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

Occurrence Specimen
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Publication date:
6 de março de 2026
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Descrição

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 de Dados

Os dados deste recurso de ocorrência foram publicados como um Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), que é o formato padronizado para compartilhamento de dados de biodiversidade como um conjunto de uma ou mais tabelas de dados. A tabela de dados do núcleo contém 4.698 registros.

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.

Versões

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Como citar

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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

Direitos

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O editor e o detentor dos direitos deste trabalho é Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

Este recurso foi registrado no GBIF e atribuído ao seguinte GBIF UUID: 92c064da-7d2e-4079-b491-f48c54eacb63.  Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification publica este recurso, e está registrado no GBIF como um publicador de dados aprovado por Participant Node Managers Committee.

Palavras-chave

Occurrence; Specimen

Contatos

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
  • Ponto De Contato
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification
  • Via Lanciola, 12/a
Firenze
IT

Cobertura Geográfica

Italy

Coordenadas delimitadoras Sul Oeste [36,633, 6,706], Norte Leste [46,767, 18,589]

Cobertura Taxonômica

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

Reino Animalia

Cobertura Temporal

Data Inicial / Data final 2011-10-19 / 2024-10-28

Dados Sobre o Projeto

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)
Financiamento 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).

O pessoal envolvido no projeto:

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

Métodos de Amostragem

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

Área de Estudo Italian urban areas
Controle de Qualidade The samples collected by citizens are identified at species level by taxonomy experts.

Descrição dos passos do método:

  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.

Dados de Coleção

Nome da Coleção Myrmecological collection of University of Parma
Métodos de preservação do espécime Álcool,  Seco

Metadados Adicionais

Descrição da manutenção 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