The family-group names baed on Selys’ Légions

John W.H. Truemana

  1. Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 141-144, 1999
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.1999.9748125
Published: 1 December 1999 (Received: 22 February 1999, Accepted: 21 March 1999)

Abstract

It recently was suggested that family-group names derived from the names of Selys’ legions are not valid. I state why I believe this view is mistaken and I argue that, even if it were not, nomenclatural stability in Odonata can be better served by the preservation of these names than by their overturn.

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