International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
Si
Sialis Latreille 1802, Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, vol. 3, p. 290 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Hemerobius lutarius Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Megaloptera). Opinion 1596
sibilla Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Papilio], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 781 (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 1917
sibirica Gmelin [1789] [originally in Alauda], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2, p. 799 (a junior secondary homonym in the genus Melanocorypha Boie 1828, of sibirica, Tanagra, Sparrman 1786). Opinion 403
sibirica Wagner 1898 [originally in Ctenopsylla], Hor. Soc. entomol. ross., 31: 578, pl. 8, figs. 13, 14, as interpreted by Wagner 1898, as being applicable to the female component of the composite nominal species Pulex penicilliger Grube 1852 (Insecta, Siphonaptera). Opinion 388
sibirica Wagner 1901 [originally in Typhlopsylla], Hor. Soc. entomol. ross., 35: 26, pl. 1, figs. 3, 4 (a junior secondary homonym in the genus Amphipsylla Wagner 1909, of sibirica Wagner 1898 [originally in Ctenopsylla]). Opinion 491
sibirica Forster 1778 [originally in Yerbua], K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl., 39: 111 (Mammalia). Opinion 730
sibiricus Erxleben 1777 [originally in Erinaceus], Syst. regn. anim.: 172, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the specific name dauuricus Sundevall 1842, as published in the binomen Erinaceus dauuricus, whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Mammalia). Opinion 1243
sibleyense La Rocque 1948 [originally in Conocardium], Univ. Microfilms Publ., No. 1059: 102 (included in a work issued in microfilm and rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 318
siccifolius Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Gryllus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 425 (specific name of the type species of Phyllium Illiger 1798) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Direction 5
sichelii Saussure 1855 [originally in Odynerus], Et. Fam. Vesp., 3: 206 (specific name of the type species of Subancistrocerus Saussure 1855) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893
sicula Bruguière 1792 [originally in Gioënia], Ency. méth., Vers, 1(2): 502 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 287
sicula Verany 1851 [originally in Sepioteuthis], Mollusques Méditeranéens, part 1 (Céphalopodes de la Méditerranée), p. 75 (a senior subjective synonym of Chtenopteryx fimbriatus Appellöf 1890, the type species of Chtenopteryx Appellöf 1890) (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea). Opinion 1793
Sicus Fabricius 1798, Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae, pp. 547, 554 (a junior objective synonym of Coenomyia Latreille 1796 and a junior homonym of Sicus Scopoli 1763) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1870
Sicus Latreille 1796, Précis des caractères génériques des insectes, disposés dans un ordre naturel, p. 158 (a junior homonym of Sicus Scopoli 1763) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1870
Sicus Scopoli 1763, Entomologica carniolica exhibens insecta ..., p. 369 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Conops ferrugineus Linnaeus 1761) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1870
Sicyonella Borradaile 1910, Trans. linn. Soc. London, Zool., (2)13: 259 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Sicyonella maldivensis Borradaile 1910, Trans. linn. Soc. London, Zool., (2)13: 259) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 864
Sicyonia Hübner 1816, Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (1): 13 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 382
Sicyonia Milne Edwards 1830, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris, 19: 340 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Desmarest 1858 (in Chenu, Ency. Hist. nat. (Crust. Moll. Zooph.): 42): Sicyonia sculpta Milne Edwards 1830, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris, 19: 340, valid name: Cancer carinatus Brünnich 1768) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 382
SICYONIINAE (correction of SICYONINAE) Ortmann 1898, in Bronn, Klass. Ordn. Thierr., 5(2): 1121 (type genus: Sicyonia Milne Edwards 1830) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 54
SICYONINAE Ortmann 1898, in Bronn, Klass. Ordn. Thierr., 5(2): 1121 (type genus: Sicyonia Milne Edwards 1830) (an incorrect original spelling for SICYONIINAE Ortmann 1898). Direction 54
Sidisia Gray 1858, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1858: 532 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Anthozoa). Opinion 1689
Siduria Milne Edwards 1840, in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hist. nat. Crust., 3: 126 (a vernacular name and a nomen nudum). Opinion 643
siebenrocki Balss 1914 [originally in Paratypton], Zool. Anz., 45: 84 (specific name of the type species of Paratypton Balss 1914) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
sieboldii Bleeker 1846 [originally in Bagrus], Natuur- en Geneeskundig Archief voor Neêrland’s Indië, 3: 155, ruled that the previous fixation of type specimen is not set aside (Osteichthyes). Opinion 2011
Siemiradzkia Hyatt 1900, in Eastman’s Zittel, Textb. Palaeontol., 1: 582 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Ammonites aurigerus Oppel 1857, Württemb. naturw. Jahreshefte, 13: 178 (p. 476 of the reprint under the title Die Juraformation Englands, Frankreichs und der Südwestlichen Deutschlands)) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 301
Sigaloceras Hyatt 1900, in Eastman’s Zittel, Textb. Palaeontol., 1: 587 (gender: neuter) (type species, by original designation: Ammonites calloviensis Sowerby 1815, Min. Conch., 2: 3, pl. 104) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 324
Sigara Fabricius 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 691 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Notonecta striata Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 439) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 739
Sigaretigenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
signatus Adams & White [1849] [originally in Carpilius], Zool. ‘Samarang’, (4) Crust.: 37 (specific name of the type species of Atergatopsis Milne Edwards 1862) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
signatus van der Wulp 1858 [originally in Chironomus], Tijdschr. Entomol., 2(3): 169 (specific name of the type species of Tanytarsus van der Wulp 1874) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 616
signifer Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Conus], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 141 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
silaos Saussure 1853 [originally in Odynerus], Et. Fam. Vesp., 1: 213 (specific name of the type species of Antepipona Saussure 1855) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893
silicea Terquem 1862 [originally in Involutina], Mém. Acad. imp. Metz, 42: 450 (specific name of the type species of Ammodiscus Reuss 1862) (Rhizopoda). Opinion 706
siliqua Spengler 1793 [originally in Mya], Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, 3: 48 (specific name of the type species of Cyrtodaria Reuss 1801) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1414
Siliquarigenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
Siliquastrum Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 185 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
sillimani Hitchcock 1843 [originally in Ornithoidichnites], Rep. Assoc. amer. Geologists Naturalists, 1843: 256 (specific name of the type species of Anchisauripus Lull 1904) (Reptilia). Opinion 535
sillimanium Hitchcock 1847 [originally in Brontozoum], Amer. J. Sci., (2)4: 49 (a junior objective synonym of sillimani Hitchcock 1843 [originally in Ornithoidichnites]). Opinion 535
Silo Curtis 1830, Guide Arrang. Brit. Ins. (ed. 1): 136 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 654
Silo Curtis 1833, Entomol. Mag., 1: 188, 189 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Westwood 1839 (Introd. mod. Classif. Ins., Gen. Synopsis: 50): Phryganea pallipes Fabricius 1781, Spec. Ins., 1: 388) (Insecta, Trichoptera). Opinion 654
Silurus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 304 (gender: masculine) (type species, by Linnaean tautonymy: Silurus glanis Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 304) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 77, Direction 56
silvestris Lancry 1791 [originally in Coccus] (Hemiptera). ICZN 2019: Opinion 2443
silvestris Schreber [1777] [originally in Felis catus], Die Säugthiere, 3: 397 (conserved under the plenary power) (Mammalia). Opinion 465
silvestris Schreber [1800] [originally in Simia], Säugthiere, Abt. 5: legend of plate 8C (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1268
Simia Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 25 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Direction 24
similis Bruguière 1792 [originally in Bulimus], Ency. méth., Vers, 1(2): 35 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
similis Elles & Wood 1913 [originally in Monograptus fimbriatus var.], Mon. Brit. Grapt. (Palaeontogr. Soc.) (9): 483, pl. xlviii, figs. 5a-d, text-fig. 339, as interpreted, by direction under the plenary power, by the lectotype designated by Bulman 1957 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 13: 314) (Graptolithina). Opinion 571
similis Dampf 1910 [originally in Palaeopsylla], Sehr. phys.-ökon. Ges. Königsberg, 51: 327, figs. 4, 5d (specific name of the type species of Palaeopsylla Wagner 1903) (Insecta, Siphonaptera). Opinion 373
similis Sowerby 1817 [originally in Trochus], Min. Conch., 2: 179, pl. 181, fig. 2 (conserved under the plenary power) (Gastropoda). Opinion 582
similus [sic] Sowerby 1816 [originally in Trochus], Min. Conch., 2: 95, pl. 142 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 582
simla Westwood 1847 [originally in Saturnia], Cab. orient. Entomol.: 41 (specific name of the type species of Dictyoploca Jordan 1911) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 545
Simophis Peters 1860, Monatsb. K. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1860: 521 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Heterodon rhinostoma Schlegel 1837, Essai Phys. Serpens, 2: 100) (Reptilia). Opinion 698
simplex Voltz 1840 [originally in Belopeltis], Mémoires de la Société du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Strasbourg, 3: 23 (specific name of the type species of Geopeltis Regteren Altena 1949) (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea). Opinion 1914
simplex Gervais 1835 [originally in Geophilus] (Chilopoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2335
simplex Röber 1886 [originally in Megalopalpus], CorrespBl. entomol. Ver. Iris, 1: 51, pl. 4, fig. 4 (specific name of the type species of Megalopalpus Röber 1886) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 566
simplicirostris Sars 1870 [originally in Bythocaris], Forh. Vidensk.-Selsk. Christiania, 1869: 149 (specific name of the type species of Bythocaris Sars 1870) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Simplocaria Stephens 1829, Nomenclature of British Insects, Mandibulata, 3: 9 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Jacquelin du Val 1859 (Genera des Coléoptères d’Europe ..., 2(4): 267): Byrrhus semistriatus Fabricius 1794, Entomologia Systematica, 4: 437) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1323
Simrothiella Pilsbry 1898, in Tryon, Manual of Conchology, 17: 296 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Solenopus margaritaceus Koren & Danielssen 1877, Arch. Math. Naturv., 2: 128) (Solenogastres). Opinion 1185
simulans Kemp 1916 [originally in Phycocaris], Rec. Indian Mus., 12: 392 (specific name of the type species of Phycocaris Kemp 1916) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
simus Linnaeus 1766 [originally in Coluber], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1, p. 375, to be interpreted, as directed under the plenary power, by reference to the description and figure published by Holbrook 1842 (North Amer. Herp., 4: 57, pl. 15) under the name Heterodon simus (restricted locality: ‘Vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.’) (Reptilia). Opinion 390
sinapis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Papilio], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 468 (specific name of the type species of Leptidea Billberg 1820) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 584
Sinemuria de Christol 1841, Bull. Soc. géol. France, (1)12: 92 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 292
sinensis Alphéraky 1881 [originally in Lycaena], Hor. entomol. Ross., 16: 383, pl. 14, fig. 7 (specific name of the type species of Neolycaena de Nicéville 1890) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 899
sinensis Schneider 1801 [originally in Rhina], in Bloch, Syst. Ichthyol.: 352 (specific name of the type species of Platyrhina Müller & Henle 1838) (Chondrichthyes). Opinion 345
sinensis Wiegmann 1834 [originally in Trionyx (Aspidonectes)], Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol., 17: 189 (conserved under the plenary power by suppression of the specific name of Testudo rostrata Thunberg 1787) (Reptilia). Opinion 660, Opinion 1659
sinistratum Nyst 1835 [originally in Cerithium], Recherches sur les coquilles fossiles de la province d’Anvers, p. 28, as defined by the neotype designated by Glibert 1958, Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 34(15): 10 (senior subjective synonym of Laiochochlis [sic] pommeraniae Dunker & Metzger 1874, the type species of Laeocochlis Dunker & Metzger 1874) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1700
sinuata Gabb [1866] [originally in Clavella], Geol. Surv. Calif., Paleontol., 2 (Sect. 1) (1): 5 (specific name of the type species of Agasoma Gabb [1869]) (Gastropoda). Direction 73
sinuatus Bonaparte 1838 [originally in Cardinalis], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1837: 111 (Aves). Opinion 784
Sinuites Koken 1896, Die Leitfossilien, p. 393 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Bassler 1915, U.S. National Museum Bulletin, vol. 2, p. 1159: Bellerophon bilobatus Sowerby 1839) (Gastropoda, Archaeogastropoda). Opinion 1470
SINUITIDAE Dall 1913, in Eastman & Zittel, Textbook of Palaeontology, Ed. 2, vol. 1, p. 521 (type genus: Sinuites Koken 1896) (Gastropoda, Archaeogastropoda). Opinion 1470
sinuosa De Geer 1773 [originally in Cicada foliata-] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
sinuosa Hassall 1840 [originally in Farcimia], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 6: 172 (specific name of the type species of Cellaria Ellis & Solander 1786) (Bryozoa). Opinion 949
sinuosa Scacchi 1836 [originally in Rissoa], Catalogus conchyliorum regni Neapolitani, p. 15 (a junior objective synonym of the specific name of Turbo politus Linnaeus 1758) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1780
Sipalia Mulsant & Rey 1853, Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon, (2)1: 32 (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 2113
Siphamia Weber 1909, Notes from the Leyden Museum, 31: 168 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Siphamia tubifer Weber 1909) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1481
Siphona Meigen 1803, Mag. f. Insektenkunde, 2: 281 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Musca geniculata de Geer 1776, Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire des Insectes, 6: 38) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1008
Siphonichnus Stanistreet, le Blanc Smith & Cadle 1980 (Ichnotaxon). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2417
Siphonophora Brandt 1837, Bull. sci. Acad. imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 1(23): 178, 179 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Siphonophora portoricensis Brandt 1837, Bull. sci. Acad. imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 1(23): 178, 179) (Diplopoda). Opinion 1212
Siphonophora Fischer von Waldheim 1823, Enchiridion generum animalium (Moscow): 11 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1212
SIPHONOPHORIDAE Newport 1844, Proc. linn. Soc. London, 1: 195 (type genus: Siphonophora Brandt 1837) (Diplopoda). Opinion 1212
Siredon Wagler 1830, Natürl. Syst. Amph.: 209, 210 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 649
Siren Hermann 1783, Tab. Affin. Anim.: 120 (a junior homonym of Siren Linnaeus 1766). Direction 56
Siren Linnaeus 1766, Amoen. Acad., 7: 325 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Siren lacertina Linnaeus 1766, Amoen. Acad., 7: 325) (Amphibia). Opinion 92
Sirena Fischer von Waldheim 1808, Zoognosia (ed. 2): tab. iii (an unjustified emendation of Siren Linnaeus 1766). Direction 56
Sirene Oken 1816, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3 (Zool.) (2): 187 (an unjustified emendation of Siren Linnaeus 1766, and included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Direction 56
Sirenodon Wiegmann 1832, in Wiegmann & Ruthe, Handb. Zool. (ed. 2): 204 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 649
siro Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Acarus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 616, as interpreted by Fabricius 1794 (Entomol. syst., 4: 430) as first reviser as being objectively identical with Acarus siro [var.] farinae Linnaeus 1758 (specific name of the type species of Acarus Linnaeus 1758) (Arachnida). Direction 94
sirtalis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Coluber], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 222, interpreted from the description and type locality given by Harlan 1827 (J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 5: 352) (Reptilia). Opinion 385, Opinion 771
sisymbrii Schrank 1803 [originally in Tipula], Fauna boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere, vol. 3, part 1, p. 83 (specific name of the type species of Dasineura Rondani 1840) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1911
sisyphius Clerck [1758] [originally in Araneus], Aran. svec.: 54 (Arachnida). Opinion 517
Sitophilus Schoenherr 1838, Gen. Spec. Curcul., 4(2): 967 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Curculio oryzae (emendation under the plenary power of oryza) Linnaeus 1763, Amoen. Acad., 6: 395) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 572
Sitta Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 115 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Sitta europaea Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 115) (Aves). Opinion 67
sivado Risso 1816 [originally in Alpheus], Hist. nat. Crust. Nice: 93 (specific name of the type species of Pasiphaea Savigny 1816) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470