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GNverifier verifies scientific names against more than 100 biodiversity databases
https://verifier.globalnames.org
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Incorrect (?) taxon parsing: Helicopsyche von Siebold 1856 #118

Closed BenMerSci closed 1 month ago

BenMerSci commented 1 month ago

I am not sure if this is a gnverifier issue or ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System) issue.

When the genus Helicopsyche is queried like so through gnverifier API, we get two results from Catalogue of Life and two results from ITIS.

I believe there is a parsing error in the second result from ITIS where in the classificationPath parameter, the last entry is Helicopsyche von but von is part of the authorship von Siebold.

I have not been able to verify if any other taxon identified with an authorship with a suffix (like von Siebold) have the same problem.

dimus commented 1 month ago

thanks for letting us know @BenMerSci, looks like it is classification import script for ITIS that creates the error. Parser does parse the genus correctly: https://parser.globalnames.org/?format=html&names=%09Helicopsyche+von+Siebold%2C+1856+&with_details=on

I am working on renewing data sources right now, so very timely observation, I will check if it is my ITIS import script to blame. Hopefully this error will disappear in a couple of weeks

BenMerSci commented 1 month ago

Thank you for the reply Dimus! I'll check back in a couple of weeks

dimus commented 1 month ago

@BenMerSci, I updated ITIS and some other data-sources, and I do not see the error you spotted anymore. The harvesting is completely new now, and there is some chance I missed something, so if you see other problems, please let me know!

BenMerSci commented 1 month ago

I confirm that it is solved, thank you for the followup @dimus! I will let you know if I find anything else.