[Nhcoll-l] voucher

[Simon Moore]

Thanks Doug,

If we’re getting into type designations, I though that paratypes were the other specimens collected with the holotype, and that if the holotype was a female then a male allotrope would be designated as well if both sexes were present.  If no holotype was described (unusual these days) then the original collection would be syntypes?

With all good wishes, Simon

Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR
Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian,

www.natural-history-conservation.com




> On 3 Nov 2022, at 17:52, Douglas Yanega <dyanega at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Type specimens are a special kind of voucher, in the sense that there are formal rules governing their designation and deposition, under various Codes (ICNafp, ICZN).
> That's really all that they are, despite the formal categorization and status. Of all the categories, of course, the one that has the least nomenclatural signficance ("paratypes") is most akin to the general understanding of vouchers; paratypes collectively provide evidence for how the original author perceived the circumscription of their new taxon. They have no status nomenclaturally - and, in fact, if one was to need a replacement for a lost holotype, you might NOT want to use a paratype - but they can be very important taxonomically; after all, if a holotype is an adult male (or female), then the paratypes can include the other sex, or immature stages, and that can be very valuable.
> 
> Peace,
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