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Bad genus name in Elapidae #81

Open TonyRees opened 9 months ago

TonyRees commented 9 months ago

Hi all,

GBIF is displaying the following non-existent "extant genus" name in Elapidae (Reptilia): Disteiramecdup Lacepede, 1804 https://www.gbif.org/species/12138491

APPEARS IN 2 CHECKLIST DATASETS: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy As Disteiramecdup Lacepede, 1804 The Paleobiology Database As Disteiramecdup Lacepede, 1804

The error seems to originate in PBDB at https://training.paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=453448 but I am not sure how to advise them of this.

I am presuming that it is a mangled duplicate for Disteira Lacepède, 1804 (https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=420179) that has somehow escaped removal.

It does not seem to be a concatenated genus+species name; ION has the following list: Disteira cincinnatii Van Denburgh & Thompson 1908 Disteira cyanocincta
Disteira doliata Lacepede 1804 Disteira elegans
Disteira fasciata (Cuv.) Disteira gracilis (Shaw) Disteira gracilis (Merr.) Disteira kingi (Boulenger 1896) Disteira kingii Disteira major (Shaw 1802) Disteira mertoni Roux 1910 Disteira nasalis (de Vis 1905) Disteira nigrocinctus (Daudin 1803) Disteira ornata Disteira russelii Fitzinger 1827 Disteira russelii Fitzinger 1826 Disteira schistosa (Daudin 1803) Disteira stokesi (Gray 1846) Disteira triangularis Eichwald 1843 Disteira walli

(although some may belong to other instances of this genus name)

Regards - Tony