[Taxacom] FW: names pre-1758

[Scharff, Nikolaj]

... but is indeed followed by some - like Fauna Europaea
(http://www.faunaeur.org/). Try to search for Salticus scenicus, and FE
will  explain why it is listed as Clerck, 1758.
 
Nikolaj Scharff
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Nikolaj Scharff
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen 
Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen DENMARK 
Tel: 4535321107  Email: nscharff at snm.ku.dk
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> > [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of 
> Laurent Raty
> > Sent: 14. juni 2007 20:03
> > To: taxacom
> > Subject: Re: [Taxacom] names pre-1758
> > 
> > David,
> > 
> > Article 3.1. also states explicitly that :
> > 
> > "Two works are deemed to have been published on 1 January 1758:
> >  - Linnaeus's Systema Naturae, 10th Edition;
> >  - Clerck's Aranei Svecici.
> > Names in the latter have precedence over names in the former, but 
> > names in any other work published in 1758 are deemed to have been 
> > published after the 10th Edition of Systema Naturae."
> > 
> > These names should theoretically be cited as dating from "Clerck, 
> > 1758", despite this work was actually published in 1757. 
> But this is 
> > often not followed in practice.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > --
> > Laurent Raty
> > l.raty at skynet.be
> > Brussels, Belgium
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Shorthouse, David" <dps1 at ualberta.ca>
> > To: "taxacom" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> > Sent: Thursday, 14 June, 2007 18:58
> > 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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