ICZN, 2017 Opinion 2387 (Case 3645) – Orthezia characias [Bosc d’Antic], 1784 (Insecta, Hemiptera, ortheziidae): generic and specific names available. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 73: 2–4

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Notes: International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to rule that the generic name Orthezia [Bosc d’Antic], 1784 and the specific name characias [Bosc d’Antic], 1784 are available. Orthezia-Characias [Bosc d’Antic], 1784 and d’Orthezia-Characias [Bosc d’Antic], 1784 are ruled to be incorrect original spellings of the former. The work in which Orthezia [Bosc d’Antic], 1784 and characias [Bosc d’Antic], 1784 were published is ruled to be available for nomenclatural purposes and placed on the Official List of Works Approved as Available for Zoological Nomenclature.