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

Michael Sharkey; Brian Brown; Austin Baker; Marko Mutanen

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1033.66186

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

Zookeys. 2021 Apr 22:1033:191-201. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1033.66186. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Michael Sharkey¹, Brian Brown², Austin Baker³, Marko Mutanen⁴

Affiliations

¹ The Hymenoptera Institute, 116 Franklin Ave., Redlands, CA 92373, USA The Hymenoptera Institute Redlands United States of America.
² Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Los Angeles United States of America.
³ Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA University of California Riverside United States of America.
⁴ Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu, Finland University of Oulu Oulu Finland.

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.

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

Publication types

Editorial