Here is a case I submitted as an answer to a ResearchGate question whichmight be of interest for you:
?Is registration of new species in zoobank.org mandatory? - ResearchGate. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_registration_of_new_species_in_zoobankorg_mandatory/2 [accessed Nov 24, 2016].
I submitted a "real case" which in addition has been published in what one would call a "junk journal", i.e. with a high probability of going offline rather sooner than later. this would be a pity for the author, who probably was not aware of the situation and did a fair job in describing the new species mentioned below.
Here we have a real case:
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS THAUMAGLO
SSA (COLEOPTERA:
DERMESTIDAE: MEGATOMINAE) OF THE ASTRAKHAN REGION O
F RUSSIA http://easletters.com/volume3-issue4-2016/EASL-2016-3-4-12-14.pdf
The description is illustrated and a Holotype reference is mentioned, but a Zoobank registry seems to be missing. Is this a valid description? If not are we wasting taxonomy expertise and effort?
I am a great fan of digital resources, but their half-life is extremely limited (that´s why I upgraded Roman Bohdan Hołyński comments).
Institutional deposit of accessible type material is obligatory, so why not claim to deposit 5 printouts in distinct institutions (I understand that some museums still maintain libraries:::)
Dear Klaus,
Yes indeed, this case seems to be exactly one that would fall under the domain of our Observatory.
From what you wrote, it indeed seems that this new nomen is not available, but I would need to see the original document. Could you send it to me as attachment to ?
Regarding the 5 printouts, this is certainly not a good solution. We discussed this in detail in Zootaxa, 2013, 3735 (1): 1-94.
Thank you for your interest and your input.
Best wishes,
Alain
Dear Alain, Stephen, I will try to digout the paper and send it per email - but we certainly have to overcome a case-by-case solution and install a central website which administers "known" frauds - Stephen knew it, I didn´t. I think there is a website identifying bogus journals in general, that would be a starting point for a more specific Zoology site - not sure if Zoobank can do the job... Greetings Klaus
I agree with Stephen. The paper of Pushkin is a fraud. The photograph used by Pushkin to describe Thaumaglossa zhantievi sp. nov. as a new species is indeed a known species called Thaumaglossa laeta Arrow, 1915. and the photo was stolen from this webpage https://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/rus/thazhaps.htm
So Mr. Pushkin is incurring in synonymy and fraud with this article published in Entomol. Appl. Sci. Lett., 2016, 3 (4):12-14 http://easletters.com/volume3-issue4-2016/EASL-2016-3-4-12-14.pdf
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