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

Wed Jan 29 15:48:28 CST 2025

also it's plural, although the species epithets in Dasytes are all
masculine singular.

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM 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 users will stick to the "tradition", because they use outdated works and do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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