Undescribed species and the Internet

[Barry Roth]

 Per Article 16.4 of the current (Fourth Edition) Code, "[e]very new specific and subspecific name published after 1999, except a new replacement name (a nomen novum), for which the name-bearing type of the nominal taxon it denotes if fixed automatically [Art. 72.7], must be accompanied in the original publication

"16.4.1. by the explicit fixation of a holotype, or syntypes, for the nominal taxon [Arts. 72.2, 72.3, 73.1.1, 73.2 and Recs. 73A and 73C], and,

"16.4.2. where the holotype or syntypes are extant specimens, by a statment of intent that they will be (or are) deposited in a collection and a statement indicating the name and location of that collection (see Recommendation 16C)."

This is in an article titled "Names published after 1999."  The implication is that names published up to and including year 1999 are not bound by these criteria for availability.  I cannot find a similar requirement in a quick browse of the 1961 edition of the Code.

Barry Roth



----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Shear"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: Undescribed species and the Internet


> Richard, would not this name be invalid in the absence of the designation
of
> a type specimen?




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