[Taxacom] Example of not following the Code

[Barry OConnor]

I can see the headline now: "US Government refuses to follow ICZN". Who
will be next? - Barry


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Michael A. Ivie <mivie at montana.edu> wrote:

> OK, here is an example of what we get if people simply decide to ignore
> the Code and use names the way they want to.  I received this question
> from a Forest Service Entomologist, trying to have names correct in her
> work.  This involves literally thousands of names that will drive users
> nuts for years to come.
>
> 4) Sesia tibialis:
>
> > BugGuide has this as S. tibiale but here's the email I got when I asked
> about the various spellings for this critter.  I decided to stick w/
> tibialis as the new list wasn't out at the time.  I think it's OK either
> way.
> >
> > "According to the official ICZN rules for biological nomenclature the
> correct spelling is tibialis, where the Latinized gender agrees with that
> of the genus.  You will find the name spelled this way at Wikipedia, BOLD
> and in MONA fascicle 5.1 (1988, the latest revision of the family) and in
> the Hodges (1983) checklist for the moths of North America.
> >
> > So MPG is "incorrect" according to the above.
> >
> > However, an up-to-date online checklist is now being prepared.
> >
> > The new checklist will ignore (as do most current North American
> publications) the ICZN rules regarding gender conformance (we will show
> gender-conforming names in the index) and instead stick rigorously to
> original orthography which in this case will be:
> >          tibiale (Hariis, 1839) SESIA (Trochilium)
> >
> > Harris described Trochilium tibiale in the American Journal of Arts and
> Science, 1839: 36:309.
> >
> > MPG already shows the name in the original spelling tibiale.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >   Bob Patterson
> > 12601 Buckingham Drive
> > Bowie, Maryland 20715
> > (301) - 262-2459 pm. hours
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> > My Personal Moths Website
> Mike
>
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Barry M. OConnor
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