It is desirable for each taxonomist to follow the rule of Occam's razor: "Entities are not to be multiplied without necessity" (Non sunt multiplicanda entia sine necessitate). The purpose of Taxonomy-science is to understand and restore order, and not to describe as many new species as possible.

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Distribution map of Carabus rutilans complex

Finally we have a library

Distribution map of Mesocarabus lusitanicus complex
http://carabidae.org/page/Mesocarab...us-complex.html

Now Available: Author Statistics for Carabidae.org http://carabidae.org/the-authors

We have launched a new website "Cerambycidae of the World" http://cerambycidae.org/