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

Alexandra Marçal  Correia1, Diogo Parrinha2, Leonor Venceslau2, Leonor Brites 2, Alexandra Marçal Correia1

1 MARE & DBA, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal; 2 Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, Lisboa, Portugal

Corresponding author(s): Alexandra Marçal  Correia (amcorreia@fc.ul.pt)Diogo Parrinha (parrinha.diogo.45@gmail.com)Leonor Venceslau (leonorvenceslau@gmail.com)Leonor Brites 

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Resource Citation

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

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Occurrence, Myriapoda, Brasil, Guiné-Bissau, Portugal, São Tomé e Príncipe, Preserved Specimens, Specimen

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=myriapoda

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: 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.
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Diplopoda, Chilopoda
Order: Spirostreptida, Scolopendromorpha, Geophilomorpha, Polydesmida, Julida, Lithobiomorpha, Scutigeromorpha
Family: Polydesmidae, Julidae, Lithobiidae, Scutigeridae, Scolopendridae
Species: Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829, Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names: Centipede, House centipede

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The MYRC includes specimens collected in Guiné-Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe, Brasil and, mostly in Portugal
Coordinates: 24°12'24.8''S and 44°20'24''N Latitude; 67°40'33.6''W and 14°3'45''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: October 20, 1979 - September 12, 2017

Methods

Method step description: .
Study extent description: .
Sampling description: 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. 
Quality control description: 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.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Myriapoda collection from Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/archive.do?r=myriapoda
Publication date of data: 2019-11-07
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-10-24
Hierarchy level: Dataset