Acalymma vittatum

[Valery A. Korneyev]

On Feb 6 Doug Yanega wrote in re on my today re:
>
> >There are clear recommendations concerning this case in the Code.
> >
> >Acalymma, despite of the -a ending, is of Greek origin, and is of NEUTRUM
> >(Like -SOMA, -OMMA, and -SEMA).  Therefore, _A. vittatum_ is the correct
> >spelling.
>
> Does this mean that the old Cerambycid name "Tragosoma depsarius" is
> incorrect? Linnaeus described it as "Cerambyx depsarius" and when
> Audinet-Serville transferred it to Tragosoma, he changed it to depsarium,
> but Linsley & Chemsak changed it back. Were they incorrect in doing so?
>

Doug,

They were correct.

*depsarius* is a noun in apposition, not an epithet.

(This means *a man who mixes dough*, and is a Latin name (m.) of
Greek origin)

In this case the gender of a generic name does not apply on the gender of
species name in a binomen.

Sincerely,

Valery A. Korneyev, Executive Editor,
Journal of Ukrainian Entomological Society
Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology,
UA252030 Kiev UKRAINE
korval at entom.freenet.kiev.ua