FBIP: Systematics of South African Hymenoptera

Fhatani Ranwashe1, Fhatani Ranwashe2

1 South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X7, Kirstenbosch, 7735, Claremont, South Africa; 2 

Corresponding author(s): Fhatani Ranwashe (franwashe23@gmail.com), Fhatani Ranwashe (f.ranwashe@sanbi.org.za)

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Resource Citation

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

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Hymenoptera; Iziko Museums of South Africa; entomology collection

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=fbip_project1

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: all Hymenoptera
Taxonomic ranks
Order: Hymenoptera
Common names: Bees, wasps and ants

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Various localities in South Africa, Botswana, Central African Republic, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, United Kingdom.
Coordinates: 34°27'24.84''S and 3°2'0.6''N Latitude; 17°23'34.26''W and 12°31'36.77''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 1884 - 2015

Methods

Method step description: Capture of specimen records from labels for material in collection; Some specimens collected as part of systematic surveys.
Study extent description: Various localities in South Africa, Botswana, Central African Republic, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, United Kingdom.
Sampling description: Various. More recent samples collected using Malaise traps, colour pan traps, sweep netting or by hand.
Quality control description: No. Requires georeferencing and verification. Large number of errors identified but not yet corrected.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive FBIP: Systematics of South African Hymenoptera
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/archive.do?r=fbip_project1
Publication date of data: 2017-07-27
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2017-06-14
Hierarchy level: Dataset