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Issue: Vol. 3270 No. 1: 17 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3270.1.7
Page range: 67–68
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

The endings of specific nomina dedicated to persons should not be emended: nomenclatural issues in Phalangopsidae (Hexapoda: Grylloidea)

Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Rua Ceará, S/N, Campus Umuarama, Uberlândia, MG. 38.400-902
Vertébrés: Reptiles & Amphibiens, UMR 7205 OSEB, Département Systématique & Evolution, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP 30, 25 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
Orthoptera Hexapoda Grylloidea

Abstract

Costa (2012) intended to “correct” the spellings of the specific epithets of two species of phalangopsid crickets (Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) described from Brazil in Mews et al. (2009). According to Costa (2012), both specific nomina “were incorrectly formed under the articles of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999), leading to the need of justified emendations according to the article 33.2.2 of the Code…”.

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    Costa, H.C. (2012) Correction to the scientific name of two recently described Brazilian species of crickets (Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae). Zootaxa, 3207, 68.

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