Taxacom: [KU SUSPECT SPAM] Re: A nomenclatural puzzle - genus Galea Meyen, 1833 (mammal), preoccupied or not?

[Francisco Welter-Schultes]

The styles are different. In the 1778 work
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we can see a mixup of binominal and polynominal in insect names (p. 58, 
84 etc.), while in fish names binominal names were presented more 
consistently. But the presentation of the insect names renders the 
entire work inconsistent. So I think the placement on the Official Index 
is justified from that point.
In the 1787 work I have not found polynominal names, but maybe in some 
chapters there are and I overlooked them. In 1787 Meuschen seems to have 
copied Linnean names, and also cited Linnaeus as the source of the names 
extensively.

Disci Transfixi is one example for a non-uninominal generic name. This 
is indeed odd, but Meuschen abbreviated that genus in the species names 
as "D.", indicating that only one word was intended to represent the 
generic name.

Binominality means that binominal names must be used for species. To 
violate this, more than one word must be used as a specific name, and 
the words must refer each one independently to the generic name (i.e. 
they must also violate Art. 11.9.5).

Best wishes
Francisco

Am 01.12.2022 um 10:39 schrieb Laurent Raty via Taxacom:
> Meuschen did not use fully consistently uninominal names for his genera. 
> In particular, his "GENUS LVIII. DISCI TRANSFIXI." (p. 490) is the 
> plural of "Discus transfixus", meaning "the Pierced Disks". (All of 
> Meuschen's genus names occur only in the plural in headers, and reduced 
> to an initial letter in species names.) Pretending that the plural 
> ending of the adjective in a nominal group like "Disci transfixi" can be 
> "corrected" to the singular, while leaving the plural noun (which this 
> adjective agrees with) untouched -- thereby producing an improbable 
> "Discitransfixus" --, is... well, odd.
> 
> 
> An analysis of the ornithological part of Meuschen's work (pp. 38-65) 
> was published in 1926 by Gregory Mathews (who did not discuss Meuschen's 
> application of binominal nomenclature, and may indeed not have had a 
> very close look at the rest of the work) -
> 
> Mathews GM. 1926. Another new book, which necessitates changes in 
> nomenclature. Austral Avian Record, 5: 81-100.
> 
> Mathews' opinions on some of Meuschen's names were since (partly) 
> followed. One of Meuschen's species names, Rallus cinereus Meuschen 1787 
> (p. 40), was used to displace Gracula carunculata Gmelin 1788, and is 
> now Creatophora cinerea (Meuschen 1787). Another name, Tanagra atra 
> Meuschen 1787 (p. 52), was used to displace a junior primary homonym, 
> Tanagra atra Gmelin 1789, which gave way to Tanagra melanopis Latham 
> 1790, now Schistochlamys melanopis (Latham 1790). However, despite 
> Mathews' suggestion that it had to, Trochilus smaragdinus Meuschen 1787 
> (p. 48) did not displace Trochilus smaragdinus Gould 1846, which remains 
> used as Aglaiocercus kingii smaragdinus (Gould 1846).
> 
> 
> Cheers,? Laurent -
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/1/22 02:09, Francisco Welter-Schultes via Taxacom wrote:
>> Dear Thomas,
>> From where exactly did you extract the impression that Meuschen (1787) 
>> did not consistently apply the Principle of Binominal Nomenclature?
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Francisco
>>
>> Am 30.11.2022 um 23:23 schrieb Thomas Pape via Taxacom:
>>> ?From looking at the work by Meuschen (1787), I get the impression 
>>> that he did not consistently apply the Principle of Binominal 
>>> Nomenclature, and that means that any names in that work are outside 
>>> of zoological nomenclature (i.e., they are unavailable).
>>>
>>> /Thomas
>>>
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