Ramussia Kurbatov, 1991

Kurbatov, S. A., 2022, Notes on Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Sakhalin Region, Russia, Russian Entomological Journal 31 (1), pp. 36-41 : 37

Genus Ramussia Kurbatov, 1991

Schülke and Smetana [2015: 385, 392] changed the gender of Ramussia Kurbatov, 1991 , from neuter to feminine, in the framework of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera . Ramussia was based on a single new species, R. parabile Kurbatov, 1991 . Though its gender has not been specified originally, according to the ICZN, 1999, Art. 30.2.3. it indicated by the gender of adjectival speciesgroup name originally included. Schülke and Smetana (l. c.) have possibly based their change on the following Art. 30.2.4 of the ICZN, which is not applicable in this case. Thus, original spelling Ramussia parabile (gender neuter) is correct.

As to the previously ungiven etymology of Ramussia , the name is formed from letters used in the words “ Russia ”, “USSR”, “ Amur ” and “Ussuri” to produce a sound similar to that of the closely related Ramecia Casey, 1893 (an anagram for America).