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Arthrolips obscura
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Subspecies
Original
description
Synonyms
Cossyphus obscurus Sahlberg, 1833
Arthrolips obscurus (Sahlberg, 1833)
Arthrolips obscura (Sahlberg, 1833)
Sacium discedens Jacquelin du Val, 1859
Arthrolips
discedens (Jacquelin du Val, 1859)
Sacium corticinum
Thomson, 1863
Arthrolips
corticinum (Thomson, 1863)
Arthrolips
sanctaebalmae Abeille de Perrin, 1895
Arthrolips polypori Fiori, 1915
Arthrolips bosnicus Obenberger, 1922
Note:
the
gender
of
the
genus
name is unclear. The original author indicated neutral, or in later
publications, male gender. The reviser Bowestead (1999), however,
assumes female gender, because "[l]exicon evidence indicates that the
few Greek nouns with `ps´ ending are feminine". I find no support
for
Bowestead´s notion, because Greek words with the ending "-ips"
appear
to be mostly masculine. Thus, I would assume that Arthrolips is of male
gender. However, in order not to introduce further instability of the
spelling of the species epithet, I accept Bowestead´s (1999)
determination of Arthrolips as being of female gender.
Identification
Distribution
Biology
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