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

Occurrence Spécimen
Dernière version Publié par Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification le mars 6, 2026 Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification
Date de publication:
6 mars 2026
Licence:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

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.

Enregistrements de données

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Comment citer

Les chercheurs doivent citer cette ressource comme suit:

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

Droits

Les chercheurs doivent respecter la déclaration de droits suivante:

L’éditeur et détenteur des droits de cette ressource est Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification. Ce travail est sous licence Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0.

Enregistrement GBIF

Cette ressource a été enregistrée sur le portail GBIF, et possède lUUID GBIF suivante : 92c064da-7d2e-4079-b491-f48c54eacb63.  Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification publie cette ressource, et est enregistré dans le GBIF comme éditeur de données avec lapprobation du Participant Node Managers Committee.

Mots-clé

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

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

Couverture géographique

Italy

Enveloppe géographique Sud Ouest [36,633, 6,706], Nord Est [46,767, 18,589]

Couverture taxonomique

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

Kingdom Animalia

Couverture temporelle

Date de début / Date de fin 2011-10-19 / 2024-10-28

Données sur le projet

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.

Titre School of Ants: a scuola con le formiche (SOA)
Financement 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).

Les personnes impliquées dans le projet:

Cristina Castracani
  • Chercheur Principal
Fiorenza Augusta Spotti
  • Conservateur
Matteo Bisanti
  • Conservateur
Maria Vittoria Zucchelli
  • Conservateur

Méthodes déchantillonnage

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

Etendue de létude Italian urban areas
Contrôle qualité The samples collected by citizens are identified at species level by taxonomy experts.

Description des étapes de la méthode:

  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.

Données de collection

Nom de la collection Myrmecological collection of University of Parma
Méthode de conservation des spécimens Alcohol,  Dried

Métadonnées additionnelles

Description de la fréquence de mise à jour Yearly addition of new records and periodic revision of taxonomic nomenclature by experts
Identifiants alternatifs 92c064da-7d2e-4079-b491-f48c54eacb63
https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=school_of_ants_2025