Display of commons names in alerts

[turley85]

The common name being displayed is not the ALA preferred vernacular name:

Displayed name is [Kimhit Aruqat Zanav] when preferred name is [Long Tailed Mealybug])

https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b17002de-8cbb-4bcb-b4a5-048afcfea852#names

Please change so the common name displayed is the ALA preferred vernacular name OR the common name as provided by supplier in list

[adam-collins]

The preferred name is correct, see the occurrence (please provide a link to the occurrence in the future), and https://namematching-ws.ala.org.au/api/searchByClassification?scientificName=Pseudococcus%20longispinus

See AtlasOfLivingAustralia/bie-index#373 for the related BIE issue.

[turley85]

Example of occurrence here: https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/2f2fdd4c-b4de-44da-948a-fdb53023e195

The common name for this is not the ALA preferred vernacular name as per:

https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b17002de-8cbb-4bcb-b4a5-048afcfea852#

[adam-collins]

TLDR
The name matching service is the source of truth, not the BIE species page.

[turley85]

Ok, not sure what to do here @adam-collins. The common name in the names matching service doesn't make sense to our users. Who's in-charge of the name-matching service and what names are the preferred name then?

[adam-collins]

Seek the taxonomy working group.