Re: Date inconsistency, NBNG and R6, and possible name confusion
I was chasing up a record of Carabus (Autocarabus) cancellatus today, and downloaded the data for the only dot in the HBRG dataset, that in NC14. The record was downloaded as (copy & paste)
Scourie NC147435 4/7/2008 Day N Ian Evans Ian Evans Drowned in discarded cup of water. 1 Adult Female (Exact) Field Observation
I then went to look for the record in the Observations hierarchy in R6 under that date, and could not find it. Running a report wizard for the species returned it in 3/7/2008.
The R6 dataset was uploaded to the Gateway this spring in the standard R6 XML file, and nothing in this record was altered since, so it is odd that the date should be out by one day. I have run R6 upgrades as they came in, but nothing else. Checking a few other records did not show this discrepancy.
If you look at the record you will see that it is not cancellatus at all, but granulatus, that error having been introduced in the import to R6. I will not ascribe blame there, but something seems worth checking in the dictionary as the NBNG link for C. granulatus on http://www.ispot.org.uk/node/140040 goes to the cancellatus map (an old incorrect synonym problem is probably at the root of that, and seeing it sent me off on this data-chase!). I have let the iSpot team know as well.
Murdo