[Taxacom] Does a misspelling merit parentheses?

[Thomas Pape]

If Wollaston explicitly corrected "Limnebius" to "Limnobius", he probably made an unjustified emendation, and "Limnobius" would then take authorship from that later paper. 

This means that the combination should be given as Limnobius punctatus (Wollaston, 1864) - but Limnebius Wollaston, 1864 is the senior synonym and is probably the valid generic name.

Thomas Pape


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From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> On Behalf Of Robert Louis Zuparko
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Subject: [Taxacom] Does a misspelling merit parentheses?

In 1864, Wollaston described the species punctatus in a genus he originally spelled as "Limnebius". In a later paper, he corrected the generic spelling to "Limnobius".

Is this correction enough to merit his name being placed in parentheses?
That is, should this species now be referred to as

a). Limnobius punctatus Wollaston, 1864, or

b). Limnobius punctatus (Wollaston, 1864)?

Thanks,

-Bob

Robert Zuparko
Essig Museum of Entomology
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