suggest to index International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) Offical Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names as well as ICZN Official List of Specific Names in Zoology

[jhpoelen]

as referenced in slack exchange - (see also attached image)

fyi @n8upham @myrmoteras

https://covid19taf.slack.com/archives/C011W4GPXDX/p1669304337659539?thread_ts=1669275799.689079&cid=C011W4GPXDX

@Donat Agosti A quick search in a recent copy of a itis data archive via

preston track https://www.itis.gov/downloads/itisMSSql.zip | preston grep blainvillii
included the following comments:

<line:zip:hash://sha256/b56ab3c69cc2721150ac4683646aa2c79bcb1cc273c38a02f4fef5bdccbff185!/itisMS.102822/taxonomic_units!/L179987> <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value> "180050||Mormoops||blainvillii||||||invalid|unavailable, incorrect orig. spelling|TWG standards met|||0|1996-06-13 14:51:08|0|21470|0|5|220|04/26/2021|No|invalid|Mormoops blainvillii" <urn:uuid:b85731a6-e3bb-45d2-b6ae-f12fbc326cac> .

<line:zip:hash://sha256/b56ab3c69cc2721150ac4683646aa2c79bcb1cc273c38a02f4fef5bdccbff185!/itisMS.102822/comments!/L66768> <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value> "70719|S.N. Alexander, ITIS Data Development Specialist|\"Often spelled blainvillii, but this was an incorrect original spelling; the correct spelling is blainvillei (see Opinion 462 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1958b). The ICZN placed blainvilli on the Offical Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology, and placed blainvillei on the Offical List of Specific Names in Zoology in Opinion 462\" (Wilson & Reeder, 2005)|2021-04-26 12:01:14|04/26/2021" <urn:uuid:b85731a6-e3bb-45d2-b6ae-f12fbc326cac> .

<line:zip:hash://sha256/b56ab3c69cc2721150ac4683646aa2c79bcb1cc273c38a02f4fef5bdccbff185!/itisMS.102822/comments!/L25862> <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value> "28986|Wilson & Reeder, eds. (2005)|Comments: See Lancaster and Kalko (1996) and Timm and Genoways (2003). Often spelled blainvillii, but this was an incorrect original spelling; the correct spelling is blainvillei (see Opinion 462 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1958b). The ICZN placed blainvilli on the Offical Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology, and placed blainvillei on the Offical List of Specific Names in Zoology in Opinion 462|2014-08-27 22:46:37|04/26/2021" <urn:uuid:b85731a6-e3bb-45d2-b6ae-f12fbc326cac> .

In other words, it appears that S.N. Alexander, ITIS Data Development Specialist entered a comment on 2021-04-26:

Often spelled blainvillii, but this was an incorrect original spelling; the correct spelling is blainvillei (see Opinion 462 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1958b). The ICZN placed blainvilli on the Offical Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology, and placed blainvillei on the Offical List of Specific Names in Zoology in Opinion 462 (Wilson & Reeder, 2005)
I don't see any explicit record of the change of the synonym_link , just this free text clue as to why the change (recorded on same date) may have been made.

@Donat Agosti et al. Do you keep track of the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology and/or the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology?