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[Barry M. OConnor]

At 9:03 AM -0500 2/20/01, Bill Shear wrote:
>>Yes, as all species names will have a new name combination, so:
>>
>>Tetraphyllus (Addia) latior (Nakane,1963) or Tetraphyllus latior
>>(Nakane,1963) are correct.
>
>Wrong.  See 51.3.2 in the new ACZN Code: "The use of parentheses enclosing
>the name of the author and the date is not affected by the presence of a
>subgeneric name, by transfer to a different subgenus within the same genus,
>by a change of rank within the species group, or by transfer of a
>subspecies to a different species within the same genus."  The example
>given in the code shows that the above suggestion is definitely incorrect.
>
I think wrong again.  As I recall the original combination was Addia latior
Nakane,1963.  Addia was reduced in rank and placed as a subgenus of
Tetraphyllus.  That puts all previous species described in Addia into a
genus in which they were not originally placed.  That means the author name
goes in parentheses.  If the species was originally described as
Tetraphyllus latior or T. (Addia) latior, then the author is not in
parentheses since the generic name is not changed by subgeneric assignment.
The parentheses are there to indicate the species name is no longer
combined with the original generic name (at that rank). - Barry

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