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l_raty said:

There are quite a few other Alcippe's in Greek mythology -- is there an actual reason to believe this is the one Blyth had in mind?

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...I am wondering about danae. I found a couple of Danaë's in Greek mythology.

Is there an actual reason to believe this is her Sharpe had in mind as mentioned in the key?

The other ones here are really obscure, though, I think.
[OD here]. Diagnosis:

T. affinis T. nymphæ, Gray, sed pileo dorsoque brunneis, supercilio et facie laterali tota rufo-brunneis facile distinguenda.

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= Tanysiptera related to T. nympha, Gray, but easily distinguished by the brown crown and back, and wholly rufous-brown supercilium and face side.
So T. danae is arguably like T. nympha having been covered by a golden rain, just like Danaë in the myth when Zeus took the form of a golden rain to reach her.

(As a side note: it's interesting to see that "Danae" here appears clearly intended as a nominative in apposition, not a feminine genitive, as indicated by the final -ae which is not a ligature; compare to "nymphæ" in the Latin diagnosis.)

Martin and Laurent, thank you for raising this thread (it made me revisit the genus and taxa, which highlighted an out of sequence heading, galatheae, somehow included under galatea!!) Not a few taxa in Tanysiptera were named deliberately for mythological goddesses or nymphs associated with water, i.e. acis, danae, dea, doris, galatea, hydrocharis, isis, nais, nympha, sabrina, sylvia.