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| Current accepted name |
Yes
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Accepted name
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senior synonym, original combination
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| Etymology of generic noun |
Greek, aspis, -idos = shield + Greek, dora = skin (Ref. 45335).
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| Etymology of specific epithet |
Named after "Psammatos psammatides", the sand sorcerer, a characer of the J.R.R. Tolkien's book "Roverandom", from the Greek psammos, meaning sand, and ides, meaning son of. In allusion to the sand-dwelling behavior of the species.
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References using the name as accepted
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