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Armand Turpel has released col_workbox which will compare lists of species with the Catalogue of Life. In order to run, install this virtual machine by using a virtualization software such as VirtualBox (free and runs on Windows (xp, Vista, 7), Linux, Solaris and OS X). Then connect to col_workbox by the url: http:127.0.0.1:2222. Instructions are included in the download package.
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Bionomina: International Journal of Biological Nomenclature & Terminology
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curioustaxonomy.net - Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
This description of the fictitious wasp Shillingsworthia shillingsworthi by the embittered Girault refers to it as a creature with no head, thorax, abdomen, legs, antennae, or wings (i.e., nonexistent), "blank, vacant, inaneness perfect. . . . Visible only from certain points of view. Shadowless. An airy species whose flight cannot be followed except by the winged mind. . . . This so thin genus is consecrated to Doctor Johann Francis Illingworth, in these days remarkable for his selfless devotion to Entomology, not only sacrificing all of the comforts of life, but as well as his health and reputation to the uncompromising search for truth."
Austin, D. 1993. The Nuance and Wit of Carolus Linnaeus. The Palmetto, 13(4)