Moth Mis-matches in BOLD Systems V4
BOLD specimens are the defacto gold standard for much of Australian
moth ID. So to have uncovered more than a dozen conspicuous errors
in placement is cause for some concern. Here I will begin a listing of the
more obvious errors.
The page for Oenochroa
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?searchMenu=taxonomy&query=oenochroa&taxon=oenochroa
includes this entry
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=88891111
which represents
Oenochroma subistraria
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=89593
The page for Philobota
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?searchMenu=taxonomy&query=philobota&taxon=philobota
is erroneously populated by a
Tortricid; http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=187202
and a
Pantydia sp. (or similar); http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=187211
This "Dasygaster padockina"; http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=188220
is a
Paralaea ... not dissimilar to P. chionopasta; http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=362154
Picromorpha ... includes odd one out
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=149323
Calguia
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=362312
Comments
Those are quite spectacular errors.
Worth dropping a line to Len Willan perhaps:
https://www.csiro.au/en/Research/Collections/ANIC/ID-Resources/Australian-Moths-Online
There are also numerous geospatial errors with BOLD [not as bad as with plant material at AVH], understandably with poorly documented old specimens, but also some simple stuff like substituting the actual collection site with the repository site.
Nick
I do notice that the mismatches lead nowhere in the system.
A click on the 'Public Data' link leads to 'zero results'
Thanks,
there may be some clean up ongoing. An Anestia I found among Epitymbia is no longer present, although I did just add a misplaced Paralaea.
Report errors to support@boldsystems.org .
Hi Victor,
This is definitely not the right medium to get in contact with you (for which I apologise), I'm trying to reach out in relation to using one of your images for an educational resource. My email is urbanecology@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au. I would love to use your image of Hypolepis muelleri with acknowledgment if ok. Would love for you to get in touch! Thanks, Sophie
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