New hairstreak taxon

[Ron Gatrelle]

When I announced the other day that June 5 was the official date of
publication of the new subspecies of Satyrium edwardsii I forgot to mention
that I gave it the name S. edwardsii meridionale.  I gave it the common
name of Sandhill Hairstreak. One important aspect of the research is that I
put forth evidence that the name edwardsii should be attributed to Scudder,
1870 and not Grote and Robinson or Saunders. (This was per ICZN articles
12.2.1, 12.3 and under nomen nudem in the code's glossary.)

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RG


 
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