Using machine learning to predict/classify species of beetles. Based on data from Fossen et. al. 2016, where 4 species of beetles within the genus Hydrobius were found to be genetically distinct and morphological data was collected per species in an attempt to create identification keys. Here I use machine learning (random forest) to train a model that can classify the species based on morphological test data.
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Reference to original study: Fossen EI, Ekrem T, Nilsson AN, Bergsten J (2016) Species delimitation in northern European water scavenger beetles of the genus Hydrobius (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). ZooKeys 564: 71-120. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.564.6558