Talk:edaphus

RFV discussion: October 2015–August 2016

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edaphus

Any takers? SemperBlotto (talk) 20:22, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

I can find nothing to support either of the supplied definitions, but it is definitely a genus of insect:

• 1932, Proceedings of the United States National Museum:

  Most species of Gellius have much larger spicules than edaphus.

• 1979, Studies on the neotropical fauna and environment:

  In my key of the nearctic Edaphus (Puthz, 1973) the new species has to be placed after 17(18) E. euplectoides Sharp, from which it is distinguished by its length, broader 10th antennal segment, and the median carina of the pronotum.

• 2000, Ross H. Arnett Jr., Michael C. Thomas, American Beetles, →ISBN:

  body sparsely punctate, polished and strongly shining; labrum without teeth but may be crenulate; first visible abdominal tergite with fine median carina Edaphus 4(1).

• 2001, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology - Volumes 1-6, page 59:

  One new Edaphus and one new Tamotus species from Suriname

and possibly also a type of elk:

• 2013 January 1, Paul C Rogers, C Eisenberg, S. Clair, “Resilience in Quaking Aspen: Recent Advances and Future Needs”, in Utah State University Digital Commons:

  Of specific interest is the ability of aspen's chemical defense mechanisms to repel or tolerate browsing by elk (Cervus edaphus) in the Rocky Mountain region (Wooley et al., 2008).

I even found a mispelling of edifice (don't you love spell checkers)? Kiwima (talk) 06:10, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

A genus should be at Edaphus, not here, and would usually be under Translingual rather than English. SpinningSpark 11:13, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

There is apparently a specific epithet distinct from the genus name. That would not be capitalized. DCDuring TALK 11:41, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

(after edit conflict) Your first cite to lowercase edaphus is referring to Gallius edaphus. I have no idea what that is (other than it has spicules) but we do not usually give entries for species specific names. Compare Escherichia coli and coli. The cite to Cervus edaphus is pretty certainly a scanno for Cervus elaphus (the red deer). Elk used to be considered a subspecies of C. elaphus. See the search "Cervus elaphus" elk on scholar. SpinningSpark 11:50, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

• I have added an entry for Edaphus, using three cites from above that seem unambiguously of the genus. DCDuring TALK 12:18, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
  • Failed. — SMUconlaw (talk) 17:27, 29 August 2016 (UTC)