[Taxacom] IRMNG update

[John Grehan]

Perhaps so, but in this case the original designation was not even for the
family of moths to which it was applied.

John Grehan

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Stephen Thorpe <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>
wrote:

> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------
> 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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