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If a search term matches a single target, then search automaticly redirects to that page

name
search for exact 'name' (eg. 'antiopa' or 'nymphalis')
name*
search for a starting 'name'
*name
search for a name ending with 'name
*name*
search for a name containing 'name'
higher name
search combination "higher name" (e.g. 'nymphalis antiopa')
higher* name*
the wildcards can be applied to both components (e.g. 'nym* an*')
More advanced usage: The generic format is actually
taxon:author:year:pageinfo
where
taxon
is one or two words as shown above
author
matches the author names
year
matches the year field
page
matches the page info
antiopa:linnaeus
will redirect to Nymphalis antiopa, because database has only one antiopa authored by Linnaeus.
:geyer:[1836]
lists names authored by Geyer, [1836]

Queries can easily result thousands of matches. The output of the query result stops after 2000th entry (e.g. ':linnaeus' attemps to search all names authored by Linnaeus, and there are many). If this happens, change query more specific.

Functionally, the query string is "Fuzzy LSID" for this site. Sufficiently specific query (like 'papilio antiopa:linnaeus') will always match only one item, and will always redirect to the target. Note: 'nymphalis antiopa:linnaeus' will not match anything, because Linnaeus didn't describe the 'antiopa' under 'Nymphalis'!.