Malawi-Cicindelidae-Biodiversity-Data

Cornell Dudley1, Raymond Murphy2, John Chipeta3, Cornell Dudley4, Lyson Kampira5

1 University of Malawi, P. O. Box 32086, +265, Blantyre, Malawi; 2 Individual Collector, P.O. Box 914, Mzuzu, +265, Mzuzu, Malawi; 3 The Department of Museums and Monuments, P.O. Box 30360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, +265, Blantyre, Malawi; 4 University of Malawi, P. O. Box 32086, Blantyre, Malawi; 5 National Commission for Science and Technology, P/Bag B303, City Centre, Lilongwe, +265, Lilongwe, Malawi

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

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

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

Abstract

This is Malawi's Cicindelidae Biodiversity data created by Professor Cornell Dudley (Retired) which includes records of other collectors who have been collecting in Malawi like Raymond Murphy and many more others.

Keywords: Occurrence, Cicindelidae, The Department of Museums and Monuments, Specimen

Project details

Project title: Enhancing accessibility of biodiversity Data in Malawi
Personnel: John Chipeta, Cornell Dudley, Raymond Murphy, Portphar Kaliba, Lyson Kampila
Funding: JRS Biodiversity Foundation
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The project covers Cicindelidae Tiger Beetles family of malawi with Cicindelinae subfamily and various tribes from 1913 up to 2012
Design description: To digitise the Biodiversity collections held by the The Department of Museums and Monuments, individuals and other institutions and the make it available to the public through local or international database

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: This record covers Family Cicindelidae with subfamily Cicindelinae and various tribes like Cicindelini, Manticorini and Megacephanini
Taxonomic ranks
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini, Manticorini, Megacephanini
Species: Bennigsenium  discoscriptum, Bennigsenium  hauseranum
Subspecies: Chaetodera regalis regalis

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The Cicindelidae biodiversity records covers some areas in Malawi in all the 3 regions namely Northern Region, Central Region and Southern Region.
Coordinates: 17°4'44.4''S and 9°16'33.6''S Latitude; 32°28'58.8''E and 36°7'51.6''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 1, 1913 - December 31, 2012

Natural collections description

Collection name: Cornel Dudley Collection
Natural collections description

Collection name: Raymond Murphy Collection
Natural collections description

Collection name: Other Institutions Collections
Specimen preservation method: Dried
Specimen preservation method: Pinned
Specimen preservation method: Other

Methods

Method step description: The aim of the project is to make biodiversity data information accessible to all. We would like to digitise collections held by The Department of Museums and Monuments, Individuals and other Institutions and then upload the data into a local or international database
Study extent description: The Project covers Cicindelidae biodiversity data for Malawi
Sampling description: The aim of the project is to make biodiversity data information accessible to all. We would like to digitise collections held by The Department of Museums and Monuments, Individuals and other Institutions and then upload the data into a local or international database

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Malawi-Cicindelidae-Biodiversity-Data
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=malawi-cicindelidae-biodiversity-data
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: 2018-09-06
Hierarchy level: Dataset