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GlobalNamesArchitecture / gnparser

Split scientific names to meaningful elements with meta information
https://parser.globalnames.org/
MIT License
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numbers in specific epithet #377

Closed diatomsRcool closed 5 years ago

diatomsRcool commented 7 years ago

I have been made aware of some insect names that have numbers in the specific epithet. Apparently, this was common in the "old days". These are names in gbif. Curculio 2tuberculatus Fabricius, 1781 Coccinella 9maculata Fabricius, 1781 Reduvius 2pustulatus Camponotus 4maculatus Coccinella 6maculata Fabricius, 1781 Copris 4dentatus Fabricius, 1798 Coccinella 8maculata Fabricius, 1781

diatomsRcool commented 7 years ago

After speaking with Katja, we think these might be fishy names, but parser needs to be able to cope. We are going to throw these away, so fixing this is not a priority for us.

dimus commented 5 years ago

Closing. Covered in Go gnparser