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

[Tony Rees]

The same root is also used for some specific epithets: e.g. CoL (current
version) lists Isoetes iapygia Ernandes, Beccarisi & V. Zuccarello in
Plantae, and Temnora iapygoides Holland, 1889 in Lepidoptera ... however it
is more common in the form starting with "j" (8 examples, commencing
with Bombylius japygus Hall & Evenhuis, 1980).

Cheers - Tony


On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 08:12, Tony Rees <tonyrees49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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