The hoverfly collection (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) at Nairobi (Kenya)

Josephat Bukhebi1, Robert Copeland2, Kurt Jordaens3, André Heughebaert4

1 International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), , Kenya; 2 International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, ; 3 Africa Museum, , Belgium; 4 

Corresponding author(s): Josephat Bukhebi (jbukhebi@icipe.org)Robert Copeland (rcopeland@icipe.org)Kurt Jordaens (kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be)

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Resource Citation

Gitau, J. (1), Copeland, R. (1) & Jordaens K. (2) (2020): The hoverfly collection (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) at Nairobi (Kenya). v1. (1) International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, (2) Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=rmca_icipe&amp;v=1.0

Abstract

Apart from the National Museums of Kenya, The entomology collection  of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology is the largest collection of Kenyan insects held in African institutions, and possibly in the world. The collection is housed in the  Biosystematics Unit  of ICIPE. . Intensive collecting over the past past 20 years has increased holdings substantially. Recently, a project was begun to database the entire collection. To date over 20,000 specimens have been processed and we estimate that the total collection presently surpasses 100,000 specimens. The collection’s geographic focus is Kenya with additional Afrotropical material. 
The taxon dimension of the collection is primarily Diptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Hemiptera/Homoptera  and the geographic dimension of those groups is predominantly from Kenya. The collection is an actively developing one and some of the research on the collection includes the PINDIP (Pollinator Information Network for Two-Winged Insects) (link to: https://www.pindip.org/) project. Taxonomic research on taxa from the collections’ Diptera and Hymenoptera holdings has produced many publications over the past 20 years.

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen

Project details

Project title: PINDIP
Personnel: Kurt Jordaens
Funding: JRS Biodiversity Foundation

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=rmca_icipe

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The collection covers the family Syrphidae.
Taxonomic ranks
Family: Syrphidae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Africa, Kenya
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 2002 - 2019

Methods

Method step description: 1.Data cleaning.
2.Taxon names were compared to the GBIF data using the species matching tool.

Study extent description: Dataset comprises historical records from circa 2002 to 2019, focussing on Kenya but with some additional material.
Sampling description: Historical collection records, including various methods such as malaise traps, hand collecting etc.
Quality control description: Historical specimens have been re-identified where possible.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive The hoverfly collection (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) at Nairobi (Kenya)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.biodiversity.be/archive.do?r=rmca_icipe
Publication date of data: 2020-07-03
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2020-07-02
Hierarchy level: Dataset