[Taxacom] quality control of taxonomic work

[David Patterson]

and this one ..

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 2:53 AM, Stephen Thorpe
<stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>wrote:

> 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) ...
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> 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?
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> http://tinyurl.com/c5fw7n8
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> How many specimen are usually used - are expected to be used for making a
> sensible taxonomic decision?
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> Donat
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