Zammara boulardi Kratzer 2024

ZAMMARA BOULARDI KRATZER, 2024 NOMEN NUDUM REMARKS. Kratzer (2024) included the species Zammara boulardi Goemans, 2016 in her field guide. The species is presented in the text in the same manner as all the other species are treated but the taxon is not available under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999). Goemans (2016) described the taxon in a dissertation with a disclaimer that the nomenclatural acts are not valid for nomenclatural purposes and thus is not a published work under the Code (Article 8.3). This disclaimer makes any names, including Zammara boulardi, or other taxonomic acts unavailable under Article 8.3. The taxon Zammara boulardi remains unavailable because the dissertation is not considered a published work so Article 10.1.1 cannot apply, Article 16.1 is not fulfilled where the taxon is shown to be intended to be new (Kratzer lists Goemans as the authority), and there is no fixation of a holotype specimen or depository identified which is required for all names published after 1999 (Article 16.4). The missing information means Article 13 is not fulfilled and makes the name unavailable for nomenclatural purposes. However, Kratzer (2024) introduced the name in a published work so that the taxon is now to be known as Zammara boulardi Kratzer, 2024 nomen nudum.