Proposal of (Song . 2013) comb. nov. to replace the illegitimate name (García-López . 2020) Zhang . 2023.

In this article, the author addresses the issue of nomenclatural illegitimacy of (García-López . 2020) Zhang . 2023.

Request for an Opinion: conservation of the illegitimate prokaryotic generic name Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980).

The prokaryotic generic name Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980) is a later homonym of the protozoan genus name Müller, 1786 and therefore should be considered illegitimate and in need of replacement according to Rules 51b(4) and 54 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. However, it would be unwelcome for medical and veterinary community to propose by anyone any replacement name and discontinue the current usage. To prevent from any unfavourable replacement, conservation of the illegitimate prokaryotic generic name Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980) according to Rules 23a Note 4 and 56b is needed, and therefore, a request for conservation by the Judicial Commission over its earlier protozoan homonym is made here by the author, with Judicial Opinions 9 and 12 serving as precedents.

Proposal of nom. nov., subsp. nom. nov. and subsp. nom. nov. as new names with replacement specific or subspecific epithets, respectively, for three illegitimate prokaryotic names Yoo . 2007, subsp. Kim . 2017 and subsp. Kudo . 2012; proposal of comb. nov. and comb. nov. as replacement names respectively for two illegitimate prokaryotic names Yang . 2023 and Zhang . 2023.

As required by Rule 54 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes, the authors propose the replacement specific epithet '' for the illegitimate prokaryotic name Yoo . 2007, the replacement subspecific epithet '' for subsp. Kim 2017 and the replacement subspecific epithet '' for subsp.

comb. nov., arising from the heterotypic synonymy between Lagkouvardos . 2016 and Adhikary . 2017.

The misclassification of the species Lagkouvardos . 2016 along with the heterotypic synonymy between and Adhikary . 2017 has long been recognized.

Replacement of the illegitimate name (Wang . 2017) Montero-Calasanz . 2023 with the oldest legitimate name Wang . 2017 and proposal to attribute this species to (Wang . 2017) Li 2023 comb. nov.

The prokaryotic generic name Montero-Calasanz . 2023 should be considered illegitimate for being a later homonym of the insect generic name Saunders 1847, which contravenes Principle 2 and Rule 51b(5) of the 2022 Prokaryotic Code. The name Montero-Calasanz .

Waynella nom. nov. (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae), a new replacement name for Rowleyella Lewis, 1971, a junior homonym of Rowleyella Weller, 1911 (Brachiopoda: Meristidae).

Rowleyella Lewis, 1971, established for a genus of fleas, was found to be a junior homonym of the brachiopod genus Rowleyella Weller, 1911 and is therefore replaced by Waynella nom. nov., a substitute that preserves the meaning of the original name.