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. 2023 Sep 1;2023:gigabyte90. doi: 10.46471/gigabyte.90
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Reviewer name and names of any other individual's who aided in reviewer Yeo Huiqing
Do you understand and agree to our policy of having open and named reviews, and having your review included with the published papers. (If no, please inform the editor that you cannot review this manuscript.) Yes
Is the language of sufficient quality? Yes
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Are all data available and do they match the descriptions in the paper? Yes
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Are the data and metadata consistent with relevant minimum information or reporting standards? See GigaDB checklists for examples <a href="http://gigadb.org/site/guide" target="_blank">http://gigadb.org/site/guide</a> Yes
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Is the data acquisition clear, complete and methodologically sound? Yes
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Is there sufficient detail in the methods and data-processing steps to allow reproduction? Yes
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Is there sufficient data validation and statistical analyses of data quality? Yes
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Is the validation suitable for this type of data? Yes
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Is there sufficient information for others to reuse this dataset or integrate it with other data? Yes
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Any Additional Overall Comments to the Author The dataset has been published under gbif and is already publicly available. Metadata of the records were also provided, including GPS coordinates which will be useful in distributional studies. The records are extensive, covering most of Thailand, and is a valuable resourse for understand vector distribution, dispersal and related work. Overall the authors have done a good job in describing the various sampling regimes used in this big dataset, including the use of molecular techniques to identify and verify morphologically similar species. Individuals which were unable to be idenified to species level were recorded as genus instead which demonstrated careful verification of the dataset. I have several suggestions for improving the dataset: 1) It would be good if details of the larval habitats (for records obtained from larval sampling) were provided as well, and 2) if it is possible, it would be useful to indicate which records in the dataset had GPS coordinates inferred from representative locations within the corresponding village/sub-district to differentiate it from records with precise locality information. Please also see attached pdf for minor comments and wording suggestions in the attached pdf.
Recommendation Minor Revision