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Indian Ocean Islands - Museum specimens of Freshwater Insect Taxa

Dataset homepage

Citation

Podolak M, Gattolliat J, Athanasiades A, Sartori M (2019). Indian Ocean Islands - Museum specimens of Freshwater Insect Taxa. Version 1.1. GBIF Swiss Node. Metadata dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pwhyes accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-18.

Description

This project contributes 4309 occurrence records of Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera representing about 74 000 specimens sampled mostly in Madagascar between 1951 and 2011. The data have been digitized as part of the MZL contribution to the BID project and shared with GBIF https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.8dftt0

Taxonomic Coverages

Ephemeroptera; Plecoptera
  1. Baetidae
    rank: family
  2. Caenidae
    rank: family
  3. Notonemouridae
    rank: family
  4. Ephemeridae
    rank: family
  5. Euthyplociidae
    rank: family
  6. Heptageniidae
    rank: family
  7. Leptophlebiidae
    rank: family
  8. Oligoneuriidae
    rank: family
  9. Palingeniidae
    rank: family
  10. Prosopistomatidae
    rank: family
  11. Teloganodidae
    rank: family
  12. Tricorythidae
    rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Madagascar; Comoros; Seychelles; Réunion

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Marion Podolak
originator
Musée catonal de zoologie, Lausanne
Place de la Riponne 6
Lausanne
CH-1014
CH
email: marion.podolak@vd.ch
Jean-Luc Gattolliat
originator
Musée catonal de zoologie, Lausanne
Place de la Riponne 6
Lausanne
CH-1014
CH
email: jean-luc.gattolliat@vd.ch
Anouk Athanasiades
originator
Musée catonal de zoologie, Lausanne
Place de la Riponne 6
Lausanne
CH-1014
CH
email: anouk.athanasiades@vd.ch
Michel Sartori
originator
Musée catonal de zoologie, Lausanne
Place de la Riponne 6
Lausanne
CH-1014
CH
email: michel.sartori@vd.ch
Marion Podolak
metadata author
Musée catonal de zoologie, Lausanne
Place de la Riponne 6
Lausanne
CH-1014
CH
email: marion.podolak@vd.ch
Marion Podolak
administrative point of contact
Musée catonal de zoologie, Lausanne
Place de la Riponne 6
Lausanne
CH-1014
CH
email: marion.podolak@vd.ch
Jean-Luc Gattolliat
administrative point of contact
Musée catonal de zoologie, Lausanne
Place de la Riponne 6
Lausanne
CH-1014
CH
email: jean-luc.gattolliat@vd.ch
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