Misnomers

[Matthias Buck]

Hi Sean,

sorry I can't add any plant species but I have a very nice example
from entomology:

Apteromyia (a genus of Sphaeroceridae, Diptera)
(= wingless fly)

The author of this name had a specimen with its wings broken
off before him when he described the genus. The flies, however, are
fully winged! This is the best example of an inadequate name I came
across.

Best regards,           Matthias

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Matthias Buck
Department of Ecology and Morphology of Animals (Biology III)
University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
E-mail: buck at biofs1.biologie.uni-ulm.de Fax: +49 731 50-22683
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