Agree or disagree, Quentin Wheeler makes some points regarding this "minimalist approach" in his just-posted podcast on substack that are worth consideration. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.substack.com%2Fpub%2Fqwheeler%2Fp%2Ftaxonomy-for-dummies%3Fr%3D2988tw%26utm_campaign%3Dpost%26utm_medium%3Demail&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C58d809fe6efe42462ff108dbaa50fadf%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638291037016860916%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rtQbfP3iZQn6UvuuxTsBHhC1sFQl%2B3tQlf0W9G2b0X0%3D&reserved=0 Similar ideas are also treated at length in his recent book that some may find interesting https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taylorfrancis.com%2Fbooks%2Fmono%2F10.4324%2F9781003389071%2Fspecies-science-society-quentin-wheeler&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C58d809fe6efe42462ff108dbaa50fadf%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638291037016860916%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=yImLdOsRHIpj0aQLl6iwuP2dku8kbeLdw%2BMU9poDars%3D&reserved=0 Personally, I'm kind of amazed that anyone thinks an effort that took the time and resources of 24 authors from 10 institutions and only resulted in 6-7 species per author in one genus is such big deal. If I had 23 people working with me ... Kip Will -- Send all specimens/shipments to: 54 Mulford Hall ESPM Dept.- Organisms & Environment Div. University of California Berkeley, California 94720 (Do NOT ship to Essig Museum)