Dave,
I have had a bit more of a dredge on the web and found that Somateria
mollissima v-nigrum is not alone in using an initial letter then
hyphen. I have found two moths, Xestia c-nigrum and Arctornis l-nigrum
and a frog, Eleutherodactylus w-nigrum. Seems that it is an accepted
method of describing a black, letter like marking in a specific
epithet and I presume sub-sp.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 22/01/2012, at 9:40 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
Dave
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