Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Choerades marginata?

Posted by andrewsi on 03-01-2018 09:57
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The UK list assumes the derivation is from the patronymic -ades in Greek nouns, which is masculine, so it should be femoratus. According to the UK checklist, Choerades was treated as feminine only because species within it were originally considered part of the feminine Laphria genus. The derivation is obscure, but taking it as Choer-ades might give the derivation 'son of a pig'. An alternative would be that it comes from the feminine plural noun choerades meaning 'scrofulous swellings in the neck', which would mean marginata could be right. I suppose it comes down to whether the name was inspired by pigs or scrofulous sores... ;)

Edited by andrewsi on 03-01-2018 09:58