My 2 cents/pence/pfennig worth:
First, few of the phylocode options discussed in a recent paper on the
subject - there were 13 of them - are really uninomials. They are more like
a binomial in many respects than a uninomial. I say this because there
seems to be some gut reaction to the "uni". Maybe we would be better off
calling the new schemes "phylonomials" or something like that.
The question of what to do with "sp." when a species has not been
determined is simple. One places it in the next most inclusive clade/group.
Many times I have seen ecological papers in which the Family was the
finest level of taxonomy done on some groups. For mites, it could be
Order. I think very little would change under a phylocode nomenclature.
Sam James
Life Sciences
Maharishi University of Management
Fairfield, IA USA
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