[Taxacom] "how to approach the revision of a taxon": a plea

[curini]

some of you may have proved this special feeling... the deadline of your lecture approaching, and feeling totally inadeguate to the task........it is a disturbing sensation (disturbing at present, with the deadline on may 20th - it will be horrible on may 19th...).
What I (alas, too lightly..) accepted to lecture was 'How to approach the revision of a taxon (some clues and a practical example)' in a spring school, addressed to PhD and post-doctoral students (I guess mostly italians) , which will be held in Venice (yes, this may have prompted my quick acceptation....).
 I (somehow...) revised the taxon I work on (Proseriata, a group of microturbellarians) - but I am afraid they would not be much useful as 'practical examples' (tiny, soft-bodied creatures, of which there are almost no collections in museums (and those few, made by german students, mostly blew up during WWII...), need to be studied in sections, bibliography far from extensive...). Many taxa are certainly not so.....
would some of you want to share your experiences on other taxa? any input/suggestion on how to organize the lecture (which could make my presentation, and my present feelings, less miserable...) is absolutely welcome.................
thank you.....................
 
Marco Curini-Galletti
Dipartimento di Zoologia e Genetica Evoluzionistica
Università di Sassari
Via F. Muroni, 25 - 07100 Sassari (Italy)
Tel: +39 079 228662 Fax: +39 079 228665