Name and Etymology
Alexander Wetmore named the species autocthones. An alternative incorrect spelling is autochthones, which comes from the Ancient Greek word autochthōn (αὐτός—autos "self" and χθών—chthōn "earth") meaning "born of the earth". Misspellings of a name are termed as lapsus (an accidental misspelling). An obvious error in the original publication containing the description of a species may be corrected by a later "emendation" with suitable justification.
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