unexpected interaction records Universal chalcidoidea database

[bonushenricus]

Hello I found codification problem of Universal chalcidoidea database in GLOBI: it seems the associated plants are coded as "HAS PARASITE", but in the UCD of NHM are simply associated plant, so "INTERACT_WITH" (because is difficult to know if is "POLLINATED BY"). Example: START sourceTaxon = node:taxons(name='Vitis vinifera'),targetTaxon = node:taxonPaths('path:Anagrus') MATCH sourceTaxon<-[:CLASSIFIED_AS]-source-[rel:EATEN_BY|HAS_PARASITE]->target-[:CLASSIFIED_AS]->targetTaxon RETURN distinct(targetTaxon.name),type(rel)

(targetTaxon.name) type(rel) 1 Anagrus atomus HAS_PARASITE 2 Anagrus epos HAS_PARASITE 3 Anagrus avalae HAS_PARASITE 4 Anagrus erythroneurae HAS_PARASITE 5 Anagrus tretiakovae HAS_PARASITE 6 Anagrus daanei HAS_PARASITE 7 Anagrus ustulatus HAS_PARASITE 8 Anagrus HAS_PARASITE 9 Anagrus turpanicus HAS_PARASITE

Anagrus species are parasitoids of Cicadellidae species, most of them parasite of grape (Vitis vinifera). So as the UCD says here https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/chalcidoids/database/detail.dsml?FamilyCode=MY&VALAUTHOR=%28Linnaeus%29&VALGENUS=Anagrus&HOMCODE=0&VALDATE=1767&VALSPECIES=atomus&ValidAuthBracket=true&&&tab=associates for Anagrus atomus , Anagrus aren't parasite of Vitis vinifera Thank you

[jhpoelen]

@bonushenricus thank you for your detailed examples of suspicious claims detailing parasitic interactions between Anagrus atomus (a leafhopper parasitoid) and Vitis vinifera (wine grape) via GloBI's index version of Universal chalcidoidea database.

In tracing the provenance (or origin) of the claims, I found the following records retrieved from https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/82e807f0-6273-4f19-be0a-7f7558442a25/resource/f84ad9f1-bd0c-4811-8108-8dcd83f224a4/download/nhminteractionsbank.csv on 2021-08-14T03::09:51.870Z with content hash 4858d11fc47f38bae2e439272d9bdccb866084f71dbc66d328e881c01acf857d (see attached) :

$ cat 4858d11fc47f38bae2e439272d9bdccb866084f71dbc66d328e881c01acf857d | sed 's+\r+\n+g' | grep "Anagrus atomus" | grep "Vitis vinifera"
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,Genini2000 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,153-160,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,YigitEr992 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,25-28,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,VidanoArAl988 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,525-537,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuLa,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,Triapi998 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,83,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,RemundBoGu994 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,164-167,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,SutreFo997 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,42-44,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,RemundBo996 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,238-241,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,PavanPiGi992 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,65-72,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,RemundBo995 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,200-203,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,CeruttBaDe990 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,43-54,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,Bakken971 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,364,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,BaurReKa998 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,71-72,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,CeruttDeBa989 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,253-267,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,PicottPa993 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,105-115,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,HerrmaEi2000 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,115-121,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,BollSc2003b via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,173-180,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,Oncuer991 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,239,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Anagru atomuL,Anagrus atomus,,,,is parasite of,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444,17565,Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,PavanPi994 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database,,163-173,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

So, it appears that the suspicious interaction records claiming that Anagrus are parasites of Vitis vinifera are explicitly stated in the NHM London's Interactions Bank, while @bonushenricus and pages like http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/mepests/enemy/Anagrus_atomus/ claim that Anagrus are in fact parasitoids of wine grape parasites (e.g., leafhoppers). This makes the Anagrus sp. suited for biopesticides as suggested in http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/mepests/enemy/Anagrus_atomus/ (accessed 2021-08-16) -

[...] Anagrus atomus is an important enemy of several pestiferous leafhoppers, whose parasitization rates may at times come to 70% or more. In Turkey it effectively controlled leafhoppers that infested corn (maize), parasitization rates at times being >90%; similar controlling rates of another leafhopper were reported from Switzerland. In Europe A. atomus is mass-reared and sold as a biopesticide, usually suppled as pupae, and placed around leafhoppers infestations. [...]

Perhaps we can ask @edwbaker Ed Baker of the Natural History Museum, London to learn more about these claims.

In addition, we can publish specific refutation records that document your disagreement with the claims that the NHM London's Interactions Bank is making. If you'd like to pursue this, please have a look at a refutation dataset like: https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/refuted-interaction-data

Please let me know how you'd like to proceed.

4858d11fc47f38bae2e439272d9bdccb866084f71dbc66d328e881c01acf857d.gz

[bonushenricus]

Ottimo e grazie (excellent and thanks) Jorrit I think it's okay to ask @edwbaker because the Anagrus atomus is just one example among many so they should double-check how they compiled the datasets among other things, they are transcription errors internal to their own organization: as I demonstrated in the Universal Chalcidoidea Database (the original database) the excellent Noyes entered the interaction data correctly. But in the transition to the datasets of the whole Natural History Museum some superficialities have been made, in my opinion.

[jhpoelen]

@bonushenricus thanks for your message.

I wish there was an easy way to index the Universal Chalcidoidea Database directly.

And, I like your idea to work with @edwbaker (see also https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/ed-baker.html ). Because you are an expert, you'd be able to work with him directly to review and, hopefully, resolve the suspicious interaction claims.

Would you like me to introduce you?

[bonushenricus]

Thanks Jorrit I saw that Ed Baker is a taxonomist who also worked on Chrysididae. If you can and want to introduce me here: I am an agricultural technician. Since 2018 I have been collaborating with Adriano Lorenzo Bonomi Cazzuoli, non-academic entomologist and non-institute researcher, passionate who has been studying Chalcidoid hymenoptera for 30 years, and has published the catalogs of his observations at his expense. With him we are trying to verify the impact of agricultural practices and landscape transformations on the biodiversity of chalcidoidei.

[jhpoelen]

@bonushenricus just sent an email to John N., Vince S. and Ed B. with cc to your email address available via https://enricogabrielli76.wordpress.com/info/ . Curious to see what happens next! Hopefully, we'll figure out a way to help provide easier access to Chalcidoid hymenoptera interactions.