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Topic: Change of preferred common name of Gomphus vulgatissimus

We no longer want the hyphen in 'Common Club-tail' for Gomphus vulgatissimus. It should now be 'Common Clubtail' please, with 'Common Club-tail' losing the 'accepted name' attribute.

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Re: Change of preferred common name of Gomphus vulgatissimus

No problem at all - I'll retain the old hyphenated name but mark it as a junior vernacular synonym so that it isn't picked :)

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
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Re: Change of preferred common name of Gomphus vulgatissimus

Thanks. A more systematic search has turned up two more related changes, please:
- 'Yellow-legged Club-tail' >> 'Yellow-legged Clubtail'
- 'Western Club-tail'         >> 'Western Clubtail'

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Re: Change of preferred common name of Gomphus vulgatissimus

Ahhh, of course, the vagrant species ... I've added a "Clubtail" version to both of those and marked the "Club-tail" names as junior synonyms :)

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)