bmhs_moth_collection

Occurrence
Latest version published by The Barbados Museum and Historical Society on Oct 25, 2018 The Barbados Museum and Historical Society
Publication date:
25 October 2018
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

This data set outlines the moth collection for the Barbados Museum and Historical society

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 105 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.

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Hamblin K (2018): bmhs_moth_collection. v1.1. The Barbados Museum and Historical Society. Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=bmhs_moth_collection&v=1.1

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is The Barbados Museum and Historical Society. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 13d7cb4c-3dc0-4276-b3cf-c29d10e92beb.  The Barbados Museum and Historical Society publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.

Keywords

Occurrence; Moth; BMHS

Contacts

Kerron Hamblin
  • Originator
Natural History Curator
Barbados Museum and Historical Society
St. Ann's Garrison
BB14038 Bridgetown
St. Micheal
BB
+12465380102
Zuwena Perry
  • Metadata Provider
  • Publisher
  • Point Of Contact
Project Assistant
Barbados Museum and Historical Society
St. Ann's Garrison
BB14038 Bridgetown
St. Micheal
BB
2465380102

Geographic Coverage

The Barbados Museum and Historical Society is located within the Barbados UNESCO World Heritage site of Bridgetown and it's Garrison. Formerly a military prison for the British, it was converted to a museum in 1933.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, -180]

Taxonomic Coverage

All specimens were identified to family or species using various resources to verify the taxonomic data.

Genus Manduca, Cocytius, Hippotion, Chrysiridia, Castnia, Pseudosphinx, Protambulyx, Agrius, Chrysiridia, Ascalapha, Arctia, Saturnia, Spliosoma, Noctua, Agrius, Zygaena, Agrius, Cocytius, Manduca, Pseudosphinx, Deilephila, Macroglossum, Smerinthus, Laothoe

Temporal Coverage

Start Date 1933-01-01

Project Data

This data set houses information regarding the moth collection in the Natural History Collection at the Barbados Museum & Historical Society

Title Improving Biodiversity data accessibility in the Caribbean countries of Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and Suriname
Identifier BID-CA2016-0006-REG
Funding This project is possible through a grant from GBIF
Study Area Description The moths are speicmens which have been donated to the Barbados Museum

The personnel involved in the project:

Zuwena Perry
  • Publisher

Sampling Methods

For the BMHS there is no field sampling.

Study Extent The extent of this study is confined to the collections which have already been donated to the Barbados Museum

Method step description:

  1. Each specimen has an ownership record, is classified, photographed and entered into the database

Collection Data

Collection Name BMHS Moth Collection
Specimen preservation methods Mounted
Curatorial Units Between 1 and 3 drawers

Additional Metadata