A re-analysis of the data in Sharkey et al. ’ s (2021) minimalist revision reveals that BINs do not deserve names, but BOLD Systems needs a stronger commitment to open science Author Meier, Rudolf Author Blaimer, Bonnie B. Author Buenaventura, Eliana Author Hartop, Emily Author von Rintelen, Thomas Author Srivathsan, Amrita Author Yeo, Darren text Cladistics 2021 2021-09-06 38 2 264 275 https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12489 journal article 10.1111/cla.12489 15076025

Table 1 Comparison of published species and BIN numbers (April 2021)

Study	Taxa	Journal	BINs in BOLD	Species or BINs published	Deviation (%)
Table 1 Comparison of published species and BIN numbers (April 2021)
* Study cited in Sharkey et al. † Number includes 44 putative barcode clusters.
Hebert et al. (2004) *	Astraptes (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)	PNAS	5	10 species	100
Smith et al. (2006) *	Belvosia (Diptera: Tachinidae)	PNAS	20	32 species	60.0
Raupach et al. (2016)	Carabidae (Coleoptera)	ZooKeys	51	69 BINs	35.3
Chac´on et al. (2013)*	Dunama (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae, Nystaleinae)	ZooKeys	6	8 species	33.3
Gibbs (2018)	Lasioglossum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)	Genome	85	110 species	29.4
Fernandez-Triana et al. (2014) *	Apanteles (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)	ZooKeys	240	180 species	25.0
Smith et al. (2007) *	various Tachinidae (Diptera)	PNAS	61	73 species	19.7
Janzen et al. (2011) *	Eudaminae and Pyrginae (Hesperiidae) skippers	PLoS One	294	347† species	18.0
Hajibabaei et al. (2006) *	Hesperiidae, Sphingidae, Saturniidae (Lepidoptera)	PNAS	600	521 species	13.2
Fleming et al. (2019)	Hyphantrophaga (Diptera, Tachinidae)	Biodiversity Data Journal	25	22 species	12.0
Bartolini et al. (2020)	Anastrepha (Diptera, Tephritidae)	PLoS One	17	15 species	11.8
Pohjoism¨aki et al. (2016)	Tachinidae (Diptera)	PLoS One	331	366 BINs	10.6
Smith et al. (2008) *	Braconidae (Hymenoptera)	PNAS	287	313 species	9.1
Fleming et al. (2014) *	Houghia (Diptera: Tachinidae)	Zootaxa	34	35 species	2.9
Ortiz et al. (2017)	Erebidae (Lepidoptera)	Biodiversity Data Journal	157	160 species	1.9
Burns et al. (2008) *	Perichares (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)	PNAS	5	5 species	0