Taxacom: nomen nudum and synonymy question

Fri Jan 27 11:48:33 CST 2023

> Note that a JOS is an unavailable name, since it is based on the same
> individual type specimen (species-group), or the same type species
> (genus group)

Assuming the JOS meets all the requirements of Code Articles 10 through 20,
then it actually is an available name--but a permanently invalid one.
Availability of a name and validity of a name are two separate concepts;
the (objective or subjective) validity of a name does not change the
availability of that name.

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  David

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On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 9:25 AM Adam Cotton via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

Replies interspersed:
>
> On 28/01/2023 00:03, John Grehan via Taxacom wrote:
> > Thank you to everyone who responded and helped clarify the situation.
> First
> > clarification is that the name in question is not a nomen nudum as it was
> > described in the first published article of that year.
>
> Correct.
>
> > Second question I would like to clarify here is that since the name is
> > designated an aberration, it does not fall within the Code - that it is
> > 'unavailable' as a taxon within the code. I am fine with that, but if
> such
> > a name is 'unavailable', does this mean that one does not recognize the
> > name as a 'synonym'? For example, Nielsen et al (2000) list of
> > Hepialdiae include many infrasubspecies names under the applicable
> species
> > names. Should that not have done that? Or can one list infrasubspecies
> > names, but not treat them as synonyms? Could I list them as
> 'unavailable'?
>
> All relevant names can be included in a taxon synonymy, and it is useful
> to add the status of the name after it as well. I use '[IFS]' for
> infrasubspecific names, and similarly it is worth including other types
> of status too, eg. JOS (junior objective synonym), JS (junior synonym),
> JH (junior homonym), NN (nomen nudum), PS (published in synonymy) etc.
> Note that a JOS is an unavailable name, since it is based on the same
> individual type specimen (species-group), or the same type species
> (genus group); whereas a JS is a subjective opinion, and the name is
> still available.
> Don't forget to include a list of abbreviations. I recommend NOT using
> 'NP' for homonyms as nomen praeoccupatum, and nomen protectum are
> different but have the same initials.
>
> > This question arises as I finalize a revised Hepialidae catalog, and had
> > followed Nielsen et al in listing infrasubspecies name. In the current
> list
> > I include information on type locality and type depository only for
> species
> > and subspecies names (when known). For infrasubspecies names I have just
> > noted the locality (i.e. not as a type locality), and collection
> depository
> > (but, again, not as a type collection).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John Grehan
>
> Good luck!
> Adam.
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