Taxacom: Questions of homonymy of three genus names

[Francisco Welter-Schultes]

Dear Markku,

First some feedback: I really appreciate the service you are providing 
for the community. You are managing a really useful website. I admire 
your work.

For some categories of names the Code has a terminology, for other 
categories there is no fixed terminology.

For the lepidopteran name Aplotes as mentioned by Herrich-Schäffer 1853: 
this is an unavailable name, a synonym, having failed the requirements 
of Art. 11 (in this case, Art. 11.5). An unavailable name does not enter 
zoological nomenclature, and by consequence, has no authorship and 
name-bearing type. This is why I am writing "Aplotes as mentioned by 
Herrich-Schäffer 1853" and not "Aplotes Herrich-Schäffer, 1853".
So if you list this name, the best option is probably to flag it as 
"unavailable name" and cite the name in a form that would not suggest 
that Aplotes is an available name with regularly applied authorship and 
date (see Recommendation 51F of the Code).

It is useful to list such a synonym, even if currently considered 
unavailable, because of Art. 11.6.1: if someone used Aplotes for the 
moth later (and before 1961, I assume that currently no such subsequent 
usage is known), and someone else would suddenly dig out such a usage in 
the old literature (even if accidental), this synonym would subsequently 
be validated from Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 and then the unavailable name 
would suddenly become an available name.

Something similar could happen if the dates of publication for pp. 1-16 
would suddenly be found to differ from those of pp. 17-72. In that case 
Aplotes would become an available name due to the earlier date of 
publication of the key, and Metriotes would become a junior synonym.

If this helps.

Best wishes
Francisco



Am 04.07.2024 um 13:19 schrieb Markku Savela via Taxacom:
> I should have added into my original question, that all these probably 
> belong to category "not much used afterwards". A follow up clarifications
> 
> 1) Is there a proper term for such names (I think they are really 
> "invalid" or "suppressed by ICZN Op"?). I need to flag these names some 
> way that my scripts know how to deal.
> 
> 2) Is there process by which such stamp is given to a name (by some 
> experts option is enough, or need consensus by group or ICZN opinion?)
> 
> -- Markku Savela
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