At 06:48 PM 8/28/99 +0200, Gijs C. Kronenberg wrote:
>Indeed, the name Seraphidae (originally spelled as Seraphina) Gray, 1853 is
>correct. Seraphsidae Jung, 1974 is a junior synonym, Jung being unaware of
the >name proposed by Gray.

I want to confirm that the correct spelling of the family name is
Seraphidae, not Seraphsidae. The genus Seraphs was named by Montfort, 1810.
He did not give a derivation, but gave the French equivalent as "Seraphe".
Therefore it is clear that the final "s" of Seraphs is not part of the root
of the word. Also, I know of no instance where a Latin or Greek noun ending
in "s" keeps it in combining forms.

Gary

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