Updated Checklist of Arthropods from Azores (Portugal)
Citation
Borges P A V, Lamelas-Lopez L, Andrade R, Lhoumeau S, Vieira V, Soares A O, Borges I, Boieiro M, Cardoso P, Crespo L C, Karsholt O, Assing V, Schülke M, Serrano A R M, Quartau J A (2023). Updated Checklist of Arthropods from Azores (Portugal). Version 1.7. Universidade dos Açores. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/vzpxhx accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-11.Description
The data we present consists in an updated checklist of the Azorean arthropods. The checklist compile known records based on published literature, unpublished data, and new records at archipelago and island levels. This publication represents the most recent information about distribution of introduced, native and endemic arthropods in the Azores archipelago. Currently the total number of terrestrial arthropod taxa (species and subspecies) in the Azores is estimated of about 2420 belonging to 14 classes, 53 orders, 440 families, 1556 genera and 2400 species and 149 individual subspecies. The most diverse orders of Azorean arthropods are: Coleoptera (585 taxa), Diptera (423 taxa), Hemiptera (338 taxa), Hymenoptera (163 taxa), Lepidoptera (159 taxa) and Araneae (133 taxa). A total of 276 endemic taxa are currently known (232 species and 44 subspecies), belonging to 8 classes and 22 orders. São Miguel, Terceira and Pico are the islands with higher number of endemic species and subspecies. Compared to the other nearest Macaronesian archipelagos (Madeira and Canaries), the Azorean arthropod fauna is characterized by a lower percentage of endemism and a high proportion of exotic introduced species.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The checklist comprised all islands of the Azores archipelago, providing information of the arthropod species distribution at island level when available.Sampling
The data collection consists on compilation of known records based on published literature and the last checklist of Azorean biota in Borges et al. 2010), unpublished data; and new records at archipelago and island levels from recent publications.Quality Control
For taxonomic consistency we evaluated specific literature for spiders (http://wsc.nmbe.ch) and Lepidoptera (expert revision). For the remaining groups we compared the nomenclature available in five main taxonomic databases: i) the last Azorean Checklist (Borges et al. 2010b); ii) the project Fauna Europaea (https://fauna-eu.org/); iii) the project BIOTA Canarias (https://www.biodiversidadcanarias.es/), iv) the GBIF database (https://www.gbif.org/), and when data available v) the project Fauna Iberica (http://www.fauna-iberica.mncn.csic.es/english/). In general, we looked for consistency in the nomenclature and when in doubt we followed the GBIF nomenclature. The new records were revised by expert taxonomists.Method steps
- When no information concerning island occurrence was available only archipelago occurrence is given. In most cases it corresponds to old records, as well as to references to the Azores, as found in “Fauna Europaea”, with no indication to any literature supporting these
Taxonomic Coverages
All Azorean Terrestrial Arthropods
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Arthropodacommon name: Arthropods rank: phylum
Geographic Coverages
The Azores archipelago located in the North Atlantic Ocean (37-40 °N, 25-31 °W), about 1600 km of distance to southern Europe and 2200 km to the northern America
Bibliographic Citations
- Borges, P.A.V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Gonçalves, V., Martins, A.F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R.S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (Eds.) (2010). A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. Princípia, Cascais, 432 pp. ISBN: 978-989-8131-75-1 -
Contacts
Paulo A. V. Borgesoriginator
position: Associate Professor
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
Telephone: +351968933212
email: paulo.av.borges@uac.pt
homepage: http://gba.uac.pt/member/paulo-a-v-borges
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8448-7623
Lucas Lamelas-Lopez
originator
position: Researcher
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
email: lucaslamelaslopez@gmail.com
Rui Andrade
originator
position: Researcher
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
email: ruiandrade14@gmail.com
Sébastien Lhoumeau
originator
position: Researcher
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
email: seb.lhoumeau@gmail.com
Virgílio Vieira
originator
position: Researcher
cE3c- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores
Rua da Mãe de Deus, 13A
Ponta Delgada
9500-321
Azores
PT
Telephone: +351912303590
email: virgilio.ff.vieira@uac.pt
António Onofre Soares
originator
position: Auxiliary Professor
cE3c- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores
Rua da Mãe de Deus, 13A
Ponta Delgada
9500-321
Azores
PT
email: antonio.oc.soares@uac.pt
homepage: http://gba.uac.pt/member/antoacutenio-onofre-costa-miranda-soares
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7922-6296
Isabel Borges
originator
position: Researcher
cE3c- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores
Rua da Mãe de Deus, 13A
Ponta Delgada
9500-321
Azores
PT
email: isabel.mm.borges@uac.pt
Mário Boieiro
originator
position: Researcher
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
email: mboieiro@fc.ul.pt
homepage: http://gba.uac.pt/member/maacuterio-rui-canelas-boieiro
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9087-091X
Pedro Cardoso
originator
position: Curator
LIBRe – Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus, University of Helsinki
P.O.Box 17 (Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13)
Helsinki
00014
Helsinki
FI
email: pedro.cardoso@helsinki.fi
homepage: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/pedro-miguel-cardoso
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8119-9960
Luís Carlos Crespo
originator
position: Researcher
LIBRe – Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus, University of Helsinki
P.O.Box 17 (Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13)
Helsinki
00014
Helsinki
FI
email: luiscarloscrespo@gmail.com
Ole Karsholt
originator
position: Researcher
Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
Copenhagen
DK–2100
Copenhagen
DK
email: okarsholt@snm.ku.dk
Volker Assing
originator
position: Researcher
Not Applicable
Gabelsbergerstraße 2
Hannover
30163
Hannover
DE
Michael Schülke
originator
position: Researcher
Not Applicable
Blankenfelder Straße 99
Berlin
D-13127
Berlin
DE
email: mschuelke.berlin@t-online.de
Artur R. M. Serrano
originator
position: Researcher
cE3c—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
R. Ernesto de Vasconcelos, Ed. C2, Campo Grande
Lisboa
1749-016
PT
email: aserrano@fc.ul.pt
homepage: https://ce3c.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/member/arturrmserrano
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4282-6073
José Alberto Quartau
originator
position: Researcher
cE3c—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
R. Ernesto de Vasconcelos, Ed. C2, Campo Grande
Lisboa
1749-016
PT
email: jaquartau@fc.ul.pt
homepage: https://ce3c.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/member/jose-alberto-quartau
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3294-4690
Paulo A. V. Borges
metadata author
position: Associate Professor
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
Telephone: +351968933212
email: paulo.av.borges@uac.pt
homepage: http://gba.uac.pt/member/paulo-a-v-borges
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8448-7623
Paulo A. V. Borges
curator
position: Associate Professor
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
Telephone: +351968933212
email: paulo.av.borges@uac.pt
homepage: http://gba.uac.pt/member/paulo-a-v-borges
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8448-7623
Paulo A. V. Borges
administrative point of contact
position: Associate Professor
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
Telephone: +351968933212
email: paulo.av.borges@uac.pt
homepage: http://gba.uac.pt/member/paulo-a-v-borges
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8448-7623