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

Evangelos Vlachos evlacho at gmail.com
Mon Feb 6 06:56:44 CST 2023 

Hi everyone!

Just a minor correction to what FWS wrote: the genitive of -ops is -opos
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the stem is correctly formed for the purposes of this particular example.

"opsis" is a synonym of "ops" in Ancient Greek, hence the possible
confusion, used in Modern Greek as "opsi" (genitive "opsis" or "opseos")
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In this case the OP should check if Art. 29.5 should be used, and if
Gorgonopsidae could be considered in prevailing usage and its spelling
should be maintained (it doesn't seem so).

Just dropping my two drachmas here,

Sincerely,
Evan Vlachos

On Sun, 5 Feb 2023 at 19:23, 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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