Talk:Titanomyrma

Latest comment: 2 years ago by 109.43.178.92 in topic Measurement

Additional ref edit

Another source - http://www.sfu.ca/pamr/media_releases/media_releases_archives/giant-fossil-ants-linked-to-global-warming.html AshLin (talk) 06:47, 10 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Nomenclatural note edit

The two species transferred from Formicium have not had their name suffixes changed from the neuter -um to the feminine -a, to conform with the feminine gender of the genus name Titanomyrma ... Stho002 (talk) 08:32, 23 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

This is true. The paper explicitly states that the genus is feminine (so there can be no confusion with the Greek neuter -ma ending). Under the ICZN, this is an error to be corrected, without altering the authorship of the names, but Wikipedia policy proscribes us from leading the way. We must simply record the names by which the species are referred to in reliable sources. I fear that means that we have to continue to use the technically incorrect names until some other publication makes the necessary correction. It is frustrating, but I can't see any other outcome. --Stemonitis (talk) 09:40, 23 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
Yes, I wasn't trying to correct the names ... I was just trying to flag the issue, but this should be done on the article page, not the talk page, as nobody will look here ... Stho002 (talk) 22:27, 23 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Measurement edit

I do not know how big a hummingbird is a measurement would be nice 109.43.178.92 (talk) 18:24, 26 January 2022 (UTC)Reply