BID-Malawi's Lymantriidae-Biodiversity-Data-Records

Raymond Murphy1, John Chipeta2, Lyson Kampira3, Portphar Kaliba2, Montfort Mwanyambo4

1 Individual collector, P.O. Box 914, Mzuzu, +265, Mzuzu, Malawi; 2 The Department of Museums and Monuments, P.O. Box 30360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, +265, Blantyre, Malawi; 3 National Commission for Science and Technology, P/Bag B303, City Centre, Lilongwe, +265, Lilongwe, Malawi; 4 National Herbarium and Botanic Gardens of Malawi, P.O. Box 528, Zomba, +265, Zomba, Malawi

Corresponding author(s): Raymond Murphy (murphyrj81@gmail.com)John Chipeta (jjkchipeta@yahoo.com)

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Resource Citation

Murphy R, Chipeta J (2018): BID-Malawi's Lymantriidae-Biodiversity-Data-Records. v1.3. The Department of Museums and Monuments. Dataset/Occurrence. http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=lymantriidae-biodiversity-data-records&v=1.3

Abstract

This is Lymantriidae Biodiversity data collected by Raymond Murphy for various places in Malawi. It has been mobilised as part of a BID project titled Strengthening Malawi's Biodiversity Information Facility. Raymond Murphy donated some of the specimens to The Department of Museums and Monuments

Keywords: Occurrence, Lymantriidae, The Department of Museums and Monuments, Biodiversity, Specimen

Project details

Project title: BID - Strengthening Malawi's Biodiversity Information Facility
Personnel: John Chipeta, Raymond Murphy, Portphar Kaliba, Montfort Mwanyambo, Tiwonge Mzumara, Lyson Kampira
Funding: European Union
Study area descriptions/descriptor: This is Lymantriidae Biodiversity data collected by Raymond Murphy for various places in Malawi. It has been mobilised as part of a BID project titled Strengthening Malawi's Biodiversity Information Facility.
Design description: The approach is to mobilize, digitize and publish the selected biodiversity datasets. The developing database will be published online from the outset and then regularly updated. A website will also be created and linked to the database; providing access to reliable biodiversity information for research and natural resources management.

Data published through GBIF: http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=lymantriidae-biodiversity-data-records

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: This is Lyamantriidae Biodiversity data collected by Raymond Murphy for various places in Malawi.It include specimen details identified to family, genus, species and some subspecies levels
Taxonomic ranks
Family: Lymantriidae
Genus: Otroeda, Dasychira, Laelia, Lymantria, Stracena, Argyrostagma, Barlowia, Euproctis, Heteronygmia, Palacea, Bracharoa, Leucoma, Pirgulina, Eudasychira, Morasa, Paraproctis, Polymona, Ruanda, Cropera, Lomadonta, Griveaudyria, Hyaloperina, Knappetra, Psalis, Rhypopteryx, Liparodonta, Olapa, Ogoa, Homochira, Palasea, Schalidomitra, Aroa, Marblepsis, Homoeomeria, Lacipa, Euproctidion, Hemerophanes, Sphrageidus, Cimola, Stilpnotia
Species: Otroeda cafra, Dasychira elaeochroa, Laelia extorta, Lymantria tacita, Stracena tavetensis, Argyrostagma niobe, Barlowia pyrilampes, Dasychira goodii, Euproctis erythrosticta, Heteronygmia dissimilis, Palacea marwitzi, Bracharoa quadripunctata, Laelia basalis, Laelia bifascia, Pirgulina jordani, Eudasychira georgiana, Euproctis monoides, Eudasychira proleprota, Euproctis rufopunctata, Laelia curvivirgata, Laelia esthlopis, Laelia nubifuga, Morasa modesta, Polymona rufifemur, Ruanda furva, Cropera stilpnaroma, Lomadonta erythrina, Laelia ordinata, Griveaudyria cangia, Hyaloperina erythroma, Knappetra fasciata, Psalis africana, Rhypopteryx rhodalipha, Stracena bananae, Laelia fracta, Liparodonta rhodoides, Olapa nigribasis, Dasychira aridela, Laelia amaura, Ogoa neavei, Barlowia zelotes, Homochira rendalli, Laelia batoides, Palasea albimacula, Schalidomitra ambages, Aroa discalis, Aroa melanoleuca, Barlowia charax, Marblepsis flabellaria, Euproctis crocosticta, Euproctis straminicolor, Homoeomeria nivea, Lacipa melanosticta, Rhypopteryx rubripunctata, Euproctidion rhodobaphes, Euproctis aethiopica, Euproctis nigripuncta, Hemerophanes diatoma, Lacipa gracilis, Lacipa nobilis, Leucoma parva, Sphrageidus producta, Bracharoa mixta, Euproctis hardenbergia, Hemerophanes flammeola, Cimola opalina, Stilpnotia discissa

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: This is Lymantriidae Biodiversity data collected by Raymond Murphy for various places in Malawi. It has been mobilised as part of a BID project titled Strengthening Malawi's Biodiversity Information Facility.
Coordinates: 17°12'25.2''S and 9°19'8.4''S Latitude; 32°39'7.2''E and 35°56'49.2''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 1, 1992 - December 31, 2016

Natural collections description

Collection name: Raymond Murphy Collection
Natural collections description

Collection name: The Department of Museums and Monuments Collection
Specimen preservation method: Dried
Specimen preservation method: Pinned
Specimen preservation method: Other

Methods

Method step description: The approach is to mobilize, digitize and publish the selected biodiversity datasets. The developing database will be published online from the outset and then regularly updated. A website will also be created and linked to the database; providing access to reliable biodiversity information for research and natural resources management.
Study extent description: This is Lymantriidae Biodiversity data collected by Raymond Murphy for various places in Malawi. It has been mobilised as part of a BID project titled Strengthening Malawi's Biodiversity Information Facility.
Sampling description: The approach is to mobilize, digitize and publish the selected biodiversity datasets. The developing database will be published online from the outset and then regularly updated. A website will also be created and linked to the database; providing access to reliable biodiversity information for research and natural resources management.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive BID-Malawi's Lymantriidae-Biodiversity-Data-Records
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/archive.do?r=lymantriidae-biodiversity-data-records
Publication date of data: 2022-05-31
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-11-12
Hierarchy level: Dataset