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.
The author’s previous rejection of Selys’ legions as available family-group taxa is restated and elaborated, strictly based on the provisions of the International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature (4th ed.).
This paper is dedicated to Philip S. Corbet on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
This paper is dedicated to Philip S. Corbet on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Anisoptera were monitored or sampled regularly at lowland and nearby upland sites in northeastern Algeria during 1992 and 1993. After emerging in lowlands at about sea level in May and June, adults disappeared from lowlands and were then soon encountered in nearby hills at ca 500-1000 m a.s.l. where they aestivated in woodland for about…