First use was by Bonaparte in 1855.
Carl Clifford
On 22/01/2012, at 3:35 PM, David James wrote:
'I dout that 'v-nigrum' (meaning black V) would be a valid subspecific
name under the zoological nomenclature code. Perhaps the v indicates
that nigrum is the name of the variety rather than a subspecies.
Varietly is a category lower than subspecies which is used frequently
in botany but not usually in zoology. an antiquated name perhaps?
David James,
in Jakarta
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From: Dave Torr <>
To: Andrew Hobbs <>
Cc:
Sent: Sunday, 22 January 2012 10:56 AM
Subject: Taxonomy question
Thanks Andrew - that makes sense and advances my knowledge. Will now
allow
for such forms in my software.
On 22 January 2012 10:51, Andrew Hobbs <> wrote:
On 22/01/2012 6:40 AM, Dave Torr wrote:
Hi
I am working on a spreadsheet that correlates the latest IOC 3e
list (with
subspecies) to the relevant pages in the HBW volumes - should have it
finished in a week or so if anyone wants a copy.
Anyway - I have found that a subspecies of Common Eider is listed as
*Somateria
mollissima v-nigrum* which is confusing me as I thought all
components
were
"simple" words - my software certainly did not expect a hyphen in the
middle of a component. It is also listed (as *v-nigra*) on the
Avibase
system. Anyone have an explanation for this?
Thanks
I suspect that the v-nigra stands for a black V shape visible in the
feather pattern; see
http://iczn.org/content/what-**correct-original-spelling<http://iczn.org/content/what-correct-original-spelling
>
However hyphens in species/subspecies names are not unusual; see
http://iczn.org/content/code-**relationship-2831<http://iczn.org/content/code-relationship-2831
>
http://iczn.org/content/code-**relationship-170<http://iczn.org/content/code-relationship-170
>
Cheers
Andrew
Dave
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