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Jack D Hollister^1,2,3, Geoff Martin¹, Xiaohao Cai⁴

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Area of Science:

Biodiversity research
Evolutionary biology
Museum informatics

Background:

Natural history collections are vital for biodiversity and evolution research.
Specimen mislabelling poses challenges for collection management and research integrity.
Existing verification methods like genetic analysis can be resource-intensive and damage specimens.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and apply a computer vision pipeline for automated taxonomic verification of digitised specimens.
To identify mislabelled specimens within large natural history collections.
To enhance the efficiency and accuracy of natural history collection management.

Main Methods:

A computer vision pipeline was developed and applied to the digitised British and Irish Lepidoptera collection at the Natural History Museum (NHM).
The pipeline identified specimens with potential mislabelled species status.
Specimens flagged consistently were visually examined by taxonomic experts and some were selected for genetic verification.

Main Results:

The computer vision pipeline flagged 99,350 out of 350,208 specimens (28.37%) as potentially mislabelled.
Expert examination of 210 consistently flagged specimens revealed 145 (69%) were indeed mislabelled.
A combination of computer vision and genetic analysis improved identification accuracy.

Conclusions:

Computer vision offers an innovative, non-destructive method for taxonomic verification in large natural history collections.
Automated identification of mislabelled specimens significantly enhances collection data quality.
The synergy between computer vision and genetic analysis improves management and preserves collections for future research.