Response to Zamani et al. (2020): The omission of critical data in the pursuit of “revolutionary” methods to accelerate the description of species

By

Sharkey, Michael J.
Brown, Brian Victor
Baker, Austin
Mutanen, Marko

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1033

Pages

191--201

Subjects

Braconidae , COI barcode , minimalist description , taxonomic impediment

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1033.66186

 

Abstract

Here we respond to the criticisms leveled against a proposal that suggested an efficient solution to the taxonomic impediment. We clarify some of our objectives and demonstrate that many of the criticisms apply more to traditional approaches to taxonomy rather than to our minimalist approach.