Determination of the Correct Authorship and Type Species of Nosoderma, and the Impact on the Nomenclature of the Zopherini (coleoptera: Zopheridae)
Author
Foley, Ian A.
Author
Ivie, Michael A.
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2007
2007-03-31
61
1
65
74
http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/925.1
journal article
10.1649/925.1
1938-4394
5461666
Nosoderma
Guérin-Méneville
, new sense
Nosoderma
was considered neuter by Guérin-Méneville (1838) and
Champion (1884)
, but feminine by Casey (1907
b
). Because the word is a Greek compound noun formed by the combination of nosos (nosos, disease) and DÉRMa (derma, skin), Article 30.1.2 (ICZN 1999) applies. The gender is taken from the last Greek word of the compound, in this case ‘‘derma’’ which is neuter (
Liddell
et al.
1968
).