quiz (taxonomy)

[Doug Yanega]

Barry O'Connor wrote:

>I'd vote for the neotype.  Since the name is apparently in current use, you
>would cause more confusion by having to set aside the old type-species (by
>act of the ICZN) and replacing it with a new one.  Since it won't make any
>difference which of the two possible species you use for the neotype, I'd
>pick the one which was geographically closer to the original type-locality,
>assuming you don't have specimens from the exact original locality.

Several others wrote privately and encouraged me to do the same thing, so I
believe I'll follow their advice, and do a re-diagnosis of the genus in the
process (if only to correct the errors in the original). This should make
Servio pleased, too, as the neotype belongs to Sao Paulo. ;-)

Thanks,

Doug Yanega    Depto. de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas,
Univ. Fed. de Minas Gerais, Cx.P. 486, 30.161-970 Belo Horizonte, MG   BRAZIL
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