Description
These are the Lady Beetle (Coccinellidae) specimens found in the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Specimens are mainly from three collections: Bruce Parker, J. Boone, and the Margaret Skinner Collections. These were all examined and digitized as part of the Vermont Atlas of Life - Vermont Lady Beetle Atlas.
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 1,183 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:
McFarland K, Pupko J (2021): Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium Lady Beetle (Coccinellidae) Specimens. v1.3. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=fbm-lb&v=1.3
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Vermont Center for Ecostudies. 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: 58dfb99f-44d0-4cfb-a08b-8b62cfcf91de. Vermont Center for Ecostudies publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Most records are from the State of Vermont, USA.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae)
| Family | Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1890-01-01 / 1995-01-01 |
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Project Data
https://val.vtecostudies.org/
| Title | Vermont Atlas of Life |
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| Identifier | VAL |
| Study Area Description | State of Vermont |
| Design Description | https://val.vtecostudies.org/ |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Insects collected for specific projects and ad hoc.
| Study Extent | State of Vermont and some other locations |
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Method step description:
- insects collected by observers
Bibliographic Citations
- Parker, Bruce L., Gordon R. Nielsen, and Ross T. Bell. 1976. Lady Beetles: A Checklist of the Coccinellidae of Vermont (Insect: Coleoptera). Agricultural Exp. Station Bulletin 681. University of Vermont. http://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Lady-Beetles-VT-Checklist-1976.pdf
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 58dfb99f-44d0-4cfb-a08b-8b62cfcf91de |
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| http://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=fbm-lb |