Specimen based records and geographic locations of carabid beetles (Coleoptera) collected mainly by Dr. Kazuo Tanaka
Citation
Osawa T (2020). Specimen based records and geographic locations of carabid beetles (Coleoptera) collected mainly by Dr. Kazuo Tanaka. Version 1.2. National Institute of Genetics, ROIS. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/y2wkep accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-07-08.Description
Ground beetles of suborder Adephaga are often considered bioindicators of natural environments because their habitats and abundances strongly depend upon environmental factors. Although their importance and usefulness are already known, there are limited data regarding voucher specimens in Japan. Biodiversity data based on voucher specimens are of high quality and reliability. In this data paper, we compile the records of Caraboidea collected mainly by Dr. Kazuo Tanaka. We also detail the time and locality of collection based on the labels of specimens deposited in the Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan. This collection facility contains 15,675 records of 673 species collected from 1947 to 1997. The complete data set for this abstract published in the Data Paper section of the journal is available in electronic format in Ecological Research Data Paper Archives at http://db.cger.nies.go.jp/JaLTER/ER_DataPapers/archives/2020/ERDP-2020-17.Sampling Description
Study Extent
This specimen collections were conducted in whole places of Japan, Hokkaido, Honsyu, Shikoku, Kyusyu and the other island regions including Ryukyu, Ogasawara, Izu, Goto etc.Sampling
Dr. Kazuo Tanaka donated his entire collection of carabid beetles to the Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO, Japan. He collected the specimens primarily for his research across Japan. Some specimens were collected from other countries, and their data were thus not included in a previously published specimen list (Yoshimatsu et al. 2018).Quality Control
Dr. Kazuo Tanaka identified all species using references based on morphological characters. Mr. Noboru Ito identified some specimens when the list was compiled (Yoshimatsu et al. 2018).Method steps
- Scientific names follow Löbl and Smetana (2003). Location information based on the labels of each specimen was verified using maps created by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (http://www.gsi.go.jp/ accessed at July 31, 2019).
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
This specimen collections were conducted in whole places of Japan, Hokkaido, Honsyu, Shikoku, Kyusyu and the other island regions including Ryukyu, Ogasawara, Izu, Goto etc.
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Takeshi Osawaoriginator
position: Associate Professor
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Minami-Osawa 1-1
Hachiouji
192-0397
Tokyo
JP
email: arosawa@gmail.com
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Takeshi Osawa
metadata author
position: Associate Professor
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Minami-Osawa 1-1
Hachiouji
192-0397
Tokyo
JP
email: arosawa@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2098-0902
Takeshi Osawa
administrative point of contact
position: Associate Professor
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Minami-Osawa 1-1
Hachiouji
192-0397
Tokyo
JP
email: arosawa@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2098-0902
Shin-ichi Yoshimatsu
administrative point of contact
position: Principal Researcher
Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO
Kannondai 3-1-3
Tsukuba
305-8604
Ibaraki
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