Wikispecies:Wikispecies in the literature
This is a list of scientific articles in taxonomy or nomenclature with content that originated in Wikispecies or other Wikimedia projects.
Articles in this list should involve specific material on Wikispecies, merely citing, discussing (i.e. as an example of repository of taxonomic information) or linking to Wikispecies in general is not what this page is about.
Articles[edit]
Year | Taxa or page involved | Users involved | Connection | Citation |
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2009 | Rhinothrombium | N/A | Wikispecies one of several sources pointed out for uncritically using an incorrect spelling taken from Nomenclator Zoologicus | Zhang, Z.-Q. 2009: Nomenclatural notes on Rhinothrombium Berlese, 1910 (Acari: Tanaupodidae). Systematic & applied acarology 14(1): 65–67. DOI: 10.11158/saa.14.1.8 |
2010 | Psidium cattleianum var. cattleianum | User:Epibase | Synonymy of Eugenia pseudovenosa noted on Wikispecies before it was in print | Snow, N. & Veldkamp, J. 2010. Miscellaneous taxonomic and nomenclatural notes for Myrtaceae. Austrobaileya, 8(2): 177–186. JSTOR ![]() |
2010 | Copelatus sibelaemontis | user:Michael Munich | Species posted to wikispecies in advance of publication |
Hájek, J.; Hendrich, L.; Hawlitschek, O.; Balke, M. 2010: Copelatus sibelaemontis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from the Moluccas with generic assignment based on morphology and DNA sequence data. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50(2): 437–443. PDF (Template:Hájek et al., 2010) |
2011 | N/A | User:Stho002 and User:OhanaUnited | Acknowledgement on collaboration | Erwin, T., Stoev, P., Georgiev, T. & Penev, L. 2011. ZooKeys 150: Three and a half years of innovative publishing and growth. ZooKeys 150: 5–14. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.150.2431 |
2011 | List of valid homonyms | N/A | Wikispecies a major source for the original iteration of the titular database | Shipunov, A. 2011.The problem of hemihomonyms and the on-line hemihomonyms database (HHDB). Bionomina 4: 65–72. |
2012 | Antillanthus discolor | User:Circeus | Illegitimate name uncovered on Wikispecies | Girard, J.-S. & Pruski, J.F. 2012. Antillanthus discolor, the correct name for Antillanthus almironcillo (M. Gómez) B. Nord. (Asteraceae: Senecioneae). Phytoneuron 2012–59: 1–2. PDF. |
2014 | N/A | User:Kempf EK | Briefly discusses Kempf's contributions to Wikispecies | Matzke-Karasz, R. (2014). Eugen Karl Kempf, the man behind the Kempf Database Ostracoda. Crustaceana 87(8–9): 901–922. DOI: 10.1163/15685403-00003336 |
2014 | Jamides alecto alecto | User:Accassidy | Synonymy of J. tertius first suggested on Wikispecies | Rawlins, A., Cassidy, A., Müller, C., Schröder, S. & Tennent, W.J. 2014. An Illustrated and annotated checklist of Jamides Hübner, 1819, taxa occurring in the Indonesian Provinces of North Maluku and Maluku (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 35(1/2): 5–39. PDF. (Template:Rawlins,etal, 2014) |
2015 | Scarabaeus afronitidus | User:Neferkheperre | Homonymy discovered on Wikispecies | Davis, A.L.V., Stals, R. & Deschodt, C.M. 2015. New replacement name for the species Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) nitidus Davis & Deschodt, 2015 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)—not an American pest. Zootaxa 4057(4): 582–582. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.4.7 Full article (PDF). (Template:Davis, Stals & Deschodt, 2015) |
2015 | Deudorix cleora | user:Accassidy | [From Gscholar preview] Photo of the female noted as being available on Wikispecies well before it was reported in the literature | Muller, C.J. 2015. The female of Deudorix cleora Miller and Miller, 1986 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomologist 42(2): 59–62. |
2015 | Uropodina and Uropodidae | N/A | Wikispecies amongst "several less formal sources of information" used for compiling the catalogue | Halliday, R.B. 2015: Catalogue of genera and their type species in the mite Suborder Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa 3972(2): 101–147. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.2.1 ![]() |
2015 | Lysianassidae | N/A | Wikispecies among sources cited for subfamilial classification | Jung, T.W., Choi, H.K., & Yoon, S. M. 2015. First Record of the Genus Lepidepecreum (Amphipoda: Lysianassidae: Tryphoinae) from Korean Waters. Korean Journal of Environmental Biology, 33(2): 119–125. DOI: 10.11626/KJEB.2015.33.2.119 ![]() |
2016 | Forsteronia & Pinochia | User:Circeus | Illegitimate name uncovered while compiling data for English Wikipedia | Endress, M.E. & Hansen, B.F. 2016. (2421–2422) Proposals to conserve the names Forsteronia and Pinochia (Apocynaceae), the former with a conserved type. Taxon 65(1): 189. DOI: 10.12705/651.21 |
2016 | Jamides snelleni | User:Accassidy | Wikipedia one of few distribution report in Sulawesi |
Roos, P.H. 2016. Third record of Semanga helena Röber, 1887 from Sulawesi and notes on the distribution of Jamides snelleni Röber, 1886 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 37(2/3): 89–92. ResearchGate |
2016 | Ancyronyx montanus | N/A | Notes (p. 7) that attribution to Freitag alone in original publication is clearly a lapsus calami. | Jäch, M.A., Kodada, J., Brojer, M., Shepard, W.D., & Čiampor, F. 2016. World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 14: Coleoptera: Elmidae and Protelmidae. Leiden: Brill. DOI: 10.1163/9789004291775_003 ISBN 978-90-04-29177-5. |
2016 | Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky | N/A | Wikispecies cited (p. xiv) for Motschulsky's use of a pseudonym | |
2016 | N/A | N/A | Wikispecies used alongside APG to check family assignment of genera | Caruso, C. M.; Eisen, K.; Case, A. L. 2016. An Angiosperm-Wide Analysis of the Correlates of Gynodioecy. International Journal of Plant Sciences 177(2) 115–121. DOI: 10.1086/684260 ![]() |
2017 | Caroxylon imbricatum | User:Thiotrix | Cites that Wikispecies (accessed 10 May 2017) "already contains an abbreviated revision of the names related to C. imbricatum" | Falatoury, A.N., Iamonico, D. & Freitag, H. 2017. Nomenclature of Caroxylon imbricatum s.lat. (Amaranthaceae / Chenopodiaceae), with a new combination at variety rank. Phytotaxa 331(1): 101–108. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.331.1.8 (Template:Falatoury, Iamonico & Freitag, 2017) |
2017 | Rhododendron × intermedium and Rhododendron × halense |
N/A | Wikispecies one of several sources pointed out for improperly using a name generally agreed to not be validly published | Sosnovsky, Y., Nachychko, V., & Mráz, P. 2017. On the typification and nomenclature of Rhododendron ×intermedium (Ericaceae). Phytotaxa 313(2): 195–202. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.313.2.5 |
2017 | Rossicuvillierina | User:Brya | Homonymy noted on Wikispecies | Brandão, S.N. 2017. Rossicuvillierina nom. nov. for Cuvillierina Rossi de Garcia, 1972 (Ostracoda: Crustacea), non Debourle, 1955 (Foraminifera). Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 20(2): 275–276. DOI: 10.4072/rbp.2017.2.09 ![]() |
2018 | Agrilus | N/A | Wikispecies amongst sources used for subgeneric classification of Agrilus | Bozorov, T.A., Luo, Z., Li, X., Zhang, D. 2018 ("2019"). Agrilus mali Matsumara (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a new invasive pest of wild apple in western China: DNA barcoding and life cycle. [[|ISSN 2045-7758|Ecol Evol.]] 9(3): 1160– 1172. {{|doi|10.1002/ece3.4804}} ![]() |
2019 | Hyboserica & Hyposerica | N/A | Noting misplaced taxon on the Wikispecies page due to typos in import source [errors corrected] | Fabrizi, S., Eberle, J. & Ahrens, D. 2019. Unexpected diversity of Hyboserica chafers in South African forest remnants: cladistic analysis, new species and the new genus Leoserica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186(4): 950–982. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly095 (Template:Fabrizi, Eberle & Ahrens, 2019) |
2019 | N/A | N/A | Wikispecies used to source number of species in "certain groups that are not represented in [Catalogue of Life]" | Naranjo‐Ortiz, M.A. & Gabaldón, T. 2019. Fungal evolution: diversity, taxonomy and phylogeny of the Fungi. Biological Reviews 94(6): 2101–2137. DOI: 10.1111/brv.12550 |
2019 | Cephalanthera subaphylla | N/A | Wikispecies one of several sources consulted regarding variable treatment of titular species | Chung, M.Y., Son, S., Chung, J.M., López-Pujol, J., Yukawa, T. & Chung, M.G. 2019. Evaluation of the taxonomic rank of the terrestrial orchid Cephalanthera subaphylla based on allozymes. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 49(2): 118-126. DOI: 10.11110/kjpt.2019.49.2.118. |
2019 | Neopimus | N/A | Wikispecies source (!!) for placement in Medonina | Janák, J. (2019). Revision of the South African genus Neopimus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Zootaxa. 4577(2): 361-370. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.8 |
2020 | Category:Repositories | N/A | Wikispecies used to source some collection abbreviations. | Verde Arregoitia, L.D., Teta, P. & D'Elía, G. 2020. Patterns in research and data sharing for the study of form and function in caviomorph rodents. Journal of Mammalogy Online first. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa002. |
2020 | Cyphocarpa | User:Circeus & User:Thiotrix |
Divergence on interpretation of spelling uncovered on Wikispecies. | Girard, J.-S. & Kothe-Heinrich, G. 2020. Proposal to conserve the name Kyphocarpa with that spelling (Amaranthaceae). Taxon. 69(2): 405-406. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12221 ![]() |
2020 | Claudedebeella | User:Circeus[1] | Homonymy of Falklandia noticed on Wikispecies | Thurston, M.H. & Horton, T. 2020. Claudedebeella, a replacement name for Falklandia De Broyer, 1985 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea, Tryphosidae), preoccupied by Falklandia Forster & Platnick, 1985 (Arachnida, Araneae). Zootaxa. 4750(3): 437-438. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.3.10 ![]() |
2020 | Falklandietta | User:Circeus | Homonymy of Falklandia noticed on Wikispecies | Brandão, S.N. In press. Falklandia Whatley et al., 1987 (Ostracoda): biogeography, taxonomic review and a nomen novum, Falklandietta. Zootaxa. |
2020 | general | User:Faendalimas | Formation and Governance, Regulation and Endorsement of Global Species lists | Stephen T. Garnett, Les Christidis, Stijn Conix, Mark J. Costello, Frank E. Zachos, Olaf S. Ba´nki, Yiming Bao, Saroj K. Barik, John Stewart Buckeridge, Donald Hobern, Aaron Lien, Narelle Montgomery, Svetlana Nikolaeva, Richard L. Pyle, Scott A. Thomson, Peter Paul Van Dijk, Anthony Whalen, Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Kevin R. Thiele. 2020. Principles for creating a single authoritative list of the world’s species. PLoS Biology 18(7): e3000736. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000736. (Garnett et al 2020) |
2020 | Popondochromus | User:Circeus | Homonymy of Popondetta noticed on Wikispecies | Dellapé, P.M. & Henry, T.J. 2020. Popondochromus, a Replacement Name for the Targaremini Genus Popondetta Woodward, 1978 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122(4): 1005–1006 DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.122.4.1005 ![]() |
2020 | Parastasia | User:Circeus & User:Monster Iestyn | Priority of Caelidia noted on Wikispecies. | Girard, J.-S. & Jealous, I. 2020. Wikispecies Notula I. Parastasia Westwood, 1841, nomen protectum and Caelidia Boisduval, 1835, nomen oblitum (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini). Journal of Tropical Coleopterology 1(2):47–50. PDF. |
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- ↑ There clearly was some miscommunication: I am not a PhD!