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Issue: Vol. 4243 No. 2: 15 Mar. 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-03-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.6
Page range: 371–372
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 3

New unavailable names in Buprestidae (Coleoptera) and a short comment on the electronic publication of new names

Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Game Management and Wildlife Biology, Kamýcká 1176, Praha 6-Suchdol, 165 21 Czech Republic.
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034, Russia.
Coleoptera

Abstract

Since the catalogue of Buprestoidea was published (Bellamy, 2008–2009) we have been adding new taxa into the printed copy in the National Museum, Prague. During this work we have found some questionable descriptions which were published in the electronic publication “Procrustomachia” which has no official status and does not meet the requirements for the publication of scientific names in zoology; the names published in this way are unavailable according to the Code (ICZN, 1999, 2012). The situation is discussed in the following text.

 

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