Two years on and Im going to fire this one up again.
The need with Pipistrelles (as I see it) is to seperate out the strict and broad senses of Pipistrellus pipistrellus.
Now these senses ARE identified in the common name and in the attribute of the taxon.
BUT there is no difference in the recommended taxon name of these two.
So if you are reporting on bats, you dont know whether your pip is a strict 45khz pip or just an unknown UK pip (i.e. the 45 /55 aggregate), because they are both reported as Pipistrellus pipistrellus.
Another issue is 'Myotis' has a common name of 'Unidentified bat' which its not. Its an 'unidentified Myotis'.
'Chiroptera' is an unidentified bat in my book.
Can we either change the RTN of Pipistrellus pipistrellus (s.l.) or the RTN's of the 45 and 55 Pips to ensure these can be seperated?
In our DTB representing 14873 seperate species, this is a unique problem. No other taxon we report on has the same issue! (not sure this is entirely true actually).[Corrected - one of six]
Thankin you.
MAtt
Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
Tullie House Museum