Taxacom: Mandatory ending correction after 226 years of wrong usage - the Dasytes case

[John Grehan]

This is a good example of why I go with the original form of the species
name regardless of gender rather than try to follow the code requirement
(which seems to me to be more about Latin or Greek grammar than about
having stable name labels. Interesting that no reviewer has ever picked up
on that code transgression. Perhaps took the view to best let sleeping dogs
lie.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM Beach, James H. via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

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> From: Isidor Plonski <isidor.plonski at gmx.at>
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> Dear Taxacomers,
>
> There is a genus name derived from Old Greek which was introduced in 1799,
> and its author considered it masculine in grammatical gender, evidenced in
> the fact that the author transferred three species to his taxon and changed
> the epithets from feminine to masculine endings. And that was the
> prevailing usage for 226 years. Until now: Recently, it was discovered that
> the Old Greek word used as genus name is feminine in grammatical gender.
> Thus, a change is mandatory according to the Code - the parts of a binomen
> must agree in grammatical gender. But what about the 226 years of
> "tradition" - can we simply ignore it? What is nomenclatural stability in
> this case? I'm asking because I fear that there will be coming a phase of
> both correct and continuous wrong usage: We experts can propagate the news,
> write correct ID labels and publish with the correct endings. But most
> users will stick to the "tradition", because they use outdated works and do
> not often consult the experts. Unless the change makes it into the
> databanks online, which will be checked hopefully.
>
> The genus in question is Dasytes PAYKULL, 1799 (
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> The name is derived from οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½
>
> First reviser action / mandatory ending correction in:
> Matthew L. Gimmel & Adriean J. Mayor "Taxonomic Overview of World
> Dasytinae (Coleoptera: Melyridae), with Emphasis on the North American
> Fauna of the Subfamily and Two Newly Established Tribes," The Coleopterists
> Bulletin 78(4), 499-536, (6 December 2024).
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> Your thoughts or comments on this case are welcomed!
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> Yours sincerely,
> Isidor Plonski
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