Taxacom: Typographic errors mistaken by new names

[Geoff Read]

Ah, the unhelpful silent mistake correction.  Or maybe Fulanus never
checked again his own previous work. My take would be that Cuchicuchancia
is an incorrect subsequent spelling, and not an available name from
Fulanus 1800 (Zoo article 33.3) .  Thus whoever *subsequently* applied it
to a different concept to that of Menganus is possibly the author of
Chuchicuchancia new genus, depending on the adequacy of the details they
published. Fulanus, 1800 is not the author and date.

I would expect spelling mistakes like Fulanus's to accumulate in name
catalogues. Whether they are killed off by subsequent workers depends on
how careful those workers are in checking how they arose. Yes, it would be
interesting to know of other cases where the wrongly spelled names took on
a new life.

Cheers,
Geoff Read


On Thu, February 17, 2022 8:08 pm, Carlos Alberto Martínez Muñoz via
Taxacom wrote:
> Dear Taxacomers,
> I am looking for nomenclatural publications in which very particular cases
> of typographic errors were addressed: cases in which the said errors were
> mistaken by new names and kept as such for many years.
> General example:
> 1) Fulanus (1800) publishes the incorrect subsequent spelling
> *Cuchicuchancia* and attributes it to Menganus, as in "*Cuchicuchancia*,
> Meng.", the original name being *Cuchicuchoria* Menganus.
> 2) Fulanus (1802) publishes an extended version of Fulanus (1800) in which
> he states that no names were changed with respect to the earlier work, and
> which contains the correct genus name *Cuchicuchoria* Menganus.
> 3) The correct spelling *Cuchicuchoria* Menganus remains in use to present
> day for the taxonomic concept of Menganus. The incorrect spelling
> *Cuchicuchancia* also remains in use, for a different taxonomic concept
> but
> attributed to "Fulanus, 1800" and not to Menganus, and despite the
> correction by Fulanus (1802).
>
> Are there published solutions for this sort of glorified typo, like an
> author formally publishing the typo for the taxonomic concept that it
> represents, or choosing a new name for the taxonomic concept? I guess that
> there should be some and I would be happy to read those cases.
> As always, I only receive the daily Taxacom digest.
>
> Kind regards,
> Carlos
>
> Carlos A. Martínez Muñoz
> Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit
> FI-20014 University of Turku
> Finland
> Myriatrix

Geoffrey B. Read, Ph.D.
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
gread at actrix.gen.nz