International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

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Teba Beck 1847, Amtlicher Bericht über die Versammlung Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärtze in Kiel im September 1846, 24(2): 122 (an incorrect subsequent spelling of Theba Risso 1826) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2135  

Teba Turton 1831, A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands, p. 36 (an incorrect subsequent spelling of Theba Risso 1826) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2135  

Tectarius Valenciennes [1832], in Humboldt & Bonpland, Voy. Rég. equinox, nouv. Continent, Zoology, 2: 271 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Clench & Abbott 1942 (Johnsonia, 1(4): 1): Tectarius coronatus Valenciennes [1832], in Humboldt & Bonpland, Voy. Rég. equinox, nouv. Continent, Zoology, 2: 271, valid name: Trochus grandinatus Gmelin 1791) (Gastropoda). Opinion 871

tectus Boieldieu 1856 [originally in Ptinus], Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (3)4: 652, ruled under the plenary power to be treated as the name of a then new nominal species (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2055

teguixin Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Lacerta], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 208 (valid name at the date of Opinion 1300 of the type species of Tupinambis Daudin 1802) (Reptilia). Opinion 1300  

tegulatus Quenstedt 1887 [originally in Ammonites pictus], Die Ammoniten des Schwäbischen Jura, III, Der Weisse Jura, p. 1051, ruled under the plenary power to be an available name (specific name of the type species of Taramelliceras (Strebliticeras) Hölder 1955) (Ammonoidea). Opinion 2123

TEIIDAE Gray 1827, Phil. Mag., (2)1: 53 (type genus: Teius Merrem 1820) ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the family-group name AMEIVIDAE Fitzinger 1826 whenever Teius Merrem 1820 and Ameiva Meyer 1795 are placed in the same family-group taxon (Reptilia). Opinion 1300 

Teius Merrem 1820, Tent. Syst. Amph.: 13, 60 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Burt & Burt 1933 (Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 28: 76): Teius viridis Merrem 1820, Tent. Syst. Amph.: 60, junior synonym of Lacerta teyou Daudin 1802) (Reptilia). Opinion 1300 

telarius Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Acarus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 616 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 968  

telchinum Rothschild 1905 [originally in Ceratophyllus], Novit. zool., 12: 153, pl. 8, fig. 21 (specific name of the type species of Malaraeus Jordan 1933) (Insecta, Siphonaptera). Opinion 388  

telemus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Monoculus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 635 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 288

Teleogmus Fӧrster 1856 (gender: masculine), available with type species by original designation Teleogmus orbitalis Fӧrster 1856 (Opinion 42)

Teleosteus Volger 1860, 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  

Telicota Moore [1881], Lep. Ceylon, 1(4): 169 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Papilio colon Fabricius 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 531) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 831

Telipna Aurivillius 1895, Entomol. Tidskr., 16: 198 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Liptena acraea Westwood [1851], in Doubleday, Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): pl. 77, fig. 6) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 566

Tellinella Mörch 1853, Cat. Conchyl. Yoldi, 2: 13 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Stoliczka 1870 (Cretaceous fauna S. India, 3, Pelecypoda, Mem. geol. Surv. India, Palaeont. Indica, (6)3: 116): Tellina virgata Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 674) (Bivalvia). Opinion 987  

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

Telmessus Stål 1866, Hemipt. Afric., 4: 211 (a junior homonym of Telmessus White 1846). Direction 37 

Telmessus White 1846, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 17 (Suppl.): 497 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Telmessus serratus White 1846, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 17 (Suppl.): 497, valid name: Cancer cheiragonus Tilesius 1815) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73

temesa Hewitson [1868] [originally in Thecla], Descr. new Spec. Lycaenidae: 1, No. 2 (specific name of the type species of Iaspis Kaye 1904) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 821

temminckii Troost 1835 [originally in Chelonura], in Harlan, Med. Phys. Res.: 158 (conserved under the plenary power) (Reptilia). Opinion 660

Temnocrinus Springer 1902, Am. Geol., 30: 94 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Cyathocrinites tuberculatus Miller 1821, Nat. Hist. Crinoidea: 88) (Crinoidea). Opinion 917

Temnorhynchus Hope 1837, The coleopterist’s manual, containing the lamellicorn insects of Linneus and Fabricius, p. 47 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy of the replaced nominal genus Coptorhinus Dejean 1833: Scarabaeus retusus Fabricius 1781) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1838

temporalis Nitzsch 1818 [originally in Philopterus], Mag. Entomol. (Germar), 3: 292 (a junior objective synonym of mergiserrati de Geer 1778 [originally in Ricinus]). Opinion 627

tenax Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Musca], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 591 (specific name of the type species of Eristalis Latreille 1804) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1747  

tenebricola Wider 1834 [originally in Linyphia], Mus. Senckenberg (Abh. Gebiete beschr. Naturges. von Mitgl. senck. naturk. Ges. in Frankfurt-am-Main), 1: 260, 261, pl. 18, figs. 2a, 2b, as interpreted by the neotype proposed by Locket, Millidge & van Helsdingen 1978 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 35: 46) and designated under the plenary power (Arachnida). Opinion 1245

tenebricosa Fabricius 1775 [originally in Chrysomela] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2021: Opinion 2474

tenellum Allman 1877 [originally in Eudendrium], Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 5(2): 8, as defined by Allman’s type material deposited in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University (a jar labelled ‘MCZ 50235; colony without gonophores, U.S.A., off Florida, off Double-Head Shot Key, Gulf Stream Expedition, n, 23 57’30’’N, 80 29’15’’W, alcohol preserved, 10.iii.1869, 862 m, leg. L.F. de Pourtalés, det. G.J. Allman, holotype, with no hydranths’) (Hydrozoa). ICZN 2007: Opinion 2175 (Case 3315)

tenellus Müller 1774 [originally in Limax], Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 11 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336

tentaculata Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Caecilia], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 229 (specific name of the type species of Caecilia Linnaeus 1758) (Amphibia, Gymnophiona). Opinion 1462

tentaculata Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Helix], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 774 (specific name of the type species of Bithynia Leach 1818) (Gastropoda). Opinion 475  

Tentyria Latreille 1802, Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des crustacés et des insectes.Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc deBuffon, et rédigée par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième, p. 170 (gender: feminine), type species ruled under the plenary power to be Tentyria ligurica Solier 1835 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2244

Tentyrina Reitter 1900, Bestimmungs-Tabelle der Tenebrioniden-Abtheilungen: Tentyrini und Adelostomini, aus Europa und angrenzenden Ländern, p. 92 (gender: feminine), type species by subsequent designation by Gebien (1937) Pimelia orbiculata Fabricius 1775 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2244

Tenuicollis Sahlberg 1903 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2377

Tenuicomus Pic 1894 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2377

tenuicornis Say 1818 [originally in Palaemon], J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1: 249 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 564  

tenuicornis Sahlberg 1893 [originally in Tettix], Meddel. Soc. Faun. Flor. Fenn., 19: 47 (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 1103 

tenuilineatum Stelfox 1918 [originally in Pisidium], J. Conchol., 15: 296 (Bivalvia). Opinion 336

tenuimanus Smith 1912 [originally in Cherax], Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1912: 166 (Crustacea). ICZN 2008: Opinion 2212 (Case 3267) 

tenuipes Dana 1852 [originally in Carupa], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 85 (specific name of the type species of Carupa Dana 1851) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36 

tenuipes Dana 1852 [originally in Palaemonella], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 25 (specific name of the type species of Palaemonella Dana 1852) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470

tenuirostris Kuhl 1820 [originally in Psittacus], Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae, 10: 88, as defined by the neotype (ANWC 37645 lodged in the Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia) designated under the plenary power (Aves). Opinion 2293.

tenuis Reuter 1895 [originally in Cyrtopeltis], Rev. Entomol. Fr., 14: 139 (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 958

tenuis Perty 1832 [originally in Mastax], Del. Anim. artic. Brazil (2): 123 (specific name of the type species of Eumastax Burr 1899) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Direction 5 

tenuis Mulsant & Rey 1853 [originally in Mycetoporus], Opuscula Entomologica, 2: 54 (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 2078  

tenuis Fagel 1963 [originally in Pinophilus], Exploration du Parc National de la Garamba. Mission H. de Saeger, 37: 216, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of P. tenuis Sharp 1876 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2139  

tenuis Sharp 1876 [originally in Pinophilus], Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1876: 323 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2139 

tenuissima Ørsted 1844 [originally in Clymenia], De regionibus marinis. Elementa topographiae historiconaturalis, Freti Øresund. [Dissertation], p. 79 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Polychaeta). Opinion 1636

tephra Hübner [1809] [originally in Dasychira], Samml. exot. Schmett., 1: pl. [178] (specific name of the type species of Dasychira Hübner [1809]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1283  

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

Terebra Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 143 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592

Terebratula Müller 1776, Zoologiae Danicae prodromus seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium, p. 249 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Anomia terebratula Linnaeus 1758) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 1959

terebratula Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Anomia], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 703, as defined by the neotype (catalogue no. BM(NH) BG152 in the Natural History Museum, London) designated by Lee & Brunton 1998, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 55: 222 (specific name of the type species of Terebratula Müller 1776) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 1959

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

Terebratulina d’Orbigny 1847, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 25, (Aug.): 268 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Anomia retusa Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 701) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 924

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

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

Teredo Hübner [1809]-[1813], Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 6 (ref. to Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett., 1: pl. [25]) (a junior homonym of Teredo Linnaeus 1758). Direction 72 

Teredo Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 651 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Children 1822 (Quart. J. Sci. Lit. Arts, 15: 82): Teredo navalis Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 651) (Bivalvia). Opinion 94, Direction 72 

tergeminus Say in James 1822 [originally in Crotalus] (Serpentes). ICZN 2013: Opinion 2328

TERGIPEDINAE Bergh 1889, in Carus, Prodr. Faun. Medit., 2: 209 (type genus: Tergipes Cuvier 1805) (Gastropoda). Opinion 773

Tergipes Cuvier 1805, Ann. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 6: 433 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Limax tergipes Forsskål 1775, Descr. Anim.: 99) (Gastropoda). Opinion 773

Tergipes Fleming 1828, Hist. brit. Anim.: 283 (a junior homonym of Tergipes Cuvier 1805). Opinion 773 

Tergipes Risso 1818, J. Phys., 87: 372 (a junior homonym of Tergipes Cuvier 1805). Opinion 773  

tergipes Forsskål 1775 [originally in Limax], Descr. Anim.: 99 (specific name of the type species of Tergipes Cuvier 1805) (Gastropoda). Opinion 773

teriae Sprackland 1991 [originally in Varanus], Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 30(3): 570 (a junior objective synonym of Odatria keithhornei Wells & Wellington 1985) (Reptilia). Opinion 1970 

terminalis Erichson 1839 [originally in Staphylinus], Genera et species Staphylinorum insectorum coleopterorum familiae, vol. 1, p. 396 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053

terminalis Laporte 1840 [originally in Staphylinus], Histoire naturelle des insectes coléoptères, vol. 1, p. 176, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of S. terminalis Erichson 1839 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053

terminifera Walker 1870 [originally in Epacromia], Cat. Dermapt. Saltat. Brit. Mus., 4: 777 (specific name of the type species of Chortoicetes Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 357

TERMOPSIDAE Holmgren 1911, Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 46(6): 35 (type genus: Termopsis Heer 1849), ruled under the plenary power that it and other familygroup names based on Termopsis are to be given precedence over STOLOTERMITINAE Holmgren 1910 and other family-group names based on Stolotermes Hagen 1858 whenever their type genera are placed in the same family-group taxon (Insecta, Isoptera). Opinion 2124 

Termopsis Heer 1849, Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen, p. 23 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Termopsis bremii Heer 1849) (Insecta, Isoptera). Opinion 2124 

ternatensis Bleeker 1856 [originally in Heliases], Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië, 10: 377 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1563 

Terpne Hübner 1808, Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 6 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 789  

terraenovae Robineau-Desvoidy 1830 [originally in Phormia], Mémoires présentés par divers savants à l’Académie Royale des Sciences de l’Institut de France, 2: 467 (specific name of the type species of Protophormia Townsend 1908) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1618

terraereginae Alston 1879 [originally in Mus], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1879: 646 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1116

Terrakea Booker 1930, J. Proc. roy. Soc. N.S.W., 64: 66 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Productus brachythaerus Morris 1845, in de Strzelecki, Phys. Descript. N.S. Wales and van Diemens Land: pl. 14, fig. 4c, as conserved under the plenary power and as interpreted by reference to the specimen figured by Morris and refigured by Hill 1950 (Univ. Qld. Papers, Dept. Geol., 3(2): 19), now preserved in the British Museum (Natural History), London) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 486 

terrestris Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Apis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 578, defined under the plenary power by the neotype (the queen specimen with a red label reading ‘NEOTYPE Apis terrestris L.,1758’, a white label reading ‘Upl. Rådmansö Västernäs 7.8.1970 leg. S. Erlandsson’, a white label reading ‘Bombus terrestris (L.) A. Løken det.’ and a blue label reading ‘Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm Loan 262/94’ designated under the plenary power (specific name of the type species of Bombus Latreille 1802) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 220, Opinion 1828

terrestris Wider 1834 [originally in Aranea], Mus. Senck., 1: 215 (Arachnida). Opinion 1119 

terrestris Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Hippopotamus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 74 (specific name of the type species of Tapirus Brisson 1762) (Mammalia, Perissodactyla). Opinion 1894

terrestris Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Lumbricus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 647, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Sims 1973 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 30: 32, 33) (specific name of the type species of Lumbricus Linnaeus 1758) (Oligochaeta). Opinion 1102 

terrestris Fermin 1765 [originally in Testudo], Hist. nat. Hollande équinox.: 51 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 660  

terrestris Forsskål 1775 [originally in Testudo], Descr. Anim.: VIII, 12 (conserved under the plenary power) (Reptilia). Opinion 660 

terricola Dujardin [1844] [originally in Rhabditis], Histoire naturelle des Helminthes, p. 340 (specific name of the type species of Rhabditis Dujardin [1844]) (Nematoda). Direction 120 

tertianae Lewkowicz 1897 [originally in Haemosporidium], Zbl. Bakt. (Abt. 1), 21(4): 132 (published as a technical designation, not as a specific name, and therefore possesses no status under the Code). Opinion 283

tertianae Kruse 1892 [originally in Plasmodium malariae], Hyg. Rdschr., 2: 466 (published as a technical designation, not as a specific name, and therefore possesses no status under the Code). Opinion 283 

tertianae Celli & Sanfelice 1891 [originally in Plasmodium malariae], Ann. Ist. Igiene sper. Univ. Roma (n.s.), 1: 61 (published as a technical designation, not as a specific name, and therefore possesses no status under the Code). Opinion 283

tessacourbe Scopoli 1786 [originally in Muscicapa], Delic. Flor. Faun. insubr., 2: 95 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 684  

tesselatus Latreille 1812 [originally in Grapsus], in Milbert, Voy. Ile de France, 2: 275 (specific name of the type species of Lybia Milne Edwards 1834) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36 

tessellata Westwood 1859 [originally in Acrophylla], Cat. Phasm.: 115 (and later uses in combination with Acrophylla Gray 1835 and Ctenomorpha Gray 1833) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for tessulata Gray 1835 [originally in Ctenomorpha]). Opinion 641

tessellatus Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Conus], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 140 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380  

tessini Brongniart 1822 [originally in Paradoxides], in Brongniart & Desmarest, Hist. nat. Crust. foss.: 31 (a junior objective synonym of paradoxissimus Wahlenberg [1818] [originally in Entomostracites]). Opinion 496  

tessulata Gray 1835 [originally in Ctenomorpha], Synops. Ins. Phasm.: 44 (Insecta, Phasmida). Opinion 641 

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

testaceum Erichson 1840 [originally in Omalium], Genera et species Staphylinorum insectorum coleopterorum familiae, vol. 1, p. 885, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over Omalium pygmaeum Gravenhorst 1806, whenever they are considered to be synonyms, and not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of Omalium testaceum Gravenhorst 1806 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2086 

testaceum Gravenhorst 1806 [originally in Omalium], Monographia Coleopterorum Micropterorum, p. 218, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over Omalium sorbi Gyllenhal 1810 whenever they are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2086 

testaceus Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Conops], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2. Salvii, Holmiae, p. 1006 [spelling emended from Conops testacea], as defined by the male specimen labelled ‘NEOTYPE’ designated by D.K. Clements, J.-H. Stuke & P.J. Chandler’ and deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, , as ruled under the plenary power (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2268

testaceus Fabricius 1801 [originally in Staphylinus], Systema eleutheratorum secundum ordines.., vol. 2, p. 595, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of S. testaceus Paykull 1789 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053

testudinarius Cantraine 1835 [originally in Pleurobranchus], Bulletins de l’Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles- Lettres de Bruxelles, 2: 385 (Gastropoda). Opinion 1767

Tetarterythros 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  

Tethya Lamarck [1814], Mém. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris, 1(1): 69 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Milne Edwards, 1849 (in Cuvier, Règne Animal, ed. 4 (Disciples’ Edition), 20 (1836-1849), pl. 95): Alcyonium lyncurium Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1295, valid name: Alcyonium aurantium Pallas 1766) (Porifera). Opinion 1182  

TETHYDIDAE (correction of TETHYIDAE) Rafinesque 1815 (as TETHYDIA), Analyse Nature: 141 (type genus: Tethys Linnaeus 1767) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1182 

TETHYIDAE (as TETHYADAE) Gray 1867, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1867: 540 (type genus Tethya Lamarck [1814]) (Porifera). Opinion 1182  

TETHYIDAE (as TETHYDIA) Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 141 (type genus: Tethys Linnaeus 1767) (ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling for TETHYDIDAE Rafinesque 1815). Opinion 1182  

TETHYIDAE Huntsman 1912, Trans. Canad. Inst., No. 21, 9(2): 133 (type genus: Tethyum Gunnerus 1765) (a junior homonym of TETHYIDAE Gray 1867). Opinion 1182 

Tethys Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 653 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy, apart from the use in combination with the specific names leporina and limacina). Opinion 200

Tethys Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1089 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Tethys fimbria Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1089) (Gastropoda). Opinion 200

Tethys, all uses of, prior to Tethys Linnaeus 1767 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 200  

Tethyum Gunnerus 1765, K. norske Vidensk. Selskab. Skr., 3: 102 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1182  

Tetigonia Blanchard 1852, in Gay, Hist. Chile (Zool.), 7: 282 (a junior homonym of Tettigonia Linnaeus 1758). Opinion 299, entry on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Names in Zoology deleted in Opinion 1754 

Tetigonia Fourcroy 1785, Entomol. paris., 1: 193 (a junior homonym of Tettigonia Linnaeus 1758). Opinion 299, entry on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Names in Zoology deleted in Opinion 1754

Tetigonia Geoffroy 1762, Hist. abrég. Ins. Paris, 1: 429 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 299, Opinion 1754  

tetracanthus Mehlis 1831 [originally in Strongylus], Isis von Oken, 24: 79, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. 087757.00 in the U.S. National Parasite Collection, Beltsville, Maryland, collected by A. Looss in 1899) designated under the plenary power (specific name of the type species of Cyathostomum Molin 1861) (Nematoda). Opinion 1972

tetracera Krynicki 1830 [originally in Limnadia], Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou, 2(11): 176 (specific name of the type species of Cyzicus Audouin 1837) (Crustacea, Branchiopoda). Opinion 553  

Tetrachila Hübner 1808, Erste Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.: 5 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 789  

Tetraclaenodon Scott 1892, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1892: 299 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Mioclaenus floverianus Cope 1888, Trans. Amer. philos. Soc., 16: 330, valid name: Phenacodus puercensis Cope 1881) (Mammalia). Opinion 980  

tetradactyla Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Phalaena], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 542, as defined by the neotype (the lectotype of Phalaena tridactyla Linnaeus 1758) designated under the plenary power, ruled by the Commission to be a junior objective synonym of Phalaena tridactyla Linnaeus 1758 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 2041

Tetragonosaurus Parks 1931, Univ. Toronto Stud. (Geol. Ser.), 31: 1-11 (a nomen nudum). Direction 1 

tetragonus Seeley 1894 [originally in Diademodon], Phil. Trans. roy. Soc. London (B), 185: 1030 (specific name of the type species of Diademodon Seeley 1894) (Reptilia). Opinion 1324 

Tetragrapsus Rathbun 1916, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus., 97: 273 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Brachynotus (Heterograpsus) jouyi Rathbun 1893, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 16: 247) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 650  

Tetragrapsus Salter 1863, Quart. J. geol. Soc. London, 19: 140 (ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling for Tetragraptus Salter 1863). Opinion 650

Tetragraptus (emendation of Tetragrapsus) Salter 1863, Quart. J. geol. Soc. London, 19: 140 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Graptolithus bryonoides Hall 1858, Geol. Surv. Canada, Rept. for 1857: 126, valid name: Fucoides serra Brongniart 1828) (Graptolithina). Opinion 650  

Tetrahymen Mast & Pace 1946, Physiol. Zool., 19(3): 232 (an unjustified emendation of Tetrahymena Furgason 1940). Opinion 915

Tetrahymena Furgason 1940, Arch. Protistenk., 94(2): 258 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Tetrahymena geleii Furgason 1940, Arch. Protistenk., 94(2): 258, valid name: Leucophrys pyriformis Ehrenberg 1830) (Ciliophora). Opinion 915 

Tetrahymenia Mugard 1949, Ann. Sci. nat., Zool. Biol. animale, (3)10(2): 182 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Tetrahymena Furgason 1940). Opinion 915  

TETRAHYMENIDAE Corliss 1952, Proc. Soc. Protozool., 3: 3 (type genus: Tetrahymena Furgason 1940) (Ciliophora). Opinion 915  

Tetrameres Creplin 1846, Arch. Naturgesch., 12: 130 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Tetrameres haemochrous Creplin 1846, Arch. Naturgesch., 12: 130) (Nematoda). Opinion 892

Tetraneura Hartig 1841, Z. Entomol. (Germar), 3: 366 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent monotypy: Aphis ulmi Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 451) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 1019 

Tetrapedia Klug 1810, Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, Magazin für neuesten Entdeckungen in der gesammten Naturkunde, 4: 33-35 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Tetrapedia diversipes Klug 1810) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2070 

TETRASTICHINAE (correction of TETRASTICHOIDAE) Foerster 1856, Hymenopterologische Studien (2): 19 (type genus: Tetrastichus Haliday 1844) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 720

TETRASTICHOIDAE Foerster 1856, Hymenopterologische Studien (2): 19 (type genus: Tetrastichus Haliday 1844) (an incorrect original spelling for TETRASTICHINAE Foerster 1856). Opinion 720  

Tetrastichus Haliday 1844, Trans. entomol. Soc. London, 3: 297 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Cirrospilus attalus Walker 1839, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 2: 353, valid name: Eulophus miser Nees 1834) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 720  

Tetrastichus Walker 1842, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 10: 116 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 720

Tetrastichus, all uses of, prior to that by Haliday 1844, Trans. entomol. Soc. London, 3: 297 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 720

tetrataenia Cope in Yarrow 1875 [originally in Eutaenia sirtalis], Report upon geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, vol. 5 (Zoology), part 4, p. 546, as defined by the lectotype (USNM 21384 in the United States National Museum, Washington, D.C.) designated by Fitch 1941, American Midland Naturalist, 26(3): 581, 585 (Reptilia, Serpentes). Opinion 1961 

Tetraxanthus Rathbun 1898, Bull. Lab. nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa, 4: 275 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Xanthodes bidentatus Milne Edwards 1880, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. zool., 5 (fasc. 8): 353, pl. 53, figs. 5-5b) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37

Tetrias Rathbun 1898, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 21 (No. 1162): 607 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Tetrias scabripes Rathbun 1898, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 21 (No. 1162): 608) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37 

Tetrophthalmus Kirby 1827, Zoological Journal, 3(10): 156 (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 2162  

Tetropium Kirby 1837, in Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana, part 4, p. 174 (gender: neuter) (type species, by subsequent designation by Thomson 1864, Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, 19: 266: Tetropium cinnamopterum Kirby 1837) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1473 

Tettigella China & Fennah 1945, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (11)12: 711 (a junior objective synonym of Cicadella Latreille 1817). Opinion 647 

TETTIGELLINAE Evans 1947, Trans. roy. entomol. Soc. London, 98(6): 157 (type genus: Tettigella China & Fennah 1945) (a junior objective synonym of CICADELLIDAE Latreille 1825). Opinion 647  

Tettigonia Fabricius 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 678 (a junior homonym of Tettigonia Linnaeus 1758). Opinion 299

Tettigonia Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 429 (conserved under the plenary power as of subgeneric status) (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Gryllus viridissimus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 430) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 299  

TETTIGONIDES Amyot & Serville 1843, in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hist. nat. Ins., Hémiptères: 569 (type genus: Tetigonia Geoffroy 1762) (invalid because the name of the type genus was rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 647

TETTIGONIIDAE Krauss 1902, Zool. Anz., 25: 541 (type genus: Tettigonia Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 647  

Tetyra Fabricius 1803, Syst. Rhyng.: 128 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Cimex antillarum Kirkaldy 1909, Cat. Hemipt. (Heteropt.), 1 (Cimicidae): 284) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 255

Teuthis Schneider 1784, Samml. verm. Abhandl. Auflklär. Zool.: 113 (not made available in the work cited). Opinion 233

teuthis Schneider 1784 [originally in Octopodia], Samml. verm. Abhandl. Aufklär. Zool.: 113 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 233

Teuthras Stål 1874, Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg, vol. 2, p. 102 (a junior objective synonym of Phisis Stål 1861, the Commission having confirmed that Listroscelis pectinata Guérin 1831 is the type species of both nominal genera) (Orthoptera, Grylloptera). Opinion 1490  

Teuthys Linck 1790, Mag. N. Phys. Naturg., 6(3): 32 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Teuthis Linnaeus 1758). Direction 56 

texana Edwards 1863 [originally in Melitaea], Proc. entomol. Soc. Philadelphia, 2: 81 (specific name of the type species of Anthanassa Scudder 1875) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 839 

texense Simon 1892 [originally in Homoeomma], Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, (5)4: 320 (specific name of the type species of Rhechostica Simon 1892) (Arachnida, Araneae). Opinion 1637 

teyou Daudin 1802 [originally in Lacerta], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. Rept., 3: 195 (senior synonym of Teius viridis Merrem 1820, the type species of Teius Merrem 1820) (Reptilia). Opinion 1300