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Notes:
Hemming
(1967) stated:-
The
name Phanes was introduced by Godman to replace the name Phanis published
by himself in the previous year (1900), that name being invalid under the
Law of Homonymy.
The
name Phanes, as a replacement name, automatically takes as its
type-species the species which at the introduction of this name was the
type-species of Phanis, the name replaced. That type-species was a
misidentified nominal species. In order to rectify this mistake and to
promote nomenclatorial stability, the Commission was asked to designate as
the type-species of both these genera the species described by Godman in
place of the nominal species actually cited by that author.
What
happened in this case was this. Godman, when establishing the genus
Phanis, gave a detailed diagnosis. This was based on the characters
exhibited by what may here be termed Species "X". He designated as the
type-species what he called Hesperia justinianus Latreille, [1824]. At the
same time he cited as a junior synonym of that name the name Thracides
aletes Geyer (in Hübner), which he attributed to Hübner. On the following
page he described this "species" again calling it by the name justinianus
and again citing the name aletes as a synonym. In addition, Godman gave
four figures of what he called "justinianus" on his plate 99 : figs 24, 25
(male - upperside & underside), fig. 26 (neuration), fig. 27 (male -
genitalia). Both Godman's description of "justinianus" and the figures on
plate 99 refer to what has been termed Species "X" above. The detailed
information provided by Godman, the extensive material in the British
Museum and Latreille's type of Hesperia justinianus (a male with a female
body gummed on) now also in the British Museum make it clear (as has been
demonstrated by Evans, 1955 (Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4 : 118, 119,
194, 196)) that the two taxa here in question are very distinct from one
another and that all Godman's observations and figures relating to what he
called Phanis justinianus (Latreille) refer exclusively to Thracides
aletes Geyer. Accordingly, when Godman designated as the type of his genus
Phanis, the nominal species Hesperia justinanus, what in fact he was
trying to do was so to designate the species which he had misidentified as
Hesperia justinianus, namely Thracides aletes Geyer.
As
a stop-gap measure to avoid confusion and unnecessary name-changing Evans
(1955, loc. cit. 4 : 118) adopted Thracides aletes Geyer as the
type-species of Phanes Godman, at the same time (: 90, 194) erecting the
new genus Justinia for Hesperia justinianus Latreille. Since then an
application has been submitted to the Commission asking for the settlement
of this case on the lines set out above. (See Hemming, 1965, Bull. zool.
Nom. 22 : 78).
Cowan
(1968) made the following comment for this and other genera
Opinions
published in September and December 1967 in Bull. zool. Nomencl. 24, parts
(4) and (5) CONFIRMED the forecasts given in the List [Hemming, 1967] for
the following genera;
Adopaeoides
Godman; Op. 825
Arisbe
Hübner; Op. 823
Artines
Godman; Op. 826
Gegenes
Hübner; Op. 827
Halpe
Moore; Op. 828
Iaspis
Kaye; Op. 821
Napaea
Hübner; Op. 820
Papias
Godman; Op. 829
Phanes
Godman; Op. 830
Phrissura
Butler; Op. 824
Telicota
Moore; Op. 831
Ypthima
Hübner; Op. 819
Zenis
Godman; Op. 832
Thracides
aletes Geyer, 1832 was designated as the type-species for Phanes Godman,
[1901], using the plenary powers of the Commission. Thracides aletes was
placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology and Phanes on the
List of Generic Names in Zoology, (Opinion 830), The Bulletin of
Zoological Nomenclature, 24 : 280.
See
also electronic Biologia centrali americana. Insecta.
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