Description
7042 new catalogue records of Hymenoptera were digitised onto the Iziko Specify6 database during 2015. These specimens collected from a number of countries, mostly in Africa, and Mauritius, Madagascar and the United Kingdom. Represent pinned specimens and specimens in ethanol. Some samples from systematic surveys in Western and Northern Cape.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 7,032 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Ranwashe F (2017): FBIP: Systematics of South African Hymenoptera. v1.3. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=fbip_project1&v=1.3
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is South African National Biodiversity Institute. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 71c89f07-0299-4d9d-9e80-3652cffdf308. South African National Biodiversity Institute publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by South African Biodiversity Information Facility.
Keywords
Hymenoptera; Iziko Museums of South Africa; entomology collection
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Geographic Coverage
Various localities in South Africa, Botswana, Central African Republic, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, United Kingdom.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-34.457, -17.393], North East [3.034, 12.527] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
all Hymenoptera
| Order | Hymenoptera (Bees, wasps and ants) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1884-01-01 / 2015-01-01 |
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Sampling Methods
Various. More recent samples collected using Malaise traps, colour pan traps, sweep netting or by hand.
| Study Extent | Various localities in South Africa, Botswana, Central African Republic, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, United Kingdom. |
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| Quality Control | No. Requires georeferencing and verification. Large number of errors identified but not yet corrected. |
Method step description:
- Capture of specimen records from labels for material in collection; Some specimens collected as part of systematic surveys.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 71c89f07-0299-4d9d-9e80-3652cffdf308 |
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| http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=fbip_project1 |