[Taxacom] names pre-1758

[Edwards, G.B.]

David,
Article 3.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
officially redates Clerck's 'Aranei Svecici' to 1 January 1758 to
validate them and to be the same as Linnaeus, but gives Clerck
precedence over Linnaeus.  Article 3.2 then invalidates everything prior
to 1758 as an official name.

-- 
G. B. Edwards, Ph.D. 
Curator: Arachnida (except Acari), Myriapoda, Terrestrial Crustacea,
Thysanoptera
Florida State Collection of Arthropods 

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[mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Shorthouse,
David
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:58 PM
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Subject: [Taxacom] names pre-1758

Folks,

The World Spider Catalog has a number of species whose year of
publication
precede 1758, which, according to Article 3 of the ICZN is not
acceptable.
For example:

 

Salticus scenicus (Clerck, 1757)

Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)

 

etc.

 

There are at least 45 other Nearctic examples. I'm curious why the
starting
point for nomenclature is arbitrarily fixed at 1 January 1758 when
clearly,
Clerck published these names before Systema Naturae.

 

David P. Shorthouse

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