[Taxacom] Iapyx vs. Japyx (etc.) in Diplura

[Tony Rees]

Hi Stephen, I thought the same initially, however Haliday's original
description is available via BHL at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27559041, where he seems to me to
have constructed "Iapix" correctly (no obvious orthographic substitution of
"I" for "J") and also states that the name comes from "the poetical name
for Calabrian [people]", the forerunners of whom are apparently still known
as Iapygians, from the former region Iapycia (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapygians), originally named from Greek
mythology after Daedalus' son Iapyx... so the original spelling seems sound
to me, but as Francisco said, a misspelling (originally proposed by Meinert
as an unjustified emendation) appears to have taken its place in general
usage.

All interesting background...

Regards - Tony


On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 07:31, Stephen Thorpe <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>
wrote:

>
> Tony,
> I think this is an example of a wider printing orthography issue for older
> works.
> Stephen
> On Sunday, 12 April 2020, 05:30:08 pm UTC, Tony Rees via Taxacom <
> taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Taxacomers,
>
> In the Hexapod class (formerly order) Diplura, two forms of the genus name
> Iapyx Haliday, 1864 are in current use, namely Iapyx and Japyx, same for
> the family names based on this genus (Iapygidae/Japygidae); Japyx can
> perhaps be construed either as a lapsus, a subsequent emendation, or a
> legitimate correction; the name was originally published as
>
> Haliday, A.H. 1864. *Iapyx,* a new genus of insects belonging to the stirps
> Thysanura, in the order Neuroptera.
> <
> https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/publication/e22adc15-efeb-48c9-b0fe-990dabe813a3
> >
> *Transactions of the Linnean Society of London*
> <
> https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/publication/a6b0ca4d-471d-4666-96a2-8fee5114bc35
> >
> *24*: 441-447 .
>
> In the absence of an ICZN ruling on the matter, are there any rules or
> precedents to decide which spelling is preferable to use, and/or the
> technically "correct" one?
>
> Regards - Tony
>
> Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
> https://about.me/TonyRees
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