[Taxacom] Integrative taxonomy

[Geoffrey Read]

Case in point. Harking back to the gecko lineages molecular paper there
appeared to be an arbitrary restriction of the type locality of the stem
species Hemidactylus fasciatus to what was convenient for the authors, so
they could name new taxa. Type locality was unknown and there were
synonyms from the area.  I may be wrong on this but it looked rather like
a quick Gordian knot solution.

Geoff


On Sun, August 1, 2010 8:57 pm, Stephen Thorpe wrote:

> working out if a species already has a name is a complex business
> involving old
> type specimens and old literature - just the sort of stuff that the mole
> systs
> hate!
> you know they want to throw out all the Linnean history and start over -
> and
> that we must avoid at all costs ...
>
> Stephen
>