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The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: Portuguese Scorpionflies (Mecoptera, Panorpidae)

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Description

The dataset contains 13 records of Scorpionflies (Panorpidae) species collected from 2008 to 2019 in continental Portugal. All captured specimens were identified as Panorpa meridionalis, so far the only species of Mecoptera known to exist in Portugal Specimens were detected and captured by direct search of the environment. Captured specimens were preserved in 96% ethanol. From each specimen one leg (tissue sample) was removed to be used for DNA extraction. Preserved specimens and DNA extracts are deposited in the InBIO Barcoding Initiative (IBI) collection at the CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources). Samples of each species were selected for DNA sequencing based on geographic provenance of the corresponding specimen. Sequencing of the 658 bp DNA barcodes was conducted within the InBIO Barcoding Initiative (IBI) and all DNA sequences were submitted to BOLD (Barcode of Life Data System) and GenBank databases.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Oliveira D, Ferreira S, P. da Silva L, Lopes P B, Sousa P, Beja P (2020): The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: Portuguese Scorpionflies (Mecoptera, Panorpidae). v1.7. CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) Portugal. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/rmj9sz

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) Portugal. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 7b84fe1d-42d0-439a-b60f-0b621f7ba93d.  CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) Portugal publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Portugal.

Keywords

Mecoptera; Panorpidae; Species; Occurrence; Cytochrome c oxidase I (COI); DNA barcode; Continental Portugal; Specimen

Contacts

Daniel Oliveira
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
Master’s Student
CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto
Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, nº 7
4485-661 Vairão
Porto
PT
Sónia Ferreira
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  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Post-Doc Researcher
CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto
Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, nº 7
4485-661 Vairão
Porto
PT
+351 252660411
Luís P. da Silva
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
Post-Doc Researcher
CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto
Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, nº 7
4485-661 Vairão
Porto
PT
+351 252660411
Pedro Brito Lopes
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
Researcher
CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto
Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, nº 7
4485-661 Vairão
Porto
PT
Pedro Sousa
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
Post-Doc Researcher
CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto
Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, nº 7
4485-661 Vairão
Porto
PT
+351 252660411
Pedro Beja
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  • Originator
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Coordinating Researcher
CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto
Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, nº 7
4485-661 Vairão
Porto
PT
+351 252660411

Geographic Coverage

Continental Portugal

Bounding Coordinates South West [39.8, -8.7], North East [42, -6.4]

Taxonomic Coverage

This dataset is composed of data relating to 13 specimens of Panorpa meridionalis, the only species of Mecoptera known to occur in Portugal.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Mecoptera
Family Panorpidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2008-06-02 / 2019-06-28

Project Data

The InBIO Barcoding Initiative aims to develop a reference collection of DNA barcoding sequences covering Portuguese invertebrate taxa. Within the project, a special focus is afforded to insects, given their relevance to food webs, ecosystems functioning, high diversity and limited number of DNA barcoding sequences of interest.

Title The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: Portuguese Scorpionflies (Mecoptera, Panorpidae)
Identifier InBIO Barcoding Initiative
Funding InBIO Barcoding Initiative is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No 668981 and by the project PORBIOTA — Portuguese E-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022127), supported by Operational Thematic Program for Competitiveness and Internationalization (POCI), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER). The fieldwork benefited from EDP Biodiversity Chair and the FCT project PTDC/ASP-SIL/30250/2017 - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030250.
Study Area Description Specimens were captured in several field incursions from 2008 to 2019 in in ten localities in the northern half of Portugal, encompassing seven districts.
Design Description The specimens in this dataset were collected in field work incursion carried out between 2008 and 2019, encompassing several sites throughout northern Portugal. Specimens of Mecoptera were detected by direct search.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Specimens were captured from 2008 to 2019 in continental Portugal by direct search of ten sampling sites. Captured insects were preserved in 96% ethanol and stored at the InBIO Barcoding Initiative reference collection for downstream molecular analysis. Collected specimens were morphologically identified using a binocular stereoscopic microscope.

Study Extent Specimens were collected in ten sites distributed among seven districts in the north of Portugal. Sampling was conducted from 2008 to 2019, in several field work expeditions.
Quality Control To each specimen the morphological identification was contrasted with the results of the Blast of the newly generated DNA barcodes in BOLD Identification Engine. Prior submission to GBIF, data was checked for errors and inconsistencies with OpenRefine 3.2 (http://openrefine.org/).

Method step description:

  1. Specimens of Mecoptera were captured in continental Portugal from 2008 and 2019 by direct search of the sampling site. Collected specimens were preserved in 96% ethanol prior to storage.
  2. The specimens were morphologically identified resorting to available literature (Ward, 1983; Monserrat and Tillier, 2013).
  3. DNA barcodes were sequenced from 11 specimens. For this, one leg was removed from each individual from which a 658 bp COI DNA barcode fragment was extracted, amplified and sequenced.
  4. All obtained sequences were submitted to BOLD and GenBank databases and to each sequenced specimen the morphological identification was contrasted with the results of the BLAST of the newly generated DNA barcodes in BOLD Identification Engine.
  5. Prior submission to GBIF, data was checked for errors and inconsistencies with OpenRefine 3.2 (http://openrefine.org/).

Collection Data

Collection Name InBIO Barcoding Initiative
Collection Identifier 4ec2b246-f5fa-4b90-9a8d-ddafc2a3f970
Parent Collection Identifier CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) Portugal
Specimen preservation methods Alcohol
Curatorial Units Between 1 and 13 Voucher tube ,  Between 1 and 13 DNA extractions

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Monserrat, V. J. and Tillier, P. (2013) ‘Sinopsis de los Mecópteros de la Península Ibérica (Insecta, Mecoptera)’, Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), 53(1926), pp. 143–152.
  2. Ward, P. H. (1983) ‘Scorpion-flies of the panorpa cognata-complex in the western palaearctic region (Mecoptera)’, Journal of Natural History, 17(4), pp. 627–645. doi: 10.1080/00222938300770521. doi: 10.1080/00222938300770521

Additional Metadata

Purpose The InBIO Barcoding Initiative (IBI) aims to develop a reference collection of DNA barcoding sequences primarily covering Portuguese invertebrate taxa providing a tool in ecological studies.
Alternative Identifiers 7b84fe1d-42d0-439a-b60f-0b621f7ba93d
http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=ibi_mecoptera