If the formal taxonomy is wrong or outdated, we should still identify using that taxonomy and wait for it to be fixed rather than improvising an improved version (similar discussion today here). iNat is helpful for finding taxonomic issues but it isn’t an appropriate medium for directly resolving them. For better or for worse this is one of those things we generally need professional academics to deal with.
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