The phrase "alpha taxonomy" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in biological classification to refer to the basic level of taxonomy that involves the identification and naming of species.
Example: "The study focused on alpha taxonomy to accurately classify the newly discovered species of plants."
Alternatives: "primary taxonomy" or "basic taxonomy".
Given the comparative de-emphasis on iconic types, the bloated alpha taxonomy of the past was reduced to a mere handful of hominid species displaying previously under-appreciated within species variability.
As a result, alpha taxonomy of Sauropterygia is solely based on skull morphology.
Two prerequisites for such a global taxonomic diversity assessment are a solid faunal correlation and a robust alpha taxonomy.
Alpha taxonomy in spiders is typically approached from a morphological perspective that is based primarily on differences in genitalic structures [35].
This, in conjunction with the random occurrence of squamosal fenestrae across chasmosaurines [13], indicates that the squamosal fenestrae are not reliable characters for purposes of alpha taxonomy.
DNA barcoding is considered by some a remedy to the idea that traditional alpha taxonomy is time intensive and is a dwindling expertise; that is, there are too few taxonomists to document earth's biodiversity within a reasonable time period.
We demonstrate that CO1 DNA barcoding is a practical tool that allows formalized alpha-taxonomy at a speed, detail, precision, and scale unattainable by employing morphology alone.
However, the DNA data, collection records, measurements and photo-digital accessions are all preserved in publicly accessible databases, facilitating the testing (and potential refutation) of our one-species hypothesis in the traditional, iterative, process of alpha-taxonomy.
Moreover, in the vast majority of cases the evaluation of the sampled and examined individuals is still based just on morphological similarities and discontinuities (alpha-taxonomy) and remains to be confirmed by phylogenetic reconstructions.
The alpha-taxonomy of this butterfly group is currently fairly well-known and relatively stable (perhaps less so in the group in Asia), compared to at least other species-rich paleotropical groups such as Ypthimina, in the region.
However, they rather laboured the single point that they had come up with the "alpha and omega" of taxonomies to cover all possible categories.
