# Too many "Common clubtails" **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** question\ **Created:** [September 14, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/too-many-common-clubtails/35512 "2022-09-14T07:49:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Odonut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eada6e/32.png) [@Odonut](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Odonut)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/too-many-common-clubtails/35512/1 "2022-09-14T07:49:31Z")
I ID a lot of odonates in india, and one of the common species is [Ictinogomphus rapax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ictinogomphus_rapax). This species in iNat has common name “common clubtail” and mant times i click the top suggestion(naturally) and end up IDing them as _gomphus vulgatissimus_ which isnt seen in india. There are three species named common clubtail, causing confusion for me and others. I request any admins to change the name of ictinogomphus rapax to “Indian common clubtail” which is an accepted common name for it- [https://www.indianodonata.org/#!/sp/489/Ictinogomphus-rapax](https://www.indianodonata.org/#!/sp/489/Ictinogomphus-rapax) and would also like if the curators of iNat change the names of other species in such a condition ---
**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/too-many-common-clubtails/35512/2 "2022-09-14T08:13:11Z")
Those questions are solved via adding flag on the taxon. ---
**Author:** ![cthawley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cthawley/32/1445_2.png) [@cthawley](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cthawley)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/too-many-common-clubtails/35512/3 "2022-09-14T11:11:08Z")
Any user can add common names for organisms to iNat. See [instructions on this forum post](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-add-a-common-name-to-a-taxon/9792). You should add Indian common clubtail as an English name with a place for India (and any other locations applicable to) and can give it priority but not delete “common clubtail” totally since other users may use that name to find the species. ---
**Author:** ![Odonut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eada6e/32.png) [@Odonut](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Odonut)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/too-many-common-clubtails/35512/4 "2022-09-14T12:16:09Z")
Thanks a lot! this will help me in the future. Someone seems to have changed the common name already to indian common clubtail :) ---
**Author:** ![Odonut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eada6e/32.png) [@Odonut](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Odonut)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/too-many-common-clubtails/35512/5 "2022-09-14T12:16:25Z")
Thanks everyone, for the response ---
**Author:** ![optilete](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/optilete/32/1908_2.png) [@optilete](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/optilete)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/too-many-common-clubtails/35512/6 "2022-09-14T15:03:23Z")
> [@Odonut](#): > > Someone seems to have changed the common name already to indian common clubtail :) I still see it as a common clubtail. Maybe removing the common name “common clubtail” and adding it will solve this. When exporting the common names it still will be shown as “common clubtail”. [https://uk.inaturalist.org/taxa/103289-Ictinogomphus-rapax](https://uk.inaturalist.org/taxa/103289-Ictinogomphus-rapax) ---
**Author:** ![kevinfaccenda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/kevinfaccenda/32/10265_2.png) [@kevinfaccenda](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kevinfaccenda)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/too-many-common-clubtails/35512/7 "2022-09-15T05:13:44Z")
in the future, please make a flag, but I changed the prioritization of the names so that Indian common clubtail is now the default. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/too-many-common-clubtails/35512/8 "2022-11-14T05:14:23Z")
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