[Taxacom] Species-level homonyms - between/within codes

[Tony.Rees at csiro.au]

Thanks, Neal - will do so. Interestingly, the example given in the cited ICZN article i.e. variegata Jung, 1792 in Noctua (Insecta) and variegata Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 in Noctua (Aves) is not in my list - so there is one to add already.

Regards - Tony
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neal Evenhuis [mailto:neale at bishopmuseum.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 November 2010 1:12 PM
> To: Rees, Tony (CMAR, Hobart); taxacom
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Species-level homonyms - between/within codes
> 
> Interesting list.
> 
> Safety note: before someone gets replacement-name-happy with names found
> to be homonymous within the same Code (i.e., ICZN), please note that ICZN
> Article 57.8.1 states that homonymy of species-group names found within
> homonymous genus-group names in which the latter were established for
> different nominal genera (e.g, one genus in beetles and the other in bats)
> is to be disregarded.
> 
> (I only mention this because there are some out there who are harvesting
> lists such as this for only one purpose -- to pad their publication list
> with small notes establishing new replacement names.)
> 
> You might want to post this as a caveat on your website, Tony, in case one
> of them bumps into your web-based list without reading this thread.
> 
> -Neal
> 
> On 11/8/10 3:49 PM, "Tony.Rees at csiro.au" <Tony.Rees at csiro.au> scribbled
> the following:
> 
> >Dear Taxacomers,
> >
> >One question I am occasionally asked is whether there is a resource which
> >lists notable species-level homonyms (either valid or invalid) across or
> >between Codes, for data disambiguation purposes. Since I am not aware of
> >such a resource, I have attempted to create one, with presently the grand
> >total of 73 names to date:
> >
> >http://www.marine.csiro.au/mirrorsearch/ir_search.list_homonyms?hlevel=sp
> e
> >cies
> >
> >(also accessible via its parent page
> >http://www.cmar.csiro.au/datacentre/irmng/homonyms.htm)
> >
> >I have deliberately excluded homonyms within the same actual genus
> >instance since there are over 195,000 of those in the copy of Catalogue
> >of Life which I have used for much of the base data, and distinguishing
> >true homonyms from the numerous chresonyms included in that set would be
> >a mammoth task; in other words this list is restricted to homonymic
> >epithets in homonymic genera as well.
> >
> >I would be happy to be alerted to names I have missed so that I can
> >continue to maintain this as a potentially useful resource, or to receive
> >any other feedback from list members that might lead to improvements.
> >Since my base list from which this is drawn probably covers no more than
> >50% of all published species names I have no doubt that the eventual
> >number will be somewhat higher than the present total, but maybe not
> >massively so.
> >
> >Regards - Tony
> >
> >Tony Rees
> >Manager, Divisional Data Centre,
> >CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research,
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> >
> >
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