describing new spp in tabular form

[sylvia hope]

          If the reasons for reference to higher taxonomic level (e.g.
          down to family) are not widely understood I would think the
          salient conditions should be stated in the same paper as the
          species descriptions, but need not be repeated for each
          species.  Then separate species descriptions can still be
          very brief, even if not in table form, e.g. " Galliform bird
          of the family Phasianidae, with [distinctive conditions]."
          It might be appropriate to put measurements in a table, but
          comparative size descriptions in a separate verbal
          description.