Liris FABRICIUS , 1804
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5312608 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B23E775C-7C2E-CF4A-FF25-36DF6092BD31 |
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Marcus |
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Liris FABRICIUS , 1804 |
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Genus Liris FABRICIUS, 1804 View in CoL
Description: FABRICIUS, 1804: 227.
Typus generis: Sphex auratus FABRICIUS, 1787 (= Sphex aurulentus FABRICIUS, 1787 ). Distribution: All zoogeographical regions.
Valid species: 25.
The gender of the genus Liris is feminine according to FABRICIUS (1804), because a lot of species names are ending with –a (ICZN Article 30.2.2). As FABRICIUS lived several years in Paris, the name probably derives from the French word "l’iris" (flower iris). I don’t follow MENKE & BOHART (1979: Proceedings of the Entomological Society 81 (1): 117), that the genus name derives from the latin name of the river Garigliano and the gender is masculine (see above).
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