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August 2019 Tree of Life Newsletter
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- August 2019—Issue 005
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![]() ![]() Guest column by Thomas Shafee (Evolution and evolvability), Editor in Chief of WikiJournal of Science
Firstly, WikiJSci can be a complementary system for FA review (getting external review, input, and validity). When an Wikipedia article is nominated (via WP:JAN), journal editors go out to non-Wikipedian academics and researchers who have published on the subject on the last five years and invite them to give feedback comments (e.g. Peripatric speciation and Baryonyx). The resulting changes can then be integrated back into the Wikipedia article.
Getting more editors involved in Wikipedia is always a high priority. WikiJSci can also be a way to encourage new people to contribute articles (especially on missing/stub/start topics). An example of an article that was written from scratch by a group of non-Wikipedians is Teladorsagia circumcincta. This not only resulted in a new Wikipedia page on an underdeveloped topic, but introduced the idea of Wikimedia contribution to a group of people who had previously never considered it.
The journal can be a way to get multimedia content reviewed or encourage contribution. The same approach could be easily adapted to sounds (e.g. frog mating calls) or videos (e.g. starfish feet motion). It also allows for tracking of those images in new articles via Altmetric (this example has >200, which is bananas). There aren't any biology examples in WikiJSci yet, but the sister medical journal has published a few summary diagrams, photography, and image galleries. Examples include this gallery by Blausen Medical or the diagram of cell disassembly during apoptosis.
For those interested in other Wikimedia sister projects, there's also broad scope for interactions with the WikiJournals. Perhaps peer reviewed teaching resources could be useful to sit alongside sets of Wikipedia articles and be integrated into Wikiversity courses (like this or this)? Can sections of Wikidata & Wikispecies be peer reviewed? What are the potential avenues for integration with WikiCite, WikiFactMine, Scholia, etc.? Currently, WikiJSci is aiming to be very flexible and try out different formats so long as they can be externally peer reviewed. For more info, see the 2019-06-30 Signpost article and the current sister project proposal. |
1) Enwebb: You're very prolific with DYKs, with over 2,000 nominations credited (in fact, I'll highlight which DYK nominations this month were yours below). What made you become so involved in this part of Wikipedia? Why should Tree of Life editors nominate articles for DYK?
2) Enwebb: I noticed that your DYK nominations reflect a diverse array of flora and fauna, from trees, marine invertebrates, birds, fishes, and mammals. How do you decide what to work on?
3) Enwebb: Which of your Wikipedia accomplishments are you most proud of?
4) Enwebb: What motivates you to keep contributing? What's your 10,000 ft view (pardon the non-SI) of the community and Tree of Life?
6) Enwebb: How did you first become interested in natural history?
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September 2019 Tree of Life Newsletter
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- September 2019—Issue 006
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Tree of Life subprojects and task forces by start year and whether currently considered active or not This month saw a vanishingly rare occurrence for the Tree of Life: a new WikiProject joined the fold. WikiProject Diptera, however, is also unusual in being a classroom project. Whether or not this project will stay active once the semester ends remains to be seen. It does not bode well, however, that WP:WikiProject Vespidae—a creation from the same instructor at St. Louis University—faded to obscurity shortly after the fall semester concluded in 2014. WikiProject Vespidae is defunct and now redirects to the Hymenoptera task force of WikiProject Insects. Since 2014, the Tree of Life has seen a string of years where one or zero projects or task forces were created. The only projects and task forces created since then are WikiProject Animal anatomy (2014), Hymenoptera task force (2016), Bats task force (2017), WikiProject Hypericaceae (2018), and now WikiProject Diptera (2019). The year 2006 saw the greatest creation of WikiProjects and task forces, with fourteen still active and the remaining six as "semiactive", "inactive", or "defunct". |
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Qbugbot
I am impressed by the stubs such as Eucrada humeralis produced by your Qbugbot and am expanding a few of the articles. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:24, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you! Bob Webster (talk) 13:02, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
October 2019 Tree of Life Newsletter
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- October 2019—Issue 007
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By request from another editor, this month I wrote an overview of ways that content is featured on Wikipedia. Below I have outlined some of the processes for getting content featured: Did You Know (DYK)What is it: A way for articles to appear on the main page of Wikipedia. A short hook in the format of "Did you know...that ___" presents unusual and interesting facts to the reader, hopefully making the reader want to click through to the article How it works: The DYK process has fairly low barriers for participation. The eligibility criteria are few and relatively easy to meet. Some important guidelines:
The process for creating the nomination is somewhat tedious. Instructions can be found here (official instructions) and here ("quick and nice" guide to DYK). Experience is the best teacher here, so don't be afraid to try and fail a few times. The last few DYK nominations I've done, however, have been with the help of SD0001's DYK-helper script, which makes the process a bit more streamlined (you create the template from a popup box on the article; created template is automatically transcluded to nominations page and article talk page) Once your nomination is created and transcluded, it will need to be reviewed. The reviewer will check that the article meets the eligibility criteria, that the hook is short enough, cited, and interesting, and that other requirements are met, such as for images. If you've been credited with more than 5 DYKs, the reviewer will also check that you've reviewed someone else's nomination for each article that you nominate. This is called QPQ (quid pro quo). You can check how many credited DYKs you've had here to see if QPQ is required for you to nominate an article for DYK. Good Article (GA)What it is: A peer review process to determine that an article meets a set of criteria. This adds a How it works: You follow the instructions to nominate an article, placing a template on its talk page. Anyone can nominate an article—you don't have to be a major contributor, though it is considered polite to inform the major contributors that you are nominating the article. The article is added to a queue to await a review. In the ToL, it seems that reviews happen pretty quickly, thanks to our dedicated members. Once the review begins, the reviewer will offer suggestions to help the article meet the 6 GA criteria. Upon addressing all concerns, the reviewer will pass the article, and voilà! Good Article! Advice to a first-time nominator: Look at other Good Articles in related areas before nominating. If you're unsure about nominating, consider posting to the talk page of your project to see what other editors think. You can also have a more experienced editor co-nominate the article with you. Featured Article (FA)What it is: An exhaustive peer review to determine that an articles meets the criteria. This adds a How it works: You follow the instructions to nominate an article, placing a template on its talk page. Nominated articles are usually GAs already. Uninvolved editors can nominate, though the article's regular editors should be consulted first. Several editors will come by offering feedback, eventually supporting or opposing promotion to FA. A coordinator will determine if there is consensus to promote the article to FA. For an editor's first FA, spot checks to verify that the sources support the text are conducted. Advice to a first-time nominator: The Featured Article Candidate (FAC) process is a bit intimidating, but several steps can make your first one easier (speaking as someone who has exactly one). If you also did the GA nomination of the article, you can ask the reviewer for "extra" feedback beyond the GA criteria. You can also formally request a peer review and/or a copy edit from the Guild of Copy Editors to check for content and mechanics. First-time nominators are encouraged to seek the help of a mentor for a higher likelihood of passing their first FAC. Good and Featured Topics (GT and FT)What it is: It took me a while to realize we even had GT and FT on Wikipedia, as they are not very common relative to GA and FA. Both GT and FT are collections of related articles of high quality (all articles at GA or FA, all lists at Featured List). GT/FT have to be at least 3 articles with no obvious gaps in coverage of the topic, along with other criteria. For GT, all articles have to be GA quality and all lists must be FL. For FT, at least half the articles must be FA or FL, with the remaining articles at GA. How it works: Follow the nomination procedures for creating a new topic or adding an article to an existing topic. Other editors weigh in to support or oppose the proposal. Coordinators determine if there is consensus to promote to GT/FT. Advice to a first-time nominator: There are very few GT/FT in Tree of Life (5 GT and 11 FT). Most of the legwork appears to be improving a cohesive set of articles to GA/FA. |
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Further reading for jumping spiders
Hi Bob! This is a very minor point, so I'm moving it here instead of the Qbugbot discussion. You mentioned that Qbugbot left the source "A genome-wide phylogeny of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae), using anchored hybrid enrichment" (2017) in Further reading because "I think it's worth including for the species of this genus." It's a bit strange that you chose this paper rather than Maddison's earlier "A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)" (2015). Maddison 2017 is basically just a minor footnote to the seminal Maddison 2015. Maddison 2015 lays out the entire modern taxonomy of the jumping spider family. It would probably be worth including Maddison 2015 as Further reading for all jumping spider articles (family Salticidae), but I don't really see the value of Maddison 2017 (which is basically just tying up some loose ends from Maddison 2015). I also realize this may be a moot point, so feel free to just ignore me in that case :) Kaldari (talk) 19:48, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
- That's a good point. I had not included Maddison's 2015 paper anywhere, and looking over it, I agree it's a much better source. I've limited the 2017 paper to ranks genus and above (which won't be used much since most of those pages already exist), and added the 2015 paper for future Salticidae pages in Further Reading. Thanks for the help! Bob Webster (talk) 20:32, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
Taxonomic synonym redirects
Hello! Thanks for noticing that Chapra (skipper) is not a valid taxon and ought to be redirected to Pelopidas (skipper). I saw however that you left a line stating "Chapra is a taxonomic synonym of Pelopidas." below the redirect in plain text. This is usually handled through templates, in this case {{R from alternative scientific name}}. Those templates have the additional benefit of immediately adding the redirect to the relevant redirect category. (The template does not state the exact taxon it is synonymous to, but it also doesn't quite need to, as that can fairly easily be inferred from the redirect target. In highly complex cases, it's sometimes useful to leave a hidden note explaining the choice of target, but for a fairly straightforward "redirect is synonym of exact target article", that's rarely needed) Again, thanks for your efforts. :) Cheers, AddWittyNameHere 18:54, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for the information. I'll try to do that properly in the future. I ran across that when I was looking at some Arthropod articles on invalid taxa. There are about 1000 articles on synonyms that probably need to be moved or redirected. Bob Webster (talk) 19:20, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- You're welcome! Yeah, that's how most of those get fixed: someone happens to run across them. Honestly not surprised to hear so. If anything, I'm fairly sure that just on Lepidoptera alone, we probably have that number of invalid taxa lingering about, especially if including the stuff that needs movement rather than redirection. With 100k+ articles, some folks in the earlier days of the wiki working from outdated or otherwise not quite reliable sources, the wave of large-scale taxonomic revisions we've had so far this century, the lack of reliable central up-to-date database on Lepidoptera, and usually less than a dozen active editors in the subject area, it's no surprise, I guess. AddWittyNameHere 19:37, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Scathophagidae List of Genera
The list you added in your April 12, 2018 edit contained 4 bogus members: Anthomyia, Anthomyza, Musca and Scatophaga. I removed the two that hadn't been already removed by others, and checked everything against the 4 linked web pages just to be safe. I'm guessing there was cross-contamination in your list from something else- no one would include Musca in the Scathophagidae on purpose. I noticed that the GBIF site has some extra genera, but I also noticed that they have a few homonyms in the list. I don't have time to sort any of that out, so I'm letting you know and going back to my usual haunts at Wiktionary. Thanks! Chuck Chuck Entz (talk) 02:10, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know! I'll correct the database and make sure there are no related problems. Bob Webster (talk) 07:39, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Calling your attention to something
I just put a comment on the talk page for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Beetles. It might be of interest to you; it has to do with an article, Habroscelimorpha dorsalis, that I think you--or a bot you run--created. It looks like there's not a lot of attention paid to that project page, so I thought I'd bring it to your attention. Uporządnicki (talk) 01:18, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
- I'm sure you're aware that your request for Speedy Deletion was rather speedily declined (you requested it on the criterion that you are the author; apparently the fact that you wrote the article doesn't apply--or something). So I'm wondering if a Merge of the two would be the next thing to try.Uporządnicki (talk) 13:24, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
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Predatory source
Many articles, like Rhombodera handschini, have a reference to doi:10.20431/2454-941X.0204003, which is from a predatory journal. Could you update the bot/references to remove that source/not use it? It's used about 130 times. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 18:42, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up. Earlier this year I removed all the references in my database that contained "10.20431" or "International Journal of Research...". Please let me know if you run across any others. Bob Webster (talk) 21:43, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
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Arctia villica
I saw your deletion tags on Arctia villica and some other Arctia species. I'm not an admin, so I can't delete them, but I had a suggestion. Could you please add to the article that you want to move to Arctia villica a reference for the renaming? On 11:28, March 27, 2012 Hectonichus (talk · contribs · count) (previously Ettore Balocchi) moved page Arctia villica to Epicallia villica with the comment "Correct new name". Perhaps Hectonichus was incorrect when they moved the article in 2012. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 20:01, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for the input. The articles to be moved are shown in requests for deletion, in this case Epicallia villica There is also a link to this reference], which covers the genus Epicallia being a new synonym of Arctia.
- You're exactly right, Epicallia villica was the correct name in 2012. Four years later in 2016, 33 genera, comprised of a whole bunch of species, were moved to 5 genera. This classification has been accepted by Moth Photographer's Group, Bugguide, iNaturalist, and most others. The taxonomy in these moths has been really mixed up in the past. Hopefully it will be more stable now that they're working with DNA. Bob Webster (talk) 21:16, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
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hi do you have plan to creat species with bot Amirh123 (talk) 14:12, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
- I have no plans at the moment. Bob Webster (talk) 14:17, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
Classification of Psocodea
Hi, because the taxonomy templates are set up so that Order Phthiraptera has Psocodea as the parent taxon, you can't just change the rank of Psocodea to order, because there are then two orders in succession. Presumably either Phthiraptera has to be lowered in rank, or bypassed by changing all the taxonomy templates that currently have it as parent. Either way, this needs discussion somewhere – not my field of interest/expertise. Peter coxhead (talk) 13:12, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry, I intended to handle that and completely forgot about it. Phthiraptera has been moved down in rank by most:
- Psocodea => Troctomorpha => Nanopsocetae => Phthiraptera => (Amblycera, Anoplura, Ischnocera, Rhynchophthirina)
- It probably is a good idea to bring it up for discussion, since it's a big change for a popular area (parasitic lice). I'll post something on TOL. Bob Webster (talk) 13:56, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
Luperina
Hi, I noticed you've been creating some pages for leaf beetle genera lately. Just to warn you though, Category:Luperina isn't for the subtribe Luperina (of subfamily Galerucinae, tribe Luperini), but for an unrelated genus of moths that happens to have the same name (and no doubt causes some confusion). You probably need to put pages intended for Luperini: Luperina directly in Category:Galerucinae instead for the time being. Monster Iestyn (talk) 09:27, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't even think about the category when I allowed for moth genus in the taxonomy templates. I'll correct it. Bob Webster (talk) 10:51, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
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ICZN Article 31.2.2
Hi. Given how prolific and careful you are as an editor, I think there is a part of the ICZN Code you need to be aware of, specifically, Art. 31.2.2. It states "31.2.2. Where the author of a species-group name did not indicate whether he or she regarded it as a noun or as an adjective, and where it may be regarded as either and the evidence of usage is not decisive, it is to be treated as a noun in apposition to the name of its genus (the original spelling is to be retained, with gender ending unchanged (emphasis mine); see Article 34.2.1). Example. Species-group names ending in -fer and -ger may be either nouns in apposition, or adjectives in the masculine gender. Cephenemyia phobifer (Clark) has often been used as C. phobifera, but the original binomen was Oestrus phobifer; since Oestrus is masculine, phobifer in that binomen may be either a masculine adjective or a noun in apposition; hence it is to be treated as a noun in apposition and not changed when combined with the feminine generic name Cephenemyia." You changed the spelling of Novius pumila to "pumilus", but because "pumila" can be a noun for a female dwarf ([1]), Article 31.2.2 applies, and this name is treated as a noun by default, since the original author did not indicate that it was an adjective. There are a fair number of names that can be either adjectives or nouns - they make up about 5% across all of zoology - so it's important to know about this rule in the Code. It requires, unfortunately, a fair bit more homework when trying to assess gender agreement than most people are aware is necessary. Peace, Dyanega (talk) 16:51, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
- Just as an aside worth noting: in Greek, Latin, and English, the various words for "dwarf" can all be either nouns or adjectives (e.g., "dwarf rabbit" uses it as an adjective). The terms "nanus", "pumilus", and "pygmaeus" and their spelling variants all fall under Article 31.2.2. The inherent ambiguity in these terms has a long and deep history. Dyanega (talk) 16:59, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the information! Bob Webster (talk) 16:59, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
- I'm an ICZN Commissioner, public education is part of my mandate. Be that as it may, I am always ready and willing to consult if you have questions. The Code used to have an extensive appendix that dealt with a lot of these grammatical issues, but that's gone now, and it makes it harder for people to see good examples that demonstrate some of the more nuanced stuff. For example, this Article specifically mentions "-fer and -ger" but it could give a MUCH bigger list. Some very common suffixes such as "-arius", "-philus", "-phorus", and "-vorus" all fall into this category, and most people are unaware of this. Sometimes there is a parallel in English that people could use to be suspicious (e.g., "carnivore" or "bibliophile" do sometimes get used as adjectives in English, though "carnivorous" or "bibliophilic" might be more common). That Article can be tricky to navigate. Dyanega (talk) 17:09, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
- I do have a couple questions about Ocnodes. The genus Phanerotomea was synonymized with Ocnodes. Now, I assume as a result of this, several of the species in GBIF and Wikipedia have different genders. Are the ones in Wikipedia correct? Also, should Ocnodes scabricolle be Ocnodes scabricollis?
- For example, Wikipedia:
- Ocnodes argenteofasciatum
- Ocnodes benguelense
- GBIF:
- Ocnodes argenteofasciatus
- Ocnodes benguelensis
- Thanks again! Bob Webster (talk) 17:58, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
- I'm an ICZN Commissioner, public education is part of my mandate. Be that as it may, I am always ready and willing to consult if you have questions. The Code used to have an extensive appendix that dealt with a lot of these grammatical issues, but that's gone now, and it makes it harder for people to see good examples that demonstrate some of the more nuanced stuff. For example, this Article specifically mentions "-fer and -ger" but it could give a MUCH bigger list. Some very common suffixes such as "-arius", "-philus", "-phorus", and "-vorus" all fall into this category, and most people are unaware of this. Sometimes there is a parallel in English that people could use to be suspicious (e.g., "carnivore" or "bibliophile" do sometimes get used as adjectives in English, though "carnivorous" or "bibliophilic" might be more common). That Article can be tricky to navigate. Dyanega (talk) 17:09, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
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commons category is misplaced
your Philoscia, there is no need to create el section. there is 1 exception, if el section contains atleast one link and we can include commons inline. no need for refbegin and refend also. thank u. <_> jindam, vani (talk) 12:46, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
Question about Qbugbot
Hi there - I think I may have bungled a ping to you in a recent discussion. Do you think you could weigh in at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life#Carabidae.org has left the building regarding whether Qbugbot could be employed to fix those 7k dead links? Any other comments about how to attack the switch to GBIF or CoL would also be welcome. Cheers --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 18:16, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I have reverted your edits to Gonistius, WP:Fishes follows the taxonomy in the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World for taxonomic levels above that of genus, this is to maintain stability. This is to discourage each editor choosing the taxonomy they like. This means that the situation of the Morwongs is a mess. The wording you changed reflected that the taxonomy of these families was not settled. All such articles should describe alternative taxonomies. Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:23, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
- No problem, I didn't realize there was a standard in place. I was going by Fishbase and Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes. I'll leave the fish taxonomy alone, since it seems pretty well handled. Bob Webster (talk) 15:21, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
- No worries, have a great weekend! Quetzal1964 (talk) 16:43, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
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They are found in Australia
In this edit you placed the sentence "They are found in Australia" after the introduction to a list thereby breaking the flow, and you placed it immediately before the ref that was previously there thereby misattributing the reference. Unfortunately you seem to be editing other articles in the same way and very rapidly - I fear without sufficient regard for the existing texts. Dorsetonian (talk) 18:40, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
- I am happy to stop. Bob Webster (talk) 18:51, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
- Not a request to stop, just an (unfortunately blunt now I read it back - sorry about that) observation that the repeated updates were not working for all the articles. Dorsetonian (talk) 10:24, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
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FYI
You could have just moved Dorcadion fuliginator to Iberodorcadion fuliginator yourself without needing an admin to get involved, since the page had only one revision and pointed to the target you were trying to move it over. You can't now, since the CSD tag made it have 2 revisions. * Pppery * it has begun... 02:49, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks! I didn't know that, and I have several more of those to move. Bob Webster (talk) 02:51, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
Chlamisus
Hi! I should have brought this up a long time ago when I first learned of this (sorry), but it turns out a few years ago Qbugbot edited the Chlamisus article to replace its species list with a link to List of Chlamisus species. The only trouble is, for some reason this list article was never created. As a result the Chlamisus article has been missing a list of species for nearly four years as of writing. Do you happen to know why your bot wasn't able to create the list article? Can you run the bot again to fix this? Monster Iestyn (talk) 19:31, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for pointing that out. I added the species list to the article rather than making a separate list article. Bob Webster (talk) 01:16, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
Limoniinae/Limoniidae
I don't know if you noticed yet, but the old "Limoniidae" redirect was deleted a few days ago, and I've since renamed the "Limoniinae" article back to "Limoniidae". So Limoniinae (which is now a redirect) can now be turned into a page for the subfamily of Limoniidae, if you were planning on doing that? Monster Iestyn (talk) 00:10, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks! I had forgotten about. I'll add a page for the subfamily. Bob Webster (talk) 03:30, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
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Chondrorrhina/Plaesiorrhina
Hi. Is there a source for this synonymy? It it evidently impossible, on the face of it, since Chondrorrhina was published in 1880, and Plaesiorrhina in 1842. That means that if the genera are synonymous, Plaesiorrhina is the valid name, and Chondrorrhina is a junior synonym. Are you certain that the synonymy is not with the name Plaesiorrhinella instead? Dyanega (talk) 19:50, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
- You're right, that was my mistake. According to Catalogue of Life, Plaesiorrhina is a synonym of Chondrorrhina (Plaesiorrhinella). Thanks for pointing that out! Bob Webster (talk) 03:11, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
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