ABSTRACT Nomenclatural stability is a key challenge within the area of tick taxonomy due to the widescale loss of old type material, errors in the designation and usage of binomials, and the common description of synonymous species, historically. Ixodes anatis is an important co-endangered tick species endemic to New Zealand and its nomenclatural stability is crucial for those studying its ecology and conservation biology. Following its complete redescription earlier this year, the authors discovered two further syntypes of I. anatis, in addition to the specimen recorded in the redescription. One of these specimens, an intact female, is elevated to the rank of lectotype in accordance with the IUZN code, to ensure nomenclatural stability of this species.

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确保 Ixodes anatis Chilton 的命名稳定性，1904 年发现丢失的类型材料并指定选型

摘要 由于旧类型材料的大规模丢失、二项式的指定和使用错误以及同义物种的共同描述，命名稳定性是蜱分类学领域的一个关键挑战。Ixodes anatis 是新西兰特有的一种重要的共同濒危蜱种，其命名稳定性对于研究其生态学和保护生物学的人来说至关重要。在今年早些时候完全重新描述之后，除了重新描述中记录的标本外，作者还发现了 I. anatis 的另外两种同型。其中一个标本，一个完整的雌性，根据 IUZN 代码被提升到选型等级，以确保该物种的命名稳定性。