The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Amalia kaleniczenkoi Clessin, 1883 (currently Tandonia kaleniczenkoi, milacidae) for a terrestrial slug by giving it precedence over its senior subjective synonym Amalia retowskii Böttger, 1882.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 78.1 and 81.1 of the Code, is to conserve the established usage of the genus-group name Orthezia and species-group name characias, both with the author Bosc d'Antic (1784) and to maintain the latter as the type species of Orthezia. The original proposal of the name of this scale insect by Bosc d'Antic, intended to be done in the binominal fashion of Linnaeus, was actually done as a hyphenated uninominal originally spelled both as d' Orthezia-Characias and Orthezia-Characias. It is proposed that this be interpreted as a generic name, whereby universal usage of the subsequent spelling Orthezia since at least 1843 now causes the latter to be deemed the correct original spelling of the generic name. Despite universal attribution of the specific name characias to Bosc d'Antic (1784), this name is unavailable from that work and under Article 11.6.1 should be reattributed to Amyot & Serville (1843). To avoid confusion, however, the Commission is requested to validate the availability of O. characias under the authorship of Bosc d'Antic (1784).

The purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3, 78.1 and 81.2.1 of the Code, is to maintain usage of the names clytemnestra Fox, 1899 (currently Dasymutilla clytemnestra) and dasya Péringuey, 1899 (currently Mutilla dasya) through suppression of the senior objective synonym Mutilla clytemnestra Péringuey, 1899 for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy.

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to conserve the usage of the specific name of Stenodactylus sthenodactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823) for a species of gecko from North Africa by designating a neotype to replace the lectotype. Prevailing usage of the name is threatened by the identity of the lectotype, which exhibits the characters of Stenodactylus mauritanicus Guichenot, 1850. It is proposed that the existing name-bearing type for the species Stenodactylus sthenodactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823) be set aside and a neotype be designated in accord with prevailing usage.

There are multifaceted arguments concerning the correct spelling (latasti or latastei) for the viper named for Fernand Lataste by Boscá in 1878. This application under Article 78.2.3 of the Code seeks confirmation that Boscá (1879) acted as the deemed First Reviser (Article 24.2.4), and requests the Commission to rule that latastei Boscá, 1878 is the correct original spelling, that latasti Boscá, 1878 is an incorrect original spelling (Article 32.4), and that the names be placed on the Official List and Index respectively.

The application to conserve the current usage of the name Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu, 1803) for a species of cerithiopsine gastropod from the southern coast of Great Britain by designating a neotype consistent with current usage was not approved.

The Commission has conserved the names Termes serratus Froggatt, 1898 (currently Microcerotermes serratus) and Termes serrula Desneux, 1904 (currently Microcerotermes serrula) (Isoptera, termitinae) for two species of termite.

The Commission has conserved the usage of the generic name Cetiosaurus Owen, 1841 by designating Cetiosaurus oxoniensis Phillips, 1871 as the type species of Cetiosaurus in place of Cetiosaurus medius Owen, 1842.

The Commission has conserved the current usage of the family-group name psittaculinae Vigors, 1825 for the Indo-Australasian long-tailed parrots by designation of Psittacula Cuvier, 1800 as its type genus. The simultaneously published family-group name palaeornithinae Vigors, 1825, which was originally applied to the Indo-Australasian long-tailed parrots, has been suppressed.

The five volumes of Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes, published between 1752 and 1778 by De Geer, and an additional volume published by Retzius in 1783, which are not consistently binominal, have been ruled as consistently binominal and available for zoological nomenclature, whereas 140 polynominal names mentioned in these works have been suppressed. In addition, the names Aranealupus, Araneaphalangium and Araneacancroides have been suppressed for the purposes of the Principle of Priority, but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy. The name Pediculus humanus capitis has been ruled to be available.

The Mantodea genus name Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 was originally published as Liturgousa but the spelling of Liturgusa (an unjustified emendation) has been in prevailing usage since 1900 and as such is deemed available under Article 33.2.3.1 of the Code.

The text in BZN 70(4), p. 300 says: ‘In herpetology, we have reached the point when the scientific community has formally and nearly unanimously rejected the use of names coined by Raymond Hoser since the year 2000. Given that these names have appeared in a single outlet and their production has followed the same pattern that makes them unacceptable to herpetologists, such names could be rendered void for the purposes of nomenclature if the Commission used its plenary power (Article 81) to declare all names proposed in Hoser's AJH unavailable.’

Since the publication of BZN 70(4), R. Hoser has contacted the Secretariat with a statement correcting the information provided by H. Kaiser, which says: ‘Since 1998, I have published scientific papers of a taxonomic nature, naming species or genera in no less than seven different peer reviewed and other journals (namely Boydii, Crocodilian, Monitor, Macarthur Herpetological Society News, Litteratura Serpentium, Ophidia Review and Australasian Journal of Herpetology) proposing new names and combinations for unnamed species and groups.’