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Sérvio Túlio Pires Amarante serviopa at USP.BR
Wed Feb 21 18:14:45 CST 2001


For sure! But, if the genus became a subgenus, all its species are
transferred to another genus (the genus that now includes the subgenus),
so...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Shear" <wshear at EMAIL.HSC.EDU>
To: <TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 11:03 AM


> >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.
>
>
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