scholarly journals Correction of Four Specific Epithets That Are Hyphenated in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names

1983 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 425-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. FARMER
Keyword(s):  
Specific Epithets

A case of an unjustified Aphid name emendation 

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4567 (3) ◽  
pp. 598
Author(s):  
OMAR M. ENTIAUSPE-NETO ◽  
ARTHUR DIESEL ABEGG
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Spelling Error ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
Personal Names ◽  
Intentional Change ◽  
Specific Epithets ◽  
Genitive Case

The norms regarding validity and formulation of specific epithets in Zoology are ruled by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999), a published convention of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, that operates under a vast array of underlying nomenclatural principles. One of its components is Article 31, which rules upon the formation of specific or subspecific epithets for personal names, by the use of nomina (sensu Dubois 2007) under genitive case. As discussed by Dubois (2007), this has erroneously led several authors to assume that the aforementioned nomina should exclusively end in “-i” if dedicated to a man (or -orum, for plural), and in “-ae” if dedicated to a woman (or -arum, for plural) (being also important to state that this provision is sensitive on whether the chosen nomina is a modern personal name (Art. 31.1.2) or not (Art. 31.1.1)), leading to several independent proposed emendations to these names, which authors have considered as “wrong”, under the Code; the author then, proceeds to conduce a careful and extensive literature review on matter, proposing an amendment to the Code, correcting several unjustified emends, and highlighting that “[...] the stem of such a nomen is determined by the action of the original author when forming the genitive, and should be preserved by subsequent authors. Any subsequent demonstrably intentional change in the stem or ending of this nomen, other than correction of an inadvertent spelling error, must be considered an unjustified emendation [...]” (Dubois 2007: 64). 

Athena and the Paphlagonian in Aristophanes' Knights. Re-considering Equites 1090-5, 1172-81

Mnemosyne ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosanna Lauriola
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
The Self ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Political Ideal ◽  
Good Leader ◽  
Specific Epithets

AbstractThis paper re-examines the treatment of Athena in some passages of Aristophanes' Knights along the lines of a previous study by C.A. Anderson (1991 and 1995). Two topics will be considered: the dream-oracles of Athena (Eq. 1090-5), and some epithets characterizing the goddess during the food-serving contest (Eq. 1172-81). The Paphlagonian's and Sausage-Seller's portraits of Athena are self-referential images in that they are able both to play a significant 'dramatic' role in the contest for the steward-ship of Dêmos, by preparing for the final fate of each character within the comic plot (Eq. 1090-5), and to mirror, respectively, the war-mongering, grasping and violent nature of Cleon (Eq. 1172-81), and the poet's and Athenians' political ideal. By focusing on the self-referential nature of the Paphlagonian's portrait of Athena, I shall argue that Athena's image also resonates with a particular trait of Cleon, which is a constant object of Aristophanes' denunciation concerning the manipulative politics of the demagogue, i.e. his tendency to make people believe that the polis' welfare is his main concern; in other words, his pretense to be a good leader, sincerely interested in the citizens' well-being. This meaning of the Paphlagonian's portrait of Athena is corroborated by the characterization of the goddess through specific epithets in the food-serving contest.

scholarly journals Revision of the Neotropical Genus Roleta (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.-S. Yang ◽  
M.-L. Jeng ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Specific Epithets

AbstractThe genus Roleta McDermott is revised. This was a monobasic genus and its type species, R. coracina McDermott, is found to be a junior synonym of Calyptocephalus notaticollis Pic. Four other species of Calyptocephalus, C. austerus Olivier, C. hilaris Olivier and C. inornatus Olivier and C. cincticollis Pic, are transferred to Roleta; austerus and inornatus received mandatory changes to their specific epithets in the new combinations. A key to the species is provided. The systematic position of the genus is discussed.

A reassessment of Eugenia astringens (Myrtaceae) and its synonyms, including their formal typification

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 455 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-186
Author(s):  
PIERO G. DELPRETE
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Recent Article ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Specific Epithet ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
The Town ◽  
Plant Collector ◽  
Specific Epithets

Giovanni Casaretto published Eugenia rotundifolia Casaretto (1842: 40) using material that he collected in Restinga vegetation between Copacabana and Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Berg (1857: 287) treated E. rotundifolia Casaretto as a distinct species, and recognized two varieties. However, the binomial E. rotundifolia (Walker-Arnott 1836: 335) Wight (1841: 17) was previously published for a taxon occurring in Sri Lanka. Therefore, Casaretto’s name is a later superfluous homonym and illegitimate. In a recent article on the typification of plant names published by Casaretto, Delprete et al. (2019) proposed E. casarettoana Delprete (2019: 25) as a substitute name for E. rotundifolia Casaretto. However, Delprete and his collaborators overlooked that the name E. casarettoana O. Berg (1857: 520) was previously published using material collected by Martius near the town of Coari, state of Amazonas, Brazil, and belongs to a distinct species occurring in the Brazilian Amazon. Also, Berg (1857) spelled the specific epithet “casaretteana” without explaining to whom he dedicated the epithet. It is obvious that it was dedicated to Casaretto, as no other botanist or plant collector has a similar last name. Therefore, according to Recommendation 60C of the ICN (Turland et al. 2018), the spelling of this epithet should be corrected to casarettoana, as it has been done for this and other specific epithets dedicated to Casaretto (Delprete 2016).

New names for a few Indian flowering plants

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 475 (4) ◽  
pp. 296-298
Author(s):  
VENKATACHALAM SAMPATH KUMAR ◽  
SARAVANAM KARTHIKEYAN
Keyword(s):  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
Specific Epithets

While preparing the checklist of Indian flowering plants, it was noticed that some of the plant names currently accepted are indeed later homonyms. New names are proposed here for such later homonyms. Apart, while transferring the species from Gymnema Robert Brown (1810: 461) to Marsdenia Robert Brown (1810: 460) and from Pauia Deb & Ratna Dutta (1965: 363) to Atropa Linnaeus (1753: 181), the specific epithets are pre-empted in the respective genus and hence new names are proposed here.

Giovanni Casaretto: a short biography and his botanical collections in Brazil and Uruguay

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 253 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
PIERO G. DELPRETE
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Falkland Islands ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Plant Groups ◽  
Short Biography ◽  
Numerical Order ◽  
Sea Storm ◽  
Specific Epithets

Giovanni Casaretto (1810–1879) was appointed by King Charles Albert of Savoy-Carignano, Kingdom of Sardinia (now part of Italy), as the botanist and mineralogist of a planned circumnavigation of the globe. The royal frigate La Regina left Genoa on 8 November 1838, arrived at the Island of São Sebastião (State of São Paulo, Brazil) in January 1839, and then stopped at the Island of Santa Catarina (Brazil) and Montevideo (Uruguay), where Casaretto made considerable collections. From Montevideo the frigate sailed towards the Malvinas/Falkland Islands, however, due to a terrible sea storm, was badly damaged and returned to Rio de Janeiro for repair. From the end of April to December 1839 Casaretto collected in Rio de Janeiro and surroundings, and also bought about 100 collections made by Riedel in the “provinces” (now states) of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais, and about 500 collections made by Clausen in Minas Gerais. Due to the precarious conditions, the frigate started her return, with two stops in Salvador (Bahia) and Recife (Pernambuco), where Casaretto gathered botanical specimens, arriving at Genoa in May 1840. He organized his herbarium into 162 bundles, with 3,007 collections corresponding to 13,667 specimens from Brazil and Uruguay, and 122 collections corresponding to 477 specimens from Gibraltar. He numbered his collections in consecutive numerical order, although with several inconsistencies; therefore, Casaretto’s numbers are not collection numbers, but are herbarium numbers. In his Decades he described 100 new species from Brazil (98 spp.) and Uruguay (2 spp.). An analysis of the letters that he sent to Giuseppe Moris showed that the dates written on the first page of each Decas do not correspond to the real publication dates. Casaretto’s concise biography is presented, the voyage of La Regina is described and illustrated, and collection dates, localities, Casaretto’s herbarium numbers and plant groups are summarized in a table. Specific epithets dedicated to him, and Casaretto’s unpublished names either published in synonymy under other taxa or validly published by other authors are presented and discussed.

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