This is a good example (nothing to do with wasps) of why some names have been abolished - Victorians were far too keen to name new species ......
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Will the real dinosaurs stand up?
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Originally Posted by paul m
There are two things there.
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Systematics: the aim is that the closest related species should be in the same genus; the closest related genera in the same family &c.. So occasionally taxonomists decide that two separate genera are really the same one (an then lump the two genera into one) or decide that two members of a genus are not closely related and split the genera.
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Last edited by paul m; 17-09-2008 at 04:27 PM.
Reason: afterthought
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