Doug Brown wrote: > > While the list is kind of quiet maybe someone can tell me why there is such > a Germanic history behind apisto studies. How did this come to be? Who > started it? My Smaragds want to know! Dear Doug, I understand you mean why so many popular names were erected in German language for labeling species not identified at first. I think it was because the first serious books about Apistos have been published in Germany: Schmettkamp (1982) and Koslowski (1985). They published photos of many new species to the hobby using popular names. Bye