a list or collection of synonyms, esp one in which their meanings are discriminated
4. biology
a collection of the synonyms of a species or group
Examples of 'synonymies' in a sentence
synonymies
The possible synonymies of three pairs of species are discussed.
Juan M. Nieto Nafría, M. Pilar Mier-Durante, Georges Remaudière 2013, 'The genus Aphidura (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in the collection of the Muséum nationald'Histoire naturelle of Paris, with six new species', ZooKeyshttp://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=3396. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The two new species are described and illustrated, and new synonymies are proposed.
Ana Lía Estévez, John T Polhemus 2007, 'The small species of Belostoma (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae): Revision of plebejumgroup', Revista de Biología Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442007000100015. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
New synonymies and new combinations are proposed, based mainly on the study of type materials.
Ming-fu Wang 2013, 'New synonymies and new combinations of Muscidae from China (Diptera, Muscoidea)',ZooKeyshttp://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=3901. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A key to species, synonymies, distributions, representative specimens, and salient notes are presented.
Lisa Campbell, Laurence J. Dorr 2013, 'A synopsis of Harperocallis (Tofieldiaceae, Alismatales) with ten new combinations',PhytoKeyshttp://phytokeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1460. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This current list includes all synonymies for 65 taxa at the species level.
García-París, M., Ruiz, J. L., Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A. 2010, 'Catálogo sinonímico de los táxones ibero-baleares de la familia Meloidae (Coleoptera)',Graellsiahttp://graellsia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/graellsia/article/view/177/181. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Remarks on their geographical distribution, habitat, synonymies and museum catalogue numbers are provided.
Alessandro Prantoni, Paulo C. Lana, Christer Erséus 2017, 'Global checklist of species of Grania (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) with remarks ontheir geographic distribution', European Journal of Taxonomyhttp://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/517. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The following synonymies are proposed for the available genus-group names.
Marko Prous, Stephan M. Blank, Henri Goulet, Erik Heibo, Andrew Liston, Tobias Malm,Tommi Nyman, Stefan Schmidt, David Smith, Hege Vårdal, Matti Viitasaari, Veli Vikberg,Andreas Taeger 2014, 'The genera of Nematinae (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae)', Journal of Hymenoptera Researchhttp://jhr.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=4130. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The holotypes for all available names are pictured, and synonymies discussed and updated.
M.J. Paulsen, David Hawks 2014, 'A review of the primary types of the Hawaiian stag beetle genus Apterocyclus Waterhouse(Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Lucaninae), with the description of a new species', ZooKeyshttp://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=3981. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Finally, an annotated listing of synonymies and an updated bibliography are given.
Pedro Sousa, Miquel Arnedo, D. James Harris 2017, 'Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach,1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae)', ZooKeyshttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=12206. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Descriptions, synonymies, along with distribution maps and illustrations/figures, are given for each species.
Lucas Majure, Eldis Bécquer, Walter Judd 2016, 'Revision of the Lima clade (Miconia sect. Lima, Miconieae, Melastomataceae) of theGreater Antilles', PhytoKeyshttp://phytokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=9355. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)