Brachymetra anduze Drake & Harris, 1942

Kment, Petr & Kolínová, Zdislava, 2013, Catalogue of type specimens of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 821-890 : 861-862

Brachymetra anduze Drake & Harris, 1942

Brachymetra anduze Drake & Harris, 1942: 95−96 (original description); RUHOFF (1968): 30 (list of taxa described by Drake); ARISTIZÁBAL (2002): 127, 136 (diagnosis).

Brachymetra anduzeei (incorrect subsequent spelling): HARRIS & DRAKE (1945): 212 (list); DRAKE & ROZE (1954): 227 (distribution); DRAKE (1957): 128 (differential diagnosis).

Brachymetra anduzei (incorrect subsequent spelling): MATSUDA (1960): 236 – 237, 240, 524–525, Fig. 538 (morphology, variability); HECKMAN (2011): 132 (key).

One paratype is deposited in NMPC:

PARATYPE (J apter.): ‘Los Lechozos [hw] D. F. [p] / Venezuela [p] 3-13-38 [hw] / G. Vivas Berthier [p] // J [p] // Brachymetra / anduzeii [hw] / PARATYPE [p, red label]’.(Male genitalia dissected, glued on a separate triangular piece of card attached to the same pin).

Current status. Valid species (see ARISTIZÁBAL 2002, HECKMAN 2011).

Remark. DRAKE & HARRIS (1942) dedicated the newly described species to Dr. Pablo J. Anduze, mentioning the name three times as Brachymetra anduze , which is therefore the only original spelling. The species epithet, anduze , thus represents a noun in apposition, which contradicts the Recommendation 31A of the ICZN (1999) which however does not make the name unavailable. Subsequently, only RUHOFF (1968) and ARISTIZÁBAL (2002) listed the name as B. anduze . HARRIS & DRAKE (1945), DRAKE & ROZE (1954), and DRAKE (1957) listed the name as B. anduzeei , while MATSUDA (1960) and HECKMAN (2011) used the name as B. anduzei , but neither of them commented on the change of the spelling or mentioned the original spelling at all so their actions cannot be regarded as emendations. As an incorrect transliteration or latinization of the name are not considered inadvertent errors by ICZN (1999: 32.5.1), Brachymetra anduze must be accepted as the correct original spelling, B. anduzeei and B. anduzei being incorrect subsequent spellings.