[Taxacom] Unnecessary new replacement name

[Francisco Welter-Schultes]

Carlos did not talk about the date at which Cus was proposed.

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Francisco

Am 15.06.2020 um 14:03 schrieb Adam Cotton via Taxacom:
> On 15-06-2020 18:55, Francisco Welter-Schultes via Taxacom wrote:
>>> My question is: Would you agree with calling *Cus* "unnecessary new
>>> replacement name" for precision?
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>> This is a special situation because the authors were not aware of what 
>> they were doing when they were expressly proposing a new replacement 
>> name. They simply did not understand what a new replacment name was in 
>> zoological nomenclature. The intention of the authors was to propose 
>> Cus to be used as the generic name for Bus cus which was not 
>> congeneric with Aus aus. So the expressed and very well visible 
>> intention was to establish a regular new name with its own type. The 
>> term "new replacement name" was employed in error.
>> So I would not agree it was an "unnecessary new replacment name", 
>> because it was not a new replacement name at all.
>>
>> If you can give me the example then we can eventually incorporate this 
>> in the 5th edition of the Code,, to illustrate the limit between a 
>> regular new name and a new replacement name.
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> If I understand the situation correctly the best term for the genus name 
> 'Cus Author, year' is 'nomen nudum', since it was not introduced in a 
> Code compliant manner.
> 
> Adam.
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