International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
Mi
micans Kugelmann 1794 [originally in Bostrichus], Mag. Lieb. Entomol. [Schneider’s], 5: 523 (specific name of the type species of Dendroctonus Erichson 1836) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 670
michahellesii Fitzinger 1864 [originally in Podarcis], in Erber, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 14: 703 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 642
michiganensis La Rocque 1948 [originally in Follmannella], Univ. Microfilms Publ., No. 1059: 17 (included in a work issued in microfilm and rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 318
Micracanthus Sauvage 1879, Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, (7)3: 95 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 2043
Micraster Agassiz 1836, Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. Neuchâtel, 1: 184 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Forbes 1850 (Mem. geol. Surv. U.K., Dec. 3: pl. 10, p. 2): Spatangus coranguinum Leske 1778, Addit. J.T. Klein nat. Disp. Echin.: 221) (Echinoidea). Opinion 608
Micratya Bouvier 1913, Bull. Soc. entomol. France, 1913: 181 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Atya poeyi Guérin-Méneville 1856, in Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Hist. nat., 7: xviii) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Micrischyrus Alvarenga 1965, Boletim da Universidade Federal do Paraná, Zoologia, 2(6): 86 (a junior objective synonym of Ischyrus Lacordaire 1842) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1824
microbiplex Quenstedt 1887 [originally in Ammonites], Die Ammoniten des Schwäbischen Jura, p. 876 (specific name of the type species of Microbiplices Arkell 1936) (Ammonoidea). Opinion 2123
Microcephalops De Meyer 1989, Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Entomologie), 59: 120 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Pipunculus banksi Aczél 1940) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2000
Microcephalops De Meyer 1989, Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Entomologie), 59: 120 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Pipunculus banksi Aczél 1940) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2000; original entry amended as per BZN 67: 118.
microcephalus Brook 1889 [originally in Lepadogaster], Proc. roy. phys. Soc. Edinburgh, 10: 166, pl. 7, figs. 1-4 (specific name of the type species of Apletodon Briggs 1955) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 638
Microcerotermes Silvestri 1901 (Insecta, Isoptera): application to conserve name not approved. ICZN 2007: Opinion 2168 (Case 3292)
Microchrysa Loew 1855, Verhandlungen des zoologisch-botanischen Vereins in Wien, 5: 146 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Musca polita Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1443
microdon Allen 1919 [originally in Xenogale], J. Mamm., 1: 27 (specific name of the type species of Xenogale Allen 1919) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
Microdryas Laseron 1950, Rec. Australian Mus., 22(3): 277 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Epigrus iravadioides Gatliff & Gabriel 1913, Proc. roy. Soc. Victoria N.S., 26(1): 67) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1181
Microfasciolites Gaemers 1978, Leidse Geologische Mededelingen, 51: 106 (a junior objective synonym of Alveolina d’Orbigny 1826) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1501
Microgaster Latreille 1804, Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle, vol. 24, p. 175 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Microgaster australis Thomson 1895) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1510
Microhoria Chevrolat 1877 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2377
microlepis Jan 1865 [originally in Sphalerosophis (sic)], in Filippi, Note Viaggio Persia: 356, 357 (specific name of the type species of Spalerosophis Jan 1865) (Reptilia). Opinion 794
Micronecta Kirkaldy 1897, Entomologist, 30: 260 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Notonecta minutissima Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 439) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 739
MICRONECTINAE Jaczewski 1924, Ann. Zool. Mus. Pol. N.H., 3: 3 (type genus: Micronecta Kirkaldy 1897) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 739
Micropanope Stimpson [1871], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 2 (No. 2): 139 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Micropanope sculptipes Stimpson [1871], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 2 (No. 2): 140) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37
Micropeza Meigen 1803, Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 2: 276 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Musca corrigiolata Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 955) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 369
MICROPEZIDAE Loew 1862, Smithson. misc. Coll., 6 (Art. 1): 38 (type genus: Micropeza Meigen 1803) (Insecta, Diptera). Direction 41
Microphthalmus Gortani 1907, Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna, (6)4: 229 (a junior homonym of Microphthalmus Mecznikow 1865) (Trilobita). Opinion 2006
MICROPODIDAE Stejneger 1885, in Kingsley, Standard nat. Hist., 4: 437 (type genus: Micropus Wolf 1810) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 502
micropogon Cope 1865 [originally in Ceratichthys], Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 16(5): 277, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. USNM 166416 in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.) designated under the plenary power (Osteichthyes). Opinion 2002
Microporella Hincks 1877, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (4)20: 526 (gender: feminine) (type species, byoriginal designation: Eschara ciliata Pallas 1766, Elench. Zooph.: 38) (Bryozoa). Opinion 458
MICROPORELLIDAE Hincks 1880, Hist. brit. mar. Polyzoa, 1: 204 (type genus: Microporella Hincks 1877) (Bryozoa). Opinion 458
microps Milne Edwards & Bouvier 1892 [originally in Catapaguroides], Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (7)13: 211 (specific name of the type species of Catapaguroides Milne Edwards & Bouvier 1892) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
microps Alcock & Anderson 1894 [originally in Xanthodes], J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, 63(2): 183 (specific name of the type species of Orphnoxanthus Alcock 1898) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
Micropteron Eschricht 1849, K. dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., (5)1: 97 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Micropterus Wagner 1846). Opinion 1289
Micropus Denny 1842, Monogr. Anoplurorum Brit.: 247 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf 1810). Opinion 502
Micropus Gray 1831, Zool. Miscell. (1): 20 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf 1810). Opinion 502
Micropus Hübner 1818, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett., 1: 24 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf 1810). Opinion 502
Micropus Kner 1868, SitzBer. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien (Math.-Nat. Cl.), 58(1): 29, 322 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf 1810). Opinion 502
Micropus Spinola 1837, Essai Genres Ins. Ordre Hémipt.: 218 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf 1810). Opinion 502
Micropus Swainson [1832], in Richardson, Fauna bor.-amer., 2: 486 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf 1810). Opinion 502
Micropus Wolf 1810, in Meyer & Wolf, Taschenb. deuts. Vögelk., 1: 280 (a junior objective synonym of Apus Scopoli 1777). Opinion 502
Microsaurus Dejean 1833, Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean, p. 61 (gender: masculine) (type species, designated under the plenary power: Staphylinus ochripennis Ménétriés 1832) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2115
Microspongia Miller & Dyer 1878, Cincinnati Society of Natural History Journal, 1: 37 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Porifera). Opinion 2134
MICROSPONGIIDAE Howell 1940, Bulletin of the Wagner Free Institute of Sciences, 15: 45 (invalid because the name of the type genus, Microspongia Miller & Dyer 1878, is suppressed) (Porifera). Opinion 2134
MICROSPORIDAE Crotch 1873, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 13: 78 (type genus: Microsporus Kolenati 1846) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1331, Opinion 1957
Microsporus Kolenati 1846, Melet. entomol., 5: 64 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Microsporus obsidianus Kolenati 1846, Melet. entomol., 5: 64) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1331
Microterys Thomson [1876], Scandinaviens Hymenopteren, 4: 155 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Ashmead 1900 (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 22: 390-394): Encyrtus sylvius Dalman 1820, K. svensk. Ventenskaps Akad. Handl., (1)20: 154) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1110
Microura Gould 1837, Icones Avium (1): expl. to pl. 5 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 695
Micrurus Wagler 1824, in Spix, Serpentium brasiliensium (Munich): 48 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Micrurus spixii Wagler 1824, in Spix, Serpentium brasiliensium (Munich): 48) ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the generic name Elaps Schneider 1801 whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Reptilia). Opinion 1201
miersi de Man 1888 [originally in Harpilius], J. linn. Soc. London (Zool.), 22: 274 (specific name of the type species of Anchistus Borradaile 1898) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
miersi Holthuis 1952 [originally in Penaeopsis], Rés. sci. Expéd. océanogr. Belge Atlant. Sud, 3(2): 80 (specific name of the type species, through Metapenaeopsis pubescens Bouvier 1905, of Metapenaeopsis Bouvier 1905) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864
Miersia Kingsley 1880, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1879: 416 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 359
miescheri Lankester 1882 [originally in Sarcocystis], Quart. J. micr. Sci. (n.s.), 22: 54, 60 (a junior objective synonym of miescherianum Kühn 1865 [originally in Synchytrium]). Direction 76
miescherianum Kühn 1865 [originally in Synchytrium], Mitt. landwirthsch. Inst. Halle: 68 (specific name of the type species of Sarcocystis Lankester 1882) (Sporozoa). Direction 77
Mieza Walker 1854, List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, part 2, p. 527 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1927
migrans La Rocque 1948 [originally in Limoptera], Univ. Microfilm Publ., No. 1059: 47 (included in a work issued in microfilm and rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 318
migratoria Linnaeus 1766 [originally in Columba], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1, p. 285 (specific name of the type species of Ectopistes Swainson 1827) (Aves). Direction 18
migratorius Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Gryllus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 432 (specific name of the type species of Locusta Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 299
Mikropteron Eschricht 1849, K. dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., (5)1: 98 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Micropterus Wagner 1846). Opinion 1289
MILACIDAE Ellis 1926, Brit. Snails: 252 (type genus: Milax Gray 1855) (Gastropoda). Direction 27
Milax Gray 1855, Cat. Pulmonata Brit. Mus.: 174 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Hesse 1926 (Abh. Arch. Molluskenk., 2: 31) and by Kennard & Woodward 1926 (Syn. brit. non-marine Moll.: 204): Limax gagates Draparnaud [1801], Tabl. Moll. terrestr. fluviat. France: 100) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335
mildei Peters 1878 [originally in Amphisbaena], Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss., 1878: 778-781 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1131
milensis Bedriaga 1882 [originally in Lacerta muralis fusca var.], Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou, 56(3): 98 (conserved under the plenary power) (Reptilia). Opinion 642
miles Fabricius 1787 [originally in Pagurus], Mantissa Ins., 1: 327 (specific name of the type species of Diogenes Dana 1851) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 472
miliaris Bertrand 1763 [originally in Cidaris], Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 102 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
militaris Storr 1975 [originally in Ctenotus], Records of The Western Australian Museum, 3: 231, as defined by the holotype (registration number R40779 in the Western Australian Museum) (Reptilia). Opinion 2090
militaris Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Emberiza], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 178 (valid name at the date of Direction 43 of the type species of Leistes Vigors 1825) (Aves). Direction 43
militaris Fabricius 1781 [originally in Formica], Species Insectorum ..., vol. 1, p. 493 (specific name of the type species of Myrma Billberg 1820) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1919
militaris Penard 1890 [originally in Nebela] (Arcellinida). ICZN 2023: Opinion 2493
milium Held 1836 [originally in Pisidium], Isis (Oken), 29: 281 (Bivalvia). Opinion 336
milneedwardsii Miers 1886 [originally in Paracyclois], Rep. Voy. ‘Challenger’ (Zool.), 17 (No. 2): 289 (specific name of the type species of Paracyclois Miers 1886) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
Mimecomutilla Ashmead 1903, Canad. Entomol., 35(12): 327 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Mimecomutilla renominanda Bischoff 1921, Arch. Naturgesch. (A), 86(4): 508) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1000
Mimocaris Nobili 1903, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. comp. Torino, 18(447): 5 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Mimocaris heterocarpoides Nobili 1903, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. comp. Torino, 18(447): 6) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
mimosa (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti 1864) [originally in Aiptasia] (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Actiniaria): precedence by Dysactis pallida Agassiz in Verrill 1864 not approved. ICZN 2017: Opinion 2404 (Case 3633)
mimulus Sharp 1874 [originally in Philonthus], Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1874: 38, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of P. mimulus Rottenberg 1870 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
mindanense Reeve 1844 [originally in Cardium], Conchologia Iconica, vol. 2. Pl. 4, fig. 19 as defined by the lectotype designated by Vidal (1998) (Bivalvia) Opinion 2197.
minima Baird & Baird 1843 [originally in Tyrannula], Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1: 284 (Aves, Passeriformes). Opinion 1885
minimum Müller 1774 [originally in Carychium], Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 125 (specific name of the type species of Carychium Müller 1774) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335
minimus Miller 1826 [originally in Belemnites], Trans. geol. Soc. London, (2)2: 62, pl. ix, fig. 6 (Cephalopoda). Opinion 430
minimus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Conus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 714 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 753
minimus Forsskål 1775 [originally in Limax], Descr. Anim.: 100 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 773
minimus Fuessly 1775 [originally in Papilio], Verz. bekannt. schweiz. Ins.: 31 (specific name of the type species of Cupido Schrank 1801) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 503
minimus Skjöldebrand 1777 [originally in Vulpes], K. svenska Vetensk.Akad. Handl., 38: 265-267 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1129
minor Cornide 1788 [originally in Arengus], Hist. Peces Galicia: 91 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 799
minor Lartet 1851 [originally in Cricetodon], Notice sur la colline de Sansan ..., p. 19, as defined by the neotype designated by Freudenthal 1969, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 25: 180, it having been ruled by the Commission that the lectotype designation by Fahlbusch 1964, Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, (n.f.)118: 19, is invalid (Mammalia, Rodentia). Opinion 1419
minor De Geer 1774 [originally in Elater fuscus] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
minor McCoy 1849 [originally in Fistulipora], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (2)3: 130 (specific name of the type species of Fistulipora McCoy 1849) (Bryozoa). Opinion 459
minor Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Forficula], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 423 (specific name of the type species of Labia [Leach 1815]) (Insecta, Dermaptera). Direction 5
minor Retzius 1783 [originally in Formica nigra] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
minor Lubbock 1862 [originally in Macrotoma], Trans. linn. Soc. London (Zool.), 23: 598 (specific name of the type species of Tomocerus Nicolet [1842]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 239
minor De Geer 1776 [originally in Musca vivipara] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
minor Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena diura] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
minor Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena strobilorum pini] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
minor Retzius 1783 [originally in Tenthredo pectinata] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
minor Suckow 1798 [originally in Testudo mydas], Anfangsgr. Naturgesch. Thiere, 3: 30 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 660
minus Say 1818 [originally in Gammarus], J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1: 376 (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Opinion 1133
minuscula Binney 1840 [originally in Helix], Boston J. nat. Hist., 3(4): 435 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
minuta Fabricius 1780 [originally in Aphrodita], Fauna Groenlandica, p. 314 (Polychaeta). Opinion 1666
minuta Pennant 1777 [originally in Aphrodita], British Zoology, Ed. 4, vol. 4, p. 38 (quarto edition), and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Aphrodita minuta Fabricius 1780 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Polychaeta). Opinion 1666
minuta Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Buprestis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, p. 410, specific name of the type species of Trachys Fabricius 1801 (Coleoptera). Opinion 2222.
minuta Buckman 1845 [originally in Cidaris], in Murchison, Geology of Cheltenham (ed. 2): 81 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 626
minuta Cabanis 1849 [originally in Euphonia], in Schomburgk, Reisen Brit. Guiana, 3: 671 (valid name at the date of Opinion 852 of the type species of Euphonia Desmarest [1806]) (Aves). Opinion 852
minuta Gmelin 1790 [originally in Notonecta], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 4, p. 2119 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1782
minuta Fabricius 1783 [originally in Podura], K. danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., 2(2): 307 (specific name of the type species of Dicyrtomina Börner 1903) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 1092
minuta Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Podura], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1013, and all uses prior to minuta Fabricius 1783 [originally in Podura] (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1092
minuta Fabricius 1794 [originally in Sigara], Entomologia systematica, emendata et aucta, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, p. 60 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1491
minuta Draparnaud 1805 [originally in Valvata], Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France, p. 42, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. 100485 in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna) designated under the plenary power (Gastropoda).Opinion 2035 minutator Fabricius 1798 [originally in Ichneumon], Suppl. Entomol. syst.: 225 (specific name of the type species of Bracon Fabricius [1804-1805]) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Direction 2
minutior Sulzer 1776 [originally in Notonecta], Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten, part 2, p. 91 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1782
minutissima Rossi 1790 [originally in Apis], Fauna Etrusca, 2: 109, Liburni (Pisis) (specific name of the type species of Nomioides Schenck 1866) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1319
minutissima Lea 1841 [originally in Helix], Trans. amer. phil. Soc., 9: 17 (specific name of the type species of Punctum Morse 1864) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335
minutissima Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Notonecta], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 439 (specific name of the type species of Micronecta Kirkaldy 1897) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 739
minutum Fabricius 1775 [originally in Sphaeridium], Syst. Entomol.: 68 (specific name of the type species of Cryptopleurum Mulsant 1844) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1178
minutus Krøyer 1845 [originally in Calanus], in Gaimard, Voyages ... en Scandinavie ... pendant ... 1838, 1839 et 1840 su la Corvette La Recherche, Zoologie (Crustacés), Atlas, pl. 41, fig. 4 (senior subjective synonym of Clausia elongata Boeck 1865, the type species of Pseudocalanus Boeck 1873) (Copepoda). Opinion 1503
minutus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cancer], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 625 (valid name at the date of Direction 36 of the type species of Planes Bowditch 1825) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
minutus [in Echinus], all uses of, prior to minutus Buckman 1845 [originally in Echinus] (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 626
minutus Buckman 1845 [originally in Echinus], in Murchison, Geology of Cheltenham (ed. 2): 81 (conserved under the plenary power) (Echinoidea). Opinion 626
minutus Gmelin 1790 [originally in Echinus], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3194 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 626
minutus Pallas 1774 [originally in Echinus], [Spicil. Zool. (10): 34] (not made available in the work cited). Opinion 626
minutus Cuvier 1797 [originally in Lemur]: neotype not designated. ICZN 2021: Opinion 2469 (Case 3742)
minutus Coiffait 1962 [originally in Xantholinus], Comptes Rendus des Séances Mensuelles Société des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc, 28: 73, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of X. minutus Lacordaire 1835 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
Miopentamerus Alexander (née Caldwell) 1936, Abstr. geol. Soc. London, 1315: 116, 117 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 297
Miopentamerus Woods 1937, Palaeontology (ed. 7): 209, 210 (a junior objective synonym of Pentamerus Sowerby 1813). Opinion 297
Miotermes Rosen 1913. Transactions of the Second International Congress of Entomology, Oxford 1912, 2: 325 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Termopsis procera Heer 1849) (Insecta, Isoptera). Opinion 2124
Mira Schellenberg 1803, Gen. Mouch. dipt.: 68 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Mira macrocera Schellenberg 1803, Gen. Mouch. dipt.: 68) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 898
mira Hudson 1871 [originally in Pedalion], Mon. microscOpinion J., 6: 121 (Rotifera). Opinion 326
mirabilis Murray 1877 [originally in Lychnoculus], Science Lectures for the People, (9)4: 132 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1333
mirabilis Perkins 1912 [originally in Neopasiphae], Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8)9: 115 (specific name of the type species of Neopasiphae Perkins 1912) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1713
mirabilis Münster 1834 [originally in Nothosaurus], Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde, 1834: 525 (specific name of the type species of Nothosaurus Münster 1834) (Reptilia, Sauropterygia). Opinion 1907
mirabilis Tullberg 1871 [originally in Triaena], Öfvers. k. Vetensk.Akad. Förh., 28: 155 (specific name of the type species of Friesea von Dalla Torre 1895) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 1049
MIRAINI (emendation under the plenary power of MIRINI) Ashmead 1900, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 22: 327 (type genus: Mira Schellenberg 1803) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 898
mirandaribeiroi Nelson & Lescure 1975 [originally in Synapturanus], Herpetologica, 31: 394 (specific name of the type species of Synapturanus Carvalho 1954) (Amphibia, Anura). Opinion 1513
MIRIDAE (correction of MIRIDES) Hahn 1833, Wanzen. Ins., 1: 234 (type genus: Miris Fabricius 1794) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 898
MIRIDIDAE Timberlake 1962, Entomol. News, 73(3): 66 (type genus: Miris Fabricius 1794) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for MIRIDAE Hahn 1833). Opinion 898
MIRINI Ashmead 1900, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 22: 327 (type genus: Mira Schellenberg 1803) (ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling for MIRAINI Ashmead 1900). Opinion 898
Miris Fabricius 1794, Entomol. Syst., 4: 215 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Latreille 1810 (Consid. gén. Anim. Crust. Arachn. Ins.: 433): Cimex striatus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 449) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 898
Mirochernes Beier 1930, Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 44: 216 (gender: masculine) (type species, confirmed by the Commission to be by original designation: Chelanops dentatus Banks 1895) (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida). Opinion 1653
Mirolepisma Silvestri 1938 (Zygentoma). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2427
mirus Walckenaer 1837 [originally in Dolomedes], Hist. nat. Ins., Aptères, 1: 357, 358 (specific name of the type species of Pisaurina Simon 1898) (Arachnida). Opinion 1083
mirza Plotz 1880 [originally in Lycaena], Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 41: 203 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1478
mirza Staudinger 1874 [originally in Lycaena], Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 35: 90 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1478
mirzaellus Koçak 1980 [originally in Azanus], Nota Lepidopterologica, 2: 141 (a junior objective synonym of Lycaena mirza Plotz 1880) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1478
miser Nees 1834 [originally in Eulophus], Hymenopt. Ichneum., 2: 173 (valid name at the date of Opinion 720 of the type species of Tetrastichus Haliday 1844) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 720
Misocampe Latreille 1818, Nouv. Dict. Hist. nat. (ed. 2), 21: 213 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Direction 4
missisipensis Gray 1831 [originally in Alligator], Syn. Rept.: 62 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for mississippiensis (emendation of mississipiensis) Daudin [1801] [originally in Crocodilus]). Direction 97
mississipiensis Daudin [1801] [originally in Crocodilus], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. Rept., 2: 412, nota (1) (an incorrect original spelling for mississippiensis Daudin [1801] [originally in Crocodilus]). Direction 97
mississippiensis (emendation under the plenary power of mississipiensis) Daudin [1801] [originally in Crocodilus], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. Rept., 2: 412, nota (1) (specific name of the type species of Alligator Cuvier 1807) (Reptilia). Direction 97
missouriensis Jackson 1896 [originally in Oligoporus], Bull. geol. Soc. Amer., 7: 184-186, pl. 9, figs. 50-52 (specific name of the type species of Lovenechinus Jackson 1912) (Echinoidea). Opinion 372
mistroides Monticelli 1896 [originally in Mesogonimus], Internationale Monatsschrift für Anatomie und Physiologie (Leipzig), 13: 144 (senior subjective synonym of the specific name of Hapalotrema loossi Price 1934, the type species of Hapalotrema Looss 1899) (Digenea). Opinion 1875
misumenus Gyllenhal in Schönherr 1840 [originally in Somatodes], Genera et species curculionidum, vol. 5, part 2, p. 801 (specific name of the type species of Somatodes Schönherr 1840) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1770
Mithion Simon 1884, Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 9: 4 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Mithion semiargenteus Simon 1884), ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over Thyene Simon 1885 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Arachnida, Araneae). Opinion 1625
Mitobates Sundevall 1833, Conspectus arachnidum, p. 34 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation and by monotypy: Mitobates triangulus Sundevall 1833) (Arachnida, Opiliones). Opinion 1703
Mitra Lamarck [1798], Ency. méth., Tabl. Vers: pl. 369 (gender: feminine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy: Voluta mitra Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, pp. 732, 733) (Gastropoda). Opinion 885
mitra Eschscholtz 1833 [originally in Acmaea], Zool. Atlas, 5: 18 (specific name of the type species of Acmaea Eschscholtz 1833) (Gastropoda). Opinion 344
mitra Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Voluta], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, pp. 732, 733 (specific name of the type species of Mitra Lamarck [1798]) (Gastropoda). Opinion 885
mitrata Eschscholtz 1821 [originally in Presbytis], in Kotzebue, Entdeckungsreise in die Sud-See und nach den Berings- Strasse zur Erforschung einer nordostlichen Durchfahrt unternommen in der Jahren 1815-1818 (Weimar, Gebrüder Hoffmann), 3: 196 (specific name of the type species of Presbytis Eschscholtz 1821) (Mammalia). Opinion 1202
mitrata Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Rana], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 19 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
Mitrigenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
Mixosaurus Baur 1887, Bericht über die XX Versammlung des Oberrheinischen geologischen Vereins, p. 19 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Ichthyosaurus cornalianus Bassani 1886) (Reptilia). Opinion 1977
mixta Fabricius 1794 [originally in Cicada], Entomol. syst., 4: 39 (specific name of the type species of Allygus Fieber 1872) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 1365
mixtus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Labrus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 287, as defined by the neotype (catalogue no. UUZM 193 in the Uppsala University Zoological Museum, Sweden) designated by Kullander 1997, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 54: 113 (specific name of the type species of Labrus Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1954