TY  - GEN
A1  - Somma, Louis A.
T1  - Etymology of the earwigfly, Merope tuber Newman (Mecoptera: Meropeidae): Simply dull or just inscrutable?
T2  - Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics
N2  - The naturalist Edward Newman did not provide an etymology for the mecopteran Merope tuber when he described it in 1838. In 1872 Asa Fitch asserted that the genus was named after Merope one of the Pleiades sisters of Greek mythology; however, he provided no reason for his assumption. We researched several etymological alternatives. We concur with Fitch and conclude that Newman did indeed name the genus Merope after the dullest of the Pleiades sisters.
T3  - Insecta Mundi - 0013 
Y1  - 2007
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/13243
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1141365
UR  - http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/
SN  - 1942-1354
SN  - 0749-6737
PB  - Center for Systematic Entomology
CY  - Gainesville, Fla.
ER  -