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

Publicado el octubre 9, 2018 09:29 TARDE por vicfazio3 vicfazio3

Comentarios

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

Publicado por dustaway hace más de 5 años

I do notice that the mismatches lead nowhere in the system.
A click on the 'Public Data' link leads to 'zero results'

Publicado por dustaway hace más de 5 años

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.

Publicado por vicfazio3 hace más de 5 años

Report errors to support@boldsystems.org .

Publicado por ianmcmillan hace más de 5 años

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

Publicado por sophiegolding hace más de 5 años

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