Back in 2023 another user and friend of mine (@gafischer) came to me with a request: to add some species to Pampa, a genus of Zygaenidae moth, to th iNat database. Much to my surprise, at first glance the only Pampa that returned on the taxon search was a genus of Hummingbirds. Digging a little deep…

I’d be interested in the paper! Or can you post the abstract, or give a short summary of what happened to the names in the end? “Homonymy and re-homonymy” certainly sounds curious :smile:

Both originally published in 1854 - wild! Great work! (Love the Tolkien reference, too.)

If you guys want the next challenge I recommend fixing the homonymy happening with the genus Annona which is now valid for the linnean plant genus Annona (Annonaceae 170sp+ widespread) and also for the plant bug genus Annona (Hemiptera: Miridae 9sp, some from Brazil). Occasionally I have to go aroun…

Since the name Annona is applied to a plant and an animal in your example, these are hemihomonyms and both are considered valid. The same name can be used in different kingdoms under the scope of two different ruling codes (ICZN for zoological, ICN for botanical); homonyms are within the same kingdo…

[image] ephofmann: You can even have the same binomial for two taxa, provided they are in different kingdoms. Oh, dear. Try explaining that to a general audience.

Oh wow, I didn’t know about that! Are these hemihomonyms common? I can’t believe in all those years that this is the first case I found… Shame on me for not knowing that, specially when I’m a curator… Time to start some biology course. Happy Biologist Day by the way (in Brazil it is in September 3rd…

My work as a Curator here ended up becoming a paper!

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diegoalmendras September 3, 2024, 5:29pm 7

dont forget to add it to 2024 wiki https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/published-papers-that-use-inaturalist-data-wiki-4-2024/47837

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My work as a Curator here ended up becoming a paper!

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