<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><pre class="gmail-m_7435570707624279487m_1572100814901731029moz-signature" cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap">Doug Yanega </pre></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">In Entomology we still do not know what can be saved, we still can not enter to verify.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Sonia Maria Lopes</div><div>Chefe do Dept. Entomologia</div><div>Museu Nacional, UFRJ</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Sonia</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Em ter, 4 de set de 2018 às 16:11, Marcelo Weksler <<a href="mailto:mweksler@mn.ufrj.br">mweksler@mn.ufrj.br</a>> escreveu:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Doug Yanega</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dyanega@ucr.edu" target="_blank">dyanega@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 15:41<br>Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Rio disaster and its aftermath<br>To: iczn-list <<a href="mailto:iczn-list@afriherp.org" target="_blank">iczn-list@afriherp.org</a>>, taxacom <<a href="mailto:TAXACOM@mailman.nhm.ku.edu" target="_blank">TAXACOM@mailman.nhm.ku.edu</a>>, nhcoll <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p>Apologies for cross-posting.</p>
<p>I expect that most, if not all of you, have heard by now of the
almost total destruction of the Museu Nacional in Rio this Sunday.
The magnitude of this calamity - personally, for all the
researchers who worked there, and scientifically, for those who
used the collections - is beyond easy comprehension. It will take
our community years to wrestle with all of the consequences, and
our hearts go out to our colleagues affected by this tragedy.</p>
<p>Very briefly: I have already begun to see discussions and
commentaries online about the potential difficulties surrounding
the thousands, if not tens of thousands, of primary types that
were lost this weekend. Speaking on behalf of the ICZN, I would
urge people to refrain from speculation on this topic, in
particular regarding the potential designation of neoytpes to
replace lost primary types.</p>
<p>I and other Commissioners are hoping that we can draft a short
document (and once it has been vetted, distributed widely to the
taxonomic community within a week or so) to clarify the rules in
the present ICZN Code that govern neotype designation. In a
nutshell - and I must emphasize this point - not all lost types <b>need</b>
to be replaced, and in fact the Code <b>prohibits</b> the
designation of neotypes except under certain exceptional
circumstances that go beyond the simple absence of a primary type.
It is therefore quite likely that a significant number of the lost
types from the Rio collections will never be replaced, and this is
actually in accordance with the Code.</p>
<p>Rather than go into further detail now, I'll remind anyone who
has interest in this to please refer to the present version of the
Code, which differs in many respects from older Code versions, and
familiarize yourselves with Chapter 16, Article 75 - and which can
be read online here: <a class="m_7435570707624279487m_1572100814901731029moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/" target="_blank">http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/</a></p>
<p>Hopefully within a week we will have a more detailed document
ready to offer guidance as to when and when not to designate
neotypes.</p>
<p>Sincerely,<br>
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Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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"There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness
is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82</pre>
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