Flag for Taxon: Southern Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| exonie | Southern Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula) |
add forms |
Mar. 5, 2023 19:35:09 +0000 | sjl197 |
not taken forward |
Comments
I would advise against this. "Forms" have no standing in zoological nomenclature, being infrasubspecific entities and therefore "not existing" in terms of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
A much, much longer screed is available upon request.
Greetings,
Riaan Stals
(beetledude)
@beetledude Forms are already a special and accepted iNat grouping, Check this one for example:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/471790-Argynnis-paphia-valesina
It doesn't matter that they are not taxonomical units, biology is not just taxonomy. Geneticists, evolutionists, etc. will be interested in forms and their distribution.
Most of Heteropterist right now don't work or rely on forms, so it is something may be reevaluated in the future, for now it does not seem neccessary.
Could someone add the four named forms of the species:
Nezara viridula f. smaragdula
Nezara viridula f. torquata
Nezara viridula f. viridula
Nezara viridula f. aurantiaca
Source:
"Genetic Studies Using the Orange Body Color Type of Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): Inheritance, Sperm Precedence, and Disassortative Mating", Peter A Follett et al (2007)
https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/100/3/433/8355