Subspecies
Original
description
Synonyms
Tachydromia brachystyla
Bezzi, 1892
Platypalpus brachystylus
(Bezzi, 1892)
Platypalpus
brachystyla (Bezzi, 1892)
Tachydromia
pubicornis brunneitibia Strobl, 1899
Note: Bezzi used the spelling "brachystyla"
which is an unclear form. It is a compound
word that apparently consists of the greek
words "brachys" ("short") and "stylos" ("stem,
pillar"). However, a non-latinized compound
noun should then read "brachystylos" or, if
more than one stylus are meant,
"brachystyloi", and a latinized noun should
read "brachystylus" or in the plural
"brachystyli". By contrast, Bezzi used the
spelling "brachystyla" obviously to adjust the
gender of the word to the gender of the genus
name Tachydromia. This suggests that Bezzi
used the word as a Roman agnomen
(= sobriquet, additional descriptive name).
These agnomina are nouns, but were adjusted in
gender to the person they described (e.g.
"Julius Nigrinus", but "Julia Nigrina"). Thus,
I suggest that the word is not a noun in
apposition in the sense of Article 31.2.1. of
the Code and the gender must therefore agree
with the genus name; the correct form is
therefore "brachystylus", not "brachystyla".
Identification
Distribution
Biology
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