Roman Bohdan Hołyński

The paper is a reaction to that published by PACKER et al. (2009, Molecular Ecology Resources 9, Suppl.1: 42–50), depreciating the value of traditional – especially morphological – data in taxonomical studies as " mediocre " and boosting instead the simplistic 'barcoding' procedures as " obviously effi cient ". Having explicitly stated my – as a 't...

The “reverse migration hypothesis” as the explanation for the vagrancy of Far Eastern birds in Europe is commented on. It is concluded that, as the postulated switch of 180° along a great circle line would lead the eastern or even central Siberian birds to North America rather than to Europe, the application of the “reverse migration hypothesis” to...

Let me dedicate this small contribution to those scientists who understand-and behave accordingly-that the, in normal situations perhaps just, demand not to mingle politics with science, is not only invalid but simply immoral when to our Colleagues-also scientists-having the misfortune to live in a country neighbouring the unsatiable aggressor, the...

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Description of two new species of Metataenia Thy. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from New Hebrides and ?New Caledonia

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Review of the [Cyphogastra DEYR.]-supergenus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) VI. The Modesta-, Obloquens-, Ventricosa-and Pistor-circles Roman B. HOŁYŃSKI PL-05822 Milanówek, ul. Graniczna 35, skr. poczt. 65, POLAND

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Review of the [Cyphogastra DEYR.]-supergenus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) II. The Tinianica-, Armata-, Uxorismeae-, Bruyni-and Flavimana-circles Roman B. HOŁYŃSKI PL-05822 Milanówek, ul. Graniczna 35, skr. poczt. 65, POLAND

Open letter to scientists

Comment on Garnett & Christidis. 2017. Nature 546, 7656: 25-27

The question whether taxonomic descriptions naming new animal species without type specimen(s) deposited in collections should be accepted for publication by scientific journals and allowed by the Code has already been discussed in Zootaxa (Dubois & Nemésio 2007; Donegan 2008, 2009; Nemésio 2009a–b; Dubois 2009; Gentile & Snell 2009; Minelli 2009;...

This plot is not part of the published stance but derives from it. The plot shows the number of authors by geographic region (courtesy of Dr. Diego Astua).

Tudományos munka céljai, alapelvei, szabályai 1993-1994-ban, a Gödi Természettudományi Alapítvány megbízásából, három (Váci, Dunakeszi és Újpesti) gimnázium diákjainak vezettem " szeminárium "-sorozatot a biológia különbözı ágazatainak tárgyköreirıl és módszereirıl, amelynek az elsı, bevezetı része lett a az alapja a tervezett könyvecskének. Sajnos...

Some explanations for Fallacies and false premises...

PhD dissertation, Museum and Institute of Zoology PASc.,

The situation in taxonomy – and in “biodiversity studies” in general – is certainly not rosy: the effort to discover, describe, and study the living animals and plants is by far inadequate, especially in view of overwhelmingly “efficient” processes of their extermination.

aBstRact. Three new species of Metataenia Théry are described: erection of a new subgenus, Metachuckia sg. n., was needed to accommodate M. extranea sp. n. from Luzon, while M. pilosa sp. n. and M. quoqueversa sp. n. (both from New Guinea) represent Metataenia Théry s. str.

aBstRact. Having become aware of the overlooked designation of type-species for the genus Chrysodema C.G. made it necessary to introduce some corrections to my earlier publication (Hołyński 1993): new name for the subgenus originally considered nominotypical and modification of the key.

A new species of the genus Iridotaenia Deyr. aBstRact: A new New Guinean species of the genus Iridotaenia Deyr. is described, apparently belonging to the Gressitti-circle of the subgenus Euiridotaenia Hoł.

aBstRact. A reassessment of the internal structure of the genus Paracupta Deyr., with description of two new species and three new subgenera, is presented.

aBstRact. Recently costello & al. (2012; 2013a,b,c) and some other authors suggested that – contrary to the opinion of the majority of systematists – nowadays taxonomy is flourishing rather than being in crisis, and the decreasing numbers of species named by an average taxonomist shows that most of those actually living on the Earth have already be...

The paper is a reaction to that published by PACKER et al. (2009, Molecular Ecology Resources 9, Suppl.1: 42–50), depreciating the value of traditional – especially morphological – data in taxonomical studies as “mediocre” and boosting instead the simplistic ‘barcoding’ procedures as “obviously effi cient”. Having explicitly stated my – as a ‘tradi...

ABstrAct: Systematic position of the enigmatic genus Pseudhyperantha Snd. is discussed: examination of the holotype of Pseudhyperantha bloetei thy. has shown that the genus belongs to the Stigmoderina lAc. rather then to the Dicercina Gistl,

My original >2 pages long detailled argumentation has been "edited" (without my approval or even informing me before publication) into few lines of empty platitude, therefore here I show both (the author's and the editor's) versions - a nice example of how the "discussions" on nomenclatural questions are going on...