International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to ruled that the generic name Orthezia [Bosc d'Antic], 1784 and the specific name characias [Bosc d'Antic], 1784 are available. Orthezia-Characias [Bosc d'Antic], 1784 and d'Orthezia-Characias [Bosc d'Antic], 1784 are ruled to be incorrect original spellings of the former. The work in which Orthezia [Bosc d'Antic], 1784 and characias [Bosc d'Antic], 1784 were published is ruled to be available for nomenclatural purposes and placed on the Official List of Works Approved as Available for Zoological Nomenclature.
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1 March 2017
Opinion 2387 (Case 3645) — Orthezia characias [Bosc d'Antic], 1784 (Insecta, Hemiptera, ortheziidae): generic and specific names available
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Coccoidea
ensign scale insects
nomenclature
Orthezia
Orthezia characias
ortheziidae
taxonomy