Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Square Brackets around Date

Posted by tristram on 08-05-2011 18:44
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Browsing the checklist at Dipterist Forum I came across things like this:

Anasimyia interpuncta (Harris, [1776])

I understand the reason for the parentheses (..) around the authority, but what do the square brackets [..] around the date signify?