Abstract
Kaya et al. (2012) published a paper on the genus Poecilimon Fischer (Zootaxa, 3225). They synonymized eight species based on morphological characters by bioacoustic data (according to them). They frequently cited my paper (Ünal, 2010) during the text. But, I have seen that some cited informations from my paper and the reflecting my statements need correction, and some mistakes and wrong evaluations which are the bases of their taxonomic decisions should be re-evaluated. Furthermore many related results of Ünal (2010) were overlooked.
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