International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
Op. — see: OPINIONS

Direction — see: DIRECTIONS

taxa names:

Pt

pteneres Forster 1844 [originally in Anas], Descriptiones Animalium quae in itinere ad Maris Australis Terras per annos 1772, 1773 et 1774 suscepto collegit, p. 338 (Aves, Anseriformes). Opinion 1648

Ptenidium Erichson 1845, Naturgeschichte der Insekten Deutschlands, 3: 34 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation by Thomson 1859 (Skandinaviens Coleoptera, I tom. Lund.: 63): Scaphidium pusillum Gyllenhal 1808, Insecta suecica, part 1: 189) ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the generic name Anisarthria Stephens 1830 whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1277

Ptenura Templeton 1844, Trans. entomol. Soc. London, 3: 306 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1064 

Pterocerigenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427

Pterochilus Alder & Hancock 1844, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 14: 329 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 782 

Pterodactylus Oken 1816, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3: 312 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 651 

Pterodiscus Pilsbry 1893, Part 33, pp. 1-48 in: Manual of Conchology. Structural and systematic. With illustrations of the species. Founded by George W. Tryon, Jr. Second series: Pulmonata, vol. 9, p. 36 (a junior objective synonym of Tropidoptera Ancey 1889) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1845

Pterodoris Ehrenberg 1831, Symbolae physicae seu icones et descriptiones animalium evertabratorum sepositis insectis quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem. Decas 1 Mollusca (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1375

Pteroglossus Chaudoir 1843, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou, 16(3): 405 (a junior homonym of Pteroglossus Illiger 1811). Direction 44 

Pteroglossus Illiger 1811, Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium: 202 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Swainson 1821 (Zool. Illustr., (1)1: text to pl. 44): Ramphastos aracari Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 104) (Aves). Opinion 67

Pterolamia Springer 1950, Amer. Mus. Novit., 1451: 7 (a junior homonym of Pterolamia Bruening 1942). Opinion 723  

Pterolamiops Springer 1951, Copeia, 1951(3): 244 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation, through Pterolamia Springer 1950 (Amer. Mus. Novit., 1451: 7): Squalus (Carcharias) longimanus Poey 1861, Mem. Hist. nat. Cuba, 2: 338) (Chondrichthyes). Opinion 723  

Pteronura Gray 1837, Mag. nat. Hist. (n.s.), 1: 580 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Pteronura sambachii Gray 1837, Mag. nat. Hist. (n.s.), 1: 580, valid name: Mustela lutris brasiliensis Gmelin 1788) (Mammalia). Opinion 384  

PTEROPHORIDAE Zeller 1841, Isis (Jena), 1841: 755 (type genus: Pterophorus Schäffer 1766) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 703

Pterophorus Geoffroy 1762, Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, vol. 2, p. 90 (gender: masculine) (type species, ruled under the plenary power to be by subsequent designation by Curtis 1827, British entomology, vol. 4, text for pl. 161: Phalaena pentadactyla Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 703, Opinion 1754  

Pteropus Brisson 1762, Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica,Ed. 2, pp. 13, 153 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Vespertilio niger Kerr 1792), ruled under the plenary power to be taken as first available from Brisson 1762, despite that being a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Opinion 1894

Pterygometopidella Wedekind 1912, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft (Abhandlungen und Monatsberichte), 63 (for 1911): 324 (suppressed under the plenary power forthe purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Trilobita). Opinion 1846  

Pthirus [Leach 1815], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 9(1): 77 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Pediculus pubis Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 611) (Insecta, Anoplura). Opinion 104 

Ptilinus Geoffroy 1762, Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, vol. 1, p. 64 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Müller 1776, Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, p. 81: Ptilinus cylindricus Müller 1776, a suppressed senior subjective synonym of Ptilinus fuscus Geoffroy in Fourcroy 1785) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1754 

Ptilium Gyllenhal 1827, Insecta suecica, part 4: 292 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Ptilium caesum Erichson 1845, Naturgeschichte der Insekten Deutschlands, 3: 26) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1277 

Ptilodon Hübner 1808, Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 4 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 789 

Ptilopus Schönherr 1823, Isis (von Oken), 1823: col. 1140 (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 1451

Ptilorhis Agassiz 1846, Nomencl. zool. Index Univ.: 316 (an unjustified emendation of Ptiloris Swainson 1825). Direction 44

Ptilorhys Bonaparte 1854, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 38: 260 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Ptiloris Swainson 1825). Direction 44

Ptiloris Swainson 1825, Zool. J., 1(4): 479 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Ptiloris paradiseus Swainson 1825, Zool. J., 1(4): 481) (Aves). Opinion 67

Ptilornis Gray 1869, Handlist Birds, 1: 104, 105 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Ptiloris Swainson 1825). Direction 44

Ptinella Motschulsky 1844, Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, 17: 819 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Ptilium apterum Guérin-Méneville 1839, Dict. pitt. hist. nat. phén. nature: 621) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1307

PTINIDAE Latreille 1802, Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des crustacés et des insectes, vol. 3, p. 112 (type genus: Ptinus Linnaeus 1767) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1809  

Ptinus Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 565 (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, p. 427: Cerambyx fur Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1809

Ptochus Schönherr 1826, Curculionidum dispositio methodica cum generum characteribus, descriptionibus atque observationibus variis, p. 188 (gender: masculine) (type species, ruled under the plenary power to be by subsequent designation by Marshall 1916, The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora: Curculionidae (part 1), p. 259: Ptochus porcellus Boheman in Schönherr 1834) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1616  

Ptychagnostus Jaekel 1909, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 61: 400, the paper Über die Agnostiden ruled under the plenary power to be treated as having been published in its entirety in 1909 and printed so that the definition of Ptychagnostus on p. 401 appeared at the top of p. 400 (gender: masculine) (type species, confirmed by the Commission to be by original designation: Agnostus punctuosus Angelin 1851) (Trilobita). Opinion 1701

Ptychochilus Boettger 1881, Conchologische Mitteilungen, 1(4): 47 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1823

Ptychochylus Boettger 1881, Conchologische Mitteilungen, 1(4): 48, alternate original spelling of Ptychochilus (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1823

Ptychognathus Owen 1860, Quart. J. geol. Soc. London, 16: 49 (a junior homonym of Ptychognathus Stimpson 1858). Direction 37 

Ptychognathus Stimpson 1858, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858: 104 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Ptychognathus glaber Stimpson 1858, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858: 104) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37  

Ptychopyge Angelin 1854, Pal. scand. [ed. 1], 2: 51 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Asaphus angustifrons Dalman [1827], K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl., 1826(2): 239) (Trilobita). Opinion 538 

PTYELINI Fowler 1897, in Godman & Salvin, Biologia cent.-amer. (Homopt.), 2: 174, 190-206 (type genus: Ptyelus Lepeletier & Serville 1828) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 590 

Ptyelus Lepeletier & Serville 1828, Ency. méth., 10 (Ins.): 608 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by China 1951 (Entomol. mon. Mag., 87: 279): Ptyelus ferrumequinum Lepeletier & Serville 1828, Ency. méth., 10 (Ins.): 608, valid name: Tettigonia flavescens Fabricius 1794) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 590

Ptyxidium Perty 1852, Kenntniss Kleinster Lebensformen: 148 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 915