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ON THE CITATION OF LOCALITIES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

T. D. A. Cockerell
T. D. A. Cockerell
Affiliation:
West Cliff, Custer Co., Col.
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It is the custom nowadays to look down with great contempt on those old authorities, who considered “North America” or even “North America,” or even “America,” a sufficently accurage locality to give when describing a species; but, perhaps, we of the present age of not quite blameless of similiar and (with our means of obtaining information) less excusable carelessness in, that we often think it enough to give the name of the state or region only.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , March 1889 , pp. 46 - 48
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1889

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* In sone of these cases, however, the authors are probably blameless. It is not always possible to ascertain who was the collector.

† One kind of “crediting,” however, I do think unvise. If Tompkinson discovers a new insect, I cannot myself see that that is any reason why the poor creature should ever after be burdened with the name “Tompkinsoni” !!