Collecting

[Vr. Richard Bejsak-Collorado-Mansfeld]

And what about to do any taxonomical work WITHOUT deposited type specimen.
How to subscribe new specie of beetle without type specimen?
Regards
Ricardo



----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Schlemmermeyer <termites at usp.br>

> How about vouchering extremely rare species, or species which require
extremely
> destructive, anti-conservationist, or even anti-human collecting methods?
>
> For example, I would not voucher a certain plant species, if it were only
a
> very small relict population in the area under study, rather the one
interested
> in reproducing the results could run for a permission to visit (not to
collect)
> the species in situ.
>
> Also, I do doubt whether it is recommended to make voucher specimens in
the
> case of whale studies....remember only a dead voucher specimen is a good
> specimen.
>
> I do not want to polarize the discussion by my comments, rather I would
like to
> tell that there are no rules without exception.....as it often uses to be
the
> case.