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Topic: Common names for Odonata

The preferred common names for Odonata on my copy of R6 appear to be very odd, not using the standard English names (Common Ishnura instead of Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Coenagrion instead of Azure Damselfly). Is this just on my machine or is this the same elsewhere?

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2 Reply by PaulBarrington

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Re: Common names for Odonata

Ha, we have the same issue. Very odd. We are on dictionary version 0000004R (latest I believe). I've run the check numbers report and everything lined up as it should.

Paul, Greater Manchester.

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Re: Common names for Odonata

Thanks Paul - good to know it's not just me. Hopefully someone can look at the dictionary and put a fix in a future update.

Mark

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Re: Common names for Odonata

I think that's likely to be an issue with Recorder6 so worth raising with Mike. In the UKSI Azure Damselfly is the recommended vernacular name and Common Coenagrion is marked as a junior synonym vernacular.

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)