Flag for Taxon: Genus Szepligetiella
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bdagley | Genus Szepligetiella |
It's listed twice, should be deleted (if safe to do so). |
Nov. 22, 2021 10:11:24 +0000 | pfau_tarleton |
Comments
That's true. Various sources use each spelling. In any case, this genus should be the one to delete I think, as it has 0 observations. The other one can remain and it would be the one to change the spelling of, if one is even needed, which is to be determined.
@bdagley, can you identify a taxonomic authority to guide us in identifying the correct spelling.
I haven't been able to tell which is correct because some sources use each name. Although I think it is safe to remove the other genus for the time being, and the current one can either stay as is or later change spelling if needed. Or, should a flag be created on that other genus to delete it?
I see that all of the peer-reviewed journal articles use Szepligetella (using a Google Scholar search). But several non-journal resources (such as EOL and even BOLD) use Szepligetiella (using a Google search).
And I found this:
Typographic errors
Although the method used here cannot handle changes in the spelling of the specific epithet, it can detect some spelling inconsistencies in generic names. For example, in the wasp family Evaniidae, GBIF has two generic names, Szepligetella sourced from The Catalogue of Life, 3rd January 2011 and Szepligetiella (note the extra "i") sourced from the Australian Faunal Directory via the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera Rees 2006-present (Fig. Evaniidae). The correct spelling is Szepligetella (see Bradley 1908), so the 14 species belonging to Szepligetiella duplicate the 14 from Szepligetella. Note that one specific epithet (similis Szépligeti 1903) is shared with a third genus Hyptia. This is a false positive, in that Szepligetella similis was originally described as Evania similis, and Hyptia similis is the original name for a different species (both Evania similis and Hyptia similis were described in the same publication on pages 385 and 376, respectively; Szépligeti 1903)
https://github.com/rdmpage/taxonomy-GBIF-manuscript/blob/master/README.md
OK, I think I did the taxon swap correctly: replaced Szepligetiella with Szepligetalla
Okay, please also ensure the obs. aren't lost if doing so (this genus had obs. but the other one had 0), although they may not have been lost.
I temporarily unresolved this flag, since the taxon change hasn't actually been committed yet.
@pfau_tarleton the swap (https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/102282) looks right to me. Since the misspelled version of the genus has no descendant species attached, then the only misspelled IDs that can exist in the system are at genus rank, and can swap directly to the correct version of genus. You should be ready to hit the "Commit" button on this one.
@bdagley since the change has not yet been committed, the 0 observations showing for the misspelled version is what exists pre-swap. No observations under the correctly spelled genus should be affected. The misspelling will simply go into "synonymy" under the correct genus, as what we in botany would call an "orthographic variant."
Thanks, forgot to click the button
TO WHOMEVER:
Please check the spelling of this genus. This is not a duplicate -- this is an incident of two spellings, one of which is most likely to be incorrect.