[Taxacom] Does a misspelling merit parentheses?
Robert Louis Zuparko
rz at berkeley.edu
Thu Apr 5 13:17:20 CDT 2018
In 1864, Wollaston described the species punctatus in a genus he originally
spelled as "Limnebius". In a later paper, he corrected the generic spelling
to "Limnobius".
Is this correction enough to merit his name being placed in parentheses?
That is, should this species now be referred to as
a). Limnobius punctatus Wollaston, 1864, or
b). Limnobius punctatus (Wollaston, 1864)?
Thanks,
-Bob
Robert Zuparko
Essig Museum of Entomology
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