Genus as synonym of species

18796
Reporter: rdmpage
Type: Bug
Summary: Genus as synonym of species
Description: For some taxa GBIF has a genus as a synonym of a species, e.g. http://www.gbif.org/species/7860029 This is not possible. In the example given it looks like a provisional species name "Lutzomyia a" see source http://www.gbif.org/species/107016750 This gets parsed as a genus name Lutzomyia, hence a genus is synonymised with a species. Again, informal species are edge cases, but perhaps an automated test for genus rank name = species rank name could catch these.
Priority: Major
Status: Open
Created: 2016-10-27 18:08:28.485
Updated: 2016-10-28 12:09:48.63

Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Comment: THis is clearly a bug. It should have been tested that a species in the backbone actually has an epithet which does not seem true in this case (it is considered to be a species in the nub as you can see by its rank). 
Created: 2016-10-28 12:09:29.159
Updated: 2016-10-28 12:09:29.159