[Taxacom] Fwd: Taxonomic revision

[Robin Leech]

I am so pleased to see that we are not becoming tangled
with "systematic revision", which I regard as being synonymic
with "taxonomic revision".
Below, "...large-scale taxonomic revisions in Formicidae,..."
befuddles me.  What is large-scale - a revision at the family
or subfamily level?
Robin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roberto Keller" <myrmica at hotmail.com>
To: <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:17 PM
Subject: [Taxacom] Fwd: Taxonomic revision


>
> stupid question: is there soem nice crisp definition for a 'taxonomic
> revision'.
>

How about "A basic and fundamental scientific work that will nevertheless
never be cited"

Here's a good one for entomologists:
*Bolton, B.* 2007. How to conduct large-scale taxonomic revisions in
Formicidae, pp 52-71. *In* Snelling, R. R., B. L. Fisher, and P. S. Ward
(eds) *Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.
O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions*. Memoirs of the American
Entomological Institute, 80.

PDF available here (courtesy of antbase.org) :
http://antbase.org/ants/publications/21274/21274.pdf

-- 
Roberto A. Keller, PhD
roberto at kellerperez.com
http://roberto.kellerperez.com/
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