Dr Mark D. Scherz (He/Him)The arguments over #MinimalistTaxonomy continued in my 7th paper of 2022, again led by Ali Zamani. We argued that DNA barcodes are a useful addition to, but not a replacement for, other lines of evidence for species diagnosis and description.
https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12538
My 5th paper of 2022 was an opinion led by Alireza Zamani, arguing against #MinimalistTaxonomy and for #IntegrativeTaxonomy, with specific reference to the recent work on Sharkey and colleagues on Braconid wasps.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772000.2022.2063964?journalCode=tsab20
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772000.2022.2063964?journalCode=tsab20
