[Leish-l] sandfly, mosquito ..

[Carlos Costa]

OK for something else. But the discussion about the sand fly issue has not
been that bad. Very relaxed nevertheless pretty academic.
Carlos H. Costa


2009/4/4 killickendrick <killickendrick at wanadoo.fr>

> Let's talk about something else!
> Bob K-K
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carlos Brisola Marcondes" <cbrisola at mbox1.ufsc.br>
> To: "JEROME DEPAQUIT" <jerome.depaquit at univ-reims.fr>
> Cc: <leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br>
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 7:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leish-l] sandfly, mosquito ..
>
>
>
> Dear all,
> I would have a somewhat academic doubt, from the proposal of Dr. Depaquit.
>   Actually, according to Brown's "Composition of scientific words", "tome"
> comes from "cut". If the author of "Flebotomus" (Rondani, 1840) wanted to
> mean "drill", he should have utilized "foro" or "-atos".
>   However, I would like to know if he knew yet that Phlebotomine sand flies
> were telmophagous. Who first differentiated methods for getting blood? Was
> Snodgrass?
>   If Rondani did not know the difference, and intended only to mean they
> get blood from a vein ("phlebo"), the proposal of Dr. Depaquit would not be
> justifiable. As an Italian, he probably was good in Latin, but made a
> mistake in Greek, writing "flebo" and not "phlebo", which was corrected by
> Agassiz (1846).
>
> Best whises
> Carlos Brisola Marcondes
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JEROME DEPAQUIT" <jerome.depaquit at univ-reims.fr>
> To: "Gilles Merlin" <gilles.merlin at univ-montp1.fr>
> Cc: "Leish-L" <leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leish-l] sandfly, mosquito ..
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> I completely agree with Gilles. The French word is linked to the kind
> of bite of these insects (telmophagy) and for this reason to the latin
> name of the type genus of the (sub)family. The english name is
> curiously related to their ecology...and curiously "Phlebotomes" are
> caught not only in sandy landscapes, but also commonly in forests, etc
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Jerome DEPAQUIT
>
>
> Message de Gilles Merlin <gilles.merlin at univ-montp1.fr>:
>
> > April 1srt, 2009
> > Dear colleagues,
> > I think that to avoid a new war between US and UK, or Spain and UK or
> > else, the best would be to use the french word: Phlebotome, for all
> > those cruel beasts that transmit leishmaniasis; it is closer to the
> > latin names, it looks simple; and by the way, why not to switch to
> > french on this list  ?
> > All the best
> >
> > Gilles Merlin
> > UMR CNRS 2724
> > Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie
> > 163 Rue A Broussonnet
> > 34090 Montpellier
> > 04 67 63 55 13
> > gilles.merlin at univ-montp1.fr
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> --
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