Re: Harpalus tardus/froelichi
Another of these irritatingly frequent inconsistencies emerged when I exported some records of Harpalus beetles the other day.
One record with a det of H. tardus from the R3.3 list (an old import) TLIK --106906 is displayed and exported to Excel as H. froelichi in R6.
The same record was exported to Excel as H. tardus from R2002 (I know, because I have that export file).
The record was imported from R2002 to R6 when I upgraded.
That same record is mapped as H. tardus on the Gateway, exported from R6 about a year ago in NBN Exchange format.
I fail to see how, given that we are told that the Gateway and R6 use the same dictionaries, you get this difference.
There is no indication on the Gateway returns that either name is a synonym of the other.
Whatever the explanation, the result is wonderfully unhelpful.
M.