Diagnosing diagnoses – can we improve our taxonomy?

Taxonomic diagnoses should be clear but minimal statements that precisely distinguish a given specimen from other taxa at the same stage of development (e.g., pupa, adult female, egg). Presently, most diagnoses are of uncertain value. It is a great advantage for readers to be able to simply and conf...

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Autor principal: Borkent, Art
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8610964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34876870
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1071.72904
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description Taxonomic diagnoses should be clear but minimal statements that precisely distinguish a given specimen from other taxa at the same stage of development (e.g., pupa, adult female, egg). Presently, most diagnoses are of uncertain value. It is a great advantage for readers to be able to simply and confidently confirm their identifications after using a key.
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spelling pubmed-86109642021-12-06 Diagnosing diagnoses – can we improve our taxonomy? Borkent, Art Zookeys Commentary Taxonomic diagnoses should be clear but minimal statements that precisely distinguish a given specimen from other taxa at the same stage of development (e.g., pupa, adult female, egg). Presently, most diagnoses are of uncertain value. It is a great advantage for readers to be able to simply and confidently confirm their identifications after using a key. Pensoft Publishers 2021-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8610964/ /pubmed/34876870 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1071.72904 Text en Art Borkent https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full Diagnosing diagnoses – can we improve our taxonomy?
title_fullStr Diagnosing diagnoses – can we improve our taxonomy?
title_full_unstemmed Diagnosing diagnoses – can we improve our taxonomy?
title_short Diagnosing diagnoses – can we improve our taxonomy?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8610964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34876870
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1071.72904
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