ICZN and new publications formats

Doug Yanega dyanega at POP.UCR.EDU
Tue Nov 13 18:14:08 CST 2001


While we were just on this topic, does anyone know the status of
names listed on the website
http://www.utoronto.ca/forest/termite/taxon.htm ?

This is a proposed phylogeny of the Isoptera, and includes many new
taxon names, from genus up to suborder. I can't find any of the new
genus names in the BIOSIS database online, and wonder if this
constitutes an unpublished work with meaningless names - or has it
been published somewhere? It's dated 1996, with a revision in 1998,
I'm just wondering if something has developed with this work since
1998, and I just haven't found reference to it online (no response
yet from the author).

If not, I presume that such names should be simply ignored
completely? Or should they be listed as nomina nuda in future
revisions (I don't think this is correct)?

Peace,
--

Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
phone: (909) 787-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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