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Hi all,<br><br>Forgive me if this has been discussed already. I am trying to decide how to deal with species groups in our database. Here are some real life examples.<br><br>Eg. Terellia sp. (virens group)<br><br>option 1:<br>Genus: Terellia<br>SpecificEpithet: virens<br>TaxonCertainty: species group<br><br>option 2:<br>Genus: Terellia<br>SpecificEpithet: sp. (virens group)<br><br>Eg. Oecetis new sp.? inconspicua group <br><br>option 1:<br>Genus: Oecetis<br>SpecificEpithet: new sp.<br>TaxonCertainty: "?"<br>how do I incorporate the group?<br><br>option 2:<br>Genus: Oecetis<br>SpecificEpithet: n.sp. (inconspicua group)<br>TaxonCertainty: "?"<br><br>---------------------------------------------------<br>Peter T Oboyski<br>University of California<br>http://nature.berkeley.edu/~poboyski/<br>---------------------------------------------------<br><br> </div></body>
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