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== General Notes == | == General Notes == | ||
| − | + | * All annotation text must be in lowercase except for proper nouns and taxonomic names or after certain special cases where periods are used. The first letter of an annotation is not capitalized. | |
| − | + | * The pages for an annotation are always listed from first (lowest) page to last (highest) page. | |
| − | + | * Rank the individual acts within the annotation text according to level of importance | |
| − | + | ** original description > generic transfer > diagnosis > synonymy or jr. synonym > key to {group} > keyed > ... | |
| − | + | * The page number used for an annotation is the first page on which a taxonomic act appears. | |
| − | + | ** An original description begins with the header containing the newly described name of a descriptive block. | |
| − | + | * For keys, every page on which a taxon is keyed is listed in the pages for an annotation. | |
| + | * If a key, catalog, revision, etc. is limited in scope by geographic region, sex of specimens, or any other faction, include the qualified terms in the annotation text. | ||
| + | ** Common qualified annotations are: ''key to the Nearctic species for males'', ''catalog of New World genera'', etc. | ||
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| + | |a taxon is newly synonymized with the present taxon | ||
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Revision as of 19:53, 22 March 2011
Introduction
This section contains procedures and conventions used for annotating taxonomic acts within publications.
General Notes
- All annotation text must be in lowercase except for proper nouns and taxonomic names or after certain special cases where periods are used. The first letter of an annotation is not capitalized.
- The pages for an annotation are always listed from first (lowest) page to last (highest) page.
- Rank the individual acts within the annotation text according to level of importance
- original description > generic transfer > diagnosis > synonymy or jr. synonym > key to {group} > keyed > ...
- The page number used for an annotation is the first page on which a taxonomic act appears.
- An original description begins with the header containing the newly described name of a descriptive block.
- For keys, every page on which a taxon is keyed is listed in the pages for an annotation.
- If a key, catalog, revision, etc. is limited in scope by geographic region, sex of specimens, or any other faction, include the qualified terms in the annotation text.
- Common qualified annotations are: key to the Nearctic species for males, catalog of New World genera, etc.
Annotation Text Reference
| Taxonomic Act | Annotation Text | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| original description of a species-group taxon | original description | |
| original description of a genus-group taxon | original description. Type: {type species w/ author}, by monotypy and/or original designation or designated by {author} ({year}) | Examples: original description. Type: Embioctonus setiger Masner, by monotypy and original designation; original description. Type: Anteris bilineata Thomson, designated by Muesebeck & Walkley (1956) |
| original description of a family-group taxon | original description | |
| a taxon is newly synonymized with the present taxon | synonymy |
