Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation.

• Scott A Thomson,
• Richard L Pyle,
• Shane T Ahyong,
• Miguel Alonso-Zarazaga,
• Joe Ammirati,
• Juan Francisco Araya,
• John S Ascher,
• Tracy Lynn Audisio,
• Valter M Azevedo-Santos,
• Nicolas Bailly,
• William J Baker,
• Michael Balke,
• Maxwell V L Barclay,
• Russell L Barrett,
• Ricardo C Benine,
• James R M Bickerstaff,
• Patrice Bouchard,
• Roger Bour,
• Thierry Bourgoin,
• Christopher B Boyko,
• Abraham S H Breure,
• Denis J Brothers,
• James W Byng,
• David Campbell,
• Luis M P Ceríaco,
• István Cernák,
• Pierfilippo Cerretti,
• Chih-Han Chang,
• Soowon Cho,
• Joshua M Copus,
• Mark J Costello,
• Andras Cseh,
• Csaba Csuzdi,
• Alastair Culham,
• Guillermo D'Elía,
• Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz,
• Mikhail E Daneliya,
• René Dekker,
• Edward C Dickinson,
• Timothy A Dickinson,
• Peter Paul van Dijk,
• Klaas-Douwe B Dijkstra,
• Bálint Dima,
• Dmitry A Dmitriev,
• Leni Duistermaat,
• John P Dumbacher,
• Wolf L Eiserhardt,
• Torbjørn Ekrem,
• Neal L Evenhuis,
• Arnaud Faille,
• José L Fernández-Triana,
• Emile Fiesler,
• Mark Fishbein,
• Barry G Fordham,
• André V L Freitas,
• Natália R Friol,
• Uwe Fritz,
• Tobias Frøslev,
• Vicki A Funk,
• Stephen D Gaimari,
• Guilherme S T Garbino,
• André R S Garraffoni,
• József Geml,
• Anthony C Gill,
• Alan Gray,
• Felipe G Grazziotin,
• Penelope Greenslade,
• Eliécer E Gutiérrez,
• Mark S Harvey,
• Cornelis J Hazevoet,
• Kai He,
• Xiaolan He,
• Stephan Helfer,
• Kristofer M Helgen,
• Anneke H van Heteren,
• Francisco Hita Garcia,
• Norbert Holstein,
• Margit K Horváth,
• Peter H Hovenkamp,
• Wei Song Hwang,
• Jaakko Hyvönen,
• Melissa B Islam,
• John B Iverson,
• Michael A Ivie,
• Zeehan Jaafar,
• Morgan D Jackson,
• J Pablo Jayat,
• Norman F Johnson,
• Hinrich Kaiser,
• Bente B Klitgård,
• Dániel G Knapp,
• Jun-Ichi Kojima,
• Urmas Kõljalg,
• Jenő Kontschán,
• Frank-Thorsten Krell,
• Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber,
• Sven Kullander,
• Leonardo Latella,
• John E Lattke,
• Valeria Lencioni,
• Gwilym P Lewis,
• Marcos G Lhano,
• Nathan K Lujan,
• Jolanda A Luksenburg,
• Jean Mariaux,
• Jader Marinho-Filho,
• Christopher J Marshall,
• Jason F Mate,
• Molly M McDonough,
• Ellinor Michel,
• Vitor F O Miranda,
• Mircea-Dan Mitroiu,
• Jesús Molinari,
• Scott Monks,
• Abigail J Moore,
• Ricardo Moratelli,
• Dávid Murányi,
• Takafumi Nakano,
• Svetlana Nikolaeva,
• John Noyes,
• Michael Ohl,
• Nora H Oleas,
• Thomas Orrell,
• Barna Páll-Gergely,
• Thomas Pape,
• Viktor Papp,
• Lynne R Parenti,
• David Patterson,
• Igor Ya Pavlinov,
• Ronald H Pine,
• Péter Poczai,
• Jefferson Prado,
• Divakaran Prathapan,
• Richard K Rabeler,
• John E Randall,
• Frank E Rheindt,
• Anders G J Rhodin,
• Sara M Rodríguez,
• D Christopher Rogers,
• Fabio de O Roque,
• Kevin C Rowe,
• Luis A Ruedas,
• Jorge Salazar-Bravo,
• Rodrigo B Salvador,
• George Sangster,
• Carlos E Sarmiento,
• Dmitry S Schigel,
• Stefan Schmidt,
• Frederick W Schueler,
• Hendrik Segers,
• Neil Snow,
• Pedro G B Souza-Dias,
• Riaan Stals,
• Soili Stenroos,
• R Douglas Stone,
• Charles F Sturm,
• Pavel Štys,
• Pablo Teta,
• Daniel C Thomas,
• Robert M Timm,
• Brian J Tindall,
• Jonathan A Todd,
• Dagmar Triebel,
• Antonio G Valdecasas,
• Alfredo Vizzini,
• Maria S Vorontsova,
• Jurriaan M de Vos,
• Philipp Wagner,
• Les Watling,
• Alan Weakley,
• Francisco Welter-Schultes,
• Daniel Whitmore,
• Nicholas Wilding,
• Kipling Will,
• Jason Williams,
• Karen Wilson,
• Judith E Winston,
• Wolfgang Wüster,
• Douglas Yanega,
• David K Yeates,
• Hussam Zaher,
• Guanyang Zhang,
• Zhi-Qiang Zhang,
• Hong-Zhang Zhou

Affiliations

Scott A Thomson

Richard L Pyle

Shane T Ahyong

Miguel Alonso-Zarazaga

Joe Ammirati

Juan Francisco Araya

John S Ascher

Tracy Lynn Audisio

Valter M Azevedo-Santos

Nicolas Bailly

William J Baker

Michael Balke

Maxwell V L Barclay

Russell L Barrett

Ricardo C Benine

James R M Bickerstaff

Patrice Bouchard

Roger Bour

Thierry Bourgoin

Christopher B Boyko

Abraham S H Breure

Denis J Brothers

James W Byng

David Campbell

Luis M P Ceríaco

István Cernák

Pierfilippo Cerretti

Chih-Han Chang

Soowon Cho

Joshua M Copus

Mark J Costello

Andras Cseh

Csaba Csuzdi

Alastair Culham

Guillermo D'Elía

Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz

Mikhail E Daneliya

René Dekker

Edward C Dickinson

Timothy A Dickinson

Peter Paul van Dijk

Klaas-Douwe B Dijkstra

Bálint Dima

Dmitry A Dmitriev

Leni Duistermaat

John P Dumbacher

Wolf L Eiserhardt

Torbjørn Ekrem

Neal L Evenhuis

Arnaud Faille

José L Fernández-Triana

Emile Fiesler

Mark Fishbein

Barry G Fordham

André V L Freitas

Natália R Friol

Uwe Fritz

Tobias Frøslev

Vicki A Funk

Stephen D Gaimari

Guilherme S T Garbino

André R S Garraffoni

József Geml

Anthony C Gill

Alan Gray

Felipe G Grazziotin

Penelope Greenslade

Eliécer E Gutiérrez

Mark S Harvey

Cornelis J Hazevoet

Kai He

Xiaolan He

Stephan Helfer

Kristofer M Helgen

Anneke H van Heteren

Francisco Hita Garcia

Norbert Holstein

Margit K Horváth

Peter H Hovenkamp

Wei Song Hwang

Jaakko Hyvönen

Melissa B Islam

John B Iverson

Michael A Ivie

Zeehan Jaafar

Morgan D Jackson

J Pablo Jayat

Norman F Johnson

Hinrich Kaiser

Bente B Klitgård

Dániel G Knapp

Jun-Ichi Kojima

Urmas Kõljalg

Jenő Kontschán

Frank-Thorsten Krell

Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber

Sven Kullander

Leonardo Latella

John E Lattke

Valeria Lencioni

Gwilym P Lewis

Marcos G Lhano

Nathan K Lujan

Jolanda A Luksenburg

Jean Mariaux

Jader Marinho-Filho

Christopher J Marshall

Jason F Mate

Molly M McDonough

Ellinor Michel

Vitor F O Miranda

Mircea-Dan Mitroiu

Jesús Molinari

Scott Monks

Abigail J Moore

Ricardo Moratelli

Dávid Murányi

Takafumi Nakano

Svetlana Nikolaeva

John Noyes

Michael Ohl

Nora H Oleas

Thomas Orrell

Barna Páll-Gergely

Thomas Pape

Viktor Papp

Lynne R Parenti

David Patterson

Igor Ya Pavlinov

Ronald H Pine

Péter Poczai

Jefferson Prado

Divakaran Prathapan

Richard K Rabeler

John E Randall

Frank E Rheindt

Anders G J Rhodin

Sara M Rodríguez

D Christopher Rogers

Fabio de O Roque

Kevin C Rowe

Luis A Ruedas

Jorge Salazar-Bravo

Rodrigo B Salvador

George Sangster

Carlos E Sarmiento

Dmitry S Schigel

Stefan Schmidt

Frederick W Schueler

Hendrik Segers

Neil Snow

Pedro G B Souza-Dias

Riaan Stals

Soili Stenroos

R Douglas Stone

Charles F Sturm

Pavel Štys

Pablo Teta

Daniel C Thomas

Robert M Timm

Brian J Tindall

Jonathan A Todd

Dagmar Triebel

Antonio G Valdecasas

Alfredo Vizzini

Maria S Vorontsova

Jurriaan M de Vos

Philipp Wagner

Les Watling

Alan Weakley

Francisco Welter-Schultes

Daniel Whitmore

Nicholas Wilding

Kipling Will

Jason Williams

Karen Wilson

Judith E Winston

Wolfgang Wüster

Douglas Yanega

David K Yeates

Hussam Zaher

Guanyang Zhang

Zhi-Qiang Zhang

Hong-Zhang Zhou