Bionomina, 17: 1–111 (2019) ISSN 1179-7649 (print edition) https://www.mapress.com/j/bn Monograph BIONOMINA Copyright © 2019 • Magnolia Press ISSN 1179-7657 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/bionomina.17.1.1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:306B89AD-4185-4069-A1CA-84C80A956A7E BIONOMINA 17 The Linz Zoocode project: a set of new proposals regarding the terminology, the Principles and Rules of zoological nomenclature. First report of activities (2014‒2019) Alain DUBOIS1, Aaron M. BAUER2, Luis M P. CERÍACO3, François DUSOULIER4, Thierry FRÉTEY5, Ivan LÖBL6, Olivier LORVELEC7, Annemarie OHLER1, Renata STOPIGLIA8 & Erna AESCHT9 on behalf of the Linz Zoocode Committee (LZC)* 1 Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB – UMR 7205 – CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 30, 75005 Paris, France. <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> 2 Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, USA <[email protected]> 3 (a) Museu de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal; (b) Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia (Museu Bocage), Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua da Escola Politécnica 58, 1250-102 Lisboa, Portugal. <[email protected]> 4 Direction générale des Collections, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 43, 75005 Paris, France. <[email protected]> 5 Association RACINE, 5 allée des Cygnes, 35750 Saint Maugan, France. <[email protected]> 6 Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, 1208 Genève, Switzerland. <[email protected]> 7 INRA, UMR 0985 ESE (Écologie et Santé des Écosystèmes), INRA, Agrocampus Ouest, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, 35000 Rennes, France. <[email protected]> 8 Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Museu de História Natural do Ceará Prof. Dias da Rocha, Av. Dr. Silas Munguba, 1700 Fortaleza, Ceará, 60714-903, Brazil. <[email protected]> 9 Biology Centre of the Upper Austrian Museum, J.-W.-Klein-Straße 73, 4040 Linz, Austria. <[email protected]> * <[email protected]> Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand 1 2 • Bionomina 17 © 2019 Magnolia Press DUBOIS ET AL. Alain DUBOIS, Aaron M. BAUER, Luis M P. CERÍACO, François DUSOULIER, Thierry FRÉTEY, Ivan LÖBL, Olivier LORVELEC, Annemarie OHLER, Renata STOPIGLIA & Erna AESCHT The Linz Zoocode project: a set of new proposals regarding the terminology, the Principles and Rules of zoological nomenclature. First report of activities (2014‒2019) (Bionomina 17) 111 pp.; 30 cm. 17 December 2019 ISBN 1-77670-835-2 (paperback) ISBN 1-77670-836-9 (Online edition) FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2019 BY Magnolia Press P.O. Box 41-383 Auckland 1346 New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] https://www.mapress.com/j/bn © 2019 Magnolia Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, transmitted or disseminated, in any form, or by any means, without prior written permission from the publisher, to whom all requests to reproduce copyright material should be directed in writing. This authorization does not extend to any other kind of copying, by any means, in any form, and for any pur- pose other than private research use. ISSN 1179-7649 (Print edition) ISSN 1179-7657 (Online edition) LINZ ZOOCODE Bionomina 17 © 2019 Magnolia Press • 3 CONTENT Abstract. 5 Key words . 6 Important note . 6 1. THE LINZ INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP OF ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE (9–10 JULY 2014) . 6 1.1. Introduction . 6 1.2. Organisers and participants of the 2014 Linz meeting. 7 1.3. The Linz meeting . 8 1.4. Conclusions and final decisions . 8 2. THE LINZ ZOOCODE COMMITTEE (LZC) . 10 2.1. Composition of the LZC through time. 10 2.2. Status, functioning and first decisions . 11 3. THE 2016‒2019 SESSIONS OF THE LZC . 15 3.1. Content and structure of the Linz Zoocode . 15 3.2. Terminology of the Linz Zoocode . 16 3.2.1. The term ‘nomen’ and related ones. 16 3.2.1.1. Justification of this Proposal . 16 3.2.1.2. LZC decision . 17 3.2.2. The expression ‘nominal-series’ and related ones . 17 3.2.2.1. Justification of this Proposal . 17 3.2.2.2. LZC decision . 19 3.2.3. The term ‘type’ and related ones . 19 3.2.3.1. Justification of this Proposal . 19 3.2.3.2. LZC decision . 21 3.3. Preamble of the Linz Zoocode. 21 3.3.1. Justification of this Proposal. 21 3.3.2. LZC decision . 23 3.4. The Nomenclatural Process . .23 3.4.1. Justification of this Proposal . 23 3.4.2. LZC decision. 25 3.5. Principles of the Linz Zoocode . 26 3.5.1. General Principles . 26 3.5.1.1. GEN 1. The Principle of Zoological Nomenclature Independence . 26 3.5.1.1.1. Justification of this Principle . 26 3.5.1.1.2. Current situation in the Code. 26 3.5.1.1.3. LZC decision . 27 3.5.1.2. GEN 2. The Principle of Nomenclatural Foundation . 27 3.5.1.2.1. Justification of this Principle . 27 3.5.1.2.2. Current situation in the Code. 27 3.5.1.2.3. LZC decision . 27 3.5.2. Principles regulating the nominal-series assignment and nomenclatural availability. 27 3.5.2.1. AVA 1. The Principle of Nominal-Series . 27 3.5.2.1.1. Justification of this Principle . 27 3.5.2.1.2. Current situation in the Code. 30 3.5.2.1.3. LZC decision . 30 3.5.2.2. AVA 2. The Principle of Binomina. 30 3.5.2.2.1. Justification of this Principle . 30 3.5.2.2.2. Current situation in the Code. 30 3.5.2.2.3. LZC decision . 30 3.5.2.3. AVA 3. The Principle of Coordination. 30 3.5.2.3.1. Justification of this Principle . ..