Taxacom: [KU SUSPECT SPAM] Re: Label help

[Laurent Raty]

Hi Mike,

On 5/25/23 00:56, Michael A. Ivie via Taxacom wrote:

> On the label herein, does anyone have any idea what the "ded." in 
> front of the second date on the top label might be an abbreviation 
> for? The specimen is an aquatic true bug from Haiti.
>
> Also, any bio info on the collector "H. Nepperschmidt?" Probably 
> Danish, from the area around Kiel. 


In something like "H. Nepperschmidt leg. [date 1] ded. [date 2]", I 
would read "leg." as "legit" ("he collected" in Latin) and "ded." as 
"dedit" ("he gave" in Latin).

I.e., Nepperschmidt collected the specimen on [date 1], and presented it 
to the museum where it was given that label on [date 2].


FWIW : although, historically, Kiel has admittedly been Denmark, it is 
now Germany; "Nepperschmidt" sounds German, not Danish. ("Schmidt" in 
German = "smith" in English = "smed" in Danish.)


Cheers, Laurent -