LepsGlossary (R)

An infrasubspecific category which has no status under the Code.

The level, for nomenclatural purposes, of a taxon in a taxonomic hierarchy (e.g. all families are for nomenclatural purposes at the same rank, which lies between superfamily and subfamily).

Published along with the Code, indicate the best procedure in cases not strictly covered by application of the rules. Compliance with them is not mandatory but highly advisable.

see Emended diagnosis.

A more or less complete statement of the observed characters of a taxon, without any special emphasis on those which distinguish it from other closely related taxa, including new or altered information to that usually given in the description.

see Status.

Transfer of a subordinate taxon from one taxon to another e.g. species removed from one genus and referred to another, genus removed from one family and referred to another.

The Commission may refuse to use its Plenary Powers in any given case proposed to it. In such a case the Opinion rendered is to specify the name(s) to be used in the case in question, and the action (if any) to be taken.

With reference to a name previously rejected as being a junior secondary homonym: to treat it as a valid name if the conditions of Article 59.4 (ICodeZN) are met.

(1) — A name which, under the provisions of the Code, cannot be used as a valid name and which is set aside in favour of another name; (2) — A name which, as a matter of taxonomic judgement, is either treated as a junior subjective synonym of a name used as valid or is believed not to be applicable to the taxon under consideration.

To set aside, in accord with the provisions of the Code and, in the case of a name, taxonomic judgement,
— a work for the purposes of zoological nomenclature, or
— a name in favour of another name.

see Nomen novum and Nomen substitutum.

For the purposes of the Code, the same as a separate.

see First reviser.

The presentation of new material or new interpretations integrated with previous knowledge through summary and reevaluation for a particular taxon.

Properly, correctly, according to the rules.

The Articles of the Code but not titles, Recommendations, and Examples. The rules are mandatory. A term equivalent to provisions.