ICZN gender question

[Curtis Clark]

At 09:40 PM 5/22/01, Ron Gatrelle wrote:
>I am naming a new butterfly subspecies. The genus ends in ium, the species
>ends in ii, and the subspecies spelling I have chosen is meridionalis
>(southern). My understanding is that the ium is neuter (neutral). If I have
>missed something here please advise. Ron Gatrelle

If the genus is indeed neuter (most -ium are, but not all), it would be
meridionale.


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