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Art. 20. — In forming names derived from languages in which the 

 Latin alphabet is used, the exact original spelling, including diacritic 

 marks, is to be retained. Examples : Selysius, Lamarckia, Kollikeria, 

 Mulleria, Stdlia, Knpyeria, Ibafiezia, Mobiusi, Media, Czjzeki, spltz- 

 bers^ensis, ishindinis, paragimyensis, patagonicus, barbadensis, fdroensis. 



Recommendations. — The prefixes sub and pseudo should be used only with 

 adjectives and substantives, sub with Latin words, pseudo with Greek words, and 

 they should not be used in combination with proper names. Examples : sub- 

 viridis, subchelatus, Pseudacanlhiis, Pseudophis, Pseudoiiiys. Words like sab- 

 wi/soni and pseudo-grateloupaita are not recommended. 



The terminations aides and ides should be used in combination only with (Ireek 

 or Latin substantives; they should not be used in combination with proprr names. 



Geographic and patronymic names from countries which have no recognized 

 orthography or which do not use the Latin alphabet, should be transcribed into 

 Latin according to the rules adopted by the Geographic Society of Paris (see 

 Appendix G). 



Author's Name. 



Art. 21. — The author of a scientific name is that person who first 

 publishes the name in connection with an indication, a definition, 

 or a description, unless it is clear from the contents of the publica- 

 tion that some other person is responsible for said name and its 

 indication, definition, or description. 



Art. 22. — If it is desired to cite tlie author's name, this should 

 follow the scientific name without interposition of any mark, of 

 punctuation ; if other citations are desirable (date, sp. n., emend., 

 sefisu stricto, etc.), these follow after the author's name but are 

 separated from it by a comma or by parenthesis. Examples : Primates 

 Linne, 1758, or Primates Linne (1758). 



Recommendation. — When the name of the author of a scientific name is 

 abbreviated, the writer will do well to conform to the list' of abbreviations pub- 

 lished by the Zoological Museum of Berlin. 



Art. 23. — When a species is transferred to another than the 

 original genus or the specific name is combined with any other 

 generic name than that with which it was originally pul)lished, the 

 name of the author of the specific name is retained in the notation 

 but placed in parenthesis. Examples: Tcenia lata Linne, 1758, and 

 Dibotliriocephilus latus (Linne, 1758) ; Fasciola hepatica Linne, 

 1758, and Distoma hepaticuin (Linne, 1758). 



If it is desired to cite the author of the new combin;ition, h's name 

 follows the parenthesis. Example : Liinnatis nUotica (Savigny, 1820) 

 Moquin-Tandon, 1826. - 



Art. 24 — When a species is divided, the restricted species to which 

 the original specific name of the primitive species is attributed may 



I Liste dt'r Autoren zoolo^hcher Ait- uni GaflHii^siiaiiieii zxtsammengestellt von den 

 Zoolooendt-s Miiseums fiir Natiiikunde in Berlin. Berlin, 2 vennehrte Auflage, S" , 1896. 



