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Here's a new paper from the Zhang/Grishin group which creates a lot of sub-tribes/sub-genera: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/taxrpt/88/

Am I correct in understanding that, per the code (article 36), Grishin is incorrect in assuming authorship for many of these sub-tribes?

Tribes and subtribes are part of the Family-group, so in the case of the new Papilionidae subtribe "Meandrusina Grishin, subtrib. n. (type genus Meandrusa F. Moore, 1888, in Papilionini Latreille, [1802])" Grishin is using the Genus-group name to form a new subtribe name in the Family-group, and he correctly is the author of the name. If he had tried to claim authorship for a new subtribe name based on a Family-group name (e.g. 'Papilionina') then article 36 would apply. I assume the other names are similar.

Adam.

By the way, this is not the newest offering from his team, a paper on American genomics was published a few days ago:
Genomic analysis reveals new species and subspecies of butterflies
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/taxrpt/89

Adam.

Thanks Adam! Much appreciated.