1 Topic by David Hepper

  • David Hepper
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Topic: Search by Taxon Name fails if Genus is not unique

A genus Gomphus exists independently in both fungi (BMSSYS0000045863) and dragonflies (NHMSYS0000079883). In Advanced Search, if you search by Taxon Name for 'Gomphus' it finds only the fungus records whereas if you search for 'Gomphus vulgatissimus' it finds the dragonfly records.
Searching for the genus name should find all records from both groups. Currently it seems impossible to find genus-level records of Gomphus dragonflies.

David Hepper
Records Officer, British Dragonfly Society

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2 Reply by r.stock

  • r.stock
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Re: Search by Taxon Name fails if Genus is not unique

Hello David,

Thank you for raising this issue with us. I have logged this as an issue to be investigated once the development team have the capacity.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this issue. Until this issue is resolved, you can use the common name for the dragonfly genus to return the records via the Advanced search, 'Club-tailed dragonflies'.

Thank you and we will be in touch with any updates on the issue.

Kind regards,
Rhiann

Rhiannydd Stock
NBN Atlas Support Officer