212 Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45(3) September 1988 Case 2441 Semioptera wallacii Gray, 1859 (Aves, Paradisaeidae): proposed confirmation as the correct spelling Mary LeCroy Department of Ornithology , American Museum of Natural History , Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, N Y 10024, U.S.A. Abstract. The purpose of this application is the confirmation of the spelling of both the generic and specific names in the binomen Semioptera wallacii Gray, 1859 (Wallace's Standard Wing Bird of Paradise), although the name was first given (in an account of a meeting) in the form Semeioptera wallacei Gray, 1859. 1 . The name Semioptera wallacii Gray, 1 859 was based on a specimen described by G. R. Gray at a meeting of the Zoological Society of London on 22 March 1859. 2. McAlpine (1979, p. 109) has presented evidence that an article in the Literary Gazette for the 26 March 1 859 (Gray, 1 859a) [not seen by me] included Gray's descrip-tion from the meeting and was published before the proceedings of the meeting. McAlpine gives the spelling in the Literary Gazette as Semeioptera for the subgenus (it was originally described in the genus Paradisaea) and Wallacei for the species. 3. In Ibis for April 1 859 (Gray, 1 859b) the naming at the Zoological Society meeting is referred to and the Literary Gazette article is quoted. Here, in both cases, the speUing is Semioptera wallacii. 4. As far as I have been able to determine, the spelling Semeioptera has been used only once (by Wood, 1862, p. 72) in the zoological hterature in the 129 years since it appeared in the Literary Gazette. The spellings wallacei, wallacii and wallaceii have all been used in various publications. I recommend that Semioptera wallacii he conserved in accordance with established usage and with Gray's original intent, as he published this name in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London {lS59c, p. 130). 5. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is accordingly asked: (1) to use its plenary powers to confirm that the speUing of the name Semioptera wallacii Gray, 1859, is correct, despite the prior publication of the spelling Semeioptera Wallacei; (2) to place on the Oflficial List of Generic Names in Zoology the name Semioptera Gray, 1859 (gender: feminine), type species by monotypy Semioptera wallacii Gray, 1 859, speUing confirmed in ( 1 ) above; (3) to place on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology the name wallacii Gray, 1859, as published in the binomen Paradisaea (Semioptera) wallacii (specific name of the type species of Semioptera Gray, 1859), spelling confirmed in (1) above; (4) to place on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology the name Semeioptera Gray, 1859 ruled in (1) above to be an incorrect original speUing of Sew/oprera Gray, 1859;
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