Garrouste Romain
ISYEB, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France..
Zootaxa. 2017 May 24;4269(4):453-454. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.4.2.
Recently a correspondence in Zootaxa (Ceríaco et al., 2016) with more than 450 signatories including taxonomists, curators and other taxonomy users from all continents has received wide attention and has stimulated extensive discussion (a true buzz) around the possible interpretations of the Code (ICZN) about photography in taxonomy (Researchgate website link). This short note was necessary to recall the necessity of preserved specimens as vouchers for taxonomy, in response to photography-based taxonomy (PBT) as defended by Pape et al. (2016), and in a broad sense, for all the life sciences. This had been widely discussed and argued by Dubois & Nemésio (2007) who concluded on the importance of vouchers in taxonomy. But if the subject of these papers and discussions are about photography as the only way to document a new species, none of them discussed really what photography could represent in enhancing knowledge in natural sciences based on collections of specimens including type series and in association with other media (video and sound).
最近，《动物分类学》（Zootaxa）上的一篇通信文章（Ceríaco等人，2016年）获得了广泛关注，该文章有超过450位签名者，包括来自各大洲的分类学家、馆长及其他分类学使用者，它引发了关于《国际动物命名法规》（ICZN）对分类学中摄影的可能解释的广泛讨论（一场真正的热议）（Researchgate网站链接）。这篇简短的评论很有必要，以回应Pape等人（2016年）所捍卫的基于摄影的分类学（PBT），并在广义上针对所有生命科学，重申保存标本作为分类学凭证的必要性。Dubois和Nemésio（2007年）曾对此进行过广泛讨论和论证，他们得出了凭证在分类学中的重要性的结论。但是，如果这些论文和讨论的主题是关于摄影作为记录新物种的唯一方式，那么它们中没有一篇真正讨论过摄影在基于包括模式系列在内的标本收藏并与其他媒介（视频和声音）相结合来增进自然科学知识方面可能代表着什么。
