Opinion 1638 Holostaspis Subbadius var. Robust ulus Berlese, 1904 (currently Macrocheles Robustulus; Arachnida, Acarina): specific name conserved

1 Pages·1991·0.29 MB·English

by  International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

168 BulletinofZoologicalNomenclature48(2)June1991
OPINION 1638
Holostaspissubbadiusvar. robustulusBerlese, 1904(currently
Macrochelesrobustulus; Arachnida, Acarina): specificnameconserved
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary powers the specific name rubustulus Berlese, 1904, as
published in the trinomen Holostaspissubbadius var. rubustulus, is hereby treated as
anincorrectoriginalspellingofthenamerobustulus.
(2) Thenamerobustulus,asacorrectionofrubustulusBerlese, 1904,aspublishedin
thetrinomenHolostaspissubbadiusvar.rubustulus,isherebyplacedontheOfficialList
ofSpecificNamesinZoology.
(3) The name rubustulus Berlese, 1904, as published in the trinomen Holostaspis
subbadiusvar. rubustulusasanincorrectoriginal spellingofrobustulus, as ruledin(1)
above,isherebyplacedontheOfficialIndexofRejectedandInvalidSpecificNamesin
Zoology.
HistoryofCase2725
AnapplicationfortheconservationofthewidelyusedspecificnameofMacrocheles
robustulus(Berlese, 1904)wasreceivedfrom DrR.B. Halliday{C.S.I.R.O.. Canberra,
Australia) on 30 May 1989. Aftercorrespondence thecasewaspublished in BZN47:
24-26(March 1990).Noticeofthecasewassenttoappropriatejournals.
Anoteof31 commentsinsupportwaspublishedinBZN47: 212(September 1990).
AcommentinsupportfromProfG.W. Krantz(OregonState University. Corvallis,
U.S.A.) noted that 'another bit ofevidence as to Berlese's intentions regarding the
spelling of this name [robustulus] may be found on p. 155 of his unedited Familia
Gamasidae. Tribus Macrochelini (Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria,
Firenze).Thedrawingpresentedthereislabeled'Macrochelessubbadiusvar.robustulus
Berl...".
DecisionoftheCommission
On 1 December 1990 the members ofthe Commission were invited to vote on the
proposalspubhshedinBZN47: 25. Atthecloseofthevotingperiodon 1 March 1991
thevoteswereasfoll—ows:
Affirmative votes 25: Bayer, Bock, Cocks, Cogger, Corliss, Hahn, Halvorsen,
Heppell, Kabata, Lehtinen, Macpherson. Mahnert, Martins de Souza, Minelli,
Mroczkowski, Nielsen, Nye, Ride, Savage, Schuster, Starobogatov, Thompson,
Trjapitzin,Ueno,—Willink
Negativevotes 2:HolthuisandKraus.
DupuisabstainedbecausetheapplicationhadbeenpubUshedforlessthanayear.
Originalreferences
ThefollowingaretheoriginalreferencestothenamesplacedonanOfficialListandanOfficial
IndexbytherulinggiveninthepresentOpinion:
robustulus,Holostaspis,Berlese, 1904,Redia,1:264(incorrectlyspelledasrubustulus).
rubustulus,Holostaspis,Berlese, 1904,Redia,1:264(anincorrectoriginalspellingofrobustulus).