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Taxacom: Taxacom Digest, Vol 200, Issue 10

Alain Dubois adbionomina at gmail.com
Wed Dec 21 08:59:21 CST 2022 

Dear Colleagues,

The issues 30 and 31 of the journal Bionomina were just published. Here are
their contents:

*Bionomina*, *30* (20 December 2022)



Dubois, A. (2022) Kalyptoidy: the nomenclatural status of new zoological
nomina originally published as synonyms, with examples in herpetology and
comments on taxonominal databases.* Bionomina*, *30*: 1?82.





*Bionomina*, *31* (20 December 2022)



Dubois, A. (2022) Nomenclatural acts in zoological nomenclature. *Bionomina*,
*31*: 1?23.



Dubois, A., Aescht, E., Aneesh, P. T., Cer?aco, L. M. P., Daniel, G. M., De
Prins, J., Engel, M. S., Fr?tey, T., L?bl, I., Lorvelec, O., Marinov, M.,
Ohler, A., Schmitt, M., Whittington, A., Young, M. T. & Bauer, A. M. (2022) The
Linz *Zoocode *project. Sixth report of activities (2022). Nomenclatural
availability. 5. Optical disc publication.* Bionomina*, *31*: 24?45.



       Fr?tey, T. (2022) The authorship and date of the familial nomen
Dermochelyidae (Chelonii). *Bionomina*, *31*: 46?69.



Dubois, A., Fr?tey, T. & Ohler, A. (2022) The nomenclature of Eurasian
giant salamanders (Amphibia, Urodela, *Andrias*). *Bionomina*, *31*: 70?87.



Saliba, E. M. (2022) Reflections on Pavlinov (2021): understanding and
expanding the study of the history and philosophy of nomenclature, a
comprehensive state of the art. *Bionomina*, *31*: 88?96.



Marinov, M., Fitzhugh, K., Reis, R. E. & Engel, M. S. (2022) Putting the
cart before the horse: *SeqCode*?s attempt to solve systematics issues with
changes to nomenclature. *Bionomina*, *31*: 97?107.



Marinho, L. C. & Scatigna, A. V. (2022) A good practice: why we should
suggest vernacular names for new plant species. *Bionomina*, *31*: 108?114.




Best Season's Greetings!


Alain

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Professeur ?m?rite Alain Dubois
Mus?um National d'Histoire Naturelle
Institut Syst?matique, Evolution, Biodiversit? (ISYEB) - UMR 7205
Reptiles & Amphibiens
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chiffres, c?est la qualit? du jugement, l?exigence logique, l?app?tit de la
preuve, la notion de la complexit? des choses et de l?arduit? des
probl?mes. C?est l?habitude du doute, le discernement dans la m?fiance, la
modestie d?opinion, la patience d?ignorer, la certitude qu?on n?a jamais
tout le vrai en partage; c?est avoir l?esprit ferme sans l?avoir rigide,
c?est ?tre arm? contre le flou et aussi contre la fausse pr?cision, c?est
refuser tous les fanatismes et jusqu?? ceux qui s?autorisent de la raison;
c?est suspecter les dogmatismes officiels mais sans profit pour les
charlatans, c?est r?v?rer le g?nie mais sans en faire une idole, c?est
toujours pr?f?rer ce qui est ? ce qu?on pr?f?rerait qui f?t.?
(Jean Rostand, Le droit d??tre naturaliste, 1963).
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Alain Dubois.* Jean** Rostand, un biologiste contre le nucl?aire.* Berg
international, 2012.
Alain Dubois & Annemarie Ohler. *Evolution, extinctions: le message des
grenouilles.* Le Pommier, 2010.
Alain Dubois, Annemarie Ohler & R. Alexander Pyron. *New concepts and
methods for phylogenetic taxonomy and nomenclature in zoology, exemplified
by a new ranked cladonomy of recent amphibians (Lissamphibia).* Megataxa,
Nr. 5, 2021.
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Le ven. 16 d?c. 2022 ? 19:00, <taxacom-request at lists.ku.edu> a ?crit :

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>    1. Lectotype question (John Grehan)
>    2. Re: Lectotype question (Douglas Yanega)
>    3. Re: Lectotype question (John Grehan)
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> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:55:50 -0500
> From: John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com>
> To: taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> Subject: Taxacom: Lectotype question
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> 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?
>
> Thanks,
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> John Grehan
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> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 07:54:22 -0800
> From: Douglas Yanega <dyanega at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: Taxacom: Lectotype question
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> 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.
>
>
> --
> Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
> Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314     skype: dyanega
> phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 11:36:56 -0500
> From: John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com>
> To: Douglas Yanega <dyanega at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: Taxacom: Lectotype question
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> 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.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
> > Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314     skype: dyanega
> > phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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