Opinion 1643 Ceratopogon puncticollis Becker, 1903 (currently Culicoides Puncticollis; Insecta, Diptera): given precedence over Ceratopogon algecirensis Strobi, 1900

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OPINION 1643
Ceratopogonpuncticollis Becker, 1903(currently Culicoidespuncticollis;
Insecta, Diptera): given precedence over Ceratopogonalgecirensis
StrobI, 1900
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary powers the specific name puncticollis Becker, 1903, as
publishedinthebinomenCeratopogonpuncticollis,isherebygivenprecedenceoverthe
specific name algecirensis StrobI, 1900, as published in the trinomen Ceratopogon
pulicarisalgecirensis,wheneverthetwonamesareconsidered tobesynonyms.
(2) Thefollowingnamesareherebyplacedon theOfficial ListofSpecificNamesin
Zoology:
(a) puncticollisBecker, 1903,aspublishedinthebinomen Ceratopogonpuncticollis,
with theendorsement that itis to be given precedence overalgecirensis StrobI,
1900,aspublishedinthetrinomen Ceratopogonpulicarisalgecirensis,whenever
thetwonamesareconsideredtobesynonyms.
(b) algecirensis StrobI, 1900, as published in the trinomen Ceratopogon pulicaris
algecirensisStrobI, 1900,withtheendorsementthatitisnottobegivenpriority
over puncticollis Becker, 1903, as published in the binomen Ceratopogon
puncticollis,wheneverthetwonamesareconsideredtobesynonyms.
HistoryofCase2716
An application for Ceratopogon puncticollis Becker, 1903 to be given precedence
overCeratopogonalgecirensisStrobI, 1900wasreceivedfromMrJ. Boorman{Depart-
ment ofEntomology, The Natural History Museum, London, U.K.) on 28 June 1988.
Aftercorrespondence thecasewas pubHshed in BZN46: 179-180 (September 1989).
Noticeofthecasewassenttoappropriatejournals.
Commentsin support fromDrs R.W. Crosskey{cjo TheNaturalHistoryMuseum,
London, U.K.) and G.B. White (Editor, Medical & Veterinary Entomology) were
publishedinBZN47:48(March 1990)and47: 214^215(September 1990)respectively.
ItwasnotedonthevotingpaperthatalgecirensiswasnotpubHshedbyStrobI(1900,
p. 170) as 'forma' (cf. para. 1 ofthe application), and that the word 'forma' should
therefore bedeleted from the proposals on BZN46: 180. This in no way affected the
case.
DecisionoftheCommission
On 1 December 1990 the members ofthe Commission were invited to vote on the
proposalspublishedinBZN46: 180(September1989).Atthecloseofthevotingperiod
on 1 March 1991 thev—oteswereasfollows:
Affirmative votes 26: Bayer, Bock, Cocks, Cogger, Corliss, Dupuis, Hahn,
Halvorsen, Heppell, Kabata, Kraus, Lehtinen, Macpherson, Mahnert, Martins de
Souza, MinelH, Mroczkowski, Nielsen, Nye, Ride, Savage, Schuster, Starobogatov,
Trjapitzin,Ueno,—Willink
Negativevotes 1: Holthuis.
Thompson declined to vote: hehadwritten to the ExecutiveSecretary(whohad in
correspondencedisagreed)thatthenamealgecirensisStrobI, 1900wouldnothavebeen
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available underprevious editions ofthe Code, and heconsidered that his suggestion
that this name should be taken from a later(1906) paperby Strobl should have been
pubhshed.
Originalreferences
ThefollowingaretheoriginalreferencestothenamesplacedonanOfficialListbytheruling
giveninthepresentOpinion:
algecirensis,Ceratopogonpulicaris,Strobl, 1900, WienerEntomologischeZeitwig, 19: 170.
pimcticollis, Ceratopogon, Becker, 1903, MitteihtngenausdemZoologischenMuseumin Berlin
2(3):75.