LWS fleas, Siphonaptera (id 54170): test report

[yroskov]

Camila, 2023-06-22:

_The Siphonaptera list is ready as its author said - the latest and greatest-: https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/54170/about, now including infraorders, superfamilies, and tribes. Please let me know if any change is required. The author provided references for the names but it will take me some time to sort them out so I will handle this new information for the next monthly release._

Olaf, 2023-06-22:

If it looks good in your opinion, you can go ahead with the replacement.

[yroskov]

• [x] Metadata:

Full name: Robert E. Lewis Flea (Siphonaptera) World Species List = @camiplata, I would suggest to drop off portion “Robert E.” from the title. Lighter title Lewis Flea (Siphonaptera) World Species List will be more memorable and easier pronounceable by users. The full name of the founder author Robert E. Lewis is properly given in the abstract.

Short name/Alias: fleasLWS = @camiplata, this name looks more as a technical ID rather than a short name for the checklist. Would it be more human readable LWS Fleas as a short name? Another variants is to use Lewis Fleas or World Fleas as a short name_

Version / Issued: 2023-06-22 / 2023-06-22 DOI: - Description: = @camiplata, I would like to check “Lewis World Species” in the abstract is a correct title? As for me, it refers more to a global checklist of everything, not to fleas only. Was it the intention of the checklist editors to say that?

The LWS (Lewis World Species) list was originally a list of valid species compiled and maintained by the late Robert E. Lewis (16 th edition, 2009 was his last listing). During his tenure, he distributed these extremely valuable informal, unpublished texts to a limited number of flea specialists around the world. Following his death, the list was converted to an Excel file with sorting capabilities. After the initial conversion of the LWS, Michael Hastriter and Robert Bossard continued to maintain and record many changes in nomenclature, synonyms, and newly described taxa. Currently there are 19 recognized Siphonapteran families, 259 flea genera (252 extant and 7 fossils), 2,695 valid extant species (including subspecies), and 17 fossil species. This is the most comprehensive listing of valid Siphonapteran taxa. There are also 965 synonyms included. The database provides classification designations for Infraorders, Superfamilies, Families, Subfamilies, Tribes, Genera, Subgenera and Species. The LWS list will be also published in Flea News on an annual basis. Contact: Hastriter, Michael, W.Brigham Young UniversityMonte L. Bean Life Science MuseumProvo, Utah, US Publisher: No information Creator: No information Editor: Hastriter, Michael, W.Brigham Young UniversityMonte L. Bean Life Science MuseumProvo, Utah, US Bossard, Robert L., Bossard ConsultingSalt Lake City, Utah, US Contributor: No information Taxonomic scope: Fleas Geographic scope: Global Temporal scope: No information Keywords: No information Origin: external Type: taxonomic License: cc by Checklist Confidence: 5 Completeness: 5 = @camiplata, do you mean 100%? (if yes, could you pls change figure) Url (website): No information Logo Url: No information ISSN: No information Identifiers: No information Citation: Hastriter, M. W., & Bossard, R. L. (2023). Robert E. Lewis Flea (Siphonaptera) World Species List (Version 2023-06-22). Released from: Source: No information Notes: No information Last successful import attempt: 1 Created: June 22nd 2023, 2:21:49 pm by camisilver Modified: June 22nd 2023, 2:33:08 pm by camisilver

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[yroskov]

• [x] Imported: 2229 spp

• [x] Classification: ranks in use order Siphonaptera - 4 infraorders - superfamily - family - subfamily - tribe - genus - species - subspecies.

Taxa above genus have no authorstrings (only species/ssp & genera have them). = @camiplata, I guess, there are no authorstrings in the source yet. Does the editors plan to add them in the future?

Subfamily Moeopsyllinae (family Pulicidae) has no children (= @camiplata, just in case, is it correct?):

• [x] Sector: order Siphonaptera = not established yet established 2023-06-22

• There are no common names

• There are no distribution data

[yroskov]

ISSUES assessed 2023-06-22

TASKS

• [x] Name Opisodasys jellisoni I. Fox, 1941 is a synonym with two different accepted species Tarsopsylla octodecimdentata (Kolenati, 1863) & Opisodasys vesperalis (Jordan, 1929) = @camiplata, just in case, is it correct?

[camiplata]

Thank you Yury for the review, find some answers below:

1. Title, changed to Lewis Flea (Siphonaptera) World Species List. But I'll double check with the authors

2. Alias, changed to LWS fleas

3. The description is correct

4. Completeness, fixed to 100%

5. Taxa above genus have no authorstrings (only species/ssp & genera have them). = @camiplata, I guess, there are no authorstrings in the source yet. Does the editors plan to add them in the future? A: I plan to make an update of the list next month rescuing such information from Parhost and check with the authors if they agree. I also want to doble check is any species went "missing" from the GSD change, I will expect to find all as accepted or synonyms.

6. Subfamily Moeopsyllinae (family Pulicidae) has no children (= @camiplata, just in case, is it correct?). I'm checking this with the authors

7. Name Opisodasys jellisoni I. Fox, 1941 is a synonym with two different accepted species Tarsopsylla octodecimdentata (Kolenati, 1863) & Opisodasys vesperalis (Jordan, 1929) = @camiplata, just in case, is it correct? A: This is the case where they have one accepted name for females and other for males, authors did not changed this when I pointed out, and I did a quick search that seams to hold this true. I'll ask again. Yury and I agree to leave them for now as "ambiguous synonyms", non of the names will be block until we have answer from the authors.

[yroskov]

Thank you, @camiplata !

I have replaced Parhost with LWS fleas. Results will be soon at the PREVIEW.

Taxa above genus have no authorstrings (only species/ssp & genera have them). = @camiplata, I guess, there are no authorstrings in the source yet. Does the editors plan to add them in the future? A: I plan to make an update of the list next month rescuing such information from Parhost and check with the authors if they agree.

Parhost was imported in CLB from AC19 and has no authorstrings with taxa above species.

@camiplata, let me know, if something will be changed in metadata or data after your consultations with the editors. In this case, we need to re-sync data and re-do release.

[yroskov]

LWS fleas of 2023-06-22 synced 2023-06-22

[camiplata]

Hi Yury,

After having confirmation with the authors I fixed the problem with the Subfamily Moeopsyllinae (family Pulicidae) that has no children, it was removed. Also did other minor fixed in an Authorship.

We don't have yet a logo we can use they are checking with the University. I think we should go ahead with this version do avoid many further re-syncs.

[yroskov]

LWS fleas of 2023-06-22; imported 2023-06-23; re-synced 2023-06-23

[yroskov]

2023-06-27: full title is changed back as Robert E. Lewis World Species Flea (Siphonaptera) List

[yroskov]

LWS fleas of 2023-06-22 / 2023-06-22; imported 2024-02-20

• [x] Imported: 2229 spp (vs 2229 spp)
• [x] Metadata: version unchanged (2023-06-22 / 2023-06-22)? Now 2.0 / 2024-02-21 = OK
• [x] Classification: OK.
• [x] Sector: OK
• [ ] DOI:

ISSUES assessed 2024-02-21

TASKS

Resolved 2024-02-21:

Synced 2024-02-21