Latest Articles from Biodiversity Data Journal Latest 88 Articles from Biodiversity Data Journal https://bdj.pensoft.net/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 07:45:00 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://bdj.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Biodiversity Data Journal https://bdj.pensoft.net/ Catalogue of type specimens deposited in the Polychaeta Collection of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Léon (Mexico) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/118576/ Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e118576

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e118576

Authors: María Elena García-Garza, Jesús Angel de León-González, María Ana Tovar-Hernández

Abstract: In Mexico, there are six scientific collections of polychaetous annelids. The "Colección Poliquetológica" from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León houses one of the three most important collections of annelids in the country, based on a number of lots and number of type materials deposited, as well as geographical coverage.A catalogue of type materials of polychaete annelids housed at the “Colección Poliquetológica” from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (México) is presented for the first time. The Collection contains 37 holotypes, 174 paratypes and one syntype. These type materials are grouped in 15 families, 35 genera and 54 species of marine worms. Types were described mostly from the Mexican waters, with a low number of types from Ecuador, El Salvador, Argentina, USA, Philippines, New Caledonia and Japan.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:53:07 +0200
First record of Caligus dussumieri Rangnekar, 1957 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) from Malaysia, with notes on caligids found from Malaysia and on host-specificity of caligids on lutjanid fishes https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/116598/ Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e116598

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e116598

Authors: Norshida Ismail, Yusuke Nishida, Susumu Ohtsuka, Geoff Boxshall, James P. Bernot

Abstract: In total, 14 species of Caligus have been reported from Malaysia. Amongst them, four species are reported from lutjanid fishes.Caligus dussumieri Rangnekar, 1957 is reported from Malabar snapper, Lutjanus malabaricus, purchased from a local wet market in Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. This is the first record of this species in Malaysia and it is only the second species assigned to the bonito-group of the genus Caligus to be reported from Malaysia. A key to species of the bonito-group is presented herein. The list of caligids infecting lutjanid fishes and the geographical distributions plus the known hosts of members of the bonito-group of Caligus are discussed.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:58:08 +0200
Checklist of vascular plant species on inselbergs in the Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas, Espírito Santo State, Brazil https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/105688/ Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e105688

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e105688

Authors: Fabiula Arantes, Luiza de Paula, Rafaela Forzza

Abstract: Inselbergs are granitic and/or gneissic rocky outcrops and, in Brazil, the dome-shaped ones in the Atlantic Forest Domain are called sugarloaves (pães de açúcar). They have an extremely specialised vegetation with high levels of endemism. Even though, they are poorly studied and highly degraded. In north-eastern Espírito Santo State, south-eastern Brazil, the Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas (MONAPC) is a federal protected area created to guard some inselbergs mainly threatened by mining, which is one of the main economic activities in the State. In this work, we provide the first checklist of the vascular plant species in this protected area.We recorded 108 species in 36 families and 75 genera that inhabit the vegetation islands on the inselbergs within the official limits of MONAPC. A new species of Pleroma (Melastomataceae) and a new species of Cololobus (Asteraceae) were discovered as new to science and they are being described in other articles.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Tue, 9 Jan 2024 16:43:55 +0200
Documenting Mantodea species in South African museum collections and an updated species list https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/102637/ Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e102637

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e102637

Authors: Bianca Greyvenstein, Johnnie van den Berg, Hannalene du Plessis

Abstract: The previous species list of South African Mantodea, published in 1998, was largely compiled from the literature and did not incorporate data from the many insect museum collections available in the country. It is estimated that approximately 120 species of Mantodea occur in South Africa; however, since no historical museum records were previously incorporated, the current information is considered to be outdated and not a true reflection of the Mantodea fauna within this region. A checklist of species is an important benchmark for any insect group, especially in light of the worldwide declines of insect diversity reported over the last decade. Checklists that provide accurate information on insect diversity, especially for groups, such as the Mantodea which could be under threat and thus could provide important information that can be used in determining the threat status of species, as well as to aid in their conservation in general.This paper provides an updated checklist of the praying mantids (Insecta, Mantodea) species of South Africa. While 120 species were previously reported to occur in South Africa, this paper reports 157 species in 64 genera that represent eight different superfamilies, 14 families and 22 subfamilies. Additionally, five species are reported for the first time to occur in South Africa. This species list was generated from the approximately 4000 specimen records of which 3558 records reside within South Africa. The remaining 732 records represent 14 other African countries. Occurrence records from two citizen-science platforms (iNaturalist and Gbif.org), were also incorporated in this study, adding 1880 species records in South Africa. The low number of specimens in the national collections indicate that this group of insects is poorly collected and highlights the lack of knowledge about South Africa’s mantid fauna, as well as a lack of taxonomic expertise as 1532 museum specimens remain unidentified to species level.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:50:19 +0200
Inventory of the urban flora of Budapest (Hungary) highlighting new and noteworthy floristic records https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/110450/ Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e110450

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e110450

Authors: Attila Rigó, Ákos Malatinszky, Zoltán Barina

Abstract: The systematic urban floristic research of Budapest was started in 2018 by the authors with detailed methodology. One scope of the research was to gain knowledge on the plant taxa appearing in Budapest and to compile the inventory of the urban flora of Budapest.We have provided the inventory of the urban flora of Budapest, which includes distribution data for all 973 taxa found in Budapest between May 2018 and May 2023. We also provided new detailed occurrence data for 49 species in Budapest. Seven of them are new to the adventive flora of Hungary (Campanula portenschlagiana Roem. & Schult., Clinopodium nepeta (L.) Kuntze, Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates, Cyrtomium fortunei J.Sm., Linaria maroccana Hook.f., Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn.), three were rediscovered in Hungary (Glebionis coronaria (L.) Cass. ex Spach, Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl., Sisymbrium irio L.) and 18 were recorded for the first time in Budapest. We also provided data for two data-poor (Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit., Polygonum rurivagum Jord. ex Boreau) species and we documented the major expansion of six species.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:06:45 +0200
Checklist of newly-vouchered annelid taxa from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean, based on morphology and genetic delimitation https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/86921/ Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e86921

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e86921

Authors: Helena Wiklund, Muriel Rabone, Adrian Glover, Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras, Regan Drennan, Eva Stewart, Corie Boolukos, Lucas King, Emma Sherlock, Craig Smith, Thomas Dahlgren, Lenka Neal

Abstract: We present a checklist of annelids from recent United Kingdom Seabed Resources (UKSR) expeditions (Abyssal Baseline - ABYSSLINE project) to the eastern abyssal Pacific Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) polymetallic nodule fields, based on DNA species delimitation, including imagery of voucher specimens, Darwin Core (DwC) data and links to vouchered specimen material and new GenBank sequence records. This paper includes genetic and imagery data for 129 species of annelids from 339 records and is restricted to material that is, in general, in too poor a condition to describe formally at this time, but likely contains many species new to science. We make these data available both to aid future taxonomic studies in the CCZ that will be able to link back to these genetic data and specimens and to better underpin ongoing ecological studies of potential deep-sea mining impacts using the principles of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusuable) data and specimens that will be available for all.We include genetic, imagery and all associated metadata in Darwin Core format for 129 species of annelids from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, eastern abyssal Pacific, with 339 records.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:31:02 +0300
An annotated nomenclatural checklist of endemic vascular plants distributed in the Ukrainian Carpathians https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/103921/ Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e103921

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e103921

Authors: Andriy Novikov

Abstract: The current paper presents a nomenclatural checklist for vascular plants validated being (sub)endemic to and present in the flora of the Ukrainian Carpathians. This checklist is a part of the work targeted on an inventory of endemic plants distributed in the Ukrainian Carpathians. It is mainly based on the analysis of primary sources (i.e. original protologues and monographic works), but also uses the data provided in the recent online taxonomic aggregators, such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Catalogue of Life (CoL), Plants of the World Online (POWO), Euro+Med PlantBase, World Flora Online (WFO) and others. Over 7,000 specimens deposited in the leading Ukrainian herbaria were also revised and used as a supporting data source during the work on the checklist.The checklist provides a revised nomenclature, including corrections on publication dates, rediscovered taxonomic protologues, corrected authorships and revised taxonomic status for (sub)endemic (sub)species of vascular plants occurring in the Ukrainian Carpathians. It contains 1,101 names, from which 78 species and subspecies have been accepted as valid and 1023 species and infraspecific taxa are provided as synonyms. It is completed with critical notes on the nomenclature of problematic taxa and brief annotations regarding their distribution in the Ukrainian Carpathians, indicating the endemicity range and sozological status for all analysed (sub)species.The current checklist is linked with the GBIF taxonomic backbone, provides notes on detected issues and primarily focuses on its update and correction of the nomenclatural issues and taxonomic inconsistencies, but also aims at discussing issues in other popular taxonomic databases.Sabulina pauciflora is proposed as a new combination to comply with a recent revision of the genus Sabulina.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 11 Aug 2023 18:54:42 +0300
Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/103436/ Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e103436

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e103436

Authors: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Ren-Jye Chen, Shunpei Fujie, Su-Chuan Hung, Mei-Ling Lo, Ke-Hsiung Tsai, Kaoru Maeto

Abstract: Citizen science is a research approach that involves collaboration between professional scientists and non-professional volunteers. The utilisation of recent online citizen-science platforms (e.g. social networking services) has greatly revolutionised the accessibility of biodiversity data by providing opportunities for connecting professional and citizen scientists worldwide. Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) has been recorded from the Oriental Islands of Japan and known to be a gregarious endoparasitoid of two macro-sized sphingid moths of Macroglossum, Ma. passalus (Drury) and Ma. pyrrhosticta Butler. It constructs characteristic star-shaped communal cocoons, suspended by a long cable. Although M. stellatus has been reported only from the Oriental Islands of Japan, the authors recognise its occurrence and ecological data from Taiwan and the Palaearctic Island of Japan through posts on online citizen-science groups about Taiwanese Insects on Facebook and an article on a Japanese citizen-scientist's website.Through collaboration between professional and citizen scientists via social media (Facebook groups) and websites, the following new biodiversity and ecological data associated with M. stellatus are provided:Meteorus stellatus is recorded for the first time from Taiwan and the Palaearctic Region (Yakushima Is., Japan).Cechetra minor (Butler, 1875), Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) and Macroglossum sitiene (Walker, 1856) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) are recorded for the first time as hosts of M. stellatus and two of which (C. minor and H. celerio) represent the first genus-level host records for M. stellatus.Mesochorus sp. (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), indeterminate species of Pteromalidae and Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera), are recognised as hyperparasitoid wasps of M. stellatus.Parapolybia varia (Fabricius, 1787) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) is reported as a predator of pendulous communal cocoons of M. stellatus.The nature of suspended large-sized communal cocoons of M. stellatus and the importance and limitations of digital occurrence data and online citizen science are briefly discussed.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 19 Apr 2023 11:03:19 +0300
An annotated checklist of grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) from Mongolia https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/96705/ Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e96705

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e96705

Authors: Enkhtsetseg Gankhuyag, Altanchimeg Dorjsuren, Eun Hwa Choi, Ui Wook Hwang

Abstract: Grasshoppers (Acridoidea, Orthoptera) are the dominant herbivores in grassland ecosystems worldwide. They can increase rangeland productivity by stimulating plant growth and accelerating nutrient cycling. This article presents a comprehensive checklist of grasshoppers in Mongolia. Until then, the available information was very scattered, based on old studies of Mongolian grasshoppers, recorded in a few international catalogues and databases, individual records and research work on agroecosystem communities. However, the available information on the composition of the Orthopteran fauna in Mongolia was sometimes unclear or non-existent and these dubious data were excluded from the present study. In addition, the grasshopper distribution analysis used the standardised personal collection of D. Altanchimeg. We also present a list of grasshoppers, as well as their distribution and abundance, in countries adjacent to Mongolia, such as Russia, China and South Korea. The surveys covered six types of natural zones: high mountain, taiga, forest-steppe, steppe, desert steppe and desert; desert steppe and steppe zones are the most widely distributed. We hope to have contributed significantly to the study of the distribution of grasshopper species in all these natural zones.In this study, a total of three families of Acridoidea belonging to eight subfamilies, 17 tribes, 52 genera and 128 species are reported for the various natural zones. The recorded species belong to eight subfamilies: Gomphocerinae are the most numerous with 56 species recorded, followed by Oedipodinae (51 species), Thrinchinae (nine species), Melanoplinae (six species), Calliptaminae (three species), Dericorythinae, Acridinae, Egnatiinae (one species each).

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:46:26 +0200
South African nose flies (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Rhiniinae): taxonomy, diversity, distribution and biology https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/72764/ Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e72764

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e72764

Authors: Arianna Thomas-Cabianca, Martin Villet, Anabel Martínez-Sánchez, Santos Rojo

Abstract: Rhiniinae (Diptera, Calliphoridae) is a taxon of nearly 400 known species, many of them termitophilous. Approximatelly 160 valid species in 16 genera are Afrotropical, with over 60 of them occurring in South Africa. The taxonomy of this group is outdated, as most studies of the South African taxa were conducted 40 to 70 years ago (mostly by Salvador Peris and Fritz Zumpt). Published information on their biology and ecology is also scarce.An annotated checklist of 73 species of Rhiniinae for South Africa was developed, based on the holdings of sixteen entomological collections in Africa, Europe and North America. Over 3,700 specimens were examined, revealing nine new species records for South Africa (Cosmina undulata Malloch, 1926, Isomyia cuthbertsoni (Curran, 1938), Rhyncomya botswana Zumpt, 1974, R. tristis Séguy, 1933, Stomorhina apta Curran, 1931, S. malobana (Lehrer, 2007), Thoracites kirkspriggsi Kurahashi, 2001, Th. sarcophagoides Kurahashi, 2001 and Trichoberia lanata (Villeneuve, 1920)). We propose one new combination Eurhyncomyia metzi (Zumpt, 1981) comb. nov. (= Rhyncomya metzi Zumpt, 1981)). Additionally, evidence is presented to remove Rhyncomya viduella Villeneuve, 1927 stat. rev. from synonymy with Rhyncomya cassotis (Walker, 1849). Relevant novel biological and seasonality information, historical occurrence maps and high-definition photographs for each species are compiled.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:04:14 +0200
An updated checklist of Azorean arthropods (Arthropoda) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/97682/ Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e97682

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e97682

Authors: Paulo Borges, Lucas Lamelas-Lopez, Rui Andrade, Sébastien Lhoumeau, Virgílio Vieira, António Soares, Isabel Borges, Mário Boieiro, Pedro Cardoso, Luís Carlos Crespo, Ole Karsholt, Michael Schülke, Artur Serrano, José Alberto Quartau, Volker Assing

Abstract: The Azores is a remote oceanic archipelago of nine islands which belongs to the Macaronesia biogeographical region hosting a unique biodiversity. The present Azorean landscape is strongly modified by the presence of man and only in small areas, where the soil or climate was too rough, have primitive conditions remained unchanged. Despite the fact that most of the Azorean native habitats are now lost, a large number of endemic species are still present and need urgent conservation. The present checklist of terrestrial and freshwater arthropods of the Azores Archipelago is based on all known published literature. The main goal of this work is to list, as rigorously as possible, all the known terrestrial and freshwater arthropods of the Azores. In this way, we are contributing to solve the ‘Linnaean’ shortfall, i.e. an incomplete taxonomic description of species-level diversity and the Wallacean Biodiversity Shortfall, the incomplete species distribution knowledge.The checklist includes new records of arthropods at island and archipelago levels that were published in the last twelve years. Compared to the last checklist of Azorean arthropods (Borges et al. 2010b), a total of 217 taxa (species and subspecies) are added.Currently, the total number of terrestrial and freshwater arthropod species and subspecies in the Azores is estimated to be 2420 taxa belonging to 14 classes, 53 orders, 440 families, 1556 genera, 2400 species and 149 individual subspecies.The most diverse orders of Azorean arthropods are: Coleoptera (585 taxa), Diptera (423 taxa), Hemiptera (338 taxa), Hymenoptera (163 taxa), Lepidoptera (159 taxa) and Araneae (133 taxa).A total of 276 endemic taxa are currently known (232 species and 44 subspecies), belonging to eight classes and 22 orders. São Miguel, Terceira and Pico are the islands with higher number of endemic species and subspecies. In the Azores, the number of native non-endemic taxa is 793 taxa, totalling 1069 indigenous taxa. Compared to the other nearest Macaronesian archipelagos (Madeira and Canaries), the Azorean arthropod fauna is characterised by a lower percentage of endemism (endemics/indigenous: 26% in Azores, 47% in Madeira Archipelago and 42% in Canary Islands) and a high proportion of exotic introduced taxa (39% in Azores, 19% in Madeira Archipelago and 8% in Canary Islands).Based on recent IUCN Red-listing of Azorean arthropods, a large fraction of the endemic taxa is under high threat.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Wed, 21 Dec 2022 16:10:16 +0200
Critical checklist of the Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea (Insecta, Hymenoptera) of Germany https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/85582/ Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e85582

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e85582

Authors: Stefan Vidal, Jochen Müller, Stefan Schmidt

Abstract: Since the first checklist of German Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea was published over two decades ago, a revision of the status of these superfamilies in Germany is overdue. The previous list contained chalcidoid species mentioned in published papers up to 2000 and was cross-checked with the data compiled by Noyes in the Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Additional species, determined by the first author, were also included. Since then, revisions of several chalcidoid genera have been published synonymising species or describing new species. The previous checklist also contained several erroneous names and doubtful records that turned out to be incorrect placements or questionable citations and are corrected in the present version.The updated critical checklist of German Chalcidoidea includes 1,610 species from 19 families.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:04:49 +0300
Pladias platform: Technical description of the database structure https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/80167/ Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e80167

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e80167

Authors: Petr Novotný, Josef Brůna, Milan Chytrý, Vojtěch Kalčík, Zdeněk Kaplan, Tomáš Kebert, Martin Rohn, Marcela Řezníčková, Milan Štech, Jan Wild

Abstract: Digitising and aggregating local floristic data is a critical step in the study of biodiversity. The integrative web-based platform Pladias, designed to cover a wide range of data on vascular plants, was recently developed in the Czech Republic. The combination of occurrence data with species characteristics opens many opportunities for data analysis and synthesis.This article describes the relational structure of the Pladias database service (PladiasDB) and the context of the platform architecture. The structure is relatively complex, as our goal was to cover: (i) species occurrence records, including their management, validation and export of revised species distribution maps, (ii) data on species characteristics with quality control tools using defined data types and (iii) separate user interfaces (UI) for professionals and the general public. We discuss the approaches chosen to model individual elements in PladiasDB and summarise the experience gained during the first five years of operation of the Pladias platform.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Software Description Fri, 1 Apr 2022 12:04:59 +0300
A pictorial key for identification of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Madeira Archipelago https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/78518/ Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e78518

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e78518

Authors: Carla Rego, John Smit, António Aguiar, Délia Cravo, Andreia Penado, Mário Boieiro

Abstract: Syrphid flies are important ecological indicators and provide crucial ecosystem services, being important pollinators and biological control agents of insect pests. These charismatic insects are conspicuous and, due to their size and colourful patterns, are relatively easy to identify. However, the lack of user-friendly literature (e.g. photographic guides) for most areas may hamper its wider selection as a study group in biodiversity and ecological studies. The syrphid fauna of Madeira Archipelago comprises 26 species, including four endemics (Eumerus hispidus Smit, Aguiar & Wakeham-Dawson, 2004; Melanostoma wollastoni Wakeham-Dawson, Aguiar, Smit, McCullough & Wyatt, 2004; Myathropa usta, Wollaston, 1858 and Xanthandrus babyssa, Walker, 1849), but, despite the current good taxonomic knowledge on this group, information on species distribution, ecology and conservation is still lacking. Here, we provide a pictorial key to the adult hoverflies of Madeira Archipelago highlighting diagnostic characteristics and present photographs of both males and females (in dorsal and lateral views) in colour plates. The key and plates will help researchers to differentiate these species, thus encouraging the use of this insect group in future bioindication studies. In addition, this study also aims to engage a broader audience of non-experts in improving the knowledge on the distribution and ecology of Madeira syrphids.We provide a checklist for the hoverflies of Madeira Archipelago and a pictorial key to help on species identification.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:17:38 +0200
Inventory and DNA-barcode library of ground-dwelling predatory arthropods from Krokar virgin forest, Slovenia https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/77661/ Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e77661

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e77661

Authors: Žan Kuralt, Urška Ratajc, Neža Pajek Arambašić, Maja Ferle, Matic Gabor, Ivan Kos

Abstract: At a time of immense human pressure on nature and the resulting global environmental changes, the inventory of biota - especially of undisturbed natural areas - is of unprecedented value as it provides a baseline for future research. Krokar, an example of such an undisturbed area, is the largest virgin forest remnant in Slovenia. It is located in the Dinaric Alps, which are believed to harbour the most diverse fauna of soil invertebrates in Europe. Nevertheless, the soil fauna of the Krokar virgin forest has not been thoroughly studied. Moreover, modern taxonomic approaches often rely on genetic information (e.g. DNA-barcodes), while extensive reference libraries from the Dinaric area are lacking. Our work, therefore, focused on addressing this lack of faunistic and genetic data from the Dinaric area.A total of 2336 specimens belonging to 100 taxa (45 spiders, 30 centipedes, 25 ground-dwelling beetles) were collected and deposited to GBIF. DNA-barcodes of 124 specimens belonging to 73 species were successfully obtained and deposited in GenBank and BOLD databases.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Wed, 9 Mar 2022 09:50:08 +0200
Yugra State University Biological Collection (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia): general and digitisation overview https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/77669/ Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e77669

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e77669

Authors: Nina Filippova, Galina Ganasevich, Ilya Filippov, Anastasia Meshcheryakova, Elena Lapshina, Dmitry Karpov

Abstract: The history of biological collections and digitisation initiatives in northern West Siberia is relatively new due to recent development of the region. The Center for Biodiversity Data Mobilization was established to promote the initiative, led by the Yugra State University. This organisation itself has a relatively young collection of biological specimens, which was, until recently, in a disintegrated state and only partly mobilised. The Yugra State University Biological Collection (YSU BC) currently includes three subdivisions differring by history and taxonomic groups, but also by details of management and storage conditions: the Fungarium, the Bryological collection and the Herbarium collection of YSU.The paper describes the general structure of the Yugra State University Biological Collection, its history, storage conditions, management practices, geographical, temporal and taxonomical coverage. The paper is underlined by three datasets of the collections databases published in GBIF, which are described in detail. The databases are managed in Specify 6 and 7 software and accessed through Specify Web Portal and through GBIF.The Yugra State University Biological Collection made an active reorganisation of physical storage conditions and data management recently, providing the model for other collections in the region. This paper describes the history, general structure, management practices and data management of all three parts of this collection for the first time.Although one part of the collection (Fungarium YSU) was mobilised earlier, last year, we mobilised data of the Bryological and Vascular plants (Herbarium) collections. The three datasets of the corresponding collections in GBIF were increased by about 6000 georeferenced records during the last year.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:15:00 +0200
A database and checklist of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera) from Colombia https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/68693/ Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e68693

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e68693

Authors: Leidys Murillo-Ramos, Pasi Sihvonen, Gunnar Brehm, Indiana Ríos-Malaver, Niklas Wahlberg

Abstract: Molecular DNA sequence data allow unprecedented advances in biodiversity assessments, monitoring schemes, and taxonomic works, particularly in poorly explored areas. They allow, for instance, the sorting of material rapidly into operational taxonomic units (such as BINs - Barcode Index Numbers), sequences can be subject to diverse analyses, and with linked metadata and physical vouchers they can be examined further by experts. However, a prerequisite for their exploitation is the construction of reference libraries of DNA sequences that represent the existing biodiversity. To achieve these goals for Geometridae (Lepidoptera) moths in Colombia, expeditions were carried out to 26 localities in the northern part of the country in 2015–2019. The aim was to collect specimens and sequence their DNA barcodes, and to record a fraction of the species richness and occurrences in one of the most biodiversity-rich countries. These data are the beginnings of an identification guide to Colombian geometrid moths, whose identities are currently often provisional only, being morpho species or operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Prior to the current dataset, 99 Geometridae sequences forming 44 BINs from Colombia were publicly available on the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD), covering 20 species only.We enrich the Colombian Geometridae database significantly by including DNA barcodes, two nuclear markers, photos of vouchers, and georeferenced occurrences of 281 specimens of geometrid moths from different localities. These specimens are classified into 80 genera. Analytical tools on BOLD clustered 157 of the mentioned sequences to existing species level BINs, identified earlier by experts. Another 115 were assigned to BINs that were identified to genus or tribe level only. 11 specimens did not match any existing BIN on BOLD, and are therefore new additions to the database. It is likely that many BINs represent undescribed species. Nine short sequences (<500bp) were not assigned to BINs but identified to the lowest taxonomic category by expert taxonomists and with comparisons of type material photos. The released new genetic information will help to further progress the systematics of Geometridae. An illustrated catalogue of all new records allows validation of our identifications; it is also the first document of this kind for Colombian Geometridae. All specimens are deposited at the Museo de Zoología of Universidad de Sucre (MZUS), North Colombia. DNA BINs are reported in this study, the species occurrences are available on SIB Colombia https://sibcolombia.net/ and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) https://www.gbif.org/ through https://doi.org/10.15472/ucfmkh.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Fri, 3 Sep 2021 10:15:00 +0300
Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Metropolitan Region of Santarém, Brazil, including three new species of Microvelia Westwood, 1834 (Veliidae: Microveliinae) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/68567/ Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e68567

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e68567

Authors: Suzane dos Santos, Juliana Rodrigues, Sheyla Couceiro, Felipe Moreira

Abstract: Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) comprises more than 2100 species of semiaquatic bugs, most of which have the ability to walk on the surface of the water. So far, 238 species have been recorded from Brazil, but several portions of the country remain poorly explored. The metropolitan region of Santarém (MRS), Pará state, Brazil, lacks faunistic and taxonomic studies concerning this group, and the local fauna is under threat due to human actions.Aiming to fill gaps concerning the diversity and distribution of Gerromorpha in the Amazon, a survey of the semiaquatic bugs from the MRS is presented. Collections were made in 33 aquatic ecosystems in the different phytophysiognomies within this area from July 2019 to October 2020. As a result, a checklist with 44 species recorded from the three municipalities of the MRS is presented. Furthermore, three new species of the genus Microvelia Westwood, 1834 (M. belterrensis sp. nov., M. hamadae sp. nov. and M. sousorum sp. nov.) are described, two species are recorded for the first time from Brazil (Microvelia aschnakiranae Makhan, 2014 and Rhagovelia graziae Galindo-Malagón, Morales & Moreira, 2021), two from Pará state (Microvelia longipes Uhler, 1894 and Paravelia dilatata Polhemus & Polhemus, 1984), and 15 from the MRS (Brachymetra lata Shaw, 1933, B. shawi Hungerford & Matsuda, 1957, Tachygerris adamsoni (Drake, 1942), Microvelia pulchella Westwood, 1834, Rhagovelia brunae Magalhães & Moreira, 2016, R. evidis Bacon, 1948, R. jubata Bacon, 1948, Callivelia conata (Hungerford, 1929), Oiovelia cunucunumana Drake & Maldonado-Capriles, 1952, Paravelia bullialata Polhemus & Polhemus, 1984, Stridulivelia alia (Drake, 1957), S. stridulata (Hungerford, 1929), S. strigosa (Hungerford, 1929), S. tersa (Drake & Harris, 1941), and S. transversa (Hungerford, 1929)).

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 1 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0300
Catalogue of Rose Gall, Herb Gall, and Inquiline Gall Wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the United States, Canada and Mexico https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/68558/ Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e68558

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e68558

Authors: Louis Nastasi, Andrew Deans

Abstract: Cynipidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea) is a diverse group of wasps, many of which are capable of inducing plants to make novel structures, galls, that protect and nourish the wasps' larvae. Other cynipids, especially those species in Ceroptresini and Synergini, are understood to be usurpers of galls made by other cynipids. The North American cynipid fauna has not been fully cataloged since 1979, but there is renewed interest in revising the taxonomy and in doing research that sheds light on the mechanisms of gall induction, the evolution of this life history, and their ecological interactions more broadly. Significant taxonomic changes have impacted the group since 1979, thereby warranting a new catalog.The current state of knowledge of species classified in Aulacideini, Ceroptresini, Diastrophini, Diplolepidini, Phanacidini, and Synergini in the United States, Canada, and Mexico is summarized in catalog format. We report 323 names, including 170 valid species of rose gall wasps, herb gall wasps, and inquiline gall wasps, classified in 12 genera, from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Current taxonomic status, distribution, host associations, and vernacular names are listed for each species. The catalog also includes the original description of galls for many species of gall-inducer, as well as atomized characterizations of different gall traits as key-value pairs. For most galling species without existing vernacular names, new vernacular names are proposed.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:15:00 +0300
Checklist of the Ichneumonidae of Germany (Insecta, Hymenoptera) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/64267/ Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e64267

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e64267

Authors: Matthias Riedel, Andrei Humala, Martin Schwarz, Heinz Schnee, Stefan Schmidt

Abstract: A revised checklist of the Ichneumonidae of Germany is presented. The list represents an update of an earlier checklist, published in 2001. The present list includes several records of species that are new for the German fauna and species that were discoverd since the last checklist was published. Representatives of species new to Germany are mostly deposited in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Germany.The checklist presents 3,644 species of Ichneumonidae from Germany, with 48 species recorded for first time. The number of Ichneumonidae species recorded from Germany increased by 379 species compared to the previous checklist that was published 20 years ago.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 26 May 2021 17:15:00 +0300
When xylarium and herbarium meet: linking Tervuren xylarium wood samples with their herbarium specimens at Meise Botanic Garden https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/62329/ Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e62329

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e62329

Authors: Samuel Vanden Abeele, Hans Beeckman, Tom De Mil, Cecile De Troyer, Victor Deklerck, Henry Engledow, Wannes Hubau, Piet Stoffelen, Steven Janssens

Abstract: The current data paper aims to interlink the African plant collections of the Meise Botanic Garden Herbarium (BR) and the Royal Museum for Central Africa Xylarium (Tw). Complementing both collections strengthens the reference value of each institutional collection, as more complete metadata are made available, and it enables an increased quality control on the identification of wood specimens. Furthermore, the renewed connection enables the linking of available wood trait data with data on phenology, leaf morphology or even molecular information for many tree species, allowing assessments of performance of individual trees. In addition to studies at the interspecific level, comparisons at the intraspecific level become possible, which could lead to important new insights into resilience to and impact of global change, as well as biodiversity conservation or forest management of Central African forest ecosystems.By interlinking the Tervuren Xylarium Wood database with the recently digitised herbarium of Meise Botanic Garden, we were able to establish a link between 6,621 xylarium and 9,641 herbarium records for 6,953 plant specimens. Both institutional databases were complemented with reliable specimen metadata. The Tervuren xylarium now profits from taxonomic revisions made by botanists at Meise BG, and a list of phenotypical features for woody African species can be extended with wood anatomical descriptors. New metadata from the Tw xylarium records were used to add the country of collection to 50 linked BR herbarium specimens for which this information was missing. Furthermore, metadata available from the labels on digitised BR herbarium specimens was used to update Tw xylarium records with the date of collection (817 records), collection locality (698 records), coordinates (482 records) and altitude (817 records). In conclusion, we created a reference database with reliable botanic identities which can be used in a range of studies, such as modelling analyses, community assessments or trait analyses, all framed in a spatiotemporal context. Furthermore, the linked collections hold historical reference data and specimens that can be studied in the context of global changes.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Wed, 31 Mar 2021 18:15:00 +0300
The family Stratiomyidae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Stratiomyoidea) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/64212/ Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e64212

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e64212

Authors: Magdi El-Hawagry, Hathal Al Dhafer, Mahmoud Abdel-Dayem, Martin Hauser

Abstract: This study systematically catalogues all known taxa of the family Stratiomyidae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. It is one in a series of planned studies aiming to catalogue the whole order in both countries.Twenty species belonging to seven genera and three subfamilies (Pachygastrinae, Stratiomyinae and Nemotelinae) are treated. One of these genera, Oplodontha, and two species, Oplodontha pulchriceps Loew and Oxycera turcica Üstüner & Hasbenli, are recorded herein for the first time from Saudi Arabia. A lectotype for Nemotelus matrouhensis Mohammad et al., 2009 is designated. An updated classification, synonymies, type localities, world and local distributions, dates of collection and some colored photographs are provided.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0200
The Insect database in Dokdo, Korea: An updated version in 2020 https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/62011/ Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e62011

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e62011

Authors: Jihun Ryu, Young-Kun Kim, Sang Jae Suh, Kwang Shik Choi

Abstract: Dokdo, an island toward the East Coast of South Korea, comprises 89 small islands. Dokdo is a volcanic island created by a volcanic eruption that promoted the formation of Ulleungdo (located in the East sea), which is ~87.525 km away from Dokdo. Dokdo is an important island because of geopolitics; however, because of certain investigation barriers such as weather and time constraints, the awareness of its insect fauna is less compared to that of Ulleungdo. Dokdo’s insect fauna was obtained as 10 orders, 74 families, and 165 species until 2017; subsequently, from 2018 to 2019, 23 unrecorded species were discovered via an insect survey.As per a recent study, the database of insect species on Dokdo has been identified as 10 orders, 81 families, 188 species, and 23 undetermined species. This database has been registered to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF; www.GBIF.org), and is the first record for Dokdo’s insect fauna.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:30:00 +0200
The family Conopidae (Diptera) in Egypt and Saudi Arabia https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/60287/ Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e60287

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e60287

Authors: Magdi El-Hawagry, Ahmed Soliman, Hathal Al Dhafer

Abstract: The present study is one in a series of planned studies aiming to catalogue the whole order Diptera in both Egypt and Saudi Arabia.All known Egyptian and Saudi Arabian conopid taxa are systematically catalogued in the present study. Three species recorded herein for the first time from Saudi Arabia: Conops (Asiconops) elegans Meigen, 1804 and Thecophora atra (Fabricius, 1775) (Al-Baha region, southwestern of Saudi Arabia); Conops (Conops) quadrifasciatus De Geer, 1776 (Tabuk region, northwestern of Saudi Arabia). Physocephala variegata (Meigen, 1924) is also recorded for the first time from Gebel Elba, the southeastern triangle of Egypt. Considering that Gebel Elba in Egypt and Al-Baha in Saudi Arabia are affiliated to the Afrotropical Region, this is the first time to record Physocephala variegata and Thecophora atra from the Afrotropical Region. An updated taxonomy, world and local distributions, dates of collection and some colored photographs are provided.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:00:00 +0200
A first faunistic study on the tribe Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Baikunthapur Tropical Forest of the Himalayan foothills, West Bengal, India https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/57444/ Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e57444

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e57444

Authors: Subhankar Sarkar, Bhim Kharel

Abstract: Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 is a paucispecific tribe of the scarab beetle subfamily Scarabaeinae. The tribe is composed of 256 described species worldwide, while from India 26 species were recorded up to date. Beetles belonging to this tribe are commonly known as paracoprid dung beetles and perform some remarkable ecological functions. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of knowledge on the occurrence of these beetles in the mega diverse tropical forests of the Himalayan foothills located in the North of the West Bengal state of India.A first faunistic account of the tribe Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 from Baikunthapur forest, located at the Himalayan foothills of the West Bengal state of India is presented. A total of 5 species of the tribe distributed over two genera Tiniocellus and Liatongus were recorded during multiple surveys for scarab fauna of the forest. All the taxa were recorded for the first time from the area, while Tiniocellus spinipes (Roth, 1851) is a new record for the West Bengal State of India. Additionally, a preliminary checklist of Indian species of the tribe is also provided.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Thu, 3 Dec 2020 10:45:00 +0200
"Flora of Russia" on iNaturalist: a dataset https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/59249/ Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e59249

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e59249

Authors: Alexey Seregin, Dmitriy Bochkov, Julia Shner, Eduard Garin, Igor Pospelov, Vadim Prokhorov, Pavel Golyakov, Sergey Mayorov, Sergey Svirin, Alexander Khimin, Marina Gorbunova, Ekaterina Kashirina, Olga Kuryakova, Boris Bolshakov, Aleksandr Ebel, Anatoliy Khapugin, Maxim Mallaliev, Sergey Mirvoda, Sergey Lednev, Dina Nesterkova, Nadezhda Zelenova, Svetlana Nesterova, Viktoriya Zelenkova, Georgy Vinogradov, Olga Biryukova, Alla Verkhozina, Alexey Zyrianov, Sergey Gerasimov, Ramazan Murtazaliev, Yurii Basov, Kira Marchenkova, Dmitry Vladimirov, Dina Safina, Sergey Dudov, Nikolai Degtyarev, Diana Tretyakova, Daba Chimitov, Evgenij Sklyar, Alesya Kandaurova, Svetlana Bogdanovich, Alexander Dubynin, Olga Chernyagina, Aleksandr Lebedev, Mikhail Knyazev, Irina Mitjushina, Nina Filippova, Kseniia Dudova, Igor Kuzmin, Tatyana Svetasheva, Vladimir Zakharov, Vladimir Travkin, Yaroslav Magazov, Vladimir Teploukhov, Andrey Efremov, Olesya Deineko, Viktor Stepanov, Eugene Popov, Dmitry Kuzmenckin, Tatiana Strus, Tatyana Zarubo, Konstantin Romanov, Alexei Ebel, Denis Tishin, Vladimir Arkhipov, Vladimir Korotkov, Svetlana Kutueva, Vladimir Gostev, Mikhail Krivosheev, Natalia Gamova, Veronica Belova, Oleg Kosterin, Sergey Prokopenko, Rinat Sultanov, Irina Kobuzeva, Nikolay Dorofeev, Alexander Yakovlev, Yuriy Danilevsky, Irina Zolotukhina, Damir Yumagulov, Valerii Glazunov, Vladimir Bakutov, Andrey Danilin, Igor Pavlov, Elena Pushay, Elena Tikhonova, Konstantin Samodurov, Dmitrii Epikhin, Tatyana Silaeva, Andrei Pyak, Yulia Fedorova, Evgeniy Samarin, Denis Shilov, Valentina Borodulina, Ekaterina Kropocheva, Gennadiy Kosenkov, Uladzimir Bury, Anna Mitroshenkova, Tatiana Karpenko, Ruslan Osmanov, Maria Kozlova, Tatiana Gavrilova, Stepan Senator, Maxim Khomutovskiy, Eugene Borovichev, Ilya Filippov, Serguei Ponomarenko, Elena Shumikhina, Dmitry Lyskov, Evgeny Belyakov, Mikhail Kozhin, Leonid Poryadin, Artem Leostrin

Abstract: The "Flora of Russia" project on iNaturalist brought together professional scientists and amateur naturalists from all over the country. Over 10,000 people are involved in the data collection.Within 20 months the participants accumulated over 750,000 photo observations of 6,853 species of the Russian flora. This constitutes the largest dataset of open spatial data on the country’s biodiversity and a leading source of data on the current state of the national flora. About 85% of all project data are available under free licenses (CC0, CC-BY, CC-BY-NC) and can be freely used in scientific, educational and environmental activities.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:15:00 +0200
Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/56883/ Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e56883

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e56883

Authors: Arthien Lovell Pelingen, Herbert Zettel, Clister Pangantihon, Kyra Mari Dominique Aldaba, Earl Kevin Fatallo, Jemillie Madonna de Leon, Hendrik Freitag

Abstract: This survey aims to provide an updated species checklist of aquatic and semi-aquatic bugs in the intra-Philippine biogeographic region of Mindoro. An assessment survey of water bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) was conducted by mostly manual collection in selected areas of Oriental Mindoro from 2017 to 2018, in which some of the collecting activities were contributed by graduate students of Ateneo de Manila University.Twenty-nine aquatic and semi-aquatic heteropteran species were documented and some are known island-endemic species or subspecies, including Enithares martini mindoroensis Nieser & Zettel, 1999, Hydrotrephes stereoides mindoroensis Zettel, 2003, Aphelocheirus freitagi Zettel & Pangantihon, 2010, Rhagovelia mindoroensis Zettel, 1994, Rhagovelia raddai Zettel, 1994, Rhagovelia potamophila Zettel, 1996, and Strongylovelia mindoroensis Lansbury & Zettel, 1997, which were found in new areas in the region. In addition, there are also new records for the island that have already been documented before in other parts of the Philippines, such as the Philippine-endemic Ochterus magnus Gapud & San Valentin, 1977 and Hebrus philippinus Zettel, 2006, and the widely distributed backswimmers Anisops nigrolineatus Lundblad, 1933 and Anisops rhomboides Nieser & Chen, 1999. Several undescribed specimens and potentially new species are also discussed in this paper. Further surveys in the other parts of Mindoro, and in the other regions of the Philippines, are encouraged to produce a comprehensive baseline data of heteropteran species richness in the country.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 4 Nov 2020 17:40:00 +0200
Diversity of the longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/54495/ Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e54495

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e54495

Authors: Oscar Pérez-Flores, Víctor Toledo-Hernández

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:45:00 +0300
A checklist of vascular plants of the W National Park in Burkina Faso, including the adjacent hunting zones of Tapoa-Djerma and Kondio https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/54205/ Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e54205

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e54205

Authors: Blandine Nacoulma, Marco Schmidt, Karen Hahn, Adjima Thiombiano

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 3 Jul 2020 17:15:00 +0300
A checklist of the marine Anthuroidea (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoida) from the reefs of Peninsular Malaysia, with some new distributional data https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/54748/ Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e54748

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e54748

Authors: Melvin Chew, Azman Abdul Rahim

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 26 Jun 2020 09:12:35 +0300
Review of recent taxonomic changes to the emerald moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/52190/ Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e52190

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e52190

Authors: David Plotkin, Akito Kawahara

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:30:00 +0300
Biting midges of Egypt (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/52357/ Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e52357

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e52357

Authors: Magdi El-Hawagry, Salah El-Din El-Azab, Mahmoud Abdel-Dayem, Hathal Al Dhafer

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:00:00 +0300
The Odonata of Quebec: Specimen data from seven collections https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/49450/ Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e49450

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e49450

Authors: Colin Favret, Joseph Moisan-De Serres, Maxim Larrivée, Jean-Philippe Lessard

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:00:00 +0200
Checklist of terrestrial Parasitengona mites in Fennoscandia with new species- and distribution records (Acariformes: Prostigmata) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/36094/ Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e36094

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e36094

Authors: Jeanette Stålstedt, Joanna Łaydanowicz, Pekka Lehtinen, Johannes Bergsten, Joanna Mąkol

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:00:00 +0300
Dragonfly biodiversity 90 years ago in an Alpine region: The Odonata historical collection of the MUSE (Trento, Italy) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/32391/ Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e32391

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e32391

Authors: Giacomo Assandri, Alessandra Franceschini, Valeria Lencioni

Abstract: Historical collections of natural science museums play a fundamental role in documenting environmental changes and patterns of biodiversity transformation. This considered, they should have a pivotal role to plan conservation and management actions.The MUSE - Science Museum of Trento is an Italian regional museum preserving about 5.5 million items (organised in 297 collections). About one million of them are invertebrates, 70% of which are of local origin, gathered in the collection "Miscellanea Invertebrati". Odonata account for a minor part of this collection; however, most of them are of local or regional relevance. A complete catalogue of this collection does not exist to date.The collection was studied in 2017-2018 and this contribution aims to present the Catalogue of the historic collection of Odonata of the MUSE - Museo delle Scienze of Trento (Italy).In all, 836 specimens of adult dragonflies and damselflies are found in the collection referring to an overall 56 species. The collection covers a period between 1924 and 1957 and refer to 74 defined localities, all located in northern Italy (most of them in Trentino - Alto Adige Region).The samples conserved in the collection are, for several species, the only indisputable confirmation of their former occurrence in that region.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:06:46 +0200
Photo images, 3D/CT data and mtDNA of the freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Kyushu and Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with SEM/EDS analysis of the shell https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/32114/ Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e32114

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e32114

Authors: Yuichi Kano, Yoshihisa Kurita, Kazuki Kanno, Kengo Saito, Hironori Hayashi, Norio Onikura, Takeshi Yamasaki

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:48:33 +0200
DNA barcoding data release for Coleoptera from the Gunung Halimun canopy fogging workpackage of the Indonesian Biodiversity Information System (IndoBioSys) project https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/31432/ Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e31432

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e31432

Authors: Bruno Cancian de Araujo, Stefan Schmidt, Olga Schmidt, Thomas von Rintelen, Kristina von Rintelen, Andreas Floren, Rosichon Ubaidillah, Djunijanti Peggie, Michael Balke

Abstract: We present the results of a DNA barcoding pipeline that was established as part of the German-Indonesian IndobioSys project - Indonesian Biodiversity Information System. Our data release provides the first large-scale diversity assessment of Indonesian coleoptera obtained by canopy fogging. The project combined extensive fieldwork with databasing, DNA barcode based species delineation and the release of results in collaboration with Indonesian counterparts, aimed at supporting further analyses of the data. Canopy fogging on 28 trees was undertaken at two different sites, Cikaniki and Gunung Botol, in the south-eastern area of the Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park in West Java, Indonesia. In total, 7,447 specimens of Coleoptera were processed, of which 3,836 specimens produced DNA barcode sequences that were longer than 300 bp. A total of 3,750 specimens were assigned a Barcode Index Number (BIN), including 2,013 specimens from Cikaniki and 1,737 specimens from Gunung Botol. The 747 BINs, that were obtained, represented 39 families of Coleoptera. The distribution of specimens with BINs per tree was quite heterogeneous in both sites even in terms of the abundance of specimens or diversity of BINs. The specimen distribution per taxon was heterogeneous as well. Some 416 specimens could not be identified to family level, corresponding to 72 BINs that lack a family level identification. The data have shown a large heterogeneity in terms of abundance and distribution of BINs between sites, trees and families of Coleoptera. From the total of 747 BINs that were recovered, 421 (56%) are exclusive from a single tree. Although the two study sites were in close proximity and separated by a distance of only about five kilometres, the number of shared BINs between sites is low, with 81 of the 747 BINs. With this data release, we expect to shed some light on the largely hidden diversity in the canopy of tropical forests in Indonesia and elsewhere.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Research Article Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:55:00 +0200
A list of bees from three locations in the Northern Rockies Ecoregion (NRE) of western Montana https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/27161/ Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e27161

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e27161

Authors: Elizabeth Reese, Laura Burkle, Casey Delphia, Terry Griswold

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:41:56 +0200
Visualizing natural history collection data provides insight into collection development and bias https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/26741/ Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e26741

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e26741

Authors: Vaughn Shirey

Abstract: Natural history collections contain estimated billions of records representing a large body of knowledge about the diversity and distribution of life on Earth. Assessments of various forms of bias within the aggregated data associated with specimens in these collections have been conducted across temporal, taxonomic, and spatial domains. Considering that these biases are the sum of biases across all contributing collections to aggregate datasets, the assessment of bias at the collection level is warranted. Interactive visualization provides a powerful tool for the assessment of these biases and insight into the historical development of natural history collections, providing context for where sources of bias may originate and developing historical narratives to clarify our understanding of our own knowledge about life on Earth. Here, I present a case study on using Sankey diagrams to illustrate the development of the entomology type collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the hope that extensions of these practices among individual natural history collections are modified and adopted.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Forum Paper Wed, 3 Oct 2018 14:40:08 +0300
An updated checklist of the Tenebrionidae sec. Bousquet et al. 2018 of the Algodones Dunes of California, with comments on checklist data practices https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/24927/ Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e24927

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e24927

Authors: M. Andrew Johnston, Rolf Aalbu, Nico Franz

Abstract: Generating regional checklists for insects is frequently based on combining data sources ranging from literature and expert assertions that merely imply the existence of an occurrence to aggregated, standard-compliant data of uniquely identified specimens. The increasing diversity of data sources also means that checklist authors are faced with new responsibilities, effectively acting as filterers to select and utilize an expert-validated subset of all available data. Authors are also faced with the technical obstacle to bring more occurrences into Darwin Core-based data aggregation, even if the corresponding specimens belong to external institutions. We illustrate these issues based on a partial update of the Kimsey et al. 2017 checklist of darkling beetles - Tenebrionidae sec. Bousquet et al. 2018 - inhabiting the Algodones Dunes of California. Our update entails 54 species-level concepts for this group and region, of which 31 concepts were found to be represented in three specimen-data aggregator portals, based on our interpretations of the aggregators' data. We reassess the distributions and biogeographic affinities of these species, focusing on taxa that are precinctive (highly geographically restricted) to the Lower Colorado River Valley in the context of recent dune formation from the Colorado River. Throughout, we apply taxonomic concept labels (taxonomic name according to source) to contextualize preferred name usages, but also show that the identification data of aggregated occurrences are very rarely well-contextualized or annotated. Doing so is a pre-requisite for publishing open, dynamic checklist versions that finely accredit incremental expert efforts spent to improve the quality of checklists and aggregated occurrence data.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Research Article Thu, 14 Jun 2018 09:40:12 +0300
A first checklist of the Pteridophytes of Togo (West Africa) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/24137/ Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e24137

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e24137

Authors: Komla Abotsi, Kouami Kokou, Jean-Yves Dubuisson, Germinal Rouhan

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 6 Jun 2018 15:56:37 +0300
New records and range extensions of several species of native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from Mississippi https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/25230/ Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e25230

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e25230

Authors: Katherine Parys, Terry Griswold, Harold Ikerd, Michael Orr

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Thu, 17 May 2018 09:11:58 +0300
A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/22236/ Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236

Authors: Ian Kitching, Rodolphe Rougerie, Andreas Zwick, Chris Hamilton, Ryan St Laurent, Stefan Naumann, Liliana Ballesteros Mejia, Akito Kawahara

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 12 Feb 2018 09:18:09 +0200
Porifera of Greece: an updated checklist https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/7984/ Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7984

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7984

Authors: Eleni Voultsiadou, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Nicolas Bailly

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Tue, 1 Nov 2016 10:45:19 +0200
The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/8051/ Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8051

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8051

Authors: Benjamin Price, Elizabeth Allan, Kiran Marathe, Vivek Sarkar, Chris Simon, Krushnamegh Kunte

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 20 Jul 2016 09:03:41 +0300
Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/5653/ Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e5653

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e5653

Authors: Chih-Wei Huang, Yen-Chen Lee

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Tue, 19 Jul 2016 09:02:40 +0300
An occurence records database of Irregular Echinoids (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in Mexico https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/7729/ Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7729

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7729

Authors: Alejandra Martínez-Melo, Francisco Solís-Marín, Blanca Buitrón-Sánchez, Alfredo Laguarda-Figueras

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Thu, 7 Jul 2016 11:15:13 +0300
Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/8013/ Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8013

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8013

Authors: Natalie Dale-Skey, Richard Askew, John Noyes, Laurence Livermore, Gavin Broad

Abstract: Background A revised checklist of the British and Irish Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea substantially updates the previous comprehensive checklist, dating from 1978. Country level data (i.e. occurrence in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Isle of Man) is reported where known. New information A total of 1754 British and Irish Chalcidoidea species represents a 22% increase on the number of British species known in 1978.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 6 Jun 2016 14:37:57 +0300
Checklist of Serengeti Ecosystem Grasses https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/8286/ Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8286

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8286

Authors: Emma Williams, John Elia Ntandu, Paweł Ficinski, Maria Vorontsova

Abstract: We present the first taxonomic checklist of the Poaceae species of the Serengeti, Tanzania. A review of the literature and herbarium specimens recorded 200 species of grasses, in line with similar studies in other parts of East Africa. The checklist is supported by a total of 939 herbarium collections. Full georeferenced collection data is made available alongside a summary checklist in pdf format. More than a quarter of the species are known from a single collection highlighting the need for further research, especially concerning the rare species and their distribution.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 15 Apr 2016 11:43:24 +0300
Checklist of aquatic and marshy Monocotyledons from the Araguaia River basin, Brazilian Cerrado https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/7085/ Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7085

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7085

Authors: Adriana Oliveira, Claudia Bove

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 2 Mar 2016 09:57:15 +0200
Checklist of the subfamily Adoncholaiminae Gerlach and Riemann, 1974 (Nematoda: Oncholaimida: Oncholaimidae) of the world: genera, species, distribution, and reference list for taxonomists and ecologists https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/6577/ Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e6577

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e6577

Authors: Daisuke Shimada

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 20 Jan 2016 08:46:43 +0200
Spider diversity (Arachnida: Araneae) in Atlantic Forest areas at Pedra Branca State Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/7055/ Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7055

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7055

Authors: Pedro Castanheira, Abel Pérez-González, Renner Baptista

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Research Article Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:43:11 +0200
An online taxonomic database of the stick insect (Phasmida) egg-parasitising subfamilies Amiseginae and Loboscelidiinae (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/7441/ Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7441

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7441

Authors: Ed Baker

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Fri, 8 Jan 2016 08:46:27 +0200
World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 2: Laniatores – Samooidea, Zalmoxoidea and Grassatores incertae sedis https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/6482/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e6482

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e6482

Authors: Adriano Kury, Daniele Souza, Abel Pérez-González

Abstract: Including more than 6500 species, Opiliones is the third most diverse order of Arachnida, after the megadiverse Acari and Araneae. This database is part 2 of 12 of a project containing an intended worldwide checklist of species and subspecies of Opiliones, and it includes the members of the suborder Laniatores, infraorder Grassatores of the superfamilies Samooidea and Zalmoxoidea plus the genera currently not allocated to any family (i.e. Grassatores incertae sedis). In this Part 2, a total of 556 species and subspecies are listed.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:17:10 +0200
Southern Ocean Asteroidea: a proposed update for the Register of Antarctic Marine Species https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/7062/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e7062

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e7062

Authors: Camille Moreau, Antonio Aguera, Quentin Jossart, Bruno Danis

Abstract: The Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS, De Broyer et al. 2015) is the regional component of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS Editorial Board 2015) in the Southern Ocean. It has been operating for the last ten years, with a special effort devoted towards its completion after the International Polar Year (IPY) in 2007-2008, in the framework of the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML, 2005 - 2010). Its objective is to offer free and open access to a complete register of all known species living in the Southern Ocean, building a workbench of the present taxonomic knowledge for that region. The Antarctic zone defined by this dynamic and community-based tool has been investigated with a particular interest. The Sub-Antarctic zone was a secondary objective during the establishment of the RAMS and is still lacking the impulse of the scientific community for some taxa.In the present study, more than 13,000 occurrences records of Asteroidea (Echinodermata) have been compiled within the RAMS area of interest and checked against the RAMS species list of sea stars, using WoRMS Taxon Match tool. Few mismatches (basionym mistakes : i.e. original name misspelled or incorrect) were found within the existing list and 97 unregistered species are actually occurring within the RAMS boundaries. After this update, the number of Asteroidea species was increased by around 50%, now reaching 295 accepted species.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 25 Nov 2015 09:13:54 +0200
Birds from the Azores: An updated list with some comments on species distribution https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/6604/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e6604

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e6604

Authors: Luís Barcelos, Pedro Rodrigues, Joël Bried, Enésima Mendonça, Rosalina Gabriel, Paulo Borges

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:25:26 +0200
Utilizing online resources for taxonomy: a cybercatalog of Afrotropical apiocerid flies (Insecta: Diptera: Apioceridae) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/5707/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5707

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5707

Authors: Torsten Dikow, Donat Agosti

Abstract: A cybercatalog to the Apioceridae (apiocerid flies) of the Afrotropical Region is provided. Each taxon entry includes links to open-access, online repositories such as ZooBank, BHL/BioStor/BLR, Plazi, GBIF, Morphbank, EoL, and a research web-site to access taxonomic information, digitized literature, morphological descriptions, specimen occurrence data, and images. Cybercatalogs as the one presented here will need to become the future of taxonomic catalogs taking advantage of the growing number of online repositories, linked data, and be easily updatable. Comments on the deposition of the holotype of Apiocera braunsi Melander, 1907 are made.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Tue, 6 Oct 2015 10:01:25 +0300
PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/5848/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5848

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5848

Authors: Yde de Jong, Juliana Kouwenberg, Louis Boumans, Charles Hussey, Roger Hyam, Nicola Nicolson, Paul Kirk, Alan Paton, Ellinor Michel, Michael Guiry, Phillip Boegh, Henrik Pedersen, Henrik Enghoff, Eckhard von Raab-Straube, Anton Güntsch, Marc Geoffroy, Andreas Müller, Andreas Kohlbecker, Walter Berendsohn, Ward Appeltans, Christos Arvanitidis, Bart Vanhoorne, Joram Declerck, Leen Vandepitte, Francisco Hernandez, Róisín Nash, Mark Costello, David Ouvrard, Pascale Bezard-Falgas, Thierry Bourgoin, Florian Wetzel, Falko Glöckler, Günther Korb, Caroline Ring, Gregor Hagedorn, Christoph Häuser, Nihat Aktaç, Ahmet Asan, Adorian Ardelean, Paulo Borges, Dhimiter Dhora, Hasmik Khachatryan, Michael Malicky, Shaig Ibrahimov, Alexander Tuzikov, Aaike De Wever, Snejana Moncheva, Nikolai Spassov, Karel Chobot, Alexi Popov, Igor Boršić, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Urmas Kõljalg, Pertti Uotila, Olivier Gargominy, Jean-Claude Dauvin, David Tarkhnishvili, Giorgi Chaladze, Michael Tuerkay, Anastasios Legakis, László Peregovits, Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Erling Ólafsson, Liam Lysaght, Bella Galil, Francesco Raimondo, Gianniantonio Domina, Fabio Stoch, Alessandro Minelli, Voldermars Spungis, Eduardas Budrys, Sergej Olenin, Armand Turpel, Tania Walisch, Vladimir Krpach, Marie Gambin, Laurentia Ungureanu, Gordan Karaman, Roy Kleukers, Elisabeth Stur, Kaare Aagaard, Nils Valland, Toril Moen, Wieslaw Bogdanowicz, Piotr Tykarski, Jan Węsławski, Monika Kędra, Antonio M. de Frias Martins, António Abreu, Ricardo Silva, Sergei Medvedev, Alexander Ryss, Smiljka Šimić, Karol Marhold, Eduard Stloukal, Davorin Tome, Marian Ramos, Benito Valdés, Francisco Pina, Sven Kullander, Anders Telenius, Yves Gonseth, Pascal Tschudin, Oleksandra Sergeyeva, Volodymyr Vladymyrov, Volodymyr Rizun, Chris Raper, Dan Lear, Pavel Stoev, Lyubomir Penev, Ana Rubio, Thierry Backeljau, Hannu Saarenmaa, Sandrine Ulenberg

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Research Article Mon, 28 Sep 2015 10:20:36 +0300
Fauna Europaea: Annelida - Terrestrial Oligochaeta (Enchytraeidae and Megadrili), Aphanoneura and Polychaeta https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/5737/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5737

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5737

Authors: Emilia Rota, Yde de Jong

Abstract: Fauna Europaea provides a public web-service with an index of scientific names (including important synonyms) of all living European land and freshwater animals, their geographical distribution at country level (up to the Urals, excluding the Caucasus region), and some additional information. The Fauna Europaea project covers about 230,000 taxonomic names, including 130,000 accepted species and 14,000 accepted subspecies, which is much more than the originally projected number of 100,000 species. This represents a huge effort by more than 400 contributing specialists throughout Europe and is a unique (standard) reference suitable for many users in science, government, industry, nature conservation and education. This paper provides updated information on the taxonomic composition and distribution of the Annelida - terrestrial Oligochaeta (Megadrili and Enchytraeidae), Aphanoneura and Polychaeta, recorded in Europe. Data on 18 families, 11 autochthonous and 7 allochthonous, represented in our continent by a total of 800 species, are reviewed, beginning from their distinctness, phylogenetic status, diversity and global distribution, and following with major recent developments in taxonomic and faunistic research in Europe. A rich list of relevant references is appended. The Fauna Europaea Annelida - terrestrial Oligochaeta data-set, as completed in 2004, will be updated accordingly.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Fri, 11 Sep 2015 11:23:41 +0300
Biodiversity inventories in high gear: DNA barcoding facilitates a rapid biotic survey of a temperate nature reserve https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/6313/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e6313

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e6313

Authors: Angela Telfer, Monica Young, Jenna Quinn, Kate Perez, Crystal Sobel, Jayme Sones, Valerie Levesque-Beaudin, Rachael Derbyshire, Jose Fernandez-Triana, Rodolphe Rougerie, Abinah Thevanayagam, Adrian Boskovic, Alex Borisenko, Alex Cadel, Allison Brown, Anais Pages, Anibal Castillo, Annegret Nicolai, Barb Mockford Glenn Mockford, Belén Bukowski, Bill Wilson, Brock Trojahn, Carole Ann Lacroix, Chris Brimblecombe, Christoper Hay, Christmas Ho, Claudia Steinke, Connor Warne, Cristina Garrido Cortes, Daniel Engelking, Danielle Wright, Dario Lijtmaer, David Gascoigne, David Hernandez Martich, Derek Morningstar, Dirk Neumann, Dirk Steinke, Donna DeBruin Marco DeBruin, Dylan Dobias, Elizabeth Sears, Ellen Richard, Emily Damstra, Evgeny Zakharov, Frederic Laberge, Gemma Collins, Gergin Blagoev, Gerrie Grainge, Graham Ansell, Greg Meredith, Ian Hogg, Jaclyn McKeown, Janet Topan, Jason Bracey, Jerry Guenther, Jesse Sills-Gilligan, Joseph Addesi, Joshua Persi, Kara Layton, Kareina D'Souza, Kencho Dorji, Kevin Grundy, Kirsti Nghidinwa, Kylee Ronnenberg, Kyung Min Lee, Linxi Xie, Liuqiong Lu, Lyubomir Penev, Mailyn Gonzalez, Margaret Rosati, Mari Kekkonen, Maria Kuzmina, Marianne Iskandar, Marko Mutanen, Maryam Fatahi, Mikko Pentinsaari, Miriam Bauman, Nadya Nikolova, Natalia Ivanova, Nathaniel Jones, Nimalka Weerasuriya, Norman Monkhouse, Pablo Lavinia, Paul Jannetta, Priscila Hanisch, R. Troy McMullin, Rafael Ojeda Flores, Raphaëlle Mouttet, Reid Vender, Renee Labbee, Robert Forsyth, Rob Lauder, Ross Dickson, Ruth Kroft, Scott Miller, Shannon MacDonald, Sishir Panthi, Stephanie Pedersen, Stephanie Sobek-Swant, Suresh Naik, Tatsiana Lipinskaya, Thanushi Eagalle, Thibaud Decaëns, Thibault Kosuth, Thomas Braukmann, Tom Woodcock, Tomas Roslin, Tony Zammit, Victoria Campbell, Vlad Dinca, Vlada Peneva, Paul Hebert, Jeremy deWaard

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Sun, 30 Aug 2015 00:03:09 +0300
Fauna Europaea: Gastrotricha https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/5800/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5800

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5800

Authors: Maria Balsamo, Jean-Loup d`Hondt, Jacek Kisielewski, M. Todaro, Paolo Tongiorgi, Loretta Guidi, Paolo Grilli, Yde de Jong

Abstract: Fauna Europaea provides a public web-service with an index of scientific names (including important synonyms) of all living European land and freshwater animals, their geographical distribution at country level (up to the Urals, excluding the Caucasus region), and some additional information. The Fauna Europaea project covers about 230,000 taxonomic names, including 130,000 accepted species and 14,000 accepted subspecies, which is much more than the originally projected number of 100,000 species. This represents a huge effort by more than 400 contributing specialists throughout Europe and is a unique (standard) reference suitable for many users in science, government, industry, nature conservation and education. Gastrotricha are a meiobenthic phylum composed of 813 species known so far (2 orders, 17 families) of free-living microinvertebrates commonly present and actively moving on and into sediments of aquatic ecosystems, 339 of which live in fresh and brackish waters. The Fauna Europaea database includes 214 species of Chaetonotida (4 families) plus a single species of Macrodasyida incertae sedis. This paper deals with the 224 European freshwater species known so far, 9 of which, all of Chaetonotida, have been described subsequently and will be included in the next database version. Basic information on their biology and ecology are summarized, and a list of selected, main references is given. As a general conclusion the gastrotrich fauna from Europe is the best known compared with that of other continents, but shows some important gaps of knowledge in Eastern and Southern regions.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Fri, 14 Aug 2015 10:05:42 +0300
Fauna Europaea: Mollusca – Bivalvia https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/5211/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5211

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5211

Authors: Rafael Araujo, Yde de Jong

Abstract: Fauna Europaea provides a public web-service with an index of scientific names (including important synonyms) of all living European land and freshwater animals, their geographical distribution at country level (up to the Urals, excluding the Caucasus region), and some additional information. The Fauna Europaea project covers about 230,000 taxonomic names, including 130,000 accepted species and 14,000 accepted subspecies, which is much more than the originally projected number of 100,000 species. This represents a huge effort by more than 400 contributing specialists throughout Europe and is a unique (standard) reference suitable for many users in science, government, industry, nature conservation and education. For the Mollusca-Bivalvia, data from 5 families (Margaritiferidae, Unionidae, Sphaeriidae, Cyrenidae, Dreissenidae) containing 55 species are included in this paper. European freshwater bivalves belong to the Orders Unionoida and Cardiida. All the European unionoids are included in the superfamily Unionoidea, the freshwater mussels or naiads. The European cardiids belong to the following three superfamilies: Cardioidea, Cyrenoidea and Dreissenoidea. Among the Unionoidea there are the most imperilled animal groups on the planet while the Cardioidea includes the cosmopolitan genus Pisidium, the Cyrenoidea the Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea) and the Dreissenoidea the famous invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha). Basic information is summarized on their taxonomy and biology. Tabulations include a complete list of the current estimated families, genera and species.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:40:39 +0300
List of primary types of the larentiine moth species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) described from Indonesia - a starting point for biodiversity assessment of the subfamily in the region https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/5447/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5447

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5447

Authors: Olga Schmidt

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:42:17 +0300
Catalogue of type specimens of fungi and lichens deposited in the Herbarium of the University of Granada (Spain) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/5204/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5204

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5204

Authors: M. Teresa Vizoso, Carmen Quesada

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:21:20 +0300
New records of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) for the Italian fauna https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/5057/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5057

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5057

Authors: Filippo Di Giovanni, Alexey Reshchikov, Matthias Riedel, Erich Diller, Martin Schwarz

Abstract: New distributional records on 55 ichneumonids (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Italy are provided. Of these, 47 species are new for Italy, including representatives of the subfamily Diacritinae and of the tribes Zimmeriini (Ichneumoninae) and Pseudorhyssini (Poemeniinae); six species are new for Sardinia, one for Sicily and one for the Italian mainland. The hitherto unknown female of Baranisobas hibericus Heinrich, 1972 (Ichneumoninae) is described.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:34:32 +0300
A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nhamundá, Brazil (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/4162/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4162

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4162

Authors: Rupert Collins, Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro, Valéria Nogueira Machado, Tomas Hrbek, Izeni Farias

Abstract: The Rio Nhamundá is a poorly-known clearwater river draining the southern Guiana Shield of Brazil. In this study we report the findings of a preliminary ichthyological survey, focusing on catfishes (Siluriformes). We identify a total of 36 species (31 genera, seven families) from the Nhamundá, including 11 species already recorded from the river. Overall, our survey results show that even rapid surveys can provide important information on Amazon fish biodiversity, suggesting potential new species, providing range extensions for nominal species, and additionally highlighting taxa in need of taxonomic revision and genetic study. As well as the traditional forms of data collected on biodiversity surveys (i.e. preserved specimen vouchers), our study also provides "new" types of data in the form of DNA barcodes and images of fishes exhibiting colouration in life, information that will be invaluable in future work addressing difficult groups. O Rio Nhamundá é um rio de água clara, pouco conhecido, que drena parte do Escudo das Guianas em território brasileiro. Nesse estudo, nós reportamos os resultados de um levantamento ictiofaunístico preliminar dessa área, tendo como foco os bagres (Siluriformes). Nós identificamos um total de 36 espécies (31 gêneros, sete famílias) provenientes de nossa coleta, e adicionamos 11 espécies já conhecidas para o rio. De maneira geral, os resultados de nossa pesquisa mostram que mesmo levantamentos rápidos podem gerar informações importantes sobre a biodiversidade de peixes amazônicos, sugerindo potenciais espécies novas, ampliando a área de distribuição de espécies, além de apontar a necessidade de revisões taxonômicas e estudos genéticos para alguns taxa. Para além das formas tradicionais de dados coletados em pesquisas de biodiversidade (i.e. espécimes preservados), nosso estudo fornece "novas" formas de dados, como DNA barcodes e imagens com o padrão de coloração dos espécimes vivos, informações essas que serão de valor inestimável para futuros estudos que abordem grupos taxonômicos difíceis.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:27:31 +0300
Fauna Europaea: Neuropterida (Raphidioptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/4830/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4830

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4830

Authors: Ulrike Aspöck, Horst Aspöck, Agostino Letardi, Yde de Jong

Abstract: Fauna Europaea provides a public web-service with an index of scientific names of all living European land and freshwater animals, their geographical distribution at country level (up to the Urals, excluding the Caucasus region), and some additional information. The Fauna Europaea project covers about 230,000 taxonomic names, including 130,000 accepted species and 14,000 accepted subspecies, which is much more than the originally projected number of 100,000 species. This represents a huge effort by more than 400 contributing specialists throughout Europe and is a unique (standard) reference suitable for many users in science, government, industry, nature conservation and education. For Neuropterida, data from three Insect orders (Raphidioptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera), comprising 15 families and 397 species, are included.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Fri, 17 Apr 2015 08:30:47 +0300
Updated list of the mosquitoes of Colombia (Diptera: Culicidae) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/4567/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4567

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4567

Authors: Paula Rozo-Lopez, Ximo Mengual

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 9 Mar 2015 12:58:57 +0200
Corrigendum: Targeting a portion of central European spider diversity for permanent preservation https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/4301/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4301

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4301

Authors: Klemen Čandek, Matjaž Gregorič, Rok Kostanjšek, Holger Frick, Christian Kropf, Matjaž Kuntner

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Corrigendum Wed, 21 Jan 2015 12:05:08 +0200
Checklist of butterflies (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Serra do Intendente State Park - Minas Gerais, Brazil https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/3999/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e3999

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e3999

Authors: Izabella Nery, Natalia Carvalho, Henrique Paprocki

Abstract: In order to contribute to the butterflies’ biodiversity knowledge at Serra do Intendente State Park - Minas Gerais, a study based on collections using Van Someren-Rydon traps and active search was performed. In this study, a total of 395 butterflies were collected, of which 327 were identified to species or morphospecies. 263 specimens were collected by the traps and 64 were collected using entomological hand-nets; 43 genera and 60 species were collected and identified.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:58:49 +0200
Fauna Europaea: Annelida – Hirudinea, incl. Acanthobdellea and Branchiobdellea https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/4015/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4015

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4015

Authors: Alessandro Minelli, Boris Sket, Yde de Jong

Abstract: Fauna Europaea provides a public web-service with an index of scientific names (including important synonyms) of all living European land and freshwater animals, their geographical distribution at country level (up to the Urals, excluding the Caucasus region), and some additional information. The Fauna Europaea project covers about 230,000 taxonomic names, including 130,000 accepted species and 14,000 accepted subspecies, which is much more than the originally projected number of 100,000 species. This represents a huge effort by more than 400 contributing specialists throughout Europe and is a unique (standard) reference suitable for many users in science, government, industry, nature conservation and education. Hirudinea is a fairly small group of Annelida, with about 680 described species, most of which live in freshwater habitats, but several species are (sub)terrestrial or marine. In the Fauna Europaea database the taxon is represented by 87 species in 6 families. Two closely related groups, currently treated as distinct lineages within the Annelida, are the Acanthobdellea (2 species worldwide, of which 1 in Europe) and the Branchiobdellea (about 140 species worldwide, of which 10 in Europe). This paper includes a complete list of European taxa belonging to the Hirudinea, Acanthobdellea and Branchiobdellea. Recent research on a limited number of taxa suggests that our current appreciation of species diversity of Hirudinea in Europe is still provisional: on the one hand, cryptic, unrecognised taxa are expected to emerge; on the other, the status of some taxa currently treated as distinct species deserves revisiting.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Fri, 14 Nov 2014 19:32:11 +0200
Trends in access of plant biodiversity data revealed by Google Analytics https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1558/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1558

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1558

Authors: Timothy Jones, David Baxter, Gregor Hagedorn, Ben Legler, Edward Gilbert, Kevin Thiele, Yalma Vargas-Rodriguez, Lowell Urbatsch

Abstract: The amount of plant biodiversity data available via the web has exploded in the last decade, but making these data available requires a considerable investment of time and work, both vital considerations for organizations and institutions looking to validate the impact factors of these online works. Here we used Google Analytics (GA), to measure the value of this digital presence. In this paper we examine usage trends using 15 different GA accounts, spread across 451 institutions or botanical projects that comprise over five percent of the world's herbaria. They were studied at both one year and total years. User data from the sample reveal: 1) over 17 million web sessions, 2) on five primary operating systems, 3) search and direct traffic dominates with minimal impact from social media, 4) mobile and new device types have doubled each year for the past three years, 5) and web browsers, the tools we use to interact with the web, are changing. Server-side analytics differ from site to site making the comparison of their data sets difficult. However, use of Google Analytics erases the reporting heterogeneity of unique server-side analytics, as they can now be examined with a standard that provides a clarity for data-driven decisions. The knowledge gained here empowers any collection-based environment regardless of size, with metrics about usability, design, and possible directions for future development.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Research Article Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:31:55 +0200
Ichthyofauna of the Kubo, Tochikura, and Ichinono river systems (Kitakami River drainage, northern Japan), with a comparison of predicted and surveyed species richness https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1093/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1093

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1093

Authors: Yusuke Miyazaki, Masanori Nakae, Hiroshi Senou

Abstract: The potential fish species pool of the Kubo, Tochikura, and Ichinono river systems (tributaries of the Iwai River, Kitakami River drainage), Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, was compared with the observed ichthyofauna by using historical records and new field surveys. Based on the literature survey, the potential species pool comprised 24 species/subspecies but only 20, including 7 non-native taxa, were recorded during the fieldwork. The absence during the survey of 11 species/subspecies from the potential species pool suggested either that sampling effort was insufficient, or that accurate determination of the potential species pool was hindered by lack of biogeographic data and ecological data related to the habitat use of the species. With respect to freshwater fish conservation in the area, Lethenteron reissneri, Carassius auratus buergeri, Pseudorasbora pumila, Tachysurus tokiensis, Oryzias latipes, and Cottus nozawae are regarded as priority species, and Cyprinus rubrofuscus, Pseudorasbora parva, and Micropterus salmoides as targets for removal.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 7 Nov 2014 16:17:13 +0200
World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 1: Laniatores – Travunioidea and Triaenonychoidea https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/4094/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4094

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4094

Authors: Adriano Kury, Amanda Mendes, Daniele Souza

Abstract: Comprising more than 6500 species, Opiliones is the third most diverse order of Arachnida, after the megadiverse Acari and Araneae. The database referred here is part 1 of 12 of a project containing an intended worldwide checklist of species and subspecies of Opiliones as Darwin Core archives, and it includes the superfamilies Travunioidea and Triaenonychoidea. These two superfamilies are often treated together under the denomination of Insidiatores. In this Part 1, a total of 571 species and subspecies are listed. Briggsidae and Cladonychiidae are both downgraded to subfamilies of Travuniidae. Peltonychia Roewer, 1935 is an available name and senior synonym of Hadziana Roewer, 1935 and is herein revalidated. Seven genera of Triaenonychidae described by Lawrence between 1931 and 1933 originally failed to comply ICZN rules for availability (Art. 13.3). All of them only became available when Staręga (1992) designated a type species for each. Therefore, the correct authorships of Austromontia Lawrence, 1931, Biacumontia Lawrence, 1931, Graemontia Lawrence, 1931, Larifugella Lawrence, 1933, Mensamontia Lawrence, 1931, Monomontia Lawrence, 1931 and Rostromontia Lawrence, 1931 are all Staręga, 1992. Fumontana Shear, 1977, originally referred only to subfamily Triaenonychinae (as opposed to Soerensenellinae then and not corresponding to present Triaenonychinae), not to any tribe (which in turn correspond to modern subfamilies) is herein included in the subfamily Triaenonychinae. Picunchenops Maury, 1988 originally not included in any tribe of Triaenonychidae, is herein included in the subfamily Triaenonychinae. Trojanella Karaman, 2005, originally ranked as Travunioidea incertae sedis, is herein included in the Travuniidae Travuniinae. Nuncia ovata Roewer, 1915 (synonymized with Triaenonyx cockayni Hogg, 1920 by Forster (1954), but with inverted precedence) is here combined as Nuncia coriacea ovata Roewer, 1915 as correct senior synonym instead of Nuncia coriacea cockayni (Hogg, 1920), which is current in the literature. Neonuncia enderbei (Hogg, 1909) is reaffirmed as the correct spelling for the species, while the deliberate change to Neonuncia enderbyi by Forster (1954) is an incorrect subsequent spelling.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Wed, 5 Nov 2014 16:23:56 +0200
Brazilian Trichoptera Checklist II https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1557/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1557

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1557

Authors: Henrique Paprocki, Diogo França

Abstract: A second assessment of Brazilian Trichoptera species records is presented here. A total of 625 species were recorded for Brazil. This represents an increase of 65.34% new species recorded during the last decade. The Hydropsychidae (124 spp.), followed by the Hydroptilidae (102 spp.) and Polycentropodidae (97 spp.), are the families with the greatest richness recorded for Brazil. The knowledge on Trichoptera biodiversity in Brazil is geographically unequal. The majority of the species is recorded for the southeastern region.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Thu, 9 Oct 2014 11:26:59 +0300
Fauna Europaea: Helminths (Animal Parasitic) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1060/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1060

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1060

Authors: David Gibson, Rodney Bray, David Hunt, Boyko Georgiev, Tomaš Scholz, Philip Harris, Tor Bakke, Teresa Pojmanska, Katarzyna Niewiadomska, Aneta Kostadinova, Vasyl Tkach, Odile Bain, Marie-Claude Durette-Desset, Lynda Gibbons, František Moravec, Annie Petter, Zlatka Dimitrova, Kurt Buchmann, E. Valtonen, Yde de Jong

Abstract: Fauna Europaea provides a public web-service with an index of scientific names (including important synonyms) of all living European land and freshwater animals, their geographical distribution at country level (up to the Urals, excluding the Caucasus region), and some additional information. The Fauna Europaea project covers about 230,000 taxonomic names, including 130,000 accepted species and 14,000 accepted subspecies, which is much more than the originally projected number of 100,000 species. This represents a huge effort by more than 400 contributing specialists throughout Europe and is a unique (standard) reference suitable for many users in science, government, industry, nature conservation and education. Helminths parasitic in animals represent a large assemblage of worms, representing three phyla, with more than 200 families and almost 4,000 species of parasites from all major vertebrate and many invertebrate groups. A general introduction is given for each of the major groups of parasitic worms, i.e. the Acanthocephala, Monogenea, Trematoda (Aspidogastrea and Digenea), Cestoda and Nematoda. Basic information for each group includes its size, host-range, distribution, morphological features, life-cycle, classification, identification and recent key-works. Tabulations include a complete list of families dealt with, the number of species in each and the name of the specialist responsible for data acquisition, a list of additional specialists who helped with particular groups, and a list of higher taxa dealt with down to the family level. A compilation of useful references is appended.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Data Paper Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:25:10 +0300
Fauna Europaea – all European animal species on the web https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/4034/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4034

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4034

Authors: Yde de Jong, Melina Verbeek, Verner Michelsen, Per de Place Bjørn, Wouter Los, Fedor Steeman, Nicolas Bailly, Claire Basire, Przemek Chylarecki, Eduard Stloukal, Gregor Hagedorn, Florian Wetzel, Falko Glöckler, Alexander Kroupa, Günther Korb, Anke Hoffmann, Christoph Häuser, Andreas Kohlbecker, Andreas Müller, Anton Güntsch, Pavel Stoev, Lyubomir Penev

Abstract: Fauna Europaea is Europe's main zoological taxonomic index, making the scientific names and distributions of all living, currently known, multicellular, European land and freshwater animals species integrally available in one authoritative database. Fauna Europaea covers about 260,000 taxon names, including 145,000 accepted (sub)species, assembled by a large network of (>400) leading specialists, using advanced electronic tools for data collations with data quality assured through sophisticated validation routines. Fauna Europaea started in 2000 as an EC funded FP5 project and provides a unique taxonomic reference for many user-groups such as scientists, governments, industries, nature conservation communities and educational programs. Fauna Europaea was formally accepted as an INSPIRE standard for Europe, as part of the European Taxonomic Backbone established in PESI.Fauna Europaea provides a public web portal at faunaeur.org with links to other key biodiversity services, is installed as a taxonomic backbone in wide range of biodiversity services and actively contributes to biodiversity informatics innovations in various initiatives and EC programs.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Research Article Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:28:32 +0300
Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Sawflies, ‘Symphyta’ https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1168/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1168

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1168

Authors: Andrew Liston, Guy Knight, David Sheppard, Gavin Broad, Laurence Livermore

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:30:24 +0300
Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Ceraphronoidea https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1167/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1167

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1167

Authors: Gavin Broad, Laurence Livermore

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:30:13 +0300
Nematodes from terrestrial and freshwater habitats in the Arctic https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1165/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1165

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1165

Authors: Oleksandr Holovachov

Abstract: We present an updated list of terrestrial and freshwater nematodes from all regions of the Arctic, for which records of properly identified nematode species are available: Svalbard, Jan Mayen, Iceland, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest territories, Alaska, Lena River estuary, Taymyr and Severnaya Zemlya and Novaya Zemlya. The list includes 391 species belonging to 146 genera, 54 families and 10 orders of the phylum Nematoda.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:52:13 +0300
Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Evanioidea https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1116/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1116

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1116

Authors: Gavin Broad, Laurence Livermore

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Tue, 17 Jun 2014 10:00:00 +0300
Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Introduction https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1113/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1113

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1113

Authors: Gavin Broad

Abstract:

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Research Article Tue, 17 Jun 2014 09:00:00 +0300
Chromosome studies in the aquatic monocots of Myanmar: A brief review with additional records https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1069/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1069

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1069

Authors: Yu Ito, Nobuyuki Tanaka

Abstract: Myanmar (Burma) constitutes a significant component of the Indo-Myanmar biodiversity hotspot, with elements of the Indian, the Indochina, and the Sino-Japanese floristic regions, yet thus far only a few reliable sources of the country's flora have been available. As a part of a contribution for the floristic inventory of Myanmar, since it is important in a floristic survey to obtain as much information as possible, in addition to previous two reports, here we present three more chromosome counts in the aquatic monocots of Myanmar: Limnocharis flava with 2n = 20, Sagittaria trifolia with 2n = 22 (Alismataceae), and Potamogeton distinctus × P. nodosus with 2n = 52 (Potamogetonaceae); the third one is new to science. A brief review of cytological researches in the floristic regions' 45 non-hybrid aquatic monocots plus well investigated two inter-specific hybrids that are recorded in Myanmar is given, indicating that the further works with a focus on species in Myanmar that has infra-specific chromosome variation in the floristic regions will address the precise evolutionary history of the aquatic flora of Myanmar.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Tue, 13 May 2014 08:45:42 +0300
Checklist of Fishes from Madagascar Reef, Campeche Bank, México https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1100/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1100

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1100

Authors: Salvador Zarco Perello, Rigoberto Moreno Mendoza, Nuno Simões

Abstract: This study presents the first list of fish species from Madagascar Reef, Campeche Bank, Gulf of México. Field surveys and literature review identified 54 species belonging to 8 orders, 30 families and 43 genera, comprising both conspicuous and cryptic fishes. Species richness was lower at this reef site compared to reefs in the Mexican Caribbean, Veracruz or Tuxpan, but was similar to other reefs in the same region. Species composition was a mixture of species present in all the reef systems of the Mexican Atlantic. Hypoplectrus ecosur was recorded here for the first time in the Gulf of Mexico, Mycteroperca microlepis, Equetus lanceolatus and Chaetodipterus faber were new records for the reefs of the Campeche Bank, Elacatinus xanthiprora was recorded for the second time in Mexico and expanded its known distribution westwards from Alacranes Reef and Sanopus reticulatus, endemic of the Yucatan state, was recorded here for the first time on a reef.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Thu, 8 May 2014 09:01:44 +0300
Studies in Hawaiian Diptera I: New Distributional Records for Endemic Asteia (Asteiidae) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1010/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1010

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1010

Authors: Patrick O'Grady, Karl Magnacca

Abstract: New island records are reported for five species of Asteia endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (A. hawaiiensis, A. mauiensis, A. molokaiensis, A. palikuensis, A. sabroskyi). These new records expand our understanding of distributions in Asteia, change the percentage of single island endemics from 78% to 33%, and have significance in how we view the process of diversification acting in this lineage. We also present a list of the known rearing records for two species in this group. Asteia montgomeryi has been recorded from Erythrina and A. sabroskyi has been reared from Pisonia, Urera, Charpentiera and Hibiscadelphus.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 10 Feb 2014 08:35:34 +0200
A second update to the checklist of Finnish long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a re-evaluation of the status of Hydrophorus callosoma Frey, 1915 https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/976/ Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e976

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e976

Authors: Jere Kahanpää

Abstract: Eighteen species of long-legged flies (Dolichopodidae) are reported as new to Finland. A further species, Microphorella praecox (Loew), is confirmed as a Finnish species. The status of Hydrophorus callosoma Frey, 1915 is re-evaluated and a lectotype is designated for the species. H. albosignatus Ringdahl, 1919 is found to be a junior synonym of H. callosoma (syn. n.). Characters for identifying both sexes of H. callosoma and H. altivagus Aldrich are presented and illustrated with high-quality photographs.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 28 Oct 2013 06:00:00 +0200
Faunistic diversity of spiders (Araneae) in Galichitsa mountain (FYR Macedonia) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/977/ Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e977

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e977

Authors: Christo Deltshev, Marjan Komnenov, Gergin Blagoev, Teodor Georgiev, Stoyan Lazarov, Emilija Stojkoska, Maria Naumova

Abstract: A total of 294 species from 31 families have been found in Galichitsa Mt. Of them, 85 species are new to the mountain, while 20 are also new to the fauna of FYR of Macedonia. According to their current distribution the established species can be assigned to 17 zoogeographical categories, grouped into 5 complexes (Cosmopolitan, Holarctic, European, Mediterranean, Endemics of Balkans). Dominant are Holarctic species (66.0%) followed by European (16.5%) and Mediterranean (9.3%). The endemics (6.2%) and Southeast European species (1.7%) emphasize the local character of this fauna, but its low percentage suggests an important process of colonization.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:00:00 +0300
Targeting a portion of central European spider diversity for permanent preservation https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/980/ Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e980

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e980

Authors: Klemen Čandek, Matjaž Gregorič, Rok Kostanjšek, Holger Frick, Christian Kropf, Matjaž Kuntner

Abstract: Given the limited success of past and current conservation efforts, an alternative approach is to preserve tissues and genomes of targeted organisms in cryobanks to make them accessible for future generations. Our pilot preservation project aimed to obtain, expertly identify, and permanently preserve a quarter of the known spider species diversity shared between Slovenia and Switzerland, estimated at 275 species. We here report on the faunistic part of this project, which resulted in 324 species (227 in Slovenia, 143 in Switzerland) for which identification was reasonably established. This material is now preserved in cryobanks, is being processed for DNA barcoding, and is available for genomic studies.

HTML

XML

PDF

]]>
Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:00:00 +0300