[Taxacom] please send mailing list

[Paul Kirk]

given that 60% of the names of insects (I am informed) are known from a single gathering (single or multiple individuals) I would suggest 'publish a formal name'.

Paul 

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From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Torbjörn Tyler
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Well, I suppose the question then is: Can you ever know enough about a presumed new species (to describe it) when there is only a single specimen of it available for study?

/ Torbjörn Tyler


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