Linnaeus 1761 [originally in Apis], Fauna Suecica, Ed. 2, p. 425, as defined by the neotype designated by Day 1979, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (London), 12: 66 (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1828
lucorum Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Helix], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 773, as defined by neotype (specimen labelled as the neotype, length 32.71 mm, diameter 39.96 mm, in the Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen) designated under the plenary power (Gastropoda). Opinion 1996
Lucoscombrus van der Hoeven 1855, Handb. Dierk. (ed. 2), 2: 367 (a junior objective synonym of Gempylus Cuvier 1829). Opinion 487
luctator Weise 1893 [originally in Longitarsus aeruginosus], Naturgeschichte der Insekten Deutschlands, vol. 6, part 1, p. 1010 (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 1656
luctuosus Saussure 1855 [originally in Odynerus], Et. Fam. Vesp., 3: 220 (specific name of the type species of Pseudodynerus Saussure 1855) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893
ludibunda Girard 1856 [originally in Cyprinella], Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 8(5): 35 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1991
Ludita Nagy 1967, Reichenbachia, 8(24): 197 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Tiphia villosa Fabricius 1793) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1559
Ludwigella Buckman 1901, Proc. Cotteswold Nat. Field Club, 13: 266 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Ammonites concavus Sowerby 1815, Min. Conch., 1: 214, pl. 94, as interpreted by reference to the holotype refigured by Buckman 1887 (Monogr. Inf. Oolite Ammonites (Pal. Soc.): pl. 2, figs. 6, 7)) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 324
lugdunaea de la Tourette 1780 [originally in Cinips (sic)], Mém. Math. Phys. Acad. Sci. Paris, 9: 730-746, pl. 1 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1111
lugubris Poey [1860] [originally in Caranx], Poissons de Cuba. In: Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompanadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés, vol. 2, p. 222 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1841
lugubris Alcock 1899 [originally in Hephthopelta], Account Deep Sea Brachyura: 77 (specific name of the type species of Hephthopelta Alcock 1899) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
lugubris Hallowell 1849 [originally in Salamandra], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 4: 126 (specific name of the type species of Aneides Baird [1849]) (Amphibia). Opinion 377
Luidia Forbes 1839, Mem. werner. nat. Hist. Soc., 8(1): 123 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Luidia fragilissima Forbes 1839, Mem. werner. nat. Hist. Soc., 8(1): 123) (Asteroidea). Opinion 129
LUMBRICIDAE Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 135 (as LUMBRICINIA) (type genus: Lumbricus Linnaeus 1758) (Oligochaeta). Opinion 1102
lumbricoides Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Ascaris], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 648 (specific name of the type species of Ascaris Linnaeus 1758) (Nematoda). Direction 77
Lumbricus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 647 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Stiles & Hassall 1903 (Bull. Bureau Anim. Ind. U.S. Dep. Agric., 79: 118): Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 647) (Oligochaeta). Opinion 1102
lumpus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cyclopterus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 260 (specific name of the type species of Cyclopterus Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 57
lunaris Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Scarabaeus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 346 (specific name of the type species of Copris Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1754
lunatum Pallas 1772 [originally in Phalangium], Spicilegia Zoologica, vol. 9, p. 35, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the name Phrynus ceylonicus Koch 1843 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Arachnida). Opinion 2082
lunifrontis Cooper 1870 [originally in Cimex], in Baird, Ornithology, 1 Land Birds: 105, 106 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1360
lunulata Risso 1816 [originally in Maia], Hist. nat. Crust. Nice: 49 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 522
lunulatus Peters 1854 [originally in Uriechis], Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 623 (specific name of the type species of Uriechis Peters 1854) (Reptilia). Opinion 1201
Lupa [Leach 1814], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 7(2): 390 (a junior objective synonym of Portunus Weber 1795). Opinion 394
Lupa de Haan [1833], in Siebold, Fauna japon. (Crust.): 11 (a junior homonym of Lupa [Leach 1814]). Opinion 394
Lupania Rafinesque 1818, Amer. mon. Mag., 2: 272 (a junior objective synonym of Portunus Weber 1795). Opinion 522
Luperus Geoffroy 1762, Hist. abr. Ins. env. Paris: 230 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Chrysomela flavipes Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 601) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1273
LUPINAE Dana 1851, Amer. J. Sci., (2)12: 129 (type genus: Lupa [Leach 1814]) (a junior objective synonym of PORTUNIDAE (correction of PORTUNIDIA) Rafinesque 1815, the respective type genera of the two families having the same nominal species as type species). Opinion 394
Lupocyclus Adams & White [1849], Zool. ‘Samarang’, (4) Crust.: 46 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Lupocyclus rotundatus Adams & White [1849], Zool. ‘Samarang’, (4) Crust.: 47) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73, Direction 37
Lupocyclus White 1847, List Crust. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 127 (a nomen nudum). Direction 37
lupus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Anarhichas], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 247 (specific name of the type species of Anarhichas Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 57
lupus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Canis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 39, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being pre-dated by a name based on a domestic form (Mammalia). Opinion 2027
luridus Linnaeus 1761 [originally in Dytiscus], Fauna Svecica, Ed. 2, p. 214 (specific name of the type species of Berosus Leach 1817) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1577
lustrica Pilsbry 1890 [originally in Amnicola], Nautilus, 4(5): 53 (specific name of the type species of Marstonia Baker 1926) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1108
lustrica Say 1821 [originally in Paludina], J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 2: 175 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1108
lutarius Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Hemerobius], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 550 (specific name of the type species of Sialis Latreille 1802) (Insecta, Megaloptera). Opinion 1596
lutea Quoy & Gaimard 1833 [originally in Holothuria], Voy. ‘Astrolabe’, Zool., 4: 140 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 762
lutea Linnaeus 1776 [originally in Muscicapa], Cat. Birds Beasts Fishes Ins. Edwards’ nat. Hist.: 11 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 412
lutea Linnaeus [originally in Tenthredo], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 555 (specific name of the type species of Cimbex Olivier 1790) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Direction 4
luteoscutellata de Meijere 1924 [originally in Phytagromyza], Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 67: 145 (specific name of the type species of Paraphytomyza Enderlein 1936) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1509
lutescens Dana 1852 [originally in Harpilius], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 25 (specific name of the type species of Harpilius Dana 1852) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
lutescens Rafinesque 1832 [originally in Triturus], Atlantic J., 1(3): 121 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 738
luteus Canu & Cuénot 1892 [originally in Synaptiphilus], in Cuénot, Rev. Biol. Nord. France, 5: 19, 21, 22 (specific name of the type species of Synaptiphilus Canu & Cuénot 1892) (Crustacea, Copepoda). Opinion 815
lutosa Stenhammar 1855 [originally in Limosina], Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 1853: 380, as defined by the lectotype designated by Kim 1972, Entomological News, 83: 206 (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1745
Lutra Brisson 1762, Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2, pp. 13, 201 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Mustela lutra Linnaeus 1758), ruled under the plenary power to be taken as first available from Brisson 1762, despite that being a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes (Mammalia, Carnivora). Opinion 1894
lutra Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Mustela], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 45 (specific name of the type species of Lutra Brisson 1762) (Mammalia, Carnivora). Opinion 1894
Lutrarigenus [Renier] [1807] [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
Lutreola Wagner 1841, in Schreber, Die Säugthiere, Suppl. 2: 239 (gender: feminine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy: Viverra lutreola Linnaeus 1761, Fauna svec. (ed. 2): 5) for use by those who consider on taxonomic grounds that Lutreola Wagner is distinct from Mustela Linnaeus 1758 (Mammalia). Opinion 384
lutreola Linnaeus 1761 [originally in Viverra], Fauna svec. (ed. 2): 5 (specific name of the type species of Lutreola Wagne 1841) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
lutris Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Mustela], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 45 (specific name of the type species of Enhydra Fleming 1822) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
Luzonia Dall & Smith in Dall 1890, Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, 12: 282 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Neaera philippinensis Hinds 1843) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1376
luzoniensis Gmelin [1789] [originally in Muscicapa], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2, p. 942 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 684