Issue 16759

Oreina elegans bad fuzzy match

16759
Reporter: mdoering
Type: Bug
Summary: Oreina elegans bad fuzzy match
Priority: Major
Resolution: Fixed
Status: Closed
Created: 2014-12-16 11:48:57.613
Updated: 2015-04-01 14:48:32.96
Resolved: 2015-04-01 14:48:32.935
        
Description: Naturkunde Museum Berlin submitted various badly matched species for the Coleoptera genus Oreina:

Simple matching without classification:
http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match?verbose=true&name=Oreina%20elegans
-> this does not yield a match as all fuzzy matched names are considered too distinant. You can see the neglected best matches in the alternatives section (which gets activated by using verbose=true)

If you provide the kingdm & family as in your case:
http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match?verbose=true&name=Oreina%20elegans&kingdom=Animalia&family=Chrysomelidae
-> bad match to Okenia elegans (Mollusc)

If you provide the full hierarchy:
http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match?verbose=true&name=Oreina%20elegans&kingdom=Animalia&phylum=Arthropoda&class=Insecta&order=Coleoptera&family=Chrysomelidae
-> it comes out with a bad match to Orfelia elegans (Diptera)

Both matches are really bad. Especially when I see that the correct genus is actually in our backbone:
http://www.gbif.org/species/search?q=Oreina&dataset_key=d7dddbf4-2cf0-4f39-9b2a-bb099caae36c&rank=GENUS

There are just 4 homonyms, 3 of which are insects. All use the name Oreina and the species Oreina elegans is missing entirely.
Matching just the genus works fine:
http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match?verbose=true&name=Oreina&kingdom=Animalia&family=Chrysomelidae]]>
    


Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Comment: Added clb test: https://github.com/gbif/checklistbank/blob/bf491583e34ed506bf6c5b895f42b15b187b97aa/checklistbank-nub/src/test/java/org/gbif/nub/lookup/NubMatchingServiceImplIT.java#L364
Created: 2015-03-20 14:18:19.634
Updated: 2015-03-20 14:18:19.634


Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Created: 2015-04-01 14:48:32.957
Updated: 2015-04-01 14:48:32.957
        
new lookup return the right genus now:

http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match?verbose=true&name=Oreina%20elegans&kingdom=Animalia&family=Chrysomelidae

http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match?verbose=true&name=Oreina%20elegans&kingdom=Animalia&phylum=Arthropoda&class=Insecta&order=Coleoptera&family=Chrysomelidae