Two New Species ofLeiopythonHubecht, 1879 (Pythonidae: Serpentes): Non-Compliance with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Leads to Unavailable Names in Zoological Nomenclature

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 272-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wulf D. Schleip
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Two New Species

New replacement name for Chinese leafhopper genus Reticulum Dai, Li & Chen, 2006 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2112 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
WU DAI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Abyssal Plain ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Important Group ◽  
Two New Species

Deltocephalinae is the largest and most economically important group of leafhoppers, containing over 6500 described species (Zahniser & Dietrich, 2008). Many undescribed species of Deltocephalinae have been discovered in China. The deltocephaline genus Reticulum was established by Dai, Li and Chen (2006) with the type species R. transvittatum Dai, Li & Chen from China. Dai and Zhang (2008) revised the genus and added two new species. Nevertheless the name Reticulum is preoccupied and was initially introduced by Schröder, Medioli & Scott, 1989 for a genus of the foraminifer Family Komokidae (with the type species Reticulum pingue Schröder, Medioli & Scott, 1989 from Nares Abyssal Plain). Thus, the genus Reticulum Dai, Li & Chen, 2006 is a junior homonym of the genus Reticulum Schröder, Medioli and Scott, 1989. According to Article 60 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, I propose for Reticulum Dai, Li & Chen, 2006 the new replacement name Neoreticulum nom. nov. Accordingly, new combinations are herein proposed for the cicadellid species currently included in this genus: Neoreticulum lanceolatum (Dai & Zhang, 2008), Neoreticulum trispinosum (Dai & Zhang, 2008), and Neoreticulum transvittatum (Dai, Li & Chen, 2006)

A review of Synegiodes Swinhoe, 1892 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), with description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4387 (2) ◽  
pp. 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
LE CUI ◽  
NAN JIANG ◽  
DIETER STÜNING ◽  
HONGXIANG HAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Two New Species

The genus Synegiodes Swinhoe, 1892 is reviewed and redescribed, S. sanguinaria (Moore, 1868) is formally fixed as type-species according to the provisions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Seven species, including S. brunnearia (Leech, 1897), are presently recognized as members of this genus and two new species from China and N. Vietnam, S. expansus sp. nov. and S. elasmlatus sp. nov., are described herein. The original specific status of S. histrionaria ornata (Bastelberger, 1909) is restored. The systematic position of S. brunnearia is discussed. Diagnoses for all the species are provided and illustrations of external features and genitalia are presented. 

A commentary on the taxonomic review of Sri Lankan Devario by Batuwita et al. 2017 (Teleostei: Danionidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4543 (3) ◽  
pp. 421 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIRANYA SUDASINGHE ◽  
ROHAN PETHIYAGODA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
International Code ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
A New Species

We address several problems arising from ‘A review of the genus Devario in Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with description of two new species’, a paper authored by S. Batuwita, M. de Silva and S. Udugampola and published in 2017 in the journal FishTaxa (2(3): 156–179). The neotypes they designate for Perilampus malabaricus Jerdon and Perilampus mysoricus Jerdon are inconsistent with article 75.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (‘the Code’) and are hence invalid. Devario udenii, which they describe as a new species, is shown to be indistinguishable from D. micronema sensu Batuwita et al. The characters by which they distinguish another new species, D. annnataliae, are shown to be self-contradictory, making it impossible to distinguish from its congeners; it is treated as a species inquirendum. The diagnoses provided for D. malabaricus, D. micronema and D. monticola are ambiguous and self-contradictory, rendering them unusable. Much of the material examined, stated to be in the collection of the National Museum of Sri Lanka, is not deposited in that institution: such material as is deposited is inconsistent with the specimen data published by Batuwita et al. 

scholarly journals Addition to a checklist of the water mites of Turkey (Acari: Hydrachnidia) with description of two new species

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Vladimir Pešić ◽  
Orhan Erman ◽  
Yunus Esen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Water Mites ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Holotype Male

In the publication of Erman et al. (2010), the depository for the holotypes of Atractides (Atractides) anatolicus Pešić, Erman & Esen sp. nov.  and Atractides (Atractides) martini Pešić, Erman & Esen sp. nov., respectively, was not given. Therefore, the names of both species are invalid (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 1999, Art. 16.4.2). We declare here that the holotype male of Atractides anatolicus and the holotype male of Atractides martini are deposited in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden (RMNH). The purpose of this note is to validate the name of both new species (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 1999, Art. 13.1.2).

scholarly journals Validation of the Names of Two Weevil Species Described by Skuhrovec et al., Review of Cape Verde Aphanommata Wollaston, 1873 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) with Description of New Species, Larva and Notes on Biology and Distributional Patterns; Diversity 2018, 10, 28

Diversity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Jiří Skuhrovec ◽  
Peter Hlaváč ◽  
Jan Batelka
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Electronic Publication ◽  
Bibliographic Reference ◽  
Weevil Species ◽  
Distributional Patterns ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of the cossonine genus Aphanommata Wollaston, 1873 from Cape Verde are described, Aphanommata kuscheli sp. n. and Aphanommata strakai sp. n, with bibliographic reference to fuller descriptions and illustrations in the recent paper by Skuhrovec et al. (2018) published in the journal Diversity 10 (2), 28, in which the names were not made available under the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature dealing with electronic publication. A lectotype is also here designated for Rhyncolus euphorbiarum Wollaston, 1867, currently assigned to the genus Aphanommata.

On the availability of the name Poecilia kempkesi Poeser 2013 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4927 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-296
Author(s):  
PEDRO H. N. BRAGANÇA ◽  
FELIPE P. OTTONI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Poecilia Reticulata ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Fourth Species

The poeciliid species, Poecilia kempkesi Poeser, 2013, was the fourth species of the subgenus Acanthophacelus Eigenmann, 1907 to be described, based on individuals from a single urban anthropized locality close to Paramaribo, Suriname (Poeser, 2013). The description itself lacked any section clearly distinguishing the new species from the remaining species of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801, and in particular from the species of the subgenus Acanthophacelus, type species Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859. According to Article 13 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN, 1999) the criteria of availability for a species-group name are: 

New synonymy for a species of mealybug in the genus Pseudococcus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) that occurs on fruit trees in Chile

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3230 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
ROBERTO H. GONZÁLEZ ◽  
ERNESTO PRADO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Exact Date ◽  
And Control ◽  
New Synonymy

In July of 2011, we each became aware that we were studying the same Chilean mealybug species.  The research by González (2011) emphasized the biology, economic importance, and control of the species on fruit, and described it as the new species Pseudococcus rubigena González.  The research by Prado in Correa et al. (2011) provided a detailed description using molecular and morphological data and described the new species as P. meridionalis Prado.  Based on the Principle of Priority (Article 23) in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999), one of these names must have precedence.  Unfortunately, both papers were published at approximately the same time.  The date of publication of the Correa et al. paper is clearly marked as June 22, 2011.  The exact date of publication of the González book was not clear because it did not give a specific date, only 2011.  To establish the exact date, a certificate of publication was requested from the publisher (Imprenta Italiana Ltda.) by González.  In a letter dated November 23, 2011, Nelson Cannoni  M.,  Gerente General,  Impreta  Italiana  indicated “ULTIMO DESPACHO DE EJEMPLARES: 30 de junio de 2011.” This is considered the date of publication for the name P. rubigena which was predated by P. meridionalis by just nine days.  Therefore the following synonymy is proposed.

Comments on the holotype of Alburnus kurui Mangit & Yerli 2018 and re-description of A. carianorum Freyhof, Kaya, Bayçelebi, Geiger & Turan, 2019 (Teleostei: Leuciscidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4550 (4) ◽  
pp. 594
Author(s):  
JÖRG FREYHOF ◽  
CÜNEYT KAYA ◽  
ESRA BAYÇELEBİ ◽  
MATTHIAS GEIGER ◽  
DAVUT TURAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Original Publication ◽  
A New Species

Article 16.4. of the International Code for Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN, 1999) requires that the fixation of name-bearing types for a new species to be explicit: “Every new specific and subspecific name published after 1999, except a new replacement name…, must be accompanied in the original publication 16.4.1. by the explicit fixation of a holotype,…..and 16.4.2. where the holotype or syntypes are extant specimens, by a statement of intent that they will be (or are) deposited in a collection and a statement indicating the name and location of that collection.” That means that for species described after 1999, the holotype must be finally deposited in a collection and it is obligatory to indicate the name of the collection and where it is located. 

Validation of Spadella kappae Schmidt-Rhaesa & Vieler, a small benthic chaetognath from Roscoff, France (Chaetognatha)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4759 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-300
Author(s):  
ANDREAS SCHMIDT-RHAESA ◽  
VERA VIELER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Present Note ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Print Version ◽  
Journal Issue ◽  
New Name ◽  
Registration Number ◽  
A New Species

Schmidt-Rhaesa & Vieler (2018) described a new species of benthic chaetognath, Spadella kappae, collected by meiofaunal sampling near Roscoff, France. Although the description and figures presented by Schmidt-Rhaesa & Vieler (2018) fully characterize the new species, the journal issue in which the description appeared was published online-only, with no print version, and the article in which the new name appeared did not include a ZooBank registration number for the article (LSID), required for validation of new species names in electronic-only publications (ICZN 2012). As a result, the name Spadella kappae Schmidt-Rhaesa & Vieler, 2018, as published in Cahiers de Biologie Marine 59: 257–265, is not available according the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, hereafter, the Code (ICZN 1999, 2012). Therefore, the present note serves to validate the name Spadella kappae by fulfilling Code conditions for nomenclatural availability. The date and authorship of the specific name, accordingly, are those of this note, not Schmidt-Rhaesa & Vieler (2018). 

New Species and New Records of Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from India

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4801 (3) ◽  
pp. 600-600
Author(s):  
SIMARJIT KAUR ◽  
DEEPTI GARIMA ◽  
MANPREET SINGH PANDHER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Indian Agricultural Research Institute ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
International Code ◽  
Agricultural Research Institute

In the publication by Kaur et al. (2020), the depository for the holotype of Chimarra gangtokensis new species was given as “(NPC)”, but no corresponding explanation for this acronym was provided in that publication. Therefore, the name of the species is unavailable (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 1999, Art. 16.4.2). We clarify here that the holotype is a male deposited in the National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi (NPC). The purpose of this note is to validate the name of the new species from the publication date of this erratum by a reference to the original description and diagnosis as an indication (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 1999, Art. 13.1.2). 

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