Gazella arabica: proposed conservation of part of the lectotype
Erscheinungsjahr:
2014
Vollständiger Titel:
Antilope arabica Lichtenstein, 1827 (currently Gazella arabica; Mammalia, Ruminantia): proposed conservation of part of the lectotype designated by Neumann (1906)
Org. Einordnung:
Publiziert in:
Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Publikationstyp:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Keywords:
Nomenclature; taxonomy; Mammalia; Ruminantia; Bovidae; Gazella arabica; Gazella arabica rueppelli; Gazella gazella; Gazella dorcas; gazelles; central Arabia; southern Arabia
Bibliographische Angaben:
Bärmann, E.V., Gentry, A.W., Gentry, A. (2014): Antilope arabica Lichtenstein, 1827 (currently Gazella arabica; Mammalia, Ruminantia): proposed conservation of part of the lectotype designated by Neumann (1906). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 01/2014 71(2), 88-94.
Abstract:
The purpose of this application, under Articles 74 and 81 of the Code, is to maintain the usage of the name Gazella arabica (Lichtenstein, 1827) for a gazelle from central and southern Arabia. The lectotype designated by Neumann in 1906, consisting of a skull and skin, has been found to be composite and it is proposed that only the skin be retained as the name-bearing specimen. The holotype of Gazella arabica rueppelli Neumann, 1906, consisting also of a skull and skin, is also composite and only the skin is now retained as the name-bearing specimen, rendering the name rueppelli a junior synonym of G. gazella (Pallas, 1766).
