Occurrence

Myriapoda collection from Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

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Description

This dataset comprises the information on the Myriapoda collection (MYRC) of the National Museum of Natural History and Science, Lisbon, Portugal. The MYRC includes 56 records referring to specimens of the class Chilopoda and 29 of the class Diplopoda, collected in Guiné-Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe, Brasil and, mostly in Portugal. Scientific data and studies on Portuguese Myriapoda are still very scarce, which renders some relevance to this collection. The taxonomy of this collection is incipient, with only 17 Chilopoda specimens identified to the species level: 6 belonging to Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829; and 11 to Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829. Nevertheless, the few identified species are regularly re-assessed to maintain the systematic information up to date. All the records have been georeferenced through GeoLocate in combination with GoogleMaps and the dataset has been checked for errors and incongruences through OpenRefine. The MYRC is carefully preserved and the associated data is all digitized (in DarwinCore format) according to rigorous international standards. The publication of this dataset on the GBIF platform aims to share the information contained in the MYRC in order to foster its access and use by specialists, and thus its valorisation and our collective knowledge on Myriapoda.

Este "dataset" integra a informação relativa à coleção Myriapoda (MYRC) do Museu Nacional de História Natural e Ciência, Lisboa, Portugal. A MYRC contém 56 recordes referentes a exemplares da Classe Chilopoda e 29 da Classe Diplopoda, colectados na Guiné-Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe, Brasil e, maioritariamente em Portugal. Os estudos e dados científicos sobre Myriapoda em Portugal são ainda muito escassos o que dá alguma relevância a esta coleção. A cobertura taxonómica desta colecção é ainda incipiente, com apenas 17 specimens de Chilopoda identificados ao nível da espécie: 6 pertencentes a Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829; e 11 a Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829. No entanto, a informação sistemática destes especimens é regularmente reavaliada e actualizada quando necessário. A MYRC é cuidadosamente preservada e os dados associados estão todos informatizados (formato DarwinCore) de acordo com os mais rigorosos padrões internacionais. Todos os registos foram georreferenciados através do GeoLocate em combinação com o GoogleMaps, e todos os dados verificados através do OpenRefine com o intuito de eliminar erros e incongruências. A publicação deste conjunto de dados no portal do GBIF pretende partilhar as informações contidas na MYRC a fim de promover o seu acesso e uso por especialistas e, portanto, a sua valorização e o nosso conhecimento coletivo sobre Myriapoda.

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 85 records.

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

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Correia A M, Parrinha D, Venceslau L, Brites L (2019): Myriapoda collection from Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. v1.2. National Museum of Natural History and Science, University of Lisbon. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=myriapoda&v=1.2

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência. 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: 1938622a-61a3-4ee0-869f-3d115f9ffd29.  Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Portugal.

Keywords

Occurrence; Myriapoda; Brasil; Guiné-Bissau; Portugal; São Tomé e Príncipe; Preserved Specimens; Specimen

Contacts

Alexandra Marçal Correia
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Investigator
MARE & DBA, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
Campo Grande
1749-016 Lisboa
PT
Diogo Parrinha
  • Originator
fellowship
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Lisboa
PT
Leonor Venceslau
  • Originator
fellowship
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Lisboa
PT
Leonor Brites
  • Originator
Felowship
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Lisboa
PT

Geographic Coverage

The MYRC includes specimens collected in Guiné-Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe, Brasil and, mostly in Portugal

Bounding Coordinates South West [-24.207, -67.676], North East [44.34, 14.062]

Taxonomic Coverage

This collection includes 56 records referring to specimens of the class Chilopoda and 29 of the class Diplopoda, that represent 2 species identified for Portugal.

Class Diplopoda, Chilopoda
Order Spirostreptida, Scolopendromorpha, Geophilomorpha, Polydesmida, Julida, Lithobiomorpha, Scutigeromorpha
Family Polydesmidae, Julidae, Lithobiidae, Scutigeridae, Scolopendridae
Species Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829 (Centipede), Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758) (House centipede)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1979-10-20 / 2017-09-12

Sampling Methods

This collection comprises samples collected in in Guiné-Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe, Brasil and Portugal during field campaigns. The methods used varied and included pit-fall and hand collection.

Study Extent .
Quality Control Specimens from this collection are carefully preserved and the associated data is all digitized (in a DwC format) according to rigorous international standards. The taxonomy of this collection is incipient and requires myriapoda systematic identification by experts. Nevertheless, the few identified species are regularly re-assessed to maintain the systematic information up to date. All the records have been geo-referenced through GeoLocate in combination with GoogleMaps and the dataset has been checked for errors and incongruences through OpenRefine.

Method step description:

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Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 1938622a-61a3-4ee0-869f-3d115f9ffd29
http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=myriapoda