Disputatio:Insulae Palauenses

Nomen insularum

The species epithet palauensis is well attested across a nontrivial range of lifeforms, including:—

a monocot (Hydriastele) among the Arecaceae

a monocot (Ponapea) among the Arecaceae

a dicot (Peperomia) among the Piperaceae

a dicot (Horsfieldia) among the Myristicaceae

a dicot (Bikkia) among the Rubiaceae

a green alga (Cladophoropsis) among the Boodleaceae

a sea cucumber (Actinopyga) among the Holothuriidae

a coral (Coelastrea) among the Merulinidae

a coral (Goniastrea) among the Merulinidae

a reptile (Eutropis) among the Scincidae

a snail (Assiminea) among the Assimineidae

a crab (Enosteoides) among the Porcellanidae

a weevil (Phloeotrypetus) among the Curculionidae

a beetle (Brontispa) among the Chrysomelidae

a cricket (Duolandrevus) among the Gryllidae

an ant (Leptanilla) among the Formicidae

a hoverfly (Dissoptera) among the Syrphidae

a fish (Doboatherina) among the Atherinidae

a reptile (Eutropis) among the Scincidae

a bird (Megazosterops) among the Zosteropidae

—not to mention several subspecies epithets. And that's just the masculine & feminine genera. Among the neuters, described as palauense, we have a bacterium (Mycobacterium), a dinoflagellate (Spiniferodinium), an arboreal crab (Parasesarma), a beetle (Ceresium), a blackfly (Simulium), and several other genera, including a mammal (the bat Emballonura). Ergo, Insulae Palauenses could be a respectable name. IacobusAmor (disputatio) 12:34, 29 Octobris 2021 (UTC)

We could do that, and it's definitely a handy, declinable phrase to use in our text. On the other hand, if the common name in many languages is "Palau", we can just use "Palau" in Latin too. Easy to read and pronounce. You can actually find "Palau" in the Acta Sanctae Sedis, but as yet I have only found it there in Italian text, not in Latin text. Anyway I'm moving the category at last. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 15:36, 5 Novembris 2021 (UTC)

I have now edited the text, chasing out Belavia and making intermittent use of your "insulae Palauenses". Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 15:54, 5 Novembris 2021 (UTC)

I also agree with changing the name to Insulae Palauenses and have the article begin thus:

Insulae Palauenses<ref>ut adiectivum in nominibus biologicis utitur</ref> sive Palau sive lingua vernaculari Belau est parva...

--PastelKos (disputatio) 12:20, 21 Novembris 2021 (UTC)