Case 3844 – Taenia asiatica Eom & Rim, 1993 (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea, Taeniidae): proposed conservation of the specific name

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of the ICZN Code, is to conserve current usage of the name Taenia asiatica Eom & Rim, 1993 (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea, Taeniidae) for a human-infecting species of East, Southeast and South Asian Taenia saginata-like tapeworm by disregarding the priority of its senior primary homonym Taenia asiatica Linstow, 1901 (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea, davaineidae). The older species was transferred in 1926 to the genus Raillietina Fuhrmann, 1920 (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea, davaineidae), giving rise to the currently prevailing combination Raillietina asiatica (Linstow, 1901), and neither species has ever been considered congeneric with the other. Taenia asiatica Eom & Rim, 1993 is a widespread species with a substantial literature. Conservation of this name would do much more to avoid confusion in the medical and/or veterinary fields concerning this important human parasite than the alternative, i.e., introducing a new replacement name.