Talk:Acanalonia

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==Dubious==

This article says very little, and what it says is probably wrong. Whether or not 58 species constutes a "multitude" is perhaps open to question, but to state that the distribution of the genus is the United States must be false, given species names like "tehuacana" (Tehuacán) and "ecuadoriensis" (Ecuador). Also, all the species authorities are given with parentheses, even though many of them must have been described in this genus: most of the species were described after the genus was erected in 1839. Any species originally described in Acanalonia must be cited without parentheses. This article is therefore grossly misleading. Someone should replace all the current references (GBIF and CoL are not reliable sources for this kind of thing) with the most recent monograph of the genus, and expand it. The only reliable bit of information I can see at the moment is the single word "planthopper"! --Stemonitis (talk) 09:14, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there! I used multitude randomly but any other describing word would do (a number, large number, numerous species) so you are free to change that to however you prefer/think is more suitable. As for the United States, I obtained that from that link which indicates the majority of the species are found in the USA: [1]. But having said that, I was unaware that GBIF and CoL were not reliable sources, may I ask why are they not reliable? (I do not have a taxonomy background you see so I just gave those databases good faith). I based all my references from what I was given so I guess if there inaccuracies in those databases, I will refrain from using them in the future (and we should notify others to be weary of them, perhaps on the talk pages of the related wikipedia projects?). Cheers!Calaka (talk) 08:55, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and as for saying very little, please feel free to expand upon it. ;) I can't remember if I tried for this genus, but I know for a lot of the references listed that are pre 1950 like in this case; they are very hard to obtain for a lay person as I don't have subscription/access to the full text publications.Calaka (talk) 08:58, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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