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FIGURE 3. Labels of all specimens of the type series of Glypta suturalis italicator Aubert. In the original publication of this
taxon, no holotype is designated. Both the original labels by Aubert and the syntype labels added by us are shown. (a) labels of
the two individuals (one female and one male) marked as “Type” by Aubert. (b) labels of the three individuals marked as “Paratype”.
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Jacques F. Aubert described most of his taxa in the accepted nomenclatural ranks (i.e. genus, species and subspecies).
However, he also defined his own categories, for instance the “forme-sous-espèce”, “forma aut subspecies”
and “forma aut species” (Aubert 1963d). He erected these categories primarily to express his uncertainty about the
actual biological status of a taxon. Accordingly, a “forma aut subspecies” reflect that Aubert hesitated between giving
the taxon the rank of a form or that of a subspecies, and “forma aut species” denotes a taxon for which he was
not sure whether it represented a true biological species or merely a morphological form. In the treatment of these
categories, we follow the Code (articles 10.2, 45.5., 45.6.). Accordingly, categories containing the expression
“forma” correspond to an infra-subspecific level, and the names created under such a rank are not available. The
only exception we make is for Aubert’s category “forme-sous-espèce” or “forma subspecia” which he uses for geographically
defined taxa that can be interpreted as subspecies (Aubert 1963a). Dispite the misleading name, we
treat this category as being of subspecific rank and accept names generated under this category as valid.
When a name generated under an infra-subspecific rank was subsequently used for a species or subspecies in a
way that made it available, a new name with its own authorship and date was thereby established (Arts. 10.2. and
45.5.1.). In most cases, Aubert himself later raised unavailable names to a level conforming to the Code. As an
example, the name Scambus nitida rufator was first described by Aubert (1963b) as a “f. aut. ssp. n.” and thus had
an infra-subspecific rank. In a later paper (Aubert 1964c), Aubert stated that the taxon described under this name
was a new species; hence the date of publication of the name rufator is 1964. In some cases, the authorship for a
ICHNEUMONID TYPES IN THE AUBERT COLLECTION
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