bas
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Post by bas on Jan 10, 2013 7:11:43 GMT -8
Wow really stunning animals not just the butterfly but the others as well it would be really nice to have a species named after you I believ the rothschilds have a about 160 different animals and plants named after them including a giraffe
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 10, 2013 10:33:06 GMT -8
Okee well I habe never been to a jungle it is probably a very harsh and hostile envirement with loads of insects am I right But an upside is thats probably fairly easy to disvover new insecct specimen and name them after yourself? Bas It is not acceptable to name a new taxon after yourself. If you discover something new then get someone else to describe it, then there is no problem about it being named after you. Adam.
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Post by lepidofrance on Jan 10, 2013 15:06:00 GMT -8
It is not acceptable to name a new taxon after yourself. If you discover something new then get someone else to describe it, then there is no problem about it being named after you. Adam.[/quote] "Not acceptabe to name a taxon after yourself " ! Sure and there are so many reasons to explain it. Nevertheless, I know taxa that seem actually have been named in a such way. Just one sample passing through my head at this right moment : Saturniidae : Ceratocampinae : Schausiella subochreata (Schaus, 1904). May be I'm completly wrong but I presume that Schausiella comes from Schaus ? Attachments:
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Post by prillbug4 on Jan 10, 2013 16:58:11 GMT -8
As entomologists, we tend to focus on the Dermestidae that invade the house and our collections, but there are other genera which do not invade the house and as adults feed on pollen. These are safe Dermestidae and are worth looking for in the field. Many are collected by sweeping or going from flower to flower and looking for them. A good key to the genera is in The Beetles of the United States. So, maybe we cringe when we hear the family name Dermestidae, but I when I find some in the field, I am not so terrified by finding them there. Jeff Prill
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Post by bandrow on Jan 10, 2013 19:54:50 GMT -8
Greetings,
Jeff's right - the majority of Dermestidae are not pests. Kind of like cockroaches - only a few species have made a bad name for them all - many are very pretty insects, living entirely in natural environments.
As for the issue of naming things after oneself - the parentheses around Schaus' name indicates that it is not the original combination. The genus Schausiella was described by Bouvier in 1930. Schaus must have described subochreata in another genus in 1904, and it was moved to Schausiella by Bouvier (?). Therefore, Schaus did not name it after himself, but was later honored by another - apparently Bouvier. Could one of the moth experts provide more details?
Cheers! Bandrow
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Post by mothman27 on Feb 10, 2016 14:08:41 GMT -8
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Post by ckswank on Feb 11, 2016 13:07:05 GMT -8
I wonder if it is being sold as a natural soil amendment or fertilizer. I know earth worm castings are quite popular with horticulturalists. After all, it's all manure.
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Post by mothman27 on Feb 11, 2016 13:10:26 GMT -8
I didn't think of that?
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Post by Adam Cotton on Feb 13, 2016 11:31:16 GMT -8
"Not acceptabe to name a taxon after yourself " ! Sure and there are so many reasons to explain it. Nevertheless, I know taxa that seem actually have been named in a such way. Just one sample passing through my head at this right moment : Saturniidae : Ceratocampinae : Schausiella subochreata (Schaus, 1904). May be I'm completly wrong but I presume that Schausiella comes from Schaus ? Actually Schaus described the species now know as Schausiella subochreata (Schaus, 1904) in genus Othorene Boisduval, 1872. Bouvier named genus Schausiella after Schaus in 1930, and the species was placed in this genus. Note the author and date in (), indicating a change of genus from that in which the species was originally described. Adam.
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Post by politula on Feb 18, 2016 7:37:25 GMT -8
Dermestids are awesome for cleaning bats and shrews; small delicate mammals. It's a problem when you collect both skulls and insects. When I have a dermestid colony I keep them in a separate building. It's actually tricky to keep a dermestid colony going although they always seem to thrive when they get into my insect collection.
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