Restoration of London type of first earthworm – Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae), and setting aside of a ‘neo-neotype’

摘要

A new neotype was subsequently erected by James et al. (2010) on the assertion that Sims’ neotype: “is now missing (The Natural History Museum, in litt.)” when they attempted a DNA study emulating that by Blakemore et al. (2010). However, a recent survey of the Museum shelves by the current author soon rediscovered the sup- posed missing specimen and confirmed its iden- tity as that designated by Sims (1973). Under the rules of the International Code (ICZN, 1999: art. 75.8) the replacement neotype (Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm catalogue number SMNH Type-8035) must now be set aside in favour of Sims’ previous neotype.