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92 Terms used in Bionomenclature
hyphen, [-] : (1) used typographically to link together two words or parts of
a single word when it is split, e.g. when printed. (2) used to join two
parts of a compound specific or infraspecific name to show that they
should be pronounced independently (e.g. nidus-avis); in (bot.)
hyphens cannot be introduced if not used by the author when the
name was validly published, but can be suppressed by later users of
the name (i.e. usage is optional); in (zool.) permitted when the first
element of a species-group name is a letter to denote a character
(e.g. c-album). (3) the first two words of an expression if used to
modify a third (e.g. genus-group names). (4) (phyl., prop.) proposed
as a method of indicating a converted species name in phylogenetic
nomenclature, e.g. Sturnus-vulgaris, see also dot.
hypodigm: (unoff.) all the specimens personally known to and regarded at
a given time by an author as unequivocal members of a taxon, and
used collectively as the sample on which the author’s inferences as
to the taxon are based; i.e. the circumscription given to a taxon in a
particular work.
hypomorphonym: (unoff.) the name of an infraspecific taxon.
hyponym: (1) (obsol.) a name that cannot be recognized because of the
vagueness or inadequacy of the original description. (2) (bot.,
obsol.) a name of uncertain application; i.e. the taxon to which it
applies is undetermined. (3) (zool., unoff.) a name rejected in the
absence of a type. (4) (unoff.) a synonym that represents a taxon that
encompasses a narrower range of variation than represented by the
taxons currently accepted name; see holonym, hypernym. (5) (zool.,
unoff.) a generic name not based on a type species; a provisional or
temporary name.
hypoparatype: (zool., unoff.) a specimen used in preparing the description
of a new taxon but not designated as a paratype.
hypoplastotype: (zool., unoff.) an artificial model of a secondary type
(q.v.).
hypothetical concept: (zool.) a taxonomic concept that when published
contained no animal then known to exist in nature, past or present,
but only in the mind of the author whether a prediction or not.