Opinion 969. Poekilocerus Audinet-Serville, 1831 (Insecta, Orthoptera): designation of a type-species under the plenary powers together with validation of Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874

Opinion
1971 Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature  
RULING. -(1) Under the plenary powers: (a) all designations of type-species for the nominal genus Poekilocerus Audinet-Serville, 1831, made prior to the present Ruling, are hereby set aside, and the nominal species Gryllus pictus Fabricius, 1775, is hereby designated to be the type of that genus; (b) all designations of type-species for the nominal genus Pamphagus Thunberg, 1815, made prior to that by Kirby, 1910, are hereby set aside ; (c) it is hereby ruled that the family-group name
more » ... moAE Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874, is to be given precedence over poekiloceridae Burmeister, 1840, and phymateidae Burmeister, 1840, under any circumstances that lead to these names being considered synonymous and co-ordinate. (2) The following generic names are hereby placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology with the Name Numbers specified: (a) Zonocerus Stal, 1873 (gender: masculine), type-species, by designation by
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