Anelaphus Linsley, 1936

Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2021, Description of four new species of Anelaphus Linsley (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae Cerambycinae, Elaphidiini), correction of the spelling of species-group names and description of the female of Anelaphus pilosus Chemsak and Noguera, Zootaxa 5048 (3), pp. 371-390 : 372

Anelaphus Linsley, 1936

Anelaphus Linsley 1936: 464 .

See full references to Anelaphus on Monné (2021) and Tavakilian and Chevillotte (2021).

According to Lingafelter (2020): “ Anelaphus was proposed by Linsley (1936), also without an etymology. The name was apparently latinized elaphos from Proto-Greek, ἔλᾰφος, meaning deer, in the nominative singular form. The ending “ us ” suggests that Anelaphus is a second declension masculine noun (Winston 1999: 152). Therefore, all new combinations of species from the feminine Gymnopsyra must have their specific epithets modified to conform to the masculine Anelaphus , unless exempted according to subarticles of Article 31.2 (ICZN 1999).” Even after this explanation, some species-group names still are wrongly recorded on Monné (2021) and Bezark (2021b):

1. Anelaphus cinnabarinum (Fisher, 1942) : “cinnabarium” is an adjective derivate from the noun “cinnabaris” (red); the suffix “-um” is neuter, forming adjectives from nouns, verbs, etc. In this case, the correct suffix agreeing with Anelaphus is “-us” (masculine) – A. cinnabarinus ;

2. Anelaphus crispulum (Fisher, 1947) : the suffix “-ulum” is neuter. In this case it was used to form a diminutive of an adjective “crispus” (curly). Therefore, as it is an adjective, the correct suffix agreeing with Anelaphus is “-us” (masculine): A. crispulus ;

3. Anelaphus eximium ( Bates, 1885) : the correct masculine adjective agreeing with Anelaphus is “eximius:” Anelaphus eximius ;

4. Anelaphus inornatum (Chemsak and Linsley, 1979) : the correct masculine adjective agreeing with Anelaphus is “inornatus:” Anelaphus inornatus ;

5. Anelaphus mutatum (Gahan, 1890) ; the correct masculine participle agreeing with Anelaphus is “mutatus:” Anelaphus mutatus ;

6. Anelaphus simile (Schaeffer, 1908) : the correct masculine adjective agreeing with Anelaphus is “similis:” Anelaphus similis ;

7. Anelaphus subdepressum (Schaeffer, 1904) : the correct masculine adjective agreeing with Anelaphus is “subdepressus”: Anelaphus subdepressus ;

8. Anelaphus undulatum ( Bates, 1880) : the correct masculine adjective agreeing with Anelaphus is “undulatus:” Anelaphus undulatus .

The following species-group names remain unchanged:

1. Anelaphus cordiforme Tyson, 2013 : the species-group name “cordiforme” is not a Latinized form (Latin: “cordiformis”). Therefore, it is to be treated as indeclinable, and need not agree in gender with the generic name.

2. Anelaphus guttiventre (Chevrolat, 1862) : the species-group name “guttiventre” is a noun phrase, and need not agree in gender with the generic name.