IberArthro: A database compiling taxonomic and distributional data on Ibero-Balearic arthropods

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,006,768 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Mañas Jordá S, Acosta Rivas C R, Ariño Plana A, Baquero Martín E, Bartomeus I, Bonada N, García-Barros E, García-Meseguer A J, García Roselló E, Lobo J M, López Mungira M, López Rodríguez M J, Martínez Menéndez J, Millán Sánchez A, Monserrat Montoya V J, Prieto C E, Romo H, Sánchez-Campaña C, Tierno de Figueroa J M, Yela García J L, Sánchez Fernández D, González M (2024). IberArthro: A database compiling taxonomic and distributional data on Ibero-Balearic arthropods. Version 2.1. Department of Ecology and Hydrology. University of Murcia. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.15470/pqq9oc

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Department of Ecology and Hydrology. University of Murcia. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 73319645-c321-48ed-b923-b3782a203589.  Department of Ecology and Hydrology. University of Murcia publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Spain.

Keywords

Occurrence; Arthopods; Insects; Coleoptera; Lepidoptera; Opiliones; Hymenoptera; Neuropterida; Plecoptera; Trichoptera; Iberian Peninsula; Portugal; Spain; null; Ibero-Balearic.

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

Including all available distributional data from the Iberian Peninsula (Andorra, Peninsular Spain, Portugal and UK Gibraltar) and Balearic Islands (Spain). Coordinates: 35°23'60"N and 43°58'48"N Latitude; 10°2'24"W and 4°48'36"ELongitude.

Taxonomic Coverage

The database has 10 differentiated taxonomic groups of arthropods. Currently we have different kinds of insects and arachnids grouped as follows: Coleoptera (Aquatic); Coleóptera, Scarabaeoidea; Collembola; Hymenoptera, Apoidea; Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea; Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea; Neuropterida; Opiliones; Plecoptera; Trichoptera. In the column ‘remarksTaxon’ of this database it is possible to filter by the mentioned groups. The suborder Neuropterida includes the orders Raphidioptera, Megaloptera and Neuroptera. Aquatics beetles include species from the suborders Adephaga, Polyphaga and Myxophaga. Scarabaidae coleoptera refer to coprophilous beetles or dung beetles.

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

In the frame of the Digit_Artro project, a group of taxonomists and research entomologist and arachnologists, we compiled all available data on arthropod from different sources. Ten distributional databases of different taxonomic groups of arthropods from the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands are amalgamated in a unique and homogeneous database.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

The records come from the literature, as well as from museum and private collections, PhD theses, own sampling and other unpublished sources.

Method step description:

1. Including all distributional data available since 1784 on arthropods of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands.

Additional Metadata