Eurypodius Guérin, 1828 (Inachidae)

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In his Nomenclator Zoologicus, Neave (1939: 365) attributed authorship of the name Eurypodius to Guérin “1825” ( in Latreille et al., Encyclopédie Méthodique, vol. 10, page 700, footnote). Guérin ( in Latreille et al. “1825”: 700, footnote) wrote “ Ici vient se placer le genre Eurypode ( Eurypodius ), que nous avons établi avec une espèce des île Malouines, dont les pattes ambulatoires ont le métatarse dilaté en nageoire ”. Sherborn & Woodward (1906b: 578) and Evenhuis (2003a: 36) demonstrated that the tenth volume of the Encyclopédie Méthodique was issued in two parts, with the second part (pp. 345–832) released on 13 December 1828. Thus, Guérin’s ( in Latreille et al. 1825) diagnosis should be correctly cited as Guérin ( in Latreille et al. 1828). The date “1825” on the title-page has clearly caused confusion among later workers (e.g. Neave 1939: 365).

The diagnosis of genus-group name Eurypodius in Guérin’s ( in Latreille et al. 1828) is, however, antedated by the diagnosis of the name in Guérin (1828: 345–359, pl. 14) in which the genus-group name and the species Eurypodius latreillii (the type species by monotypy, Article 68.3 of the Code, ICZN 1999: 71) were diagnosed and figured. This diagnosis (Guérin 1828: 345–359, pl. 14) appeared on 14 April 1828 (see Anonymous 1921: 51). The genus- and species-group names Eurypodius latreillii Guérin, 1828 , are currently regarded as valid (see Ng et al. 2008: 111).