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Last updated on
1998.10.05
by Frans Janssens
Checklist of the Collembola : Glossary of nomenclaturical terms
Preamble
This glossary is a modified subset of the 'Glossary of terms commonly occurring in
zoological taxonomic literature'
Part 1 A - L
and
Part 2 M - Z,
of 10 July 1996,
of Biosys UK - Publisher of Biological Abstracts and Zoological Record
(contact: jhowcroft@york.biosis.org),
and has been applied in particular to the literature on Collembola.
The examples are (will be) taken from the literature listed in the
bibliography.
affinity, relationship, sometimes misleadingly employed as a synonym
for phenetic similarity (= akin to).
alii, aliorum, al.
others, of others.
apud
with, in the work of.
auctorum, auct.
of (all) authors.
auctorum non, auct. non
of (all) authors and not (of); used in a homonym citation of a synonym.
Example:
A.... b....auct. non Smith, 1970
= the name A.... of all authors and not of
Smith, who used the same name in 1970 to identify another taxon.
AUTHOR CITATION
the name of the authority for a taxon
name, when cited, should follow the taxon name without any
intervening marks or punctuation. Its citation is optional
and may or may not be followed immediately by the year.
Examples:
A.... Smith 1970
Smith was the first person to validly publish the name A....,
which he did in 1970.
A.... Smith in Jones 1970
Smith was the first person to validly publish the name A....,
which he did within a publication by Jones in 1970.
A.... b.... (Smith) 1970 or A.... b.... (Smith 1970)
Smith was the first person to validly publish the species name
b.... in 1970, but which at the time he put in combination (qv) with
another genus name.
A.... c.... (Smith) Jones
Smith was the first person to validly publish the species name
c...., but which at that time he put in combination (qv) with another
genus name. Jones is responsible for the transfer of the species to genus
A.....
A.... b.... [Smith]
The name was originally published anonymously but from external
information the author is known to be Smith.
A.... Smith [1970]
Date of publication established solely from external evidence e.g.
publisher's correspondence.
A.... b.... Smith : Jones A.... b.... : Jones
These mean that A.... b.... was originally published by
Smith, but that this refers specifically to a subsequent, more restricted
usage of the name i.e. as used by Jones (: may sometimes be given as ;).
A.... b.... sensu auct. non Smith 1970
These refer to instances of the use of A.... b.... by all
authors for a taxon which is other than that as published by Smith 1970.
emendation.
Example :
A.... b.... Smith, emend. Jones
= Smith originally published A.... b...., but
later Jones further subdivided the species so that its diagnosis was more
limited than that originally published by Smith.
See also partim.
et alia, et al.
and others.
ex
from, according to. Sometimes used within an authority citation.
Example :
A.... Smith 1970 ex Jones 1942
= the name A.... of Smith, validly published in 1970,
according to Jones, who formerly used the name in 1942, but which
he did not validly publish.
excluded - used to indicate elements included in a taxon by a previous
author or authors, but considered not to belong to it by the writer
and excluded from it by him.
to me, dative singular of ego, I. Used after a name to indicate
the writer's responsibility for its proposal.
Example :
Achorutes tuberculatusMihi (published in Nicolet, 1842:51)
= Achorutes tuberculatus Nicolet, 1842:51
= the name Achorutes tuberculatus of Nicolet, validly published
in 1842.
mutatis characteribus, mut. char.
with the characters changed (by), used in same way as emendatus.
and not (of), nor (of); used in a homonym citation.
Example :
A.... Smith 1947 nec Jones 1958.
= the name A.... of Smith, validly published in 1947 and not of
Jones, who used the same name in 1958 to identify another taxon.
Example :
A.... Smith 1947 nec Jones 1958 nec Brown 1960
= the name A.... of Smith, validly published in 1947 and not of
Jones, who used the same name in 1958 to identify another taxon,
nor of Brown, who used the name once more in 1960 to identify
yet another taxon.
nobis, nob., n.
to us, dative plural of ego, I. Used after a name to indicate the
author's responsibility for its proposal.
nomen novum, nom. nov.
new name which is expressly proposed as a replacement name for
a preoccupied name, automatically takes the same type and type locality.
(= a replacement name or substitute name for a preoccupied name).
Commonly applied to names proposed to replace junior homonyms.
non
(and) not (of). Example: A.... Smith 1947 non Jones 1958.
= the name A.... of Smith, validly published in 1947 and not of
Jones, who used the same name in 1958 to identify another taxon. Example: A.... Smith 1947 non Jones 1958 nec Brown 1960
= the name A.... of Smith, validly published in 1947 and not of
Jones, who used the same name in 1958 to identify another taxon,
nor of Brown, who used the name once more in 1960 to identify
yet another taxon.
in part.
See pro parte.
Example :
A.... b.... Smith, partim Jones
= Smith originally published A.... b...., but
later Jones further subdivided the species so that its diagnosis was more
limited than that originally published by Smith.
See also emend.
in the sense (of), as used (by).
Example :
A.... b.... Smith 1970 sensu Jones 1977
= A.... b.... was originally published by
Smith, but this name refers specifically to a subsequent, more restricted
usage of the name as used by Jones.
in the broad sense i.e. of a taxon - including all its subordinate taxa
and/or other taxa sometimes considered as distinct.
Example :
Sminthuridaes. l.Palacios-Vargas et Vázquez, 1997:285.
sensu stricto, sens. str., s. s.
in the strict sense, in the narrow sense. Most often used to indicate
the nominate subordinate taxon
(e.g. A.... b.... s.s. = A.... b.... b....;
A.... s.s. = A.... (A....); etc.).
Example :
Stenognathriopess. s.Palacios-Vargas et Vázquez, 1997:288.
= Stenognathriopes (Stenognathriopes).
Or it may just indicate exclusion of similar taxa sometimes united with it.
seu
either, or.
sic
this, to signalize exact transcription.
sine
without.
species indeterminata, sp. indet.
undetermined species, one not identifiable with the description
for a name already published. Usually given with a generic name only e.g.
A.... sp. indet.
species inquirendum, sp. inq.
a species to be queried, a doubtfully identified species
requiring further investigation.
new subgenus - a subgenus validly published for the first time.
Example :
Stenognathriopes (Tenentiella)subgen. nov.Palacios-Vargas et Vázquez, 1997:285.