[Taxacom] Genus Hamadryas Hübner, 1806 (or 1808)

Thu Mar 11 02:42:32 CST 2010

Dear Tony,

Opinion 789 is in BHL and BioStor, see http://biostor.org/reference/1833

Opinion 278 is in "Opinions and declarations rendered by the  
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature", which doesn't  
seem to exist online. It would be nice if the ICZN arranged for  
"Opinions..." to be digitised.

Regards

Rod

On 11 Mar 2010, at 05:50, <Tony.Rees at csiro.au> <Tony.Rees at csiro.au>  
wrote:

> Dear Taxacomers,
>
> I am seeking some advice as to the currency / validity of the  
> Lepidopteran genus Hamadryas Hübner, 1806, or 1808, listed as  
> "included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes" in both  
> cases (2 different works) according to the ICZN Index, following  
> Opinions 278 and 789, but apparently still in use with some 81  
> currently accepted species according to LepIndex and Catalogue of  
> Life.
>
> The ICZN index also lists 6 other instances of Hamadryas from other  
> authors, all listed as junior homonyms of "Hamadryas Hübner, [1806]"  
> and therefore unavailable names, but no available version of this  
> genus is on the Official List.
>
> I'd appreciate it if anyone can shed light on this. For the record,  
> the LepIndex gives as valid the instance Hübner, 1806, Samml. Exot.  
> Schmett., 1 pl. [47], however this corresponds with the 1808  
> instance as cited in the ICZN Index (their earlier ref. is Testamen,  
> also rejected). Also I have not been able to find the detail of ICZN  
> Opinion 278 or 789, or discover whether there are any later rulings  
> on this issue - so somewhat confused as to what may be going on  
> here...
>
> Regards - Tony
>
> Tony Rees
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: iczn-list-bounces at afriherp.org [mailto:iczn-list-bounces at afriherp.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Francisco Welter-Schultes
> Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 10:24 AM
> To: Dr. David Campbell
> Cc: iczn-list at afriherp.org
> Subject: Re: [iczn-list] lugworm problem, proposal to modify Art.  
> 30.1.4.
>
>> to Stagnicola, Fruticicola, Urticicola, and Pseudamnicola, and note
>> that Opinion 1108 applied it to Amnicola, calling it masculine.
>
> Stagnicola was first mentioned as a synonym and was validated later. I
> treat  it as masculine. But both versions are on the market. Was  
> initially
> used as feminine.
>
> Urticicola was established as a subgenus of Zenobiella, by default
> masculine. Also here both versions are in usage. I treat it as  
> masculine.
> Has initially been treated as feminine.
>
> Fruticicola is feminine under Art. 30.1.4.2 (the French Code, not the
> English Code), Falkner et al. 2002 did not see that or did not read  
> the
> original description carefully enough. Fruticicola is an important  
> genus,
> but fortunately it has no adjectival species included.
>
> Amnicola must be masculine by default, but seems to have always been
> treated as feminine. It seems that Op. 1108 did not have too much
> influence.
>
> Pseudamnicola is the coolest. Paulucci 1878 proposed this genus
> conditionally in the Amnicola chapter, "for in case if the European
> Amnicola species would be classified as a separate genus", and  
> classfied
> several European species in Amnicola. Paulucci did not state  
> explicitly
> that Pseudamnicola was derived from Amnicola. So Paulucci failed to
> explain directly that Pseudamnicola was derived from Amnicola. In the
> account of species Paulucci combined several specific names with  
> Amnicola,
> and declined all as feminine. There are 20 different doors open to  
> come to
> 20 different conclusions.
> http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47695
> page 48.
> I would be interested in how Doug would interprete this case.
> Pseudamnicola has ever since been treated as feminine, and contains  
> many
> adjectival species.
>
>> I'm not convinced that fixing the gender of species epithets is all
>> that disruptive
> Certainly not if gender agreement is removed entirely from the Code  
> and
> zoologists would need to spend less time on these questions, passing  
> the
> workload to bioinformaticians who would be better equipped to do the  
> job.
>
> I also found some examples in Lepidoptera, but I would not give them  
> as
> examples here. For gender agreement lepidopterists have found  
> independent
> and quite successful solutions, for which the Code does not play a  
> crucial
> role.
> I would support including a small article in the Code "The chapters on
> gender agreement should not be applied to lepidopteran insects", to
> protect prevailing traditions there.
>
> Francisco
>
>
>
>
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