Taxacom: Questions of homonymy of three genus names

[David Campbell]

Judging by a quick look at Molluscabase (
https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.molluscabase.org%2Faphia.php%3Fp%3Dtaxdetails%26id%3D138459&data=05%7C02%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7Cfba37d3b03fa48aeb79108dc9c8d88a1%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638557379664372398%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JGxRNSh%2BTONdfp99Cw3Jk2%2FjAqkUqlGMM8uOHq08M6Q%3D&reserved=0 ), Setia
Adams & Adams, 1852 does have fairly extensive use, but I don't know if it
makes the cutoff without further investigation.

On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 7:37 PM Douglas Yanega via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> On 7/4/24 12:07 PM, Tony Rees via Taxacom wrote:
> > Hi Markku,
> >
> > continuing consideration of the other 2 cases you raise:
> >
> >> 2) ... NHM says "Haplota Dunning & Pickard, 1858" is "unjustified
> > emendation" [of Aplota Stephens, 1834]
> >
> > This appears to be correct, in which case Haplota Dunning & Pickard, 1858
> > would be unavailable, and Haplota Marcus, 1940 not a homonym
>
> Unfortunately, under ICZN Article 33.2.3, this is not true:
>
> "33.2.3. Any other emendation is an "unjustified emendation"; the name
> thus emended *is available* and it has its own author and date and is a
> junior objective synonym of the name in its original spelling; *it
> enters into homonymy* [snip]"
>
> This is perhaps one of the most difficult bits in the entire Code -
> Article 33, in which emendations are available names, but incorrect
> spellings are unavailable - and the only difference between the two is
> whether the change in spelling was intentional (an emendation) or not (a
> misspelling).
>
> If it is clear from reading Dunning & Pickard that they changed the
> spelling of Aplota on purpose, then Haplota Marcus IS a homonym.
>
> That said, *the dates are important*. Dunning & Pickard's name was
> published in 1858. If it was never used as a *valid* name after 1899,
> then it can be declared a nomen oblitum, and Haplota Marcus, 1940 can be
> declared a nomen protectum, as long as it has been used as valid
> frequently (see Article 23.9.1).
>
> In this and many such cases, you can't tell which names are valid,
> available, emendations, misspellings, or homonyms, without knowing ALL
> of the relevant literature. Nomenclators, aggregators, human or
> automated, are going to have trouble getting these things right.
>
> >> 3) Setia Adams & Adams, 1852 vs Setia Meigen, 1829 vs Setia Oken, 1815
> > I guess this trickier issue? "Setia Oken, 1815" is suppressed, but is
> > "Setia Meigen, 1829" true original emendation Sesia or just subsequent
> > usage of suppressed Oken name?
> >
> > My guess would be that Setia Adams & Adams, 1852 (in Mollusca) in the
> > available name in this case. Setia Meigen is simply an incorrect
> > [?=unjustified] emendation according to Pühringer, F. and Kallies, A.,
> > 2004. Provisional checklist of the Sesiidae of the world (Lepidoptera:
> > Ditrysia). *Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft
> > Salzkammergut*, *4*, pp.1-85. (
> > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sesiidae.net%2Fliterature%2FMitteilungen_2004_001-085.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7Cfba37d3b03fa48aeb79108dc9c8d88a1%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638557379664372398%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1T3D5XuCCYIt6e%2FPAFRBzaF1f4qjuNRUFs6nmmTCL9c%3D&reserved=0) who
> > state:
> >
> > Sesia FABRICIUS 1775:547 [[Sphinx] apiformis CLERCK 1759, subsequent
> > designation by LATREILLE 1810:440]
> >    Setia OKEN 1815:745; rejected name (Opinion Nr. 417 ICZN)
> >    Setia MEIGEN 1829:103; incorrect emendation
> >    Sometia MEIGEN 1829:115; incorrect original spelling (unavailable)
> >    (+ more...)
>
> This case appears to be the same exact situation. Setia Meigen is an
> emendation, and available. Setia Adams & Adams is a homonym *unless* (1)
> Meigen's name is a nomen oblitum, and (2) Adams & Adams' name qualifies
> as a nomen protectum.
>
> In both of these cases, I'd be a little surprised if either of the
> junior names qualified as a nomen protectum. The first is a monotypic
> bryozoan genus, the latter is a subgenus name for a group of small
> marine snails, and might only rarely appear in print (though probably
> more likely than the bryozoan).
>
> Peace,
>
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> Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
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