Mihi itch
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mihi-itch-178-5873248
title:
Mihi itch
text:
Mihi itch or Mihisucht is the ambition is to describe new species as a means to immortalize their names. Mihi is the dative form of the Latin word ego, thus "mihi itch" means to satisfy one's egotistical impulses. The expression appeared in print as early as 1884. A consequence of the Mihi itch may be the unwarranted description of new taxa, differing only slightly from already established taxa, leading to taxonomic inflation. A more extreme case may be termed taxonomic vandalism when a large nu
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description:
Desire to define new species
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihi_itch
date created:
2023-10-04T19:38:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T14:38:29Z
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