Looking at the distribution map for taxon Eleodes goryi: applying the GBIF overlay throws up a gazillion data points that are not at all in agreement with the data at GBIF. Safari 14.1.2 interface on Catalina 10.15.7 taxon page: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/334271-Eleodes-goryi [iNat Screen …

The incomparable Bouteloua showed me how to fix this problem. So this morning I’m going through all the species of Eleodes and checking/repairing the GBIF link. So far about one in 6 or 8 species is compromised in this way; certain subgenera are worse than that. But I do not yet see a pattern to it! …

I just repaired GBIF links for 46 species of Eleodes. Identifying taxa with incorrect links to GBIF data remains a problem, though

Uh oh. Same problem in genus Schinia

Looks that way; I suppose the thing to do is flag the genus . Curators can fix the issue species-by-species, as explained here: https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/544104

It is caused by taxa updates done on either site. There is no easy way to find issues as the data on the inat side is stored in a very obscure place to which there is no api connection available.

i think it would be technically possible to somewhat automate the search for mismatches by scraping / parsing the HTML in the taxon’s taxon scheme page (ex. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/326191/schemes ) and then seeing if the GBIF taxon has the same name (ex. https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/97343…

Here are all the wrong or missing Schinia: sciname scheme_URL GBIF_id Schinia saturata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/230560/schemes 2773644 Schinia pulchripennis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82483/schemes 4405135 Schinia alensa https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82486/schemes 44051…

Has anybody seen this issue in taxa other than insects?

Something wrong with GBIF map overlays for numerous insect species

Curators

ellen5 September 9, 2021, 2:08pm 15

Thanks for compiling this list. I could sit down and repair these as soon as I find a chunk of time and the mental space.

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