Taxacom: description of a new species as a replacement name

[Adam Cotton]

Of course Francisco is absolutely correct. I forgot that since this is a 
case of secondary homonymy the name maxima Staudinger, 1901 remains 
available and in the event that the two taxa are no longer congeneric it 
would again become the valid taxon name, with both uighurica Kemal & 
Ko?ak, 2005 and ottostaudingeri Weidenhoffer & Bozano, 2007 as junior 
synonyms.

I guess my lapse was because I replied at 5am, before going to bed (I 
sleep mornings and early afternoons).

Adam.


On 14/03/2024 05:26, Francisco Welter-Schultes via Taxacom wrote:
> Dear Vazrick,
>
> To answer your question: basically yes, it does.
>
> In paragraph 2 an important information is missing: I assume that 
> Staudinger's maxima and Elwes's maxima are currently (or were in 2005 
> and 2007) placed in the same genus, so that maxima Staudinger, 1901 
> is/was considered a junior secondary homonym of maximus Elwes, 1893.
>
> That said:
>
> In zoology such a name is usually not called a "replacement name" 
> (this is a botanical term, it means "nomen novum" there), but a 
> "substitute name".
> Kemal & Kocak (2005) could have proposed a "new replacement name" 
> (this is the zoological term for "nomen novum") for C. ci. var. maxima 
> Staudinger, 1901 (preoccupied by A. vulcanus var. maximus Elwes, 1893, 
> considered to belong to the same genus), but they were not obligated 
> to do that. They had the taxonomic freedom to propose a 
> regular/normal/entirely new name with its own name-bearing type, being 
> then a junior subjective synonym of C. ci. var. maxima Staudinger, 
> 1901. If it is the oldest junior synonym for Staudinger's taxon, this 
> name is to be used (as a substitute name).
>
> This is largely the same answer as Adam gave, however Adam's 
> expression "species that did not have an available name in a Code 
> compliant manner" was not in line with the Code: C. ci. var. maxima 
> Staudinger, 1901 is an available name, no matter if preoccupied or 
> not. This should read "that did not have a name that could currently 
> be used under the Code".
>
> If this helps.
>
> Best wishes
> Francisco