Anelaphus Linsley 1936

Anelaphus Linsley, 1936

Anelaphus Linsley 1936: 464.

See full references to Anelaphus on Monné (2021) and Tavakilian and Chevillotte (2021).

According to Lingafelter (2020): “ Anelaphus was proposed by Linsley (1936), also without an etymology. The name was apparently latinized elaphos from Proto-Greek, ἔλᾰφος, meaning deer, in the nominative singular form. The ending “ us ” suggests that Anelaphus is a second declension masculine noun (Winston 1999: 152). Therefore, all new combinations of species from the feminine Gymnopsyra must have their specific epithets modified to conform to the masculine Anelaphus, unless exempted according to subarticles of Article 31.2 (ICZN 1999).” Even after this explanation, some species-group names still are wrongly recorded on Monné (2021) and Bezark (2021b):

1. Anelaphus cinnabarinum (Fisher, 1942): “cinnabarium” is an adjective derivate from the noun “cinnabaris” (red); the suffix “-um” is neuter, forming adjectives from nouns, verbs, etc. In this case, the correct suffix agreeing with Anelaphus is “-us” (masculine) – A. cinnabarinus;

2. Anelaphus crispulum (Fisher, 1947): the suffix “-ulum” is neuter. In this case it was used to form a diminutive of an adjective “crispus” (curly). Therefore, as it is an adjective, the correct suffix agreeing with Anelaphus is “-us” (masculine): A. crispulus;

3. Anelaphus eximium (Bates, 1885): the correct masculine adjective agreeing with Anelaphus is “eximius:” Anelaphus eximius;

4. Anelaphus inornatum (Chemsak and Linsley, 1979): the correct masculine adjective agreeing with Anelaphus is “inornatus:” Anelaphus inornatus;

5. Anelaphus mutatum (Gahan, 1890); the correct masculine participle agreeing with Anelaphus is “mutatus:” Anelaphus mutatus;

6. Anelaphus simile (Schaeffer, 1908): the correct masculine adjective agreeing with Anelaphus is “similis:” Anelaphus similis;

7. Anelaphus subdepressum (Schaeffer, 1904): the correct masculine adjective agreeing with Anelaphus is “subdepressus”: Anelaphus subdepressus;

8. Anelaphus undulatum (Bates, 1880): the correct masculine adjective agreeing with Anelaphus is “undulatus:” Anelaphus undulatus.

The following species-group names remain unchanged:

1. Anelaphus cordiforme Tyson, 2013: the species-group name “cordiforme” is not a Latinized form (Latin: “cordiformis”). Therefore, it is to be treated as indeclinable, and need not agree in gender with the generic name.

2. Anelaphus guttiventre (Chevrolat, 1862): the species-group name “guttiventre” is a noun phrase, and need not agree in gender with the generic name.