Andrew, Harry, or... If a valid name is reduced to a SUBJECTIVE junior synonym in a proper publication, is it no longer a valid name? Does it need to have a formal re-review, placing it back as a valid species before it can be considered valid? Allen Aigen [log in to unmask] >Article 23.1 of the current edition of the International Code of >Zoological Nomenclature states: "23. 1. Statement of Principle of >Priority. The valid name of a taxon is the oldest available name >applied to it, unless that name has been invalidated or another name >is given precedence by any provision of the Code or by any ruling of >the Commission. For this reason priority applies to the validity of >synonyms, to the relative precedence of homonyms..." > >In a nutshell, according to the Code, junior synonyms are not valid names. If a name is not invalid it is valid...