Chelaner longinodis (Heterick, 2001)

Chelaner longinodis View in CoL — Monomorium longinode Heterick, 2001: 393

Longinodis is adjectival, as it is formed from the same process as the Latin word enodis, through a suffixal -is /- e applied to the Latin noun nodus. However, the etymology given for M. longinode is "long node" ( Heterick 2001), which suggests that this is meant to be a compound noun. There is no nominative noun form in Latin which ends in - e, and other cases are not permissable according to Article 11.9. There is a nominative neuter adjectival ending, - e, as in node. This is not a case of poor latinization, as the Glossary defines that process as only applying to words which are not Latin. As node is a valid adjectival form in Latin, the simplest reading is that the Latin etymology is meant to be mean 'long-noded'. Article 31.2 does not mention authorial intent or etymological notes when considering whether a species-group name is Latin; it merely states that if a word ends in a Latin adjective, it must agree in gender. As such, this name is changed to longinodis when it is recombined.