International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
Pr
praealtus Osborne 1994 [originally in Cyclodomorphus], in Green, K. & Osborne, W., Wildlife of the Australian Snow- Country, p. 104 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Reptilia, Squamata). Opinion 1884
praealtus Shea 1995 [originally in Cyclodomorphus], Records of the Australian Museum, 47(1): 105 (Reptilia, Squamata). Opinion 1884
Praeanthropus Senyürek 1955, Belleten (Ankara), 19: 33 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Meganthropus africanus Weinert 1950, a suppressed senior subjective synonym of Australopithecus afarensis Johanson 1978) (Mammalia, Primates). Opinion 1941
praeceps Parks 1931 [originally in Tetragonosaurus], Univ. Toronto Stud. (Geol. Ser.), 31: 1-11, pls. 1-3 (specific name of the type species of Procheneosaurus Matthew 1920) (Reptilia). Direction 1
praecox Förster 1854 [originally in Epitactus], Verhandlungen der naturhistorischen Vereines der preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens (N. F.), 1: 435, specific name of the type species of Epitactus Förster 1854 (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2280.
praecox Grassi & Feletti 1890 [originally in Haemamoeba], Arch. ital. Biol., 13(2): 300 (not applicable to the Malignant Tertian Malaria Parasite, but available for the avian parasite on which the description by the original authors was based). Opinion 283
praecursor Westergaard 1909 [originally in Peltura], Lunds Univ. Arssk. (n.s.) (Afd. 2), 5 (No. 3): 48 (specific name of the type species of Protopeltura Brögger 1882) (Trilobita). Opinion 499
praeornata Schlegel 1837 [originally in Dendrophis], Essai sur la physionomie des Serpens, vol. 1, p. 157, vol. 2, p. 236 (specific name of the type species of Dromophis Peters 1869) (Reptilia, Serpentes). Opinion 1384
Praeradiolites Douvillé 1902, Bull. géol. Soc. Fr., (4)2: 469 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Radiolites fleuriausi d’Orbigny 1842, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (2)17: 181) (Bivalvia). Opinion 856
prasina Boheman 1852 [originally in Jassus (sic)]], K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl., 1851: 122 (specific name of the type species of Macropsis Lewis 1834) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 603 ; Opinion 2314 (emended)
pratensis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cimex], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 448 (specific name of the type species of Lygus Hahn 1833) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 667
pratensis Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena tesseraria] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
prattii Michelin 1847 [originally in Orbitolites], Iconographie zoophytologique, p. 278 (specific name of the type species of Discocyclina Gümbel 1870) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1537
precedens Nopcsa 1928 [originally in Allodaposuchus] (Crocodyliformes). ICZN 2020: Opinion 2459
Precuthona Odhner 1929, Tromsö Mus. Årsh., 50(1): 16 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Eolis peachii Alder & Hancock 1848, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (2)1: 191) (Gastropoda). Opinion 783
PRESBYTINAE Gray 1825 (as PRESBYTINA), Ann. Philos., 26 (series 2, 10): 338 (type genus: Presbytis Eschscholtz 1821) not to be used at a given rank in the family-group whenever Colobus Illiger 1811 and Presbytis Eschscholtz 1821 are considered to belong to the same taxon at that rank (Mammalia). Opinion 1202
Presbytis Eschscholtz 1821, 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 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Presbytis mitrata Eschscholtz 1821, 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) (Mammalia). Opinion 1202
presidionis Jordan & Culver 1895 [originally in Poecilia], Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., (2)5: 413 (specific name of the type species of Poeciliopsis Regan 1913) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 375
priamus Gmelin 1791 [originally in Helix], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3654, correction under Article 32c of priapus (specific name of the type species of Ampulla [Röding] 1798) (Gastropoda). Opinion 986
Priapulus Lamarck 1816, Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, 3: 77 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Priapulus caudatus Lamarck 1816, Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, 3: 77) (Priapulida). Opinion 1013
Priapus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 656 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1295
priapus Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Holothuria], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1091 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1013
primaevus Hodgson 1838 [originally in Cuon], Ann. nat. Hist., 1: 152 (specific name of the type species of Cuon Hodgson 1838) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
primaevus Volger 1860 [originally in Teleosteus], Ber. Offenbach. Ver. Naturk., 1: 37 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 223
primigenius Bojanus 1827 [originally in Bos], Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino Carolinae, 13(2): 477, 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
primigenius Blumenbach 1799 [originally in Elephas], Handbuch der Naturgeschichte, Ed. 6, p. 697, as defined by the neotype designated by Garutt, Gentry & Lister 1990, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 47: 41 (specific name of the type species of Mammuthus Brookes 1828) (Mammalia, Proboscidea). Opinion 1661
primula Luterbacher 1963 [originally in Ticinella] (Foraminifera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2362
primus Shiino 1934 [originally in Epiphryxus], Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto imp. Univ., (B) 9: 281-283 (specific name of the type species of Cataphryxus Shiino 1936) (Crustacea, Isopoda). Opinion 1242
Princeps Hübner [1806], Tentamen: [1] (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 278
Princeps Hübner [1807], Samml. exot. Schmett., 1: pl. [116] (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Papilio demodocus Esper [1798], Ausl. Schmett. (14): 205, pl. 51, fig. 1) for use by those who consider that the type species of this genus is not congeneric with Papilio machaon Linnaeus 1758, the type species of Papilio Linnaeus 1758 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Direction 2
princeps Ehrenberg 1842 [originally in Borelis], Ber. Bekannt. geeignet. Verh. K.-preuss. Acad. Wiss., Berlin, 1842: 274 (specific name of the type species of Schwagerina von Möller 1877) (Rhizopoda). Opinion 213
princeps Scott 1894 [originally in Pleuromma], Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoological Series, 6: 42, ruled under the plenary power not to be invalid by reason of its having been rejected before 1961 as a former secondary homonym of Metridia princeps Giesbrecht 1889 (specific name of the type species of Gaussia Wolfenden 1905) (Copepoda). Opinion 1590
princeps Buckman 1923 [originally in Schlotheimia], Type Ammonites, 4: pl. 395 (Cephalopoda). Opinion 323
Priobium Motschulsky 1845, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou, 18: 45 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Anobium carpini Herbst 1793, in Jablonsky, Natursystem aller bekannten ... Insekten ..., Der Käfer (5): 58) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1062
priodon Bronn 1834 [originally in Lomatoceras], Lethaea geogn., 1(1): 56 (specific name of the type species of Monograptus (emendation of Monograpsus) Geinitz 1852) (Graptolithina). Opinion 198
Prionace Cantor 1850, J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, 18(2): 1381 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Squalus glaucus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 235) (Chondrichthyes). Opinion 723
Prionocrangon Wood-Mason & Alcock 1891, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6)8: 361 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Prionocrangon ommatosteres Wood-Mason & Alcock 1891, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6)8: 362) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Prionodon Müller & Henle [1839], Syst. Beschr. Plagiost.: 35 (a junior homonym of Prionodon Horsfield 1822). Opinion 723
Prionoplax Milne Edwards 1852, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (3)18: 162 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Prionoplax spinicarpus Milne Edwards 1852, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (3)18: 163) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37
Prionorhynchotus Tilesius von Tilenau 1818, Ann. Wetterau. Ges. Naturk., 4: 6 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 864
Prionus Geoffroy 1762, Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, vol. 1, p. 198 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Cerambyx coriarius Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1754
priscus Broom 1909 [originally in Bubalis], Annals of the South African Museum, 7: 279 (senior subjective synonym of Megalotragus eocornutus Van Hoepen 1932, the type species of Megalotragus Van Hoepen 1932) (Mammalia). Opinion 2029
priscus Hatcher 1903 [originally in Haplocanthus], Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 16: 1 (specific name of the type species of Haplocanthosaurus Hatcher 1903) (Reptilia, Saurischia). Opinion 1633
priscus Matheron 1869 [originally in Rhabdodon], Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, (2)26: 795, termination corrected from priscum (specific name of the type species of Rhabdodon Matheron 1869) (Reptilia, Ornithischia). Opinion 1483
pristis Hisinger 1837 [originally in Prionotus], Lethaea svec., suppl.: 114 (specific name of the type species of Diplograptus McCoy 1850) (Graptolithina). Opinion 650
prittwitzi Plötz 1884 [originally in Apaustus], Entomol. Ztg., Stettin, 45: 165 (specific name of the type species of Adopaeoides Godman [1900]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 825
Proagoderus Lansberge 1883, Notes from the Leyden Museum, 5: 15 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Onthophagus (Proagoderus) ritsemae Lansberge 1883) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1708
proava Menge 1856 [originally in Apis], Lebenszeichen vorweltlicher, im Bernstein eingeschlossener Thiere, p. 26, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. BMNH In.18757 in the Palaeontology Department, the Natural History Museum, London) designated under the plenary power (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1964
problematicus Woodward 1862 [originally in Griphosaurus], Intell. Observ., 2: 317, plate (a junior objective synonym of lithographica von Meyer 1861 [originally in Archaeopteryx]). Opinion 607
proboscidea Hartman 1940 [originally in Boccardia], Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 30(9): 383, as defined by syntypes USNM 20217 and LACM-AHF POLY 1226 ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over californica Treadwell 1914, as published in the binomen Polydora californica, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Annelida). Opinion 2303
proboscidea Fitzinger 1843 [originally in Rhinostoma (Rhinaspis)], Syst. Rept.: 26 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 698
proboscidea Fitzinger 1826 [originally in Rhinostoma], Neue Classif. Rept.: 56 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 698
Procambarus Ortmann 1905, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 3(3): 435, 437 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Fowler 1912 (Ann. Rep. New Jersey State Mus., 1911: 340): Cambarus digueti Bouvier 1897, Bull. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 3: 227) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 519
Procas Stephens 1831, Illustrations of British entomology ... Mandibulata, vol. 4, p. 90 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Westwood 1838, Synopsis of the genera of British insects, [Appended to] An introduction to the modern classification of insects, vol. 2, p. 36: Curculio picipes Marsham 1802) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2116
procera Heer 1849 [originally in Termopsis], Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen, p. 23 (specific name of the type species of Miotermes Rosen 1913) (Insecta, Isoptera). Opinion 2124
Procerites Siemiradzki 1898, Palaeontographica, 54: 78, 303 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Procerites schloenbachi de Grossouvre 1907, VIe Congrès Assoc. Franc-Comtoise (Vesoul, 1906): 8) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 301
Procervulus Gaudry 1877, Les enchaînements du monde animal dans les temps géologiques. Mammifères tertiaires, p. 88; La Revue Scientifique de la France et de l’Étranger, (2)13(24): 555 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Antilope dichotoma Gervais 1849) (Mammalia, Artiodactyla). Opinion 1791
Processa Leach [1815], Malac. podophth. Brit. (4): expl. pl. 41 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Processa canaliculata Leach [1815], Malac. podophth. Brit. (4): expl. pl. 41) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 434
PROCESSIDAE Ortmann 1896, Zool. Jahrb., Jena (Syst.), 9: 415, 424 (type genus: Processa Leach [1815]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 434
Procheneosaurus Matthew 1920, Nat. Hist., 20(5): 542 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy through Lull & Wright 1942 (Spec. Pap. Geol. Soc. Amer., 40: 178): Tetragonosaurus praeceps Parks 1931, Univ. Toronto Stud. (Geol. Ser.), 31: 1-11, pls. 1-3) (Reptilia). Opinion 193
PROCHILODINAE Eigenmann 1910, Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patag., 3(4): 424 (type genus: Prochilodus Agassiz 1829) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 772
Prochilodus Agassiz 1829, Sel. Gen. Spec. Pisc. Brasil.: 62 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Eigenmann, 1910 (Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patag., 3(4): 424): Prochilodus argenteus Agassiz 1829, Sel. Gen. Spec. Pisc. Brasil.: 63, pl. 38) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 772
Procoptodon Owen 1874, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 164: 786 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Macropus goliah Owen in Waterhouse 1846) (Mammalia). Opinion 1993
Proctotrupes Latreille 1796, Précis Caract. Ins.: 108 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Proctotrupes brevipennis Latreille [1802], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 309) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 178
Procynosuchus Broom 1937, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Series B, 107: 314 (gender: masculine), type species by monotypy Procynosuchus delaharpeae Broom 1937, with the endorsement that it is to be given precedence over the names Cyrbasiodon Broom 1931 and Parathrinaxodon Parrington 1936 whenever it and either of the other two are considered to be synonyms (Therapsida). Opinion 2264
Procyon Storr 1780, Prodr. Meth. Mamm.: 35, tab. A (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Elliot 1901 (Field Mus. Publ. (Zool.), 2: 317): Ursus lotor Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 48) (Mammalia). Opinion 91, Direction
Prodorylaimus Andrassy 1959, Acta. zool. Acad. Sci. Hungaricae, 5: 196 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Prodorylaimus longicaudatoides Altherr 1968, Limnol., 6(2): 270) (Nematoda). Opinion 1330
producta Reeve 1850 [originally in Achatinella], Achatinella. Monograph of the genus. Conchologia Iconica, vol. 6, pl. 2, sp. 13 (specific name of the type species of Achatinellastrum Pfeiffer 1854) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2017
Productella Hall 1867, 20th Rept. N.Y. State Cabinet, Appendix I: 153, 250 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Oehlert 1887 (Appendice Brachiopodes, in Fischer, Manuel Conchyl., fasc. 11: 1279): Productus subaculeatus Murchison 1840, Bull. Soc. géol. France, 11: 255) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 625
PRODUCTELLINAE Schuchert & LeVene 1929, Fossilium Catalogus, 1(42), Brach.: 17 (type genus: Productella Hall 1867) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 625
PRODUCTIDAE Gray 1840, Syn. Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 42): 143, 151 (type genus: Productus Sowerby 1814) (Brachiopoda). Direction 62
Productus Sowerby 1814, Min. Conch., 1: 153 (gender: masculine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy: Conchyliolithus Anomites productus Martin 1809, Petrif. derb.: sign. K[2], pl. 22, figs. 1-3, as conserved under the plenary power and as interpreted by reference to the holotype preserved in the British Museum (Natural History) and refigured by Muir-Wood 1956 (Ops. Decls. int. Comm. zool. Nomencl., 14(3): 120, pl. 1, figs. 1-3)) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 419
productus Bosc [1801-1802] [originally in Apus], in Castel’s Buffon, Hist. nat. Crust., 2: 244 (a junior objective synonym of apus, Monoculus, Linnaeus 1758). Opinion 502
productus Martin 1809 [originally in Conchyliolithus Anomites], Petrif. derb.: sign. K[2], pl. 22, figs. 1-3, to be interpreted by reference to the holotype refigured by Muir-Wood 1956 (Ops. Decls. int. Comm. zool. Nomencl., 14: pl. 1, figs. 1- 3) (conserved under the plenary power) (specific name of the type species of Productus Sowerby 1814) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 419
Proechimys Allen 1899, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 12: 264 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Echimys trinitatis Allen & Chapman 1893) (Mammalia). Opinion 1984
Proelectrotermes von Rosen 1913, Transactions of the Second International Congress of Entomology, Oxford 1912, 2: 331 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation and monotypy: Termes berendtii Pictet 1856) (Insecta, Isoptera). Opinion 2007
proficua Pulteney 1799 [originally in Tellina], Catalogues of Birds, Shells and more rare Plants of Dorsetshire (London): 29 (valid name at the date of Opinion 1141 of the type species of Semele Schumacher 1817) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1141
proglottina Davaine 1860 [originally in Taenia], Traité Entoz. (ed. 1): xxxix-xl, figs. 5, 13 (specific name of the type species of Davainea Blanchard & Railliet 1891) (Cestoda). Direction 77
progracile Wyse Jackson & Bancroft 1995 [originally in Rhabdomeson], Journal of Paleontology, 69: 30 (specific name of the type species of Rhabdomeson Young & Young 1874) (Bryozoa). Opinion 1854
Prohysteroceras Spath 1921, Ann. South African Mus., 12: 286 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Prohysteroceras wordiei Spath 1922, Trans. r. Soc. Edinburgh, 53: 143) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 1254
projecta Willey 1930 [originally in Cercaria], Parasitology, 22: 481 (Digenea). Opinion 2170
Promecodes Balfour-Browne 1960, Entomologist, 93: 240 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Promecops leucothyreus Fåhraeus 1840, in Schoenherr, Gen. Spec. Curc., 6(1): 328) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 605
Promecopsis Champion 1911, in Godman & Salvin, Biologia centr.-amer., Zool., Coleopt., 4(3): 312 (a junior homonym of Promecopsis Duméril 1806). Opinion 605
Promecopsis Duméril 1806, Zool. analyt.: 167 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 605
prominens Moore 1877 [originally in Lampides], Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (4)20: 341 (specific name of the type species of Nacaduba Moore [1881]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1773
pronuba Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Phalaena], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 512 (specific name of the type species of Noctua Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 450
proops Parrington 1936 [originally in Parathrinaxodon], Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 230: 132 (specific name of the type species of Parathrinaxodon Parrington 1936), with the endorsement that it is not to be given priority over the name Procynosuchus delaharpeae Broom 1937 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Therapsida). Opinion 2264
propensalata Bate 1888 [originally in Pontocaris], Rep. Voy. ‘Challenger’ (Zool.), 24: 496 (specific name of the type species of Pontocaris Bate 1888) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Prophalangopsis Walker [1871], Cat. Dermapt. Saltat. Brit. Mus., 5, Suppl. Dermapt. Salt.: 116 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Tarraga obscura Walker 1869, Cat. Dermapt. Saltat. Brit. Mus., 1: 100) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 149
Prophyla Hübner 1808, Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 4 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 789
propinqua Fieber 1860 [originally in Corisa], Die Europäischen Hemiptera, part 1, p. 99, as defined by the neotype designated by Jansson 1986, Acta Entomologica Fennica, 47: 26 (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1937
propinquus Cameron 1933 [originally in Philonthus], Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 76: 389, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of P. propinquus Sharp 1876 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
propinquus Sharp 1876 [originally in Philonthus], Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1876: 176 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
Proptera Rafinesque 1819, Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d’Histoire Naturelle, 88: 420 (a junior objective synonym of Potamilus Rafinesque 1818, by designation of Unio alatus Say 1817 as type species by Herrmannsen 1847, Indices generum malacozoorum primordia, vol. 2, p. 41) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1665
Propus Oken 1816, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3: 287 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 651
propython Cope 1869 [originally in Clidastes], Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 12: 258 (specific name of the type species of Clidastes Cope 1868) (Reptilia, Sauria). Opinion 1750
proscarabaeus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Meloe], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 430 (specific name of the type species of Meloe Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1918
Proscopia Klug 1820, in Nees von Esenbeck, Hor. phys. berol.: 17 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Guérin-Méneville 1828 (Dict. Class. Hist. nat., 14: 297): Proscopia gigantea Klug 1820, in Nees von Esenbeck, Hor. phys. berol.: 18) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 149
Prositala Germain 1915, Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 21: 283 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Sitala (Prositala) fernandopoensis Germain 1915), ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the name Massaihelix Germain 1913 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Gastropoda). Opinion 2081
Prosopeia Bonaparte 1854 (Aves). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2383
PROSOPIDIDAE Fallén 1813, Specimen novam Hymenoptera disponendi methodum exhibens, p. 32 (type genus: Prosopis Fabricius 1804), ruled under the plenary power that this name and other familygroup names based on Prosopis are not to be given priority over COLLETIDAE Lepeletier 1841 and other family-group names based on Colletes Latreille 1802 whenever their type genera are placed in the same family-group taxon (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1713
Prosopis Fabricius 1804, Systema Piezatorum, p. 293 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Morice & Durrant 1915, Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1914: 416- 418: Mellinus bipunctatus Fabricius 1798) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1713; ICZN 1945: Opinion 170 (need for the suspension of the rules for Prosopis not at present established).
Prospaltella Ashmead 1904, Proc. entomol. Soc. Washington, 6: 126 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Coccophagus aurantii Howard 1894, Insect Life, 6: 231) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 845
Prospatangus Lambert 1902, Mém. Soc. géol. France (Pal.), 9 (No. 3) (Mém. 24): 55 (a junior objective synonym of Spatangus Gray 1825). Opinion 209
Prostemma Laporte [1832], Essai Class. syst. Hémipt. (Sheet 1): 6, 12 (Mag. Zool., 2, Suppl.) (gender: neuter) (type species, by monotypy: Reduvius guttula Fabricius 1787, Mantissa Ins., 2: 314) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Direction 63
PROSTEMMATINAE Reuter 1890 (as PROSTEMMINA), Rev. Entomol. Caen, 9: 289 (type genus: Prostemma Laporte [1832]) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Direction 109
PROSTEMMINA Reuter 1890, Rev. Entomol. Caen, 9: 289 (type genus: Prostemma Laporte [1832]) (an incorrect original spelling for PROSTEMMATIDAE Reuter 1890). Direction 109
Prosthète’ Hesse 1861, Ann. Sci. nat. Paris, (4)15: 109, 113 (a vernacular name). Opinion 1229
Prostremma Kiritshenko [1909], Rev. russe Entomol., 8: 238 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Prostemma Laporte [1832]). Direction 63
protea Nagy 1969 [originally in Heterogyna], Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum, Hamburg, no. 64, p. 8 (specific name of the type species of Heterogyna Nagy 1969) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1445
Proteinus Latreille 1796, Précis Caract. Ins.: 9 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Dermestes brachypterus Fabricius 1792, Entomol. syst., 1: 235) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 876
Proteles Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1824 (September), Bull. Sci. Soc. philomat. Paris, 1824: 139; id. [post Sept.] 1824, Mém. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 11: 355, pl. 20 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Proteles lalandii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1824, Bull. Sci. Soc. philomat. Paris, 1824: 139, valid name: Viverra cristata Sparrman 1783) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
PROTELIDAE (correction by Flower 1869 (Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1869: 37) of PROTELINA) Geoffroy Saint- Hilaire 1851, Cat. méth. Col. Mamm. Ois. (Mus. Hist. nat. Paris): xiv (type genus: Proteles Geoffroy Saint- Hilaire 1824) (Mammalia). Direction 53
PROTELINA Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1851, Cat. méth. Coll. Mamm. Ois. (Mus. Hist. nat. Paris): xiv (type genus: Proteles Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1824) (an incorrect original spelling for PROTELIDAE Geoffroy Saint- Hilaire 1851). Direction 53
Proteocordylus Eichwald 1831, Zoologia specialis (3): 165 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 869
Proteros Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 579 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Proterythromera Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 579 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Proterythros Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 567 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
proteus Kirby 1837 [originally in Merium], Fauna Boreali Americana, The Insects, part 4, p. 172 (specific name of the type species of Meriellum Linsley 1957) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1525
Prothechus Rondani 1856, Dipterol. ital. Prodr., 1: 139 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 597
PROTHYDRINAE Guignot 1954, Bull. Ann. Soc. entomol. Belg., 90: 45 (type genus: Prothydrus Guignot 1954) (a junior objective synonym of ENHYDRINI Régimbart 1882). Opinion 710
Prothydrus Guignot 1954, Bull. Ann. Soc. entomol. Belg., 90: 45 (a junior objective synonym of Enhydrus Laporte 1834). Opinion 710
Protobalantidium Abé 1927, Dobutsugaku Zasshi, 39(412): 194 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 915
Protocalliphora Hough 1899, Entomological News, 10: 65 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Musca azurea Fallén 1817) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1618
Protoechinus Austin 1860, The Geologist, 3: 446 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 371
Protogonia Cope 1881, Proc. Amer. philos. Soc., 19: 492 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 980
Protolepisma Mendes & Poinar 2013 (Zygentoma). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2427
Protomomys Teilhard de Chardin 1927, Mém. Mus. roy. Hist. nat. Belg., 36: 16 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 947
Protomonon Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 583 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Protopeltura Brögger 1882, Silur. Etagen 2 und 3 Kristianiagebiet u. Eker: 105 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Peltura praecursor Westergaard 1909, Lunds Univ. Arsb. (n.s.) (Afd. 2), 5 (No. 3): 48) (Trilobita). Opinion 499
Protophormia Townsend 1908, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, no. 1803, 51(2): 123 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Phormia terraenovae Robineau-Desvoidy 1830) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1618
Protoreaster Döderlein 1916, Zool. Jahrb. Syst., 40: 420-424 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Asterias nodosa Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 661) (Asteroidea). Opinion 707
prototypica Brusina 1872 [originally in Stalioa], Rad Jugoslavenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti, 19: 144 (specific name of the type species of Bania Brusina 1896) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1965
Protowarthia Ulrich & Schofield 1897, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (Final Report), 3(2): 848 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda, Archaeogastropoda). Opinion 1470
PROTOWARTHIIDAE Ulrich & Schofield 1897, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (Final Report), 3(2): 847 (invalid because the name of the type genus, Protowarthia Ulrich & Schofield 1897, has been suppressed under the plenary power) (Gastropoda, Archaeogastropoda). Opinion 1470
pruni Geoffroy 1762 [originally in Aphis], Hist. abrég. Ins. Paris, 2: 497, as interpreted by reference to the description published by Réaumur 1737 (Mém. Hist. Ins., 3 (Mem. 9): 317) (conserved under the plenary power) (specific name of the type species of Hyalopterus Koch [1854]) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 397
pruni Scopoli 1763 [originally in Aphis], Entomol. carn.: 138 (a junior primary homonym of pruni Geoffroy 1762 [originally in Aphis]). Opinion 397