Talk:Stenodema laevigatum
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Merge?
[edit]I propose that Stenodema laevigatum be merged into Stenodema laevigata. I think that Stenodema laevigatum and Stenodema laevigata both describe the same species.
I agree. Stenodema laevigata is the correct name. Onesilos88 (talk) 01:16, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
I agree that they should be merged but disagree about which is the correct name. Most Latin nouns that end in -a are feminine, but there's one important exception: words from Greek that end in -ma, such as Stenodema, are neuter (see here for ancient Latin words ending in -ma. New Latin words such as taxonomic names aren't included- but they follow the same rules. More to the point, Stenodema is from Ancient Greek στενός + δέμα, and δέμα is neuter). Of the two forms, laevigata is feminine and laevigatum is neuter, so the correct name is Stenodema laevigatum, and Stenodema laevigata is an understandable mistake- but still a mistake. Chuck Entz (talk) 01:54, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
Done Klbrain (talk) 18:33, 20 May 2017 (UTC)