genus inquirendum

Translingual

Etymology

Latin genus + inquirendus

Noun

genus inquirendum n (plural genera inquirenda)

1. (taxonomy) A genus of doubtful identity that needs further investigation.
   • 1900, Heinrich Georg Bronn, Dr. H.G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs‎^[1] (in German), page 1729:

     Die zweite Section enthält die Gattung Synbothrium Dies., die, wenn auch als Genus inquirendum, beibehalten werden kann; alle übrigen Arten können dem Genus Rhyncobothrius Rud. eingereiht werden […]

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   • 2006, A. Zullini, V. Peneva, chapter 16, in Eyualem Abebe, István Andrássy, Walter Traunspurger, Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy‎^[2] (in English), →ISBN:

     The genus Tectonchus Tsalolikhin, 1974 was not properly described, so we consider it and its four species as genera inquirenda and species inquirenda, respectively.

See also

• species inquirenda