Nomenclatural notes in Scorpiones (Arachnida)
Author
Acosta, Luis E.
CONICET - Cátedra de Diversidad Animal I, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Av. Vélez Sarsfield 299, X 5000 JJC Córdoba, Argentina; lacosta @ com. uncor. edu Department of Biological Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia 25755 - 2510 U. S. A.; fet @ marshall. edu
Author
Fet, Victor
text
Zootaxa
2005
2005-04-08
934
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.934.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.934.1.1
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Hadrurus concolorous
Stahnke 1969
(Caraboctonidae)
Hadrurus concolorous
Stahnke 1969: 59
.
Hadrurus concolor
Sissom & Fet 2000: 416
. Unjustified emendation (junior objective synonym).
Sissom & Fet (2000)
emended the species name
concolorous
to
concolor
, because the original spelling is not a proper Latin word, but an English adjective with the same meaning. It is not mandatory, however, that authors use only Latin words, as any language is allowed (Art. 11.3) provided that the name is constructed using the Latin alphabet (Art. 11.2). Therefore, this emendation is unjustified, and the original name is to be restored.