Hi all,

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.

Eg. Terellia sp. (virens group)

option 1:
Genus: Terellia
SpecificEpithet: virens
TaxonCertainty: species group

option 2:
Genus: Terellia
SpecificEpithet: sp. (virens group)

Eg. Oecetis new sp.? inconspicua group

option 1:
Genus: Oecetis
SpecificEpithet: new sp.
TaxonCertainty: "?"
how do I incorporate the group?

option 2:
Genus: Oecetis
SpecificEpithet: n.sp. (inconspicua group)
TaxonCertainty: "?"

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Peter T Oboyski
University of California
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