[Taxacom] IRMNG update

[Stephen Thorpe]

I haven't looked into the Achladaeus case yet, but, in general, it is quite hard for an old generic name to remain a nomen nudum. All it needs to be made available is some sort of description, illustration, or inclusion of at least one available species name. A name may be a nomen nudum when originally published, but it can be validated at any subsequent time.

Stephen

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On Tue, 30/8/16, John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: [Taxacom] IRMNG update
 To: "taxacom" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
 Received: Tuesday, 30 August, 2016, 9:51 AM
 
 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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