Taxacom: designation of holotype

[John Grehan]

Sorry - should have considered that. the original publication is

Rothschild, W. 1894. On a new species of the hepialid genus Oenetus. Annals
and Magazine of Natural History 13: 440.

Its on BHL, but happy to send anyone the copy.

On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM Thomas Pape via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> I strongly encourage discussions of nomenclatural issues, but please
> provide links to the original works. Michael may very well be correct that
> art. 73.1.2 settles the issue, but assessing what is implied in the
> original publication and what the text 'seems to infer' is risky without
> having access to the original publication in its entirety.
>
> /Thomas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at lists.ku.edu> On Behalf Of Michael Schmitt
> via Taxacom
> Sent: 19. februar 2025 19:54
> To: taxacom at lists.ku.edu
> Subject: Re: Taxacom: designation of holotype
>
> As far as I see, art. 73.1.2 clarifies this: "If the nominal species-group
> taxon is based on a single specimen, either so stated or implied in the
> original publication, that specimen is the holotype fixed vy monotypy"
>
> Best
>
> Michael Schmitt
>
>
> Am 19.02.2025 um 19:47 schrieb John Grehan via Taxacom:
> > I have a question for clarification. A publication in 1894 described a
> > new species. It referred to the male, and 'this moth' but did not
> > illustrate or specify how many specimens. It seems to infer a single
> > specimen. Later, in
> > 2018 a taxonomic revision referred to a holotype male that was
> > examined in the repository. If there was only a single specimen
> > represented as being that described in the original publication, does
> > this qualify as being designated as the holotype, or should it have
> > been designated as a lectotype. Hope someone well versed in the Code
> > can clarify, as this hair-splitting stuff which gets me lost at times.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John grehan
> >
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