Naming species, a new paradigm for crisis management in taxonomy: Rapid journal validation of scientific names enhanced with more complete descriptions on the internet

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 269-278

  Erwin, T L ^a   Johnson, P J ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

NOMENCLATURE; PARADIGM SHIFT; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0033744065     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2000)054[0269:NSANPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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2. An international taxonomic register: Preliminary proposals
3. The weevil genus Neomastix Dietz (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Anthonomini)
4. The carabid beetles of New Guinea. Part IV. General consideration; analysis and history of fauna; taxonomic supplement
5. Review: The carabid beetles of New Guinea
6. Tropical forests: Their richness in Coleoptera and other arthropod species
7. Biodiversity at its utmost: Tropical forest beetles
8. Arboreal beetles of Neotropical Forests: Taxonomic supplement for the platyscelis group with new species and distribution records (Coleoptera: Carbidae, Lebiini, Agrina)
9. Revision of the genus Cayetunya Bechyne (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae), with descriptions of three new species
10. The magnitude of global insect species richness
11. Species inventory
12. A lesser prediction for bugs: Hemiptera (Insecta) diversity in tropical rain forests
13. Wildlife biodiversity management in the tropics
14. Preface. A crisis in the making
15. Review of the genera Eubria Latreille and Microeubria Lee and Yang (Coleoptera: Psephenidae, Eubriinae)
16. A projection of species extinctions
17. How many species?
18. Two new species of Heterocerus Fabricius from Mexico (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae)
19. Four new species of Phyllophaga Harris (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae, Melolonthinae) from southeastern Mexico
20. Oaxacanthaxia nigroaenea Nelson and MacRae, a new species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
21. Our diminishing tropical forest
22. A new species of Stratiorrhina Pascoe from Malaysia and Borneo and description of the female of Eterodiurus singularis Senna (Coleoptera: Brentidae)
23. Insect diversity: Fact, fiction, and speculation
24. Tropical forest disturbance, disappearance, and species loss
25. The current state of biological diversity