[Taxacom] New species from warm houses

[Richard Pyle]

Hi Angelo,

A similar example is the Centipede Nannarrup hoffmani
http://naturalis.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar/repositorio/_documentos/sipcyt/bfa003924.pdf
(see also: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/opinion/the-central-park-centipede.html)

They list the type locality as Central Park, New York, with the following discussion:

"The type material of the new species Nannarrup hoffmani was collected in Central
Park, New York City, associated with numerous specimens (both adults and juveniles)
of Henia vesuviana (Newport, 1845) and Schendyla nemorensis (C. L. Koch,
1836), two introduced species from Europe already recorded from other North
American sites. We can exclude a European origin for N. hoffmani, but we are pretty
sure that its presence in New York City was due to introduction by human agency.
This locality is widely separated from the distribution range of all other species of
Arrupinae and of all Mecistocephalidae at large. The presence of this family in
North America is limited to two species of Dicellophilus and Arrup pylorus, from
California. The real provenance of N. hoffmani hence remains obscure, although
either a west American or an east Asiatic origin may be guessed."
(p. 1262)

One could argue that the specimens collected in the warm house more directly relate to Art. 76.1.1 than to the example above -- but nothing in the Code would make that distinction (the phrase "or its wild progenitor" could be open to either broad or narrow interpretation).

My inclination would be to describe and name it formally (assuming it can confidently be determined as a new species), establish the type locality as the warm house, and add a comment along the lines of what was used for N. hoffmani.

Aloha,
Rich


Richard L. Pyle, PhD
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> From: Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of
> Angelo Bolzern
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> Subject: [Taxacom] New species from warm houses
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> Hi there,
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> If you collect specimens from an undescribed species in a warm house, what
> would you do? The code states (Art. 76.1.1.) that the type locality is where the
> artificial dislocated specimen comes from... but what if that is unknown?
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> Possibilities:
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> -      not describe the new species
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> -      describe it not formally (species 1, species 2)
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> -      describe it but with unknown type locality.
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> Helpful suggestions are welcome.
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> Regards,
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> Angelo
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