IADIZA   20886
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LAS ZONAS ARIDAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
A Tenebrionid beetle´s dataset (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from Peninsula Valdés (Chubut, Argentina)
Autor/es:
CHELI, G.H.; FLORES, G.; MARTÍNEZ ROMÁN, N.; PODESTÁ, D.; MAZZANTI, R.; MIYASHIRO, C.
Revista:
ZOOKEYS
Editorial:
PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
Referencias:
Lugar: SOFIA; Año: 2013 vol. 364 p. 93 - 108
ISSN:
1313-2989
Resumen:
The
Natural Protected Area Peninsula Valdés, located in Northeastern Patagonia, is
one of the largest conservation units of arid lands in Argentina. Although
this area has been in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1999, it has been
continually exposed to sheep grazing and cattle farming for more than a century
which have had a negative impact on the local environment. Our aim is to
describe the first dataset of tenebrionid beetle species living in Peninsula
Valdés and their relationship to sheep grazing. The dataset contains 118
records on 11 species and 198 adult individuals collected. Beetles were
collected using pitfall traps in the two major environmental units of Peninsula
Valdés, taking into account grazing intensities over a three year time frame
from 2005?2007. The Data quality was enhanced following the best practices suggested
in the literature during the digitalization and geo-referencing processes. Moreover,
identification of specimens and current accurate spelling of scientific names
were reviewed. Finally, post-validation processes using DarwinTest software
were applied. Specimens have been deposited at Entomological Collection of the
Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT-CONICET). The dataset is part of the
database of this collection and has been published on the internet through GBIF
Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) (http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14669/).
Furthermore, it is the first dataset for tenebrionid beetles of arid Patagonia available in GBIF database, and it is the first
one based on a previously designed and standardized sampling to assess the
interaction between these beetles and grazing in the area. The main purposes of
this dataset are to ensure accessibility to data associated with Tenebrionidae
specimens from Peninsula Valdés (Chubut, Argentina), also to contribute to GBIF
with primary data about Patagonian tenebrionids and finally, to promote the
Entomological Collection of Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT- CONICET) and
its associated biodiversity data. For these reasons, we believe that this
information will certainly be useful for future faunistic, ecological,
conservational and biogeographical studies.