Hello, Any idea how to process mass tagging of certain items as identifier? Usecase: formulaic names for animals which are currently held in certain genera but belongs into undescribed species in fact. Note those species are unknown for official sources as WoRMS/GBIF, thereof there is probably no…

If species is undescribed you should add observations to the project for underscribed species, which tags do you want to add?

i’ve seen observation fields used in ways that could be classifying observations under undescribed species. for example, here are some cases where @megachile seems to have highlighted some gall observations as a possible undescribed species: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=any&pl…

We no longer use the Similar Observation Set field; we now have a dedicated Observation Field called “Gallformers Code” specifically for the purpose the OP seems to have in mind. We have almost 6000 observations tagged as dozens if not hundreds of undescribed species. I think it’s a good solution fo…

[image] Megachile: dozens if not hundreds of undescribed species. What does it take to get a gall species described?

Likely collecting it and raising an adult, then describing it all and publishing, there’re lots of insects with only imago known, so you’d need to make sure it’s actually a new species.

Yep, you essentially need an adult of the inducing species to be described anatomically. These days genetic sequencing is also desirable since the inducers are often very similar in anatomy.

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