Taxacom: Uleiota Latreille and Uleiota dubi*

[Douglas Yanega]

On 1/23/24 2:04 AM, Jacques Melot wrote:
> Re: Taxacom: Uleiota Latreille and Uleiota dubi*
>
>     Uléiote [...] et nous en avons formé le genre uléiote (habitant
>     des forêts).
>
>
> « ule » est tiré du grec pour « forêt », le suffixe « -iote » est 
> français à valeur diminutive dans la formation des adjectifs et de 
> même origine (latine) que le diminutif bien connu « -ette » 
> (allumette, lunette, opérette, majorette, etc. Cf. Oxford English 
> Dictionary à « -ette »).
>
>    Le mot est donc formé sur le modèle de Pholiote (fr.) > Pholiota 
> (Psalliota, Lepiota, etc., tous des féminins en latin botanique).
>
>    Pour les suffixes français voir par exemple (à -ot, -otte, -ote, 
> -iotte, etc.) :

The etymology in this case is, as you properly indicate, based on a 
Greek prefix (traditionally transliterated as "hyle" or possibly "hule") 
and a French diminutive suffix. My point was that, under the ICZN, the 
applicable Article is 30.2.4.

A "hybrid" composed of Greek and French does not fall under Article 30.1 
at all, and as it is not *entirely* French, does not fall under 30.2.1, 
despite having a French suffix:

"30.2.1. If a name */reproduces exactly/* a noun having a gender in a 
modern European language...it takes the gender of that noun." (emphasis 
mine)

"Uleiota" is not *exactly* a French noun.

Without included species or statement of gender, treatment under the 
Code devolves to Art. 30.2.4:

"30.2.4. If no gender was specified or indicated, the name is to be 
treated as masculine, except that, if the name ends in -a the gender is 
feminine, and if it ends in -um, -on, or -u the gender is neuter."

Peace,

-- 
Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
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