Unplaced suasaria
Unplaced suasaria at Ainslie, ACT
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| Unplaced suasaria | ibaird | 17 Dec 2019 | |
| Unplaced suasaria | jb2602 | 17 Dec 2019 |
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19 Dec 2019
My view is that we should follow the taxonomic naming as defined by the Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) which is also followed by the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA). The AFD acknowledges B, suasaria as a synonym for its preferred name of 'Unplaced sausaria' for this species. The AFD acknowledges the international usage of H. suasaria and cites its source, but apparently does not recommend its use. A search for ' H. suasaria' on the AFD website draws a blank.
19 Dec 2019
Here is a different view from Victor Fazio:
formerly this is "unplaced suasaria"
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5652113b-2965-4f24-8810-64ce84f9ee2f#classification
the placeholder in use in iNaturalist is under Hypomecis
owing to this listing in BOLD.
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=178356
formerly this is "unplaced suasaria"
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5652113b-2965-4f24-8810-64ce84f9ee2f#classification
the placeholder in use in iNaturalist is under Hypomecis
owing to this listing in BOLD.
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=178356
19 Dec 2019
Yes I know iNaturalist's view as adopted by Victor Fazio III is different. I'd be interested to hear what other contemporary practising Australian lepidoperists think on this. I'm reflecting what our approach to naming under ACT and Australian legislation was when I was working in government. Bird naming in Australia does not neccesarily falways follow international practice either in my experience, but that may now be changing.
19 Dec 2019
I agree with Ian that we should generally follow AFD. It is the comprehensive reference easily available to everyone, even when it isn't up to date for a particular species. To use names that our CNM users can't easily and systematically follow up would not be helpful to them. But there will occasionally be good reason to follow an update not yet on AFD, eg a species described for the first time. I would prefer this species to be named "Unplaced suasaria" with "Boarmia" suasaria as a synonym. ("Boarmia" is not a technically valid Australian name.) I don't think we should have the objective of listing all synonyms on CNM unless they are ones users will readily encounter. Listing them all is best left to AFD.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152028-35.259252
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Dec 2019 08:35 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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- Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Unplaced suasaria
Species information
- Unplaced suasaria Scientific name
- Unplaced suasaria Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 761m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Boarmia suasaria Hypomecis suasaria
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