Hemipenthes alba explained

Hemipenthes alba is a species of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae, known from Mexico; the name was misspelled as albus in the original publication,^[1] but as it is an adjective meaning "white", it must be corrected under the rules of gender agreement in the ICZN to alba.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Ávalos-Hernández, O. (2009) A review of the North American species of Hemipenthes Loew, 1869 (Diptera: Bombyliidae) Zootaxa 2074. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2074.1.1
2. https://www.iczn.org/the-code/the-code-online/ Article 32, ICZN