[Taxacom] Linnaeus' "Habitat in Indiis"

[Francisco Welter-Schultes]

In L. 1758 "in Indiis" referred usually to the Caribbean Islands, but 
sometimes it means "Caribbean, India or SE Asia".

Francisco


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Francisco Welter-Schultes

Am 25.04.2020 um 18:12 schrieb Socorro Gonzalez via Taxacom:
> Hello Carlos,
>   "Habitat in Indii" was recorded by Linnaeus for many plants from the "West Indies", the islands in the Caribbean Sea, and also for the surrounding coasts.
> The singular "Habitat in India", for the Indian subcontinent, is given sometimes on the same page in Species Plantarum:
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> Caroli Linnæi ... Species plantarum. Tom.1-6 [in 7 pt. No more was publ. in vol.5 after pt.2. sect. 1].
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> Cheers.
> Socorro González-Elizondo_________________________________
>    Dra. M. Socorro Gonzalez ElizondoCIIDIR, Instituto Politécnico NacionalSigma 119 Fracc. 20 de Noviembre IIDurango, Dgo., 34234 MEXICOPh. (618) 814 4540(618) 814 6802(55) 5 729 6000 ext. 82609
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>      El sábado, 25 de abril de 2020 06:35:14 GMT-5, Carlos Alberto Martínez Muñoz via Taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> escribió:
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>    Dear Taxacomers,
> I have a question for those of you dealing with Linnaean species. What is
> your English translation of the type locality (= Habitat in) "Indiis"? I am
> not asking for interpretations but for translations. To me it translates as
> "Indies", in plural.
> In Myriapoda, the plural translation (Indies) seems to have been overlooked
> for the three involved species (*Scolopendra morsitans*, *Julus indus*
> and *Julus
> fuscus*), which have been assigned the type locality as that of the
> singular translation (India).
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> There are also interesting questions to debate regarding interpretations:
> 1) What the Linnaean concept of "Indiis" was.
> 2) What "Indiis" has been corrected to.
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> For debate on question 1), there is a nice map at:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies#/media/File:Indies.PNG
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> For debate on question 2), I have compiled a few cases below (biblio
> available online):
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> AlgaeBase
> *Amphiroa fragilissima* (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux 1816
> Type locality: Habitat in Indiis [Jamaica?] (Linnaeus 1758: 806). (...) In
> the protologue (Linnaeus 1758: p. 806), the locality is given as " Habitat
> in Indiis " and an illustration from Sloane (1707: p. 58, pl. 20, fig. 5)
> based on material from Jamaica is cited."
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> Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and
> Bats
> Edited by Alfred L. Gardner
> page 137 Yellow Armadilllo *Dasypus septemcinctus* Linnaeus 1758:51
> Type locality "in Indiis" corrected to Brazilia, further restricted to
> Pernambuco
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> A Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Egypt
> Written by Sherif Baha el Din
> page 243 *Dasypeltis scabra* (Linnaeus 1758) Egg-eating Snake
> *Coluber scaber* Linnaeus 1758: 223. Type locality: "in Indiis" interpreted
> as meaning South Africa by Flower (1933).
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> Snakes of Central and Western Africa
> Written by Jean-Philippe Chippaux and Kate Jackson
> page 271 Rhombic Skaapsteker, *Psammophylax rhombeatus* (Linnaeus 1758)
> The type locality is "Indiis" (meaning South Africa)
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> Results of the Fifth George Vanderbilt Expedition, 1941: Part 1 - Fishe
> Written by Fowler
> page 157 *Holacanthus ciliaris* (Linnaeus)
> *Chaetodon ciliaris* Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, pt. 1, 1758, p. 276
> (type locality, "in Indiis" = tropical America).
> 
> Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation in Wallacea and New
> Guinea: Volume 2
> Edited by Dmitry Telnov
> page 162 *Asota heliconia* (Linnaeus, 1758)
> Linnaeus (1758) noted this species as living "in Calidis regionibus", on
> warm regions. Somewhat later, he wrote that "*Phalaena Noctua heliconia*"
> "Habitat in Indiis" (Linnaeus 1764: 385).
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> Guidelines for the Capture and Management of Digital Zoological Names
> Information v1.1
> Written by Francisco W. Welter-Schultes
> page 118 *Papilio acesta* Linnæus 1758 (Lepidoptera)
> type locality given as "in Indiis". This was a contemporary expression
> usually used for the Caribbean. (...) Occasionally the term referred also
> to India.
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> Francisco also asked in Taxacom (Jan 18, 2010): What would be your GPS
> record for "in Indiis"?
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> Looking forward to a collaborative debate,
> Carlos
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> Carlos A. Martínez Muñoz
> Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit
> FI-20014 University of Turku
> Finland
> ResearchGate profile
> <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos_Martinez-Munoz>
> Myriapod Morphology and Evolution
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