Systematics, naming conventions, etc.

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Chuck
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Systematics, naming conventions, etc.

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Hopefully a one-stop source to understand systematics.

Humbly stole a start from another thread:

It is not so difficult to work out whether there should be one 'i' or two in a family group name, as the family group name is always derived from the relevant genus name. In this case it is based on genus Amathusia. To form the family group name the 'a' is removed and '-idae', '-inae' or '-ini' is added (family, subfamily or tribe respectively) at the end. So in this case there are two 'i's as a result.

Note that once a family group name has been proposed, whether at superfamily, family, subfamily or tribe rank, the ending can be changed according to rank assigned within the family group with the same original author + year for each rank. Of course the author + year for the family group name is not the same as that of the genus name, unless the author of the genus proposed the family group name at the same time.

Adam.
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