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Hi,

does anyone know what the meaning of genus name Xylota is ? Xylo is greek and means wood - how about the ending "ta" ? Could this be a pluralmorphem ?


Best regards
Richard

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You have peaked my interest so I did some searching!

I found a site which has a forum link at the top, there you should find your answer unless someone here tells you first.

If you find out on the forum, please come back to let us know.

http://www.ohio.e...index.html

Janet :)

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I found a pdf which has a great deal of information on the genus Xylota, and which clades the genus was originally established from. If this doesn't give any clues it certainly might be of interest.

http://www.sel.ba...FCT_21.pdf

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Thank you for the informations. Unfortunately I can't register on that forum, each time when I submit my profile data there is an error message, maybe it's my browser. All email adresses I have are now gone :| I really would do an interview with Mr. Meigen :-)

Richard

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Richard, perhaps you can try to email them? I had a similar problem when registering with an other forum so I found a contact email address, the problem was sorted.

You are listed at the bottom of the forum page as being the newest member.

http://phylonames...

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Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845)

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I know ... It was a joke :)

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Now I found it. 178 jears ago, Johann Wilhelm Meigen itself gave the answer for the name origin of genus Xylota on page 212 in his book Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflugeligen Insekten, 1822. Quote and english translation of the second last and last row: "Xylota is derived from Xylon (ancient Greek) - wood - because the larvaes live in rotten wood. Source: http://biodiversi...917452#228

Regards
Richard