Naming a species after yourself (zoology)

[Carlos Sarmiento]

I am not aware of a section of the code prohibiting
naming species after yourself. This is just a
tradition where scientists "should be a good example
of humble behavior..."

There are several cases where not all the authors of
the paper are acknowledged as authors of the species
or taxon. I do not see a problem that the authors of
the species and the authors of the paper differ. The
citation of the description includes other elements
that clearly indicates that this is a literature
reference.

Newanimalius aftermyselfus Myself, 2005
Myself, M., A. Thesecondauthor. 2005. A new species of
Newanimalius from somewhere. J. New Species (34) 1:
34-39.

A very different issue is that some people is included
as "author" despite having no contribution at all in
the paper. This is not a problem of nomenclature.



--- Brian Brown <BBrown at NHM.ORG> wrote:

> Yes, I agree with Steve, Gene, & GB that this person
> shouldn't be an
> author on the paper if he didn't contribute to it.
> He should be
> sufficiently "honored" by the species designation.
>
> Brian
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taxacom Discussion List
> [mailto:TAXACOM at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Gene Hall
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:53 AM
> To: TAXACOM at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU
> Subject: Re: Naming a species after yourself
> (zoology)
>
> I agree with Steve...why is the third author
> included in the paper if he
> had nothing to do with the paper??
>
> Gene
>
>
> >In this case, reject the paper.  Authorship of
> species should not
> include
> >those who did not contribute to their description,
> just as authorship
> of
> >papers should not include those who did not
> contribute to writing it.
> >--Steve
> >
> >______________________
> >Steven W. Lingafelter, Ph. D.
> >Systematic Entomology Lab, USDA
> >MRC-I68
> >National Museum of Natural History
> >Smithsonian Institute PO Box 37012
> >Washington, DC 20013-7012
> >
> >Phone: 202-382-1793
> >Email: slingafe at sel.barc.usda.gov
> >
> >
> > >>> Robin Leech <releech at TELUSPLANET.NET> - 3/6/06
> 1:37 PM >>>
> >Hi Brian,
> >In this case, the third author is merely being
> honored.  He had
> >nothing at all to do with any aspect of the paper
> or the
> >research that went into it.
> >Robin
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Brian Brown" <BBrown at NHM.ORG>
> >To: <TAXACOM at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU>
> >Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 11:13 AM
> >Subject: Re: Naming a species after yourself
> (zoology)
> >
> >
> > >It should be a matter of course that such a
> naming shouldn't be done
> by
> >the >authors.
> >
> >I have a different view. In the situation that
> Robin describes, where
> >the third author possibly worked on the biology or
> some other aspect,
> >there seems to be nothing wrong to me with naming
> the species for
> >him/her. We are going to be faced with naming
> hundreds of thousands to
> >millions of currently unknown organisms, and
> believe me, coming up with
> >new names in species-rich groups can be a
> time-consuming (and to some
> >extent a time-wasting) task. As long as this name
> is unique within the
> >genus, I wouldn't have any problem with Robin's
> situation if I was a
> >reviewer. Lets not make this a cast in stone law.
> >
> >As far as "Cartwrightia cartwrighti Cartwright" is
> concerned, in
> today's
> >social climate most would see this as unacceptable,
> but as Doug said
> >there is nothing prohibiting it (other than the
> author's contemplation
> >of what his colleagues would think of such
> egomania).
> >
> >
> >Brian
> >___________________________
> >Brian V. Brown
> >Curator, Entomology Section
> >Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
> >900 Exposition Boulevard
> >Los Angeles, CA, 90007, USA
> >Telephone 213 763-3363
> >FAX 213 746-2999
> >bbrown at nhm.org
> >www.phorid.net
>
>
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> CU Museum of Natural History
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>
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>
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>


Carlos E. Sarmiento-M.
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
A. A. 52656, Bogota, Colombia

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