Algia
| Number: | 963.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Herrich-Schäffer | |
| Family: | Nymphalidae | |
| Genus: | Algia | |
| Journal: | Corresp.-Bl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg | |
| Year: | 1864 | |
| Homonym Count: | 1.0 | |
| Page: | 125 | |
| Part: | (9) | |
| Ref Id: | 2653.0 | |
| Status: | Available name | |
| Subfamily: | Heliconiinae | |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea | |
| Tribe: | Vagrantini | |
| Volume: | 18 | |
| Type Country: | See BHL scanned Type-species page | |
| Type Des Ref Id: | 2553.0 | |
| Type Des: | by subsequent designation by | |
| Type Des Author: | Hemming | |
| Type Des Year: | 1964 | |
| Type Des Journal: | Annot. lep. | |
| Type Des Title: | Annotationes lepidopterologicae / Hepburn and Sons, London | |
| Type Des Part: | (4) | |
| Type Des Page: | 124 | |
| Type Sp Author: | Felder & Felder | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20104#page/402/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Journal: | Reise öst. Fregatte Novara | |
| Type Sp Page: | 389 | |
| Type Sp Part: | (2) | |
| Type Sp Series: | (9) | |
| Type Sp Volume: | 2 | |
| Type Sp Year: | 1867 | |
| Type Sp Ref Id: | 9581.0 | |
| Type Sp Genus: | Cirrochroa | |
| Type Sp: | satyrina | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=ALGIA', 'http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/gbn/Lamas_Genera_04ii08.xls', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127039', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphalidae'] | |
| Memo: | Hemming (1967) stated:- The nominal genus Algia Herrich-Schaeffer was established in a generic key without cited nominal species. Owing to the diagnosis so provided, the name Algia became an available name as from the date of being so published but lacked precision until such time as it was provided by a later author with included nominal species and one of these was designated as type-species. An attempt to included a nominal species was made by Herrich-Schaeffer himself when in 1865 (loc. cit. 19 : 103) he cited what he called "satyrina" as belonging to this genus. Unluckily, that name was at that time a manuscript name. Accordingly, the name Algia Herrich-Schaeffer remained at that time without an included nominal species. The name Algia was next considered in 1875 (Proc. amer. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10 : 107) when Scudder, after expressing the opinion that Algia had been published without a description and that the name cited for the sole included species was a nomen nudum suggested that the name Algia should be "dropped". In making this suggestion, Scudder was in error, for, as already shown, Algia was in fact provided with a diagnosis by Herrich-Schaeffer and so rendered available. Scudder was however uncritically followed by later authors and it was not until 1964 that Cirrochroa satyrina Felder (C.) & Felder (R.), [1867] was placed in this genus by myself and designated as type-species. The choice of this species was prompted partly by the fact that it was in harmony with the diagnosis given by Herrich-Schaeffer in 1864 and partly because in 1867 Herrich-Schaeffer had placed in this genus what he called "satyrina", a name which had not been published. It may reasonably be concluded however that it was the species which in 1867 the Felders established as the nominal species cirrochroa satyrina which Herrich-Schaeffer had in mind when he established the genus Algia. Normally, it would be most undesirable to bring into use a long-neglected name, such as Algia Herrich-Schaeffer, for almost always to do so would involve the established name in current use, but this is not the case in the present instance. There are two names which are junior subjective synonyms of Algia Herrich-Schaeffer. These are : Paduca Moore, [Nov.] 1886, and Ducapa Moore, [1900]. The name Ducapa was introduced by Moore as a replacement for Paduca, which he regarded as being invalid under the Law of Homonymy, as being a junior homonym of Paduka Distant, [April] 1886 (a name bestowed upon a genus of Hesperiids). The genus has since been generally known by the name Ducapa but this name is invalid, for under the "One Letter Difference" Rule now embodied in Article 56(a) Paduca Moore is not a homonym of Paduka Distant and is an available name. The name Paduca Moore has not, however, as yet been brought into use in place of Ducapa and in these circumstances it does not appear that there would be any ground for asking the Commission to suppress the name Algia ; for the result would only serve to make way for the name Paduca Moore, a name which (as already explained) is not in use and which has been compromised though having been (incorrectly) rejected under the Law of Homonymy. Cowan (1970) made the following comment for this genus:- It is wrong to treat Paduca Moore (See also: List [Hemming, 1967] : 330) as not in current use. With Ducapa the name has long been well known, and was mentioned in Seitz (Grschm. Erde 9 : 484, by Fruhstorfer, 1912), and Paduca was confirmed as fully valid by Corbet in 1956 (Butt. Malay Penin. : 198, 446, 477 note 15), in his classic which is widely consulted now in the territory of Paduca. Algia was never brought into general use because, not only was it introduced in unsatisfactory fashion as Hemming points out so clearly, but it also was discarded by Scudder in his Historical Sketch (1875). It ranked as a perfect example of a nomen oblitum when, a century after its introduction, Hemming (1964: 124) improperly revived it. This act contravened Article 23 (b) of the Code in that he did not "refer it to the Commission, to be placed either on the appropriate Official Index of Rejected Names or, if such action better serves the stability and universality of nomenclature, on the appropriate Official List [Hemming, 1967] . A nomen oblitum is not to be used unless the Commission so directs. It is still felt that stability and universality will best be served by the continued use of Paduca Moore, 1886 and the rejection of Algia Herrich-Schäffer, 1864, and a proposal to this effect is being submitted." Cowan (1970: 33) stated:- ALGIA and PADUCA In Annot. Rhop. 1968 (p. 16, note 2) it was said than an application would be submitted under Article 23b regarding Algia Herrich-Schäffer, 1864 and Paduca Moore, 1886, whose type-species are regarded respectively as the Celebes and the Sumatran subspecies of the same species. This has not been done. These two generic names remain both valid, their synonymy being purely subjective. The type-species, A. satyrina Felder & Felder, 1867 and P. fasciata Folder & Felder, 1860 are remarkably different in appearance and there is even some structural difference between them. Although they must represent the same original parent species their divergence is considerable and presents an interesting situation. It is felt that until more is known of their early stages, habits and other properties, there is no harm in leaving the nomenclature as it stands. In any case it is not possible to act under Article 23b at present, as that Article is still in abeyance, having been inoperative since 1966. The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008). |
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