Reminds me of the sort of arguments from college days, when people were very particular about lots of things, including terminology, language evolution/corruption, etc.
Anyway I assume "adoption" is used mostly because of the alliteration. You know, the short "a" sound in English. Ant. Adoption. If it were "Salticidae" I assume "sales" would be more commonly used than "adoption." It's just nicer sounding in English. Though it appears "adoption" even has a wholly different meaning for bees ... generally in the form of sponsorships.
Edited by OhNoNotAgain, January 20 2020 - 5:37 PM.
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Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli
Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola
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Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and californicus (inactive)
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