The hoverfly collection (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) at Nairobi (Kenya)
Citation
Bukhebi J, Copeland R, Jordaens K (2020). The hoverfly collection (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) at Nairobi (Kenya). Version 1.2. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/cqrxqz accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-04-24.Description
Apart from the National Museums of Kenya, The entomology collection of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology is the largest collection of Kenyan insects held in African institutions, and possibly in the world. The collection is housed in the Biosystematics Unit of ICIPE. . Intensive collecting over the past past 20 years has increased holdings substantially. Recently, a project was begun to database the entire collection. To date over 20,000 specimens have been processed and we estimate that the total collection presently surpasses 100,000 specimens. The collection’s geographic focus is Kenya with additional Afrotropical material. The taxon dimension of the collection is primarily Diptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Hemiptera/Homoptera and the geographic dimension of those groups is predominantly from Kenya. The collection is an actively developing one and some of the research on the collection includes the PINDIP (Pollinator Information Network for Two-Winged Insects) (link to: https://www.pindip.org/) project. Taxonomic research on taxa from the collections’ Diptera and Hymenoptera holdings has produced many publications over the past 20 years.Sampling Description
Study Extent
Dataset comprises historical records from circa 2002 to 2019, focussing on Kenya but with some additional material.Sampling
Historical collection records, including various methods such as malaise traps, hand collecting etc.Quality Control
Historical specimens have been re-identified where possible.Method steps
- 1.Data cleaning. 2.Taxon names were compared to the GBIF data using the species matching tool.
Taxonomic Coverages
The collection covers the family Syrphidae.
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Syrphidaerank: family
Geographic Coverages
Africa, Kenya
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Josephat Bukhebioriginator
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)
KE
email: jbukhebi@icipe.org
Robert Copeland
originator
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
email: rcopeland@icipe.org
Kurt Jordaens
originator
Africa Museum
BE
email: kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be
Kurt Jordaens
metadata author
Africa Museum
BE
email: kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be
André Heughebaert
user
email: aheugheb@ulb.ac.be
Kurt Jordaens
administrative point of contact
Africa Museum
BE
email: kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be