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Taxacom: Formation of family name in zoology, based on genus ending -ops

Tony Rees tonyrees49 at gmail.com
Sun Feb 5 17:38:14 CST 2023 

Thanks Francisco! Much appreciated.

Regards - Tony

On Mon, 6 Feb 2023, 9:23 am Francisco Welter-Schultes via Taxacom, <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> Dear Tony,
> This follows Code Arts. 29.1 and 29.3.
>
> 29.1. Formation of family-group names. A family-group name is formed by
> adding to the stem of the name [Art. 29.3] of the type genus, or to the
> entire name of the type genus [see Article 29.6], a suffix as specified
> in Article 29.2.
>
> 29.3.1. If a generic name is or ends in a Greek or Latin word, or ends
> in a Greek or Latin suffix, the stem for the purposes of the Code is
> found by deleting the case ending of the appropriate genitive singular.
>
> Gorgonops Owen, 1876
> genitive should be Gorgonopis, stem Gorgonop-
>
> So Gorgonopidae Lydekker, 1890 would be proporly formed under Art. 29.3.1.
>
> Other examples
> Merops Linnaeus, 1758 - Meropidae
> Mormoops Leach, 1821 - Mormoopidae
> Selenops Latreille, 1819 - Selenopidae
>
> If this helps
> Francisco
>
>
>
> Am 05.02.2023 um 22:44 schrieb Tony Rees via Taxacom:
> > Thanks Ken... a little further reading suggests that the terminal "s" of
> > the genus should indeed normally be dropped in these cases when forming a
> > family name, however may be retained if the longer form has entered
> > established usage despite being incorrect. However I would welcome more
> > expert (than myself) confirmation of this.
> >
> > On Mon, 6 Feb 2023, 8:40 am Kenneth Kinman, <kinman at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi again,
> >>         Instead of Tribe Ugyopsini, I should have typed Ugyopini.
> >> Anyway, I found an example where the final "s" is not only dropped for
> the
> >> family name, but for the order and suborder names as well:  Family
> >> Cyclopidae, Suborder Cyclopida, Order Cyclopoida.
> >>
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> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >> *From:* Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at lists.ku.edu> on behalf of Kenneth
> >> Kinman via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
> >> *Sent:* Sunday, February 5, 2023 3:06 PM
> >> *To:* taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>; Tony Rees <
> >> tonyrees49 at gmail.com>
> >> *Subject:* Re: Taxacom: Formation of family name in zoology, based on
> >> genus ending -ops
> >>
> >> Hi Tony,
> >>          I am not completely sure, but I think the Gorgonopsidae would
> only
> >> be correct if the type genus was Gorgonopsis.  That would be true for
> any
> >> genus ending in -opsis.  However, for genera ending in -ops, I think
> that
> >> final "s" is dropped.
> >>         Here are two examples:  Lophopidae based on Lophops; and Tribe
> >> Ugyopsini based on Ugyops.
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at lists.ku.edu> on behalf of Tony Rees via
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> >> Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2023 1:04 PM
> >> To: taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> >> Subject: Taxacom: Formation of family name in zoology, based on genus
> >> ending -ops
> >>
> >> Apologies if this question has been asked before...
> >>
> >> I am seeking advice on the correct formation of a family-group name in
> >> zoology where the type genus ends in -ops - the example before me
> >> being Gorgonop[s]idae Lydekker, 1890, a family of fossil reptiles,
> based on
> >> the genus Gorgonops Owen, 1876.
> >>
> >> Benton, 1992 used the spelling Gorgonopsidae for this family, while
> >> presently the PBDB uses Gorgonopidae, noting Gorgonopsidae as an
> >> alternative spelling. PBDB's usage appears to originate from a 1979 work
> >> by Sigogneau-Russell, in which she uses Gorgonopidae for the family
> name,
> >> but (confusingly) Gorgonopsinae for the nominate subfamily (a form of
> name
> >> also in use in PBDB at this time).
> >>
> >> I had a quick look at the relevant (?) article 29 "Family group names"
> in
> >> the ICZN Code Online, but did not find anything directly relevant to
> this
> >> situation (although may have missed something of course). Can any better
> >> qualified Taxacomers advise?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance - Tony
> >>
> >> Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
> >>
> >>
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