[Taxacom] Fw: Re: Taxonomic haves/have nots

[Bob Mesibov]

Robin,

If I understand your comment, you're worried that the DNA comes from one cryptic species and the morphology from another. I don't see that as 'all for naught'. How many male and female spiders (for example) have been described as type and allotype, when they in fact represented different morphospecies? Taxonomy is an exercise in successive approximations...
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