Description
A 1976 checklist of Coccinellidae from Vermont, USA listed 38 species in 16 genera (Parker et al. 1976) based on occurrence records known at the time. The authors listed the first and last date each species was collected in Vermont and the total number of specimens known, a snapshot of Lady Beetle life in Vermont prior to 1976.Since at least the 1980s, native Lady Beetles that were once very common across the region have become rare or have even gone missing. But there was little information readily available from Vermont. Spurred on by the 1976 report, we began to assemble as much primary occurrence data as possible. We digitizing records from the historic document, museum collections from across Vermont, and Vermont records from projects like the Lost Ladybug Project at Cornell University. From 2019 to 2023, we recruited community scientists from across the state to help us record Lady Beetles via the Vermont Atlas of Life Lady Beetle Atlas (https://val.vtecostudies.org/projects/lady-beetle-atlas). We assembled this checklist from over 9,000 occurrence records, both historic and recent. The checklist now contains 48 species in 21 genera, with seven species known to be introduced.
Data Records
The data in this checklist 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 50 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
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, Anderson E (2024). Checklist of Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) of Vermont, USA. Version 1.1. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Checklist dataset. https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=vt-checklist-lady-beetles&v=1.1
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Vermont Center for Ecostudies. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 97297349-0864-4e3a-b6e1-1a80a0594e00. Vermont Center for Ecostudies publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Checklist; Derivedfromoccurrence
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
State of Vermont, USA
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [42.6, -73], North East [45.1, -71] |
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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 / 2024-01-01 |
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Project Data
https://val.vtecostudies.org/projects/lady-beetle-atlas/
| Title | Vermont Atlas of Life - Vermont Lady Beetle Atlas |
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| Identifier | VAL |
| Funding | https://val.vtecostudies.org/projects/lady-beetle-atlas/ |
| Study Area Description | State of Vermont, USA |
| Design Description | https://val.vtecostudies.org/projects/lady-beetle-atlas/ |
Sampling Methods
https://val.vtecostudies.org/projects/lady-beetle-atlas/
| Study Extent | State of Vermont, USA |
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Method step description:
- https://val.vtecostudies.org/projects/lady-beetle-atlas/
Bibliographic Citations
- Parker, B. L. (1976). Lady beetles: A checklist of the Coccinellidae of Vermont (Insecta: Coleoptera). Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Vermont. https://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Lady-Beetles-VT-Checklist-1976.pdf
- Pupko, J., & McFarland, K. (2022). Vermont Lady Beetle Atlas: Progress Report. Vermont Center for Ecostudies-Vermont Atlas of Life. https://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/VT-Lady-Beetle-Atlas-2020-2021-1.pdf
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 97297349-0864-4e3a-b6e1-1a80a0594e00 |
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| https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=vt-checklist-lady-beetles |