Amphioctopus species missing accepted genus in backbone

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Reporter: mdoering
Type: Bug
Summary: Amphioctopus species missing accepted genus in backbone
Description: The accepted species Amphioctopus fangsiao http://www.gbif.org/species/5856038 has as a parent the genus Octopus. That should not be possible in the backbone and the genus Amphioctopus should be the parent instead. As that genus is considered a synonym in the backbone the species should also not be accepted http://www.gbif.org/species/4304632
Resolution: Fixed
Status: Closed
Created: 2015-07-09 12:01:22.388
Updated: 2015-10-07 00:49:45.852
Resolved: 2015-07-09 15:19:09.314
        
    

Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Comment: https://github.com/gbif/checklistbank/commit/18ba731d604ec86d01c69b4a89b7d9d2566359b5
Created: 2015-07-09 15:19:09.364
Updated: 2015-07-09 15:19:09.364

Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Created: 2015-09-14 10:26:37.342
Updated: 2015-09-14 10:26:37.342
        
We do not want to create recombinations and place the species in a different genus ourselves.
BUT we'd like to prefer name usages that indeed treat this species as a synonym regardless if a more trusted source thinks this is an accepted taxon.

And the parent should never be the synonym, instead having the accepted genus Octopus was correct
    

Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Created: 2015-10-07 00:49:45.852
Updated: 2015-10-07 00:49:45.852
        
In the case of accepted infraspecific names with a species synonym as the parent we should convert the infraspecies to a synonym.

For example Negundo aceroides subsp. aceroides should become a synonym of Acer negundo subsp. negundo if the species Negundo aceroides Torr. was already considered a synonym of Acer negundo subsp. negundo by an earlier source