[Taxacom] Clerck 1757/1758

[Robin Leech]

Hear Ye and Read Ye: The Diety has spoken.
Let there be no discussion.
Robin

-----Original Message-----
From: Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Stephen Thorpe
Sent: March-06-15 1:55 PM
To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu; Michael Schmitt
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Clerck 1757/1758

I get so annoyed by this "debate". Anyone who understands zoological nomenclature should understand that "published according to the Code" (and therefore publication dates according the Code) is different to "published" in the everyday sense. Therefore if the Code stipulates that a work was published in 1758, then it was published in 1758 (according to the Code). There is no problem here.

Stephen

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On Sat, 7/3/15, Michael Schmitt <michael.schmitt at uni-greifswald.de> wrote:

 Subject: [Taxacom] Clerck 1757/1758
 To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
 Received: Saturday, 7 March, 2015, 12:01 AM
 
 Dear colleagues,
 
  
 
 could anybody please enlighten me on the possible
 justification of citing
 Clerck's Aranei Svecici as of 1757. I know that it was
 actually published in
 1757, but find in the ICZN art. 3.1 that it is "deemed to
 have been
 published on 1 January 1758" and having priority over
 Linneus' 10th edition
 of Systema Naturae. I infer from this that names from
 Clerck's work must be
 cited as "Aus bus Clerck, 1758". Obviously, arachnologists
 have another
 opinion as I find Clerck's names listed as of 1757.
 According to the Code,
 these names would not be available (this is the reason why
 the Commission
 has arbitrarily put the publication date of Clerck's book to
 1758). Does
 anybody know of any FORMAL decision, e.g. opinion of the
 ICZN, to abandon
 art. 3.1?
 
  
 
 Any hint will be welcome.
 
  
 
 Best regards
 
 Michael
 
  
 
 Prof.Dr. Michael Schmitt
 
 Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitaet
 
 Allgemeine & Systematische Zoologie
 
 Anklamer Str. 20
 
 D-17489 Greifswald
 
 Germany
 
  
 
 Tel.: ++49 (0) 3834-86 4242
 
 Fax: ++49 (0) 3834-86 4098
 
 E-Mail: michael.schmitt at uni-greifswald.de
 
  
 
 http://www.mnf.uni-greifswald.de/institute/fr-biologie/institute-und-forschu
 ng/zool-institut-museum/allgemeine-und-systematische-zoologie/personal-staff
 /prof-dr-michael-schmitt.html
 
  
 
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