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[Taxacom] IRMNG update

John Grehan calabar.john at gmail.com
Mon Aug 29 16:51:01 CDT 2016


Just to bring the matter to conclusion, Tony's updating of the Achladaeus
vs Aenetus problem in IRMING has recognized that the former is a nomen
nudum. It is nice to see this quick response (thank you Tony) but it does
point to the liability of databases that establish or present names without
citation of published sources and clear explanation of the authenticity of
the name. In this case I understand that the original database with the
Achladaeus name was a database of card files in the institution that then
got transitioned without appropriate oversight into a public  taxonomic
names database and so a name that would otherwise never caught attention
took off like a wildfire. No doubt the problem will persist until that
institution applies the necessary resources to verify its entries (or take
the database offline for the time being).

John Grehan



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