An annotated list of individuals commemorated eponymously in scientific names of extant Odonata published in 2016 – 2020

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Matti Hämäläinen · IDF-Report 157 · 2021

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TitleAn annotated list of individuals commemorated eponymously in scientific names of extant Odonata published in 2016 – 2020
AuthorMatti Hämäläinen
JournalInternational Dragonfly Fund – Report
Issue157
Published9 March 2021
Pages1–35
ISSN1435-3393
PublisherInternational Dragonfly Fund e.V.
LanguageEnglish

Abstract

From 2016-2020, a total of 276 new scientific species-group and 11 genus-group names of extant Odonata were introduced. From these 124 species-group and 3 genus-group names are eponyms representing a total of 124 individuals. A list of these persons and associated taxa is provided. Additionally, the original etymologies of the taxon names are given verbatim together with references. The publication is a supplement to the catalogue published by the author: International Dragonfly Fund – Report 92 (2016).

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Matti Hämäläinen (2021): An annotated list of individuals commemorated eponymously in scientific names of extant Odonata published in 2016 – 2020. International Dragonfly Fund – Report 157: 1–35.

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