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Inclusive and productive ways forward needed for species-naming conventions

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We thank D. Whitmore and D. Yanega for their comments.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Michael C. Orr, Rafael R. Ferrari, Arong Luo & Chao-Dong Zhu

  2. Entomologie, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Michael C. Orr & Hossein Rajaei

  3. School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Alice C. Hughes

  4. Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, School of Biology, Museum of Zoology, Quito, Ecuador

    Omar Torres Carvajal & Santiago R. Ron

  5. Environmental Science Training Center, Federal University of Southern Bahia, Porto Seguro, Brazil

    Rafael R. Ferrari

  6. Center of Excellence in Entomology and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Natapot Warrit

  7. Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, Faculty of Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

    Alireza Zamani

  8. Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Yuanmeng Miles Zhang

  9. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Chao-Dong Zhu

  10. College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Chao-Dong Zhu

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M.C.O, A.C.H. and C.-D.Z. conceived the paper. M.C.O. led the writing. A.C.H., O.T.C., R.R.F., A.L., H.R., S.R.R., N.W., A.Z., Y.M.Z. and C-D.Z. contributed to discussions and provided significant inputs on at least one near-final draft.

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Orr, M.C., Hughes, A.C., Carvajal, O.T. et al. Inclusive and productive ways forward needed for species-naming conventions. Nat Ecol Evol 7, 1168–1169 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02103-y

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