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Issue: Vol. 4085 No. 1: 1 Mar. 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-03-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.8
Page range: 141–142
Abstract views: 80
PDF downloaded: 1

Rallus nanus nomen novum: a replacement name for Rallus minutus Alcover et al. 2015

Departament de Biodiversitat i Conservació, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats, Cr Miquel Marquès 21, 07190 Esporles, Mallorca, Balearic Islands (Spain).
Ulmenstr. 21, D–24223 Schwentinental (Germany).
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Ce3C) and Azorean Biodiversity Group, Universidade dos Açores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Açores, Portugal.
Departamento de Biología Animal (UDI Zoología), Universidad de La Laguna E–38206, La Laguna, Tenerife – Canary Islands (Spain).
Aves Rallus nanus

Abstract

In a recent paper, we described five new species of rails from the Macaronesian islands (Alcover et al., 2015). We proposed the name of Rallus minutus to designate the São Jorge rail. One day after its publication, Fred Ruhe (via e-mail) pointed out to us that the name was preoccupied, making Rallus minutus Alcover, Pieper, Pereira & Rando 2015 a primary homonym, which in turn makes it permanently invalid.

 

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