Global NamesRecognizing and Resolving Scientific Names

to Current Usage

Dmitry Mozzherin, David Shorthouse, Patrick Leary,Lakshmi Manohar Akella, David Patterson, and Anne Thessen

…specimens ofGryllus nimpha were collected from…

Arcyptera fusca (Pallas, 1773)

Arcyoptera stollii

Gryllus cothurnatus

Gryllus (Locusta) variegatus

Why?

• Many scientific names for same taxon• Many taxa with same name• Names need global resolution

Global Names Tool Pipeline

*.globalnames.org

Edit

http://gnite.org

Index

http://gni.*

Atomize…{genus: { epitheton: "Pardosa" },species: { basionymAuthorTeam: { year: "1892”, authorTeam: "Banks", author: ["Banks”] }, epitheton: "moesta", authorship: "Banks, 1892" }}…

Resolve

http://resolver.*

Find

http://gnrd.*

Applying Global Names Tools

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t220 =, 3.68 p = 0.0003

Coming Soon

Where?http://globalnames.org

Name-finding: http://gnrd.globalnames.orgResolving: http://resolver.globalnames.org

https://github.com/GlobalNamesArchitecture