copyright on description

[Vr.R.E.M.J..-B. BEJSAK-COLLOREDO-MANSFELD]

Dear colleagues

I like to know if copyright apply also on description on genera or species.

I know that maybe I can republish description from journal older than 50 years ( like Scleropatrum Reitter 1890)
but 
Can I "republish" on my website for example description of genus Bremerus published in 2004 in Mitt.Mus.Nat.kd.Berl.Zool?

Keep care and be of good cheer
 
Regards
 
(name) Vratislav Richard Eugene Maria John Baptist
(surname) of Bejsak (Bayshark)-Colloredo-Mansfeld

Tenebrionidae of the World, incl. Alleculinae and Lagriinae, 
higher taxonomy, Australian beetles. 
websites:
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http://www.egroups.com/group/coleoptera
 
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