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Hi Fred & All, Dec 6, 2013
I was unaware of this instance of splitting but in general it would save
much confusion and annoyance if taxonomists could be persuaded, when
splitting, to consider the fragments to be Subgenera, Sections, Subsections
etc and leave well established Genera alone.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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From: "Fred Schueler" <bckcdb@istar.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] How scientists refer to Fruit Flies
> On 12/6/2013 4:04 PM, Ronald Arsenault wrote:
>
>> by contrast there are now probably tens of thousands of
>> scientists using 'Drosophila', usually D. melanogaster, who mostly
>> seem not to be worried that the genus name ought to be, and perhaps
>> might even end up being, changed to Sophophora.
>
> * and that's a real minefield to step into... see
> https://www.google.ca/search?q=taxacom+%27Drosophila%27++Sophophora+site:mailman.nhm.ku.edu&client=firefox-a&hs=wk4&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1028&bih=677
>
> fred.
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