Taxacom: published names without description

[Scott Thomson]

Hi Adam,

the way I deal with it in synonymies I build in global lists, so a lot of
them, is to list them as "unavailable name" but with a specific reference
as to why, so I will cite the paper that says it is unavailable or
reference the article of the code it failed. I wont just say "unavailable
name" with nothing else as it's too ambiguous and could really mean many
things. Also as I am writing checklists it's important that I am not making
decisions per se in the checklist itself, rather that I am following the
scientific literature and consensus. By citing something after this I hope
to make that clear.

Cheers Scott

On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 6:37?PM Adam Cotton via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> Having been away for a few days I was catching up on the e-mails that
> came in on Taxacom and one interesting question occurred to me.
>
> Assuming a name is introduced in a publication complying with Articles 8
> & 13 but is unavailable due to non-compliance with Article 16, the name
> is not treated as a nomen nudum but as an 'unavailable name'. There are
> a number of such names in my subject group.
>
> My question is, how should such an 'unavailable name' be treated in a
> synonymy? Nomina nuda can have '[nomen nudum]' placed after the entry
> for the name, but what is the best indication for a name in this case?
> Just '[unavailable name]' seems rather awkward.
>
> Adam.
>
>
> On 10/12/2024 05:43, Francisco Welter-Schultes via Taxacom wrote:
> > Two questions were asked: (1) are the names valid?, and (2) are they
> > nomina nuda?
> >
> > Looks like we are dealing with an electronic publication without
> > ZooBank registration number. So this abstract is not published in the
> > sense of Art. 8 of the Code.
> >
> > And therefore it is clear that the names are not valid. They are not
> > available names.
> >
> > But they are not nomina nuda.
> >
> > To qualify for a nomen nudum, a name must be published. Published in
> > such a context means, in the sense of Art. 8.
> >
> > So none of these names seems to qualify for being a nomen nudum.
> >
> > If this helps.
> >
> > Would the abstract be published in the sense of Art. 8, then we would
> > have to look more closely.
> > A nomen nudum is a name that fails to meet the conditions of Art. 13.
> >
> > "Males of Magnijuxta bear highly derived sexual characters: both the
> > juxta and valva are hypertrophied..."
> > - This would be a diagnostic description and means that Magnijuxta
> > would not fail to comply with Art. 13.1.1.
> > But as Doug said, no name-bearing type was designated, failing to
> > comply with Art. 13.3. So also Magnijuxta would be a nomen nudum.
> >
> > If one of the new species would have such a diagnostic desciption in
> > the abstract and no name-bearing type designated, then this name would
> > fail to comply with Art. 16.4 and be unavailable, but it would not be
> > a nomen nudum (because it would not fail to comply with Art. 13).
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Francisco
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