Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#LECTOTYPE λέκτος (léktos, “chosen”)Category:English undefined derivations#LECTOTYPE, from λέγειν (légein, “to choose”) + τύπος (túpos, “blow, impression”).

Noun

lectotype (plural lectotypes)Category:English lemmas#LECTOTYPECategory:English nouns#LECTOTYPECategory:English countable nouns#LECTOTYPECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LECTOTYPECategory:Pages with entries#LECTOTYPECategory:Pages with 1 entry#LECTOTYPE

1. (taxonomyCategory:en:Taxonomy#LECTOTYPE) A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
   • 1905, George P. Merrill, Bulletin of the United States National Museum, Vol. 53, page 12:

     Where the original diagnosis is without illustrations or is accompanied by figues based on two or more specimens, the first subsequent author is at liberty to select from these cotypes a type for the old species, adhering, as far as can be ascertained to the intention of the original author. Such a type speciment is to be designated as a lectotype...

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   • 1968, Arcie Lee McAlester, “Type Species of Paleozoic Nuculoid Bivalve Genera”, in Memoir, Geological Society of America, 105, page 19:

     The lectotype and paratype, which are before me, are both iron-stained, predominantly internal composite molds of left valves in a fine-grained, white quartzite matrix.

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   • 2000, Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, page 27:

     Lectotype designation is justified under article 74.1.1 of the ICZN (1999) in order to fix the status of this specimen as the sole name-bearing type of this species.

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See also

• hapantotype

Anagrams

• leptocyte