132 Bulletin ofZoological Nomenclature 64(2) June 2007 OPINION 2172 (Case 3326) Lachniella tujafilina Del Guercio, 1909 (currently Cinara {Cupressobium) tujafilina; Insecta, Hemiptera, aphididae): given precedence over Lachnus greeni Schouteden, 1905 (currently Cinara \Cupressobium) greeni) Abstract. The Commission has conserved the usage of the specific name Cinara {Cupressobium) tujafilina (Del Guercio, 1909) for a widespread and economically important species of aphid by giving it precedence over the senior synonym Cinara {Cupressobium) greeni (Schouteden, 1905). Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Hemiptera; aphididae; lachninae; Cinara; Cinara (Cupressobium) tujafilina; Cinara (Cupressobium) greeni: aphids. Ruling (1) Under the plenary power it is hereby ruled that the name tujafilina Del Guercio, 1909, as published in the binomen Lachniella tujafilina, is given precedence over the name greeni Schouteden, 1905, as published in the binomen Lachnus greeni, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms. (2) The following names arehereby placed on the Official List ofSpecific Names in Zoology: (a) tujafilina Del Guercio, 1909, as published in the binomen Lachniella tujafilina, with the endorsement that it is to be given precedence over the namegreeniSchouteden, 1905, aspublished in thebinomen Lachnusgreeni, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms; (b)greeni Schouteden, 1905, as published in the binomen Lachnusgreeni, with the endorsement that it is not to be given priority over the name tujafilina Del Guercio, 1909, as published in the binomen Lachniella tujafilina, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms. History of Case 3326 An application to conserve the usage of the specific name Lachniella tujafilina Del Guercio, 1909 by giving it precedence over the senior name Lachnus greeni Schouteden, 1905 was received from J.M. Nieto Nafria and N.P. Hidalgo (Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidad de Leon, Spain) and M.A. Alonso-Zarazaga (Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain) on 2 August 2004. After correspondence the case was published in BZN 63: 28-30 (March 2006). The title, abstract and keywords ofthe case were published on the Commission's website. No comments on this case were received. Decision of the Commission On 1 December 2006 the members ofthe Commission were invited to vote on the proposalspublished in BZN63: 29. Atthecloseofthevotingperiod on 1 March2007 the votes were as follows: Bulletin ofZoological Nomenclature 64(2) June 2007 133 Affirmative votes - 22: Bock, Bogutskaya, Boucliet, Brotliers, Fautin, Grygier, Halliday, Kerzhner, Kottelat, Krell, Lamas, Macpherson, Mahnert, Mawatari, Ng, Papp, Patterson, Rosenberg, Song, Stys, van Tol and Zliang. Negative votes - 5: Kullander, Lim, Minelli, Pape and Pyle. Alonso-Zarazaga abstained. Original references Thefollowingaretheoriginal referencestothenamesplacedonan Official List bytheruling given in the present Opinion: greeni, Lachnus, Schouteden, 1905, Spolia Zeylandica, 2: 184. lujafilina, LachnieUa, Del Guercio, 1909, Redia, 5: 288.