[Zoobank-list] names vs. citations (of names)

[Faunaplan at aol.com]

Dear ZooBankers
 
Code-governed available names and citations of such names are two different 
things and I'm trying to figure out how ZooBank will deal with the issue:
 
The Zoological Record informs us about citations of names (usage instances), 
but there are names that *exist* in a Code-mandated spelling even if such a 
spelling has never been cited in a publication. 
 
Examples:
 
A name cited as "Agenus Mülleri" also *exists* as Agenus muelleri, even if 
there is no citation of that spelling.
A name cited as "Agenus Mülleri" may even *exist* as Agenus muellerorum, when 
it was explicitly dedicated to Mr. & Mrs. Müller, even if that Code-mandated 
spelling does not exist as a citation.
A name cited as "Agenus 4-maculatus" also exists as Agenus quadrimaculatus,
etc.
 
Or, two more common but often debated examples:
A name published under a narrow genus-concept as "Bgenus Smithi" also 
*exists* in a corresponding wider genus concept (which includes Bgenus as a subgenus) 
as "Agenus (Bgenus) smithi", even if that combination has never been 
explicitly cited.
 
And, when a bi- or trinomen is synonymized under a different genus 
combination, its epithet automatically competes with all epithets in that genus, even if 
there is no explicit citation of such a binomen.
 
However, for unavailable names we do not need to store a Code-mandated form 
like in the above examples, - they only *exist* as citations.
 
I hope there is room and interest for such discussions
 
Best wishes,
Wolfgang
 
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Wolfgang Lorenz
Faunistics & Environmental Planning
Büro & Verlag für Faunistik und Umweltplanung
Hoermannstr. 4
D-82327 Tutzing
Germany
 
Tel:   ++49 (0)8158-7554
Email: faunaplan [at] aol.com, 
info [at] carabidfauna.net
 





   

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