Expert review of iNaturalist identifications of Australian millipedes in GBIF

This tab-separated file ("millipede_review.txt") is derived from the "verbatim.txt" file in a Darwin Core archive downloaded 2023-03-24 from GBIF (DOI: https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.jtpncb). The 2029 records in the download are "Research Grade" iNaturalist observations of millipedes observed in Australia. Encoding is UTF-8.

The dataset has the following Darwin Core fields from "verbatim.txt" and my added fields (fieldnames in capitals):

gbifID = GBIF occurrence record code; record accessible as https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/[gbifID]

catalogNumber = iNaturalist observation number; record accessible as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/[catalogNumber]

scientificName = the taxon identification made on the iNaturalist platform and accepted by GBIF

IDCHECK = my assessment of the identification (see below)

COMMENT = my explanation for doubting an identification (see below)

recordedBy = the name used for copyright assignment by the original observer on iNaturalist

USERNAME = the iNaturalist username of the original observer

RGID1 = the iNaturalist username of the first person to suggest the final, accepted identification

RGID2 = the iNaturalist username of the second person to suggest the final, accepted identification

RGID3 = the iNaturalist username of the third person to suggest the final, accepted identification

RGID4 = the iNaturalist username of the fourth person to suggest the final, accepted identification

RGID5 = the iNaturalist username of the fifth person to suggest the final, accepted identification

I reviewed the images and image sets on iNaturalist that are referred to in these records between 2023-03-24 and 2023-04-02. I classed the iNaturalist identifications in the IDCHECK field as follows:

correct - The image clearly shows the diagnostic characters of the taxon

likely -  The ID is probably correct, but I can't be sure because diagnostic characters aren't clearly visible in the image

possible -  The ID might be correct, but the image isn't good enough to distinguish the identified taxon from another, similar taxon

unlikely -  The ID is probably incorrect because the image appears to show a different taxon, although diagnostic characters aren't clearly visible

incorrect -  The image clearly shows the diagnostic characters of a different taxon