Die «Neuen Regeln» der Zoologischen Nomenklatur, Ausgearbeitet von der Internationalen Nomenkla-turkommission Anlässlich des XV. Internationalen Kongresses für Zoologie, London 1958

Summary

The report gives a preliminary account of the decisions made by the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature during the XVth International Congress of Zoology held in London in 1958. — The most important of these resolutions deal especially with the newrange of application of the rules of nomenclature (validity from subspecies up to superfamily), thesecondary homonyms (rescission of the permanent invalidity), theprocedure of naming the types (onlyholo-, lecto- andneotypus, as well as thesyntypes are of documentary value for the interpretation of a species; severer regulations were made for the nomination ofneotypes) and finally with theprinciple of priority, which — with certain limitations — found its full confirmation contrary to the principles of continuity and conservation.