Jools wrote:It would seem so, but it's awfully complex. At least that is cleared up.

Jools

haha, its not so bad, perhaps I spend too much time reading fine prints in contracts. One way to be sure is to get the description paper.

The gentitive form of the specific epithet has to match the genus. I don't know if Tatia is derived from a personal name (Tate?) but if so it is feminine, and then any the specific epithet derived from a personal name (e.g. Perugia) must end in -ae (feminine) not -i (masculine). What you have ...

sorry I assumed that everyone is familiar with the ICZN rules.

What I meant was that the specific epithet must follow the gender of the person being named for. In this case I assume Albert to be a man, and hence it should use the masculine form i.e. perugiai

Jools suggested I ask this but couldn't get into Cat-elog forum so I'll ask this here.

In the entry for Tatia perugiae it is mentioned that the specific epithet is named for Albert Perugia. However, does that not make the correct name T. perugiai ?

thanx for your comments please.