Taxacom: Uleiota Latreille and Uleiota dubi*

[Douglas Yanega]

On 1/22/24 2:57 PM, Mary Barkworth via Taxacom wrote:
> Question: Should it be Uleiota dubius or U. dubia? The source I am looking at uses dubia for the specific epithet and dubius at the infraspecific level. I suspect that they should be the same - but which same?

Uleiota Latreille, 1797, was described with no originally included 
species. The name is neither Latin nor Greek, so the gender is feminine 
under ICZN Article 30.2.4. I see no way anyone could justify treatment 
of the genus as masculine.

Peace,

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