Description
This dataset contains the records of weevils belonging to UWIZM’s land arthropod collection. There are 933 weevils (superfamily: Curculionoidea) representing the following families: Anthribidae, Attelabidae, Brachyceridae, Curculionidae, Dryophthoridae, Eurhynchidae, Lycaenidae and Lycidae. These specimens are all stored in the Land Arthropod Room of the UWIZM.
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 933 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
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Dalrymple A, Ramnarine J, Deacon A (2023). Weevils (Curculionoidea) from the UWIZM Land Arthropod collection. Version 1.0. The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM). Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/lac/resource?r=uwizmweevils&v=1.0
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM). 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: 6986e9b0-f960-4426-b016-233866e63c54. The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Database Assistant
- The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
- Originator
- Museum Technician
- Metadata Provider ●
- Point Of Contact
- Senior Lecturer in Zoology
- The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
- Point Of Contact
Geographic Coverage
The majority of specimens are from the Caribbean, with some specimens from the continents of North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Australia and Asia.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-22.9, -157.858], North East [51.467, 178.426] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
All specimens belong to superfamily Curculionoidea and were identified from family – species level.
| Family | Anthribidae, Attelabidae, Brachyceridae, Curculionidae, Dryophthoridae, Eurhynchidae, Lycaenidae, Lycidae |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1902-07-01 / 1996-09-01 |
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Project Data
Trinidad and Tobago supports a rich biodiversity, largely thanks to its geographical position as a pair of Caribbean islands situated just 11 km off the coast of South America. However, as a small island developing state, it faces numerous pressures of human development on biodiversity and habitat integrity. Well-functioning natural history collections are key in documenting, monitoring and managing this biodiversity.
| Title | Improving national biodiversity data accessibility in Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Identifier | BID-CA2020-039-NAC |
| Funding | Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) is a multi-year programme funded by the European Union and led by GBIF with the aim of enhancing capacity for effective mobilization and use of biodiversity data in research and policy in the ‘ACP’ nations of sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. More information: https://www.gbif.org/programme/82243/bid-biodiversity-information-for-development |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
- Originator
- Point Of Contact
Sampling Methods
Specimens were collected by hand, or brought to the museum.
| Study Extent | Global |
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| Quality Control | Specimen identifications were checked by the UWIZM. |
Method step description:
- 1. Specimens in the collection were assessed for existing data (pinned labels, etc) 2. Identifications were confirmed or made using a variety of literature sources (scientific papers, books, online resources) 3. Specimens were photographed and properly stored then the data was uploaded to the UWIZM Past Perfect database.
Collection Data
| Collection Name | UWIZM Weevils (Curculionoidea) |
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| Specimen preservation methods | Pinned |
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Bibliographic Citations
- Blackwelder, R. E. (1947). Checklist of The Coleopterous Insects Of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Bulletin 185, Part 5
- Lycidae De Nicaragua. Accessed 14 December 2021. http://coleoptera-neotropical.org/paginas/2_PAISES/Nicaragua/ELATEROIDEA/lycid-nic.html
- Metamasius inaequalis (Gyllenhal, 1838). Agrosavia. Accessed 15 December 2021. https://www.agrosavia.co/ctni/ctc/coleoptera/curculionidae/metamasius/metamasius-inaequalis
- Catalogue of Life. Accessed 31st March 2022. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 31st March 2022. https://www.itis.gov/
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | https://cloud.gbif.org/lac/resource?r=uwizmweevils |
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