Myrmecological Collection from Italian Citizen Science Project “School of Ants”

Registro biológico Espécimen
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Fecha de publicación:
6 de marzo de 2026
Licencia:
CC-BY 4.0

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Descripción

School of Ants Italy is a citizen science project coordinated by the University of Parma, in collaboration with MUSE – Science Museum of Trento (Italy). The initiative engages thousands of non-expert volunteers of various ages, genders, and backgrounds, with the objective of monitoring the distribution of urban ant species throughout Italy.Data are collected by participants following standardized protocols and using dedicated sampling kits during educational activities, bioblitzes, and scientific outreach events. All specimens are collected using bait-based sampling methods and subsequently identified by the research team responsible for the project.The resulting dataset spans the period from 2011 to 2024 and includes records primarily from Northern Italy, with additional observations from Central and Southern regions as well as the major islands. These data contribute to the long-term monitoring of ant biodiversity in Italy and represent a valuable resource for future research in ecology and citizen science.

Registros

Los datos en este recurso de registros biológicos han sido publicados como Archivo Darwin Core(DwC-A), el cual es un formato estándar para compartir datos de biodiversidad como un conjunto de una o más tablas de datos. La tabla de datos del core contiene 4.698 registros.

Este IPT archiva los datos y, por lo tanto, sirve como repositorio de datos. Los datos y los metadatos del recurso están disponibles para su descarga en la sección descargas. La tabla versiones enumera otras versiones del recurso que se han puesto a disposición del público y permite seguir los cambios realizados en el recurso a lo largo del tiempo.

Versiones

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¿Cómo referenciar?

Los usuarios deben citar este trabajo de la siguiente manera:

Castracani C, Spotti F A, Bisanti M (2025). Myrmecological Collection from Italian Citizen Science Project “School of Ants”. Version 1.0. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=school_of_ants_2025&v=1.0

Derechos

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El publicador y propietario de los derechos de este trabajo es Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification. Esta obra está bajo una licencia Creative Commons de Atribución/Reconocimiento (CC-BY 4.0).

Registro GBIF

Este recurso ha sido registrado en GBIF con el siguiente UUID: 92c064da-7d2e-4079-b491-f48c54eacb63.  Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification publica este recurso y está registrado en GBIF como un publicador de datos avalado por Participant Node Managers Committee.

Palabras clave

Occurrence; Specimen

Contactos

Cristina Castracani
  • Originador
University of Parma, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences & Environmental Sustainability (SCVSA)
  • Parco Area delle Scienze, 11/a
43124 Parma
IT
Fiorenza Augusta Spotti
  • Originador
University of Parma, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences & Environmental Sustainability (SCVSA)
  • Parco Area delle Scienze, 11/a
43124 Parma
IT
Matteo Bisanti
  • Originador
University of Parma, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences & Environmental Sustainability (SCVSA)
  • Parco Area delle Scienze, 11/a
43124 Parma
IT
Alessandro Campanaro
  • Punto De Contacto
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification
  • Via Lanciola, 12/a
Firenze
IT

Cobertura geográfica

Italy

Coordenadas límite Latitud Mínima Longitud Mínima [36,633, 6,706], Latitud Máxima Longitud Máxima [46,767, 18,589]

Cobertura taxonómica

Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae. All samples were identified to species level.

Reino Animalia

Cobertura temporal

Fecha Inicial / Fecha Final 2011-10-19 / 2024-10-28

Datos del proyecto

School of Ants Italy is a citizen science project coordinated by the University of Parma, in collaboration with MUSE – Science Museum of Trento (Italy). The initiative engages thousands of non-expert volunteers of various ages, genders, and backgrounds, with the objective of monitoring the distribution of urban ant species throughout Italy. Data are collected by participants following standardized protocols and using dedicated sampling kits during educational activities, bioblitzes, and scientific outreach events. All specimens are collected using bait-based sampling methods and subsequently identified by the research team responsible for the project.

Título School of Ants: a scuola con le formiche (SOA)
Fuentes de Financiación This work was supported by the collaboration agreement and the “contract for the management of educational and scientific material development” between University of Parma and Museo delle Scienze-Trento within the framework of the School of Ants project, and by grants from the University of Parma (FIL from 2012 to 2023) and by Fondazione CARIPARMA assigned to Professor Alessandra Mori and by grants from the University of Parma (FIL from 2018 to 2023) assigned to Professor Donato A. Grasso. This work has also benefited from the equipment and framework of the COMP-HUB and COMP-R Initiatives, funded by the ‘Departments of Excellence’ program of the Italian Ministry for University and Research (MIUR, 2018-2022 and MUR, 2023-2027).

Personas asociadas al proyecto:

Cristina Castracani
  • Investigador Principal
Fiorenza Augusta Spotti
  • Curador
Matteo Bisanti
  • Curador
Maria Vittoria Zucchelli
  • Curador

Métodos de muestreo

Standard sampling protocol using baits. Study sites are not pre-defined.

Área de Estudio Italian urban areas
Control de Calidad The samples collected by citizens are identified at species level by taxonomy experts.

Descripción de la metodología paso a paso:

  1. Castracani C, Spotti FA, Schifani E, Giannetti D, Ghizzoni M, Grasso DA, Mori A. (2020). Public Engagement Provides First Insights on Po Plain Ant Communities and Reveals the Ubiquity of the Cryptic Species Tetramorium immigrans (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insects 11(10): 678.

Datos de la colección

Nombre de la Colección Myrmecological collection of University of Parma
Métodos de preservación de los ejemplares Alcohol,  Secado

Metadatos adicionales

Descripción de mantenimiento Yearly addition of new records and periodic revision of taxonomic nomenclature by experts
Identificadores alternativos 92c064da-7d2e-4079-b491-f48c54eacb63
https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=school_of_ants_2025