Authorship
| Original name | : | |
Wagler, 1830. Nat. Syst. Amph., 155. |
Etymology
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Greek (adj.) ποδάρκης, -ης, -ες [podárkēs], swift-footed. |
Ref:
J. Wagler, 1830: 155 (footnote 2).
(""Ποδαρκης pedibus celer"")
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Eponymous persons
Podarcē: (gen.: Podarcēs) Greek mythological character mentioned by Homer as one Harpy, who seems to have been of equine nature, because, according to the Iliad, she became by west wind the dam [i.e. the mother] of Achille's horses. Ref:
B. Lanza & S. Boscherini, 2000: 327.
("Latin feminine proper name, of Greek derivation, meaning “Swiftfoot” and "mentioned by Homer ..." [New Encyclopaedia Britannica (The), Micropaedia (1974), Vol. IV: 919 "Harpies"]")
Podarkes ("Ποδάρκης"): Chief of the contingent from Phylace [Trypanis, 1963: 294]. Son of Iphiclus and brother of Protesilaus [Iliad II: 697 f., fide Trypanis, 1963: 290 (footnote 6)] Ref:
S.J. Brands, 1989-present: 27 Nov 2016.
("Not named after him, but mentioned here as an argument in favor of masculine gender.")
Gender
| Masculine | |
Ref:
W. Böhme, 1997. Bonn. zool. Beitr. 47 (1-2): 187.
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| Masculine (word of common or variable gender) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 30.1.4.2 (genus)] | |
Ref:
W. Böhme & J. Köhler, 2005. Bonn. zool. Beitr. 53 (3/4): 294 (ICZN, 1999: Art. 30.1.4.2).
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| Feminine | |
Ref:
B. Lanza & S. Boscherini, 2000. Tropical Zoology 13: 327-328.
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| Feminine | |
Ref: Bonaparte, 1836 (fide Arnold, 2000: 71). [implicit] |
| Feminine | |
Ref: Arnold, 2000. Bonn. zool. Beitr. 49 (1-4), Dec 2000: 72. (Arnold, 1973). |
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