The following 5 new applications have been received since the last Notice of New Applications was published in the Bulletin (volume 78: 68, 30 August 2021). Under Article 82 of the Code, the prevailing usage of names in the applications is to be maintained until the Commission's rulings on the applications (as Opinions) have been published.
Case 3858: Formiciinae Lutz, 1986 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed conservation by replacement of type species for Formicium Westwood, 1854. Michael S. Engel, Phillip Barden, Vincent Perrichot, John S. LaPolla and Torsten Wappler.
Case 3859: Arvicola nivalis Martins, 1842 (currently Chionomys nivalis; Mammalia, Rodentia): proposed precedence over Hypudaeus syriacus Brants, 1827. Boris Kryštufek, Gregory Shenbrot and Franc Janžekovič.
Case 3860: Stygnidae Handlirsch, 1906 (Arthropoda, Insecta, Protorthoptera): proposed emendation of spelling to STYGNEIDAE to remove homonymy with STYGNIDAE Simon, 1879 (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Opiliones). Filippo Ceccolini and Fabio Cianferoni.
Case 3861: Galago demidoff Fischer, 1806 (currently Galagoides demidoff; Mammalia, Primates, Galagidae): proposed precedence over Lemur minutus Cuvier, 1797. Paulina Jenkins, Judith Masters and Sébastien Couette.
Case 3862: Aphrodes Curtis, 1831 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Aphrodinae, Aphrodini): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Cicada bicincta Schrank, 1776 as the type species. Dmitry A. Dmitriev, Christopher H. Dietrich, Valérie A. Lema tre and Michael D. Webb.