Taxonomic Swap 148115
(Committed on 2024-10-21)
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Never mind my comment above, I didn't read properly!
I just had a question about taxon changes on iNaturalist, if this is not the right place to ask, please tell me. I was curious to know, why does these taxon changes take so long to be implemented on the database? The paper linked was published four years ago, in 2020.
Inaturalist recommends waiting before making a change to gather feedback from different curators. And even then, there is always someone who objects for stability reasons (since large-scale taxonomic changes like this always end up leaving observations "misidentified" due to "unintentional disagreements", etc.) See here: https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/567550
I understand, thank you for the feedback!
@lrubio The link above might be related to the other taxonomic swap you did today (it brings up article called "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships").