types

[Steve Heydon]

>>I thought C. Linnaeus was the type for Homo sapiens?  (How well preserved
>is the holotype?  ...I hope Lenin isn't designated the lectotype! >:-)
>
>No, Bob Hope is the designated lectotype.

I think a few of you need to review the Code a little. A type specimen
designated by a later author from material not in the original type series
is called a neotype. A lectotype is a specimen selected from the original
type series.

Steve Heydon
slheydon.ucdavis.edu