Dear Murdo,

I am not sure whether you are referring to a list within Recorder or a copy of the RDB that you have seen 'out on the web'. As far as I can see, whilst the "Red Data Book of British Insects (Shirt, 1987)" is one of the checklists within the Species Dictionary (and Recorder), it is not broken down into separte lists by orders. Anthophora retusa is certainly assigned as 'insect - hymenopteran' within the Species Dictionary.

Best wishes,

Charles Hussey

NBN Species Dictionary Project Manager (Retired!)

Using the unrestricted option when searching the taxon dictionary means searching all the lists that can be used for data entry not all lists. In Recorder 6, users are blocked from using the lists that provide status information for data entry to help avoid some of the reporting problems caused by using these lists in Recorder 2002. I have asked that this be made clear and that Recorder 6 also provide a facility to search across all lists but I am not sure whether this has made it onto the feature requests.

I should have added a thank you for spotting this and bringing it to our attention. I am sure that there are many more errors awaiting sharp eyes such as yours to uncover .

Charles

NBN Species Dictionary Project Manager (Retired!)