[Taxacom] two names online published - one new species

[Michael Reuscher]

The issue of the nomenclatural availability of "online first" versions of
taxonomic papers has recently been discussed in the Bulletin of Zoological
Nomenclature by Krell (2015) and Dubois et al. (2015). In essences, Krell
suggests that the date of the online publication should be considered the
publication date, as long as the content in the final version remains
exactly the same (except for issue and page number of course, which Krell
calls bibliographical metadata). Dubois et al., on the other hand, suggest
that the online first version should be ignored and only the final
publication should be considered a publication. They argue that issue and
page number are part of the publication, because they are often often used
to refer to species descriptions or other important data. Note that Krell
and Dubois are both commissioners of the ICZN. Therefore, I think that this
issue has not been resolved by the commission and is still up for debate.

best,
Michael

*Michael Reuscher, **Ph.D.*

*Postdoctoral Research Associate*

*Ecosystem Studies & Modeling *

*Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies*

*Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi*

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On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Francisco Welter-Schultes <fwelter at gwdg.de>
wrote:

> This is a zoonomenclaturally relevant issue, with precedence in relation
> to electronic publication and zoobank issues as main topics.
> For this kind of questions I would recommend to post this case also on the
> [iczn-list] mailing list, for there may be list members with nomenclatural
> skills who are not on the [Taxacom] list.
>
> (I have nothing to add to the explanations by Doug and Thomas.)
>
> Francisco
>
>
> Am 21.01.2016 um 20:13 schrieb Hans Henderickx:
>
>> The following two publications were almost simultanously published in
>> January 2016 concerning the same fossil species but based on two different
>> specimens from Burmese amber (Strepsiptera).
>>   The publication of Engel was already available online 13 November 2015
>> (noted in the publicaton: www.elsevier.com/locate/CretRes), but it's
>> reference in the publication (for the printed version I suppose) says 2016.
>>   The Pohl publication was also registered in ZOOBANK
>>   *  Engel, M. et al. (2016) A new twisted-wing parasitoid from
>> mid-Cretaceous
>>   amber of Myanmar (Strepsiptera). Cretaceous Research
>>   ((http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.008)
>>     -and-
>>   *  Pohl, H. (2016) Kinzelbachilla ellenbergeri - a new ancestral
>>   species, genus and family of Strepsiptera (Insecta)(DOI:
>> 10.1111/syen.12158)
>>   http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:
>>   zoobank.org:pub:07554C01-DEC3-4080-A337-B1F46BC9070F
>>     Wich publication has priority here, and wich name is valid? Engel's
>> publication was online published and registered by Elsevier two months
>> earlyer (2015), so the name proposed in this publication Phthanoxenos
>> nervosus looks to have priority rights.
>>
>> However, according the ICZN about online publishing the names in an
>> online publication are only 'legally' registered after registration in
>> ZooBank.
>> See http://iczn.org/node/40562 . Until than the publication should be
>> considered as 'non valid' and the names as 'unavailable'
>> see:
>>
>> http://iczn.org/content/electronic-publication-made-available-amendment-code
>>
>> http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=3096
>>
>> In that case, taken in consideration the ZooBank instruction, only Pohl's
>> publication is legally valid, with another species name in this case:
>> Kinzelbachilla ellenbergeri. However, Elsevier has registered Engel's
>> publication  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.008. before
>> (2015) and ZooBanks' profile as 'monopoly concerning registrations' could
>> be considered as illegal concurrence. Space for discussion here it looks to
>> me, I am interested in the opinion of the list members.
>>
>>
>>
>>     Hans Henderickx
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