Taxacom: Lectotype question

[John Grehan]

Thanks Doug. Looks like Tindale's designation is valid. Thanks also Fred
for the physics lesson :)

On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 10:56 AM Douglas Yanega via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> On 12/16/22 6:55 AM, John Grehan via Taxacom wrote:
> > Colleagues, I would be grateful for input on the following situation:
> >
> > When Walker (1856) described the new species *Phassus signifer* he did
> not
> > specify a primary type, but listed the following series:
> >
> > a. Silhet [Sylhet, now in Bangladesh]. From Mr. Argent's collection
> > b, c. Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq.;
> > d. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Horsburgh's collection."
> >
> > In a revision of the genus, Tindale (1941) stated that ?Walker's type of
> > this species, of which Butler's figure [Butler, 1886] is a good
> rendering,
> > is a female from Sylhet (labeled ?Silhet, 47-36).
> >
> > It would appear that Tindale assumed that the Sylhet specimen was the
> type
> > even though it was not designated as such by Walker. Does Tindale's
> > designation of the Sylhet specimen as the 'type' qualify as a lectotype
> > under the Code rules?
> Tindale used the word "type" and indicated a single specimen from among
> the original three. That would appear to comply with the rule:
>
> 74.5.*Lectotype designations before 2000*
>
> In a lectotype designation made before 2000, either the term
> "lectotype", or an exact translation or equivalent expression (e.g. "the
> type"), must have been used or the author must have unambiguously
> selected a particular syntype to act as the unique name-bearing type of
> the taxon. When the original work reveals that the taxon had been based
> on more than one specimen, a subsequent use of the term "holotype" does
> not constitute a valid lectotype designation unless the author, when
> wrongly using that term, explicitly indicated that he or she was
> selecting from the type series that particular specimen to serve as the
> name-bearing type.
>
>
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