The data quality assessment is a summary of an observation's accuracy. All
observations start as "casual" grade, and achieve
"research" grade when
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the iNat community agrees with the observer's ID, where an "agreeing"
identification is one that matches exactly or is of a child taxon of the
observer's ID. For example, if Scott says it's a mammal and Ken-ichi
says it's Homo sapiens, then Ken-ichi agrees with Scott.
- the observation has a date
- the observation is georeferenced (i.e. has lat/lon coordinates)
- the observation has a photo
Observations will revert to "casual" grade if the above conditions aren't met or
- the community agrees the location doesn't looks accurate (e.g. monkeys in the middle of the ocean, hippos in office buildings, etc.)
- the community agrees the organism isn't wild/naturalized (e.g. captive or cultivated by humans or intelligent space aliens)
Comments & Identifications
It kind of looks like a few things (to me). Did you end up putting it on BugGuide? Do you have a pic from the top?
Nevermind, I think I figured it out...at least to subfamily.
Well, decent gestalt match, but my ignorance of the other options is pretty enormous. Do you have any of Arnett's American Beetles?
Yes, I have vol. 1. (they are pricey). I would love vol. II. My birthday is in a month. The other things I was thinking of were Bostrichidae, but the pronotum wasn't really right. I looked at a few other things from my BTJ textbook, but something was always off...either the antennae or the pronotum. Also, they like to hang out on flowers. Next time get a shot of it's palps and the ventral surface of the abdomen and the antennae and tarsal segments and I'll key it...
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