Taxacom: question on taxonomic authority

[Adam Cotton]

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Subject: 	Re: Taxacom: question on taxonomic authority
Date: 	Sun, 14 Jan 2024 20:05:50 +0100
From: 	Gianluca Polgar <gianluca.polgar at gmail.com>
To: 	Adam Cotton <thaibaggie at gmail.com>
CC: 	taxacom at lists.ku.edu


> ok, so is Taenioides gracilis cirratus (Blyth, 1860) a _new 
> combination_ made with a species name (Am. cirratus Blyth, 1860) 
> turned into a subspecies?
>
> G

It would only be a new combination if Tomiyama (1936) was the first 
author to place the taxon cirratus Blyth, 1860 in genus Taenioides.

A taxon in the species-group has the same status whether it is treated 
as a species or subspecies, so changing the taxon cirratus Blyth, 1860 
from species to subspecies, within the genus it has previously been 
placed, is not new.

Adam.