[Taxacom] quality control of taxonomic work

[Stephen Thorpe]

Many taxa are described on the basis of singletons ... sometimes it is clear, sometimes it isn't (i.e, sometimes the singleton itself isn't clearly a new taxon, but sometimes it seems to be, but additional material makes it less clear) ...


From: Donat Agosti <agosti at amnh.org>
To: TAXACOM at MAILMAN.NHM.KU.EDU 
Sent: Monday, 7 May 2012 6:26 PM
Subject: [Taxacom] quality control of taxonomic work

Is there a similar study that assess the taxononomic work we produce, such
as how many specimen where at the base for the description of taxa? 

http://tinyurl.com/c5fw7n8

How many specimen are usually used - are expected to be used for making a
sensible taxonomic decision?



Donat





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