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Malawi-Saturniidae-Biodiversity-Data

Latest version published by The Department of Museums and Monuments on May 31, 2022 The Department of Museums and Monuments

This is Saturniidae Biodiversity Data for Malawi as recorded by Raymond Murphy for a number of places in Malawi. It has been mobilised under the African Biodiversity Challenge Project titled Enhancing accessibility of biodiversity data in Malawi

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 336 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.

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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Murphy R, Chipeta J (2018): Malawi-Saturniidae-Biodiversity-Data. v1.2. The Department of Museums and Monuments. Dataset/Occurrence. http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=malawi-saturniidae-biodiversity-data&v=1.2

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is The Department of Museums and Monuments. 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: 8c160e1d-09f7-4377-8b7e-1e4f3cc5898e.  The Department of Museums and Monuments publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Malawi.

Keywords

Occurrence; Saturniidae; Bunaeinae; Ludiinae; Saturniinae; The Department of Museums and Monuments; Biodiversity; Specimen

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Raymond Murphy
Entomologist
Individual collector P.O. Box 914, Mzuzu +265 Mzuzu Northern Region MW +265888864868
John Chipeta
Principal Entomologist
The Department of Museums and Monuments P.O. Box 30360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3 +265 Blantyre Southern Region MW +265884169998

Who can answer questions about the resource:

John Chipeta
Principal Entomologist
The Department of Museums and Monuments P.O. Box 30360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3 +265 Blantyre Southern Region MW +265884169998
Raymond Murphy
Entomologist
Individual Collector P.O.Box 914, Mzuzu +265 Mzuzu Southern Region MW +265888864868
Portphar Kaliba
The Deputy Director
The Department of Museums and Monuments P.O. Box 30360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3 +265 Blantyre Southern Region MW +265888836336

Who filled in the metadata:

John Chipeta
Principal Entomologist
The Department of Museums and Monuments P.O. Box 30360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3 +265 Blantyre Southern Region MW +265884169998

Who else was associated with the resource:

Metadata Provider
John Chipeta
Principal Entomologist
The Department of Museums and Monuments P.O. Box 30360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3 +265 Blantyre Southern Region MW +265884169998
Originator
Raymond Murphy
Entomologist
Individual Collector P.O. Box 914, Mzuzu +265 Mzuzu Southern Region MW +265888864868
Distributor
Lyson Kampira
Chief Officer
National Commission for Science and Technology P/Bag B303, City Centre, Lilongwe +265 Lilongwe Central Region MW +265999916036
Point Of Contact
Portphar Kaliba
The Deputy Director
The Department of Museums and Monuments P.O. Box 30360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3 +265 Blantyre Southern Region MW +265888836336

Geographic Coverage

This is Saturniidae Biodiversity data for Malawi for a number of places as recorded by Raymond Murphy

Bounding Coordinates South West [-17.19, 32.677], North East [-9.316, 36.027]

Taxonomic Coverage

This is Saturniidae Biodiversity data that includes several subfamilies like Saturniinae, Bunaeinae and Ludiinae identified to family, genus, species and subspecies levels

Family  Saturniidae
Subfamily  Saturniinae,  Bunaeinae,  Ludiinae
Genus  Gonimbrasia,  Pseudobunaea,  Nuderalia,  Bunaeopsis,  Holocerina,  Nudaurelia,  Imbrasia,  Pselaphelia,  Antistathmoptera,  Argema,  Athletes,  Aurivillius,  Bunaea,  Cinabra,  Epiphora,  Goodia,  Gynanisa,  Heniocha,  Lobobunaea,  Ludia,  Melanocera,  Tagoropsis,  Ubaena,  Urota,  Pseudaphelia,  Adafroptilum,  Micragone,  Pseudimbrasia,  Cirina,  Orthogonioptilum,  Protogynanisa,  Rohaniella,  Usta
Species  Gonimbrasia zambesina,  Nuderalia perscitus,  Bunaeopsis jacksoni,  Bunaeopsis murphyi,  Holocerina intermedia,  Nudaurelia whalbergi,  Bunaeopsis hersilia,  Gonimbrasia murphyiana,  Imbrasia ertli,  Nudaurelia herbuloti,  Pselaphelia flavivitta,  Pseudobunaea tyrrhena,  Argema mimosae,  Athletes gigas,  Athletes semialba,  Aurivillius seydeli,  Bunaea alcinoe,  Bunaeopsis aurantiaca,  Cinabra hyperbius,  Epiphora kipengerensis,  Epiphora manowensis,  Epiphora mythimnia,  Goodia kuntzei,  Gynanisa nigra,  Heniocha appolonia,  Heniocha marnois,  Lobobunaea saturnus,  Nudaurelia nyassana,  Tagoropsis flavinata,  Tagoropsis hanningtoni,  Tagoropsis ikondae,  Ubaena dolabella,  Urota sinope,  Pseudaphelia roseibrunnea,  Pseudobunaea callista,  Aurivillius fuscus,  Imbrasia macrothyris,  Nudaurelia dione,  Nudaurelia macrops,  Adafroptilum incanum,  Gynanisa basquini,  Lobobunaea rosea,  Pseudobunaea irius,  Pseudobunaea meloui,  Aurivillius oberthuri,  Aurivillius seyselli,  Gonimbrasia belina,  Ludia delegorguei,  Micragone ansorgei,  Nudaurelia wahlbergi,  Pseudimbrasia deyrollei,  Pseudobunaea pallens,  Micragone nyasae,  Pseudaphelia dialitha,  Gonimbrasia rectalineata,  Gynanisa ata,  Gynanisa maja,  Ludia delegarguei,  Bunaeopsis zaddachi,  Cirina forda,  Heniocha dyops,  Holocerina agomensis,  Holocerina murphyi,  Micragone agathylla,  Pseudaphelia ansorgei,  Aurivillius arata,  Gynanisa murphyi,  Nudaurelia flammeola,  Pseudobunaea alinda,  Pseudobunaea epithyrena,  Pseudobunaea parathyrrhena,  Micragone cana,  Nudaurelia perscitus,  Protogynanisa athletoides,  Bunaeopsis phidias,  Nudaurelia mariae,  Epiphora bauhiniae,  Gonimbrasia hecate,  Ludia limbobrunnea,  Rohaniella pygmaea,  Adafroptilum schmitti,  Holocerina rhodesiensis,  Holocerina smilax,  Micragone nubifera,  Melanocera sufferti,  Pseudaphelia appolinaris,  Epiphora murphyi,  Ludia dentata,  Nudaurelia rhodina,  Usta terpsichore,  Pseudobunaea citrinarius,  Pseudobunaea natalensis,  Ludia orinoptena
Subspecies  Antistathmoptera daltonae rectangulata,  Lobobunaea phaedusa falcatissima,  Tagoropsis ikondae murphyi,  Tagoropsis ikondae murphyi,  Lobobunaea phaedusa falcatissima,  Lobobunaea phaedusa falcatissima,  Tagoropsis ikondae ikondae,  Tagoropsis ikondae ikondae,  Tagoropsis ikondae ikondae,  Orthogonioptilum adiegatum dollmanni,  Orthogonioptilum adiegatum dollmanni,  Antistathmoptera daltonae rectangulata

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1985-01-01 / 2017-12-31

Project Data

The purpose of the project is to digitise fauna biodiversity data information currently held by the Department of Museums and Monuments and other institutions or individuals and make it accessible to the public

Title Enhancing accessibility of biodiversity Data in Malawi
Identifier African Biodiversity Challenge 2018
Funding JRS Biodiversity Foundation
Study Area Description This is Saturniidae biodiversity data for Malawi as recorded by Raymond Murphy. Mobilised under ABC project Enhancing accessibility of biodiversity Data in Malawi. He has been collecting in a number of places in Malawi
Design Description Digitize collections held by The Department of Museums and Monuments, individuals and other institutions and make it accessible to the public through national or international database

The personnel involved in the project:

Metadata Provider
John Chipeta
Originator
Raymond Murphy
Point Of Contact
Portphar Kaliba
Distributor
Lyson Kampira

Sampling Methods

Digitize collections held by The Department of Museums and Monuments, individuals and other institutions and make it accessible to the public through national or international database

Study Extent This is Saturniidae biodiversity data for Malawi as recorded by Raymon Murphy. Includes subfamilies like Bunaeinae, Ludiinae and Saturniinae. Specimens have been identified to family, genus, species and subspecies level.

Method step description:

  1. Digitize collections held by The Department of Museums and Monuments, individuals and other institutions and make it accessible to the public through national or international database

Collection Data

Collection Name Raymond Murphy Collection
Collection Name The Department of Museums and Monuments Collection
Specimen preservation methods Dried,  Pinned,  Other

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 8c160e1d-09f7-4377-8b7e-1e4f3cc5898e
http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=malawi-saturniidae-biodiversity-data