To help keep the buprestid community informed, I have added a new page (link) with a list of Cases and Opinions from the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature involving Buprestidae. I have provided links to PDFs of some of these Cases and Opinions and I will try to add more as I acquire the PDF copy.
Unfortunately the recent cases have mostly been decided against our petitions.
Opinion 2214 did not conserve the names Curis and Cisseis, which means that those genera will be known as Selagis and Diphucrania, respectively.
Opinion 2228 did not conserve the name Dactylozodes, so that genus name must revert to Lasionota.
7 responses so far ↓
Dr Trevor J. Hawkeswood // July 9, 2009 at 1:17 am |
Opinion 2214 is a lot of crap! Return Cisseis and Curis! I will be retaining these names and wont abide by this stupid Code! Who are the culprits responsible for his inanity?
Dr Trevor J. Hawkeswood
agriluschuck // July 9, 2009 at 2:24 am |
Against my better judgment I approved your comment. First read the Code. I petitioned for the stability of retaining Cisseis and Curis, but the Commission voted against it. Should you wish to try again, I would be happy to see us both use these names, clearly well-known and widely used since the mid-1800s. However, the option to retain the names and ignore this ruling, as appealing as it is, is not viable. Without laws and rules, there is only chaos.
drtjhawkeswood // July 10, 2009 at 8:26 am |
I am afraid there will be much more chaos now. This Code and its ramifications reminds me of the movie A Few Good Men – and we all know what a Code Red did there to the military! ha ha! Nobody has used Selagis or Diphucrania this Century or last Century for that matter. I intend ignoring this stupid Code. If a law (or code) is stupid and not agreed to by the majority of those concerned its not democratic. It was about time that Science was democratic instead of being Fascist. I still would like to know the culprits who made this stupid ruling! Are they entomologists with many publications dealing with these creatures! I doubt it!
Dr Trevor J. Hawkeswood
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agriluschuck // July 10, 2009 at 8:14 pm |
If this is going to dissolve into yet another silly debate between us, then I will exclude you from the blog. This is not about you, it’s about all of us interested in these beetles. You can ignore all you wish, but now that there is a ruling from the International Commission, the precedent is set. I don’t like it either, but it’s time to move forward. You want to whine and complain, do it to them via the petition vehicle established to submit applications for nomenclatural changes. I already tried this and my petition failed. So I accept it, but it still makes no sense to me. If you want to cooperate with me and submit another application, and I realize that you have traditionally found alternative meanings for the term “cooperate”, then lets see if we can work this up together and beat them at their own game. Otherwise, just ignore the names, keep bitching about the inequities of life and I’ll correct you when you describe anything with a name now placed in junior synonymy. There is no chaos if we chose to ignore those who try to provoke and distract. For years you’ve been complaining about having been side-lined or excluded. Now you have an opportunity to participate in making a correction that we both agree is warranted. Show them all through collaboration rather than turning up the volume and beating your shoe on the podium.
drtjhawkeswood // July 11, 2009 at 12:37 am |
OK Chuck I’ll finally wave the white flag! I give in! I’ ll join you in the above and soon I will hope to meet you in California for cordialities.
(I won’t challenge you to a duel at 12 paces as I had originally planned!).
As regards the Code, I am anxious to cut these people up and to stew their juices! (only figuratively!) You know I love a good fight! However, I have often grown weary fighting these academics in this country over 32 years, but I published them out of existence on my own funds and sheer determination and I am still strong. I am now moving onto fossil insects as my main interest in entomology with a different group of people and as I get older I dont see myself collecting living jewel beetles much more anyway. So I guess soon that I wont be much of a threat any longer to the jewel beetle fraternity. However if anything interesting does come along especially regarding biology or taxonomy, I would be interested in publishing on it (them).
By the way, what do you mean about alternative meanings for the term “cooperate”? Can you please elaborate?
I hope you will accept my white flag of truce!
Ted C. MacRae // July 25, 2009 at 6:17 am |
Group hug
Richard Wells // September 17, 2009 at 12:23 pm |
Imagine….a World Catalogue of the Bupestrid Beetles (with a complete generic revision) co-authored by Bellamy and Hawkeswood…Now THAT would be a landmark publication !