Taxacom: published names without description

[Luis Ruedas]

There *is* a handy how to guide...

On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 11:34?AM Douglas Yanega via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> As of the 2000 Edition of the Code (Code 4) there are more criteria that
> need to be met for a new name to be available than was true in earlier
> Code versions.
>
> (1) It must be *published* in the sense of the Code. With print pubs
> this is generally easily met, for e-only publications the requirements
> are very stringent and complicated.
>
> (2) Names for new families *must* designate a type genus, new genera
> must designate a type species, new species must designate a type specimen.
>
> (3) There must be an *explicit statement* that the names are new, and
> they must be proposed as available names of subspecies or higher rank,
> not synonyms, morphs, or varieties, or as "conditional" names.
>
> (4) proposals of new taxa must include a *verbal description* of their
> diagnostic feature(s).
>
> (5) for new species, the *name and location* of the depository of the
> type specimen must be given.
>
> While these provisions are excellent at preventing "accidental"
> introduction of new names (such as in a meeting abstract) it's pretty
> remarkable how often authors trying to publish new taxa fail to comply
> with all the requirements. In just the past year, I've seen examples of
> works failing each one of the criteria above, sometimes more than one.
>
> Peace,
>
> --
> Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
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Luis A. Ruedas, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Biology
Portland State University
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