Vermont Buprestidae Survey
Citation
Hanson T, Bohne M, McFarland K (2021). Vermont Buprestidae Survey. Version 1.7. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/0tbjxq accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.Description
The solitary parasitoid wasp Cerceris fumipennis provisions its nests with beetles from the Family Buprestidae. Nests formed by these solitary wasps are often located in non-social colonies within hard-packed, sandy, and exposed soils. Female wasps forage for prey on sunny summer days when many species of buprestid beetles are active. Taking buprestid beetle prey from wasps intercepted as they approached their nests is used to survey for the presence of many buprestid species. Biologists and citizen science volunteers surveyed C. fumipennis colonies for Buprestidae from 2009-2016. Additionally, native buprestids were taken from Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) purple traps and Green Lindgren funnel traps deployed around the state from 2008 - 2016. Historical records were also recorded from collections at the University of Vermont and the Vermont Forest, Parks and Recreation collections.Sampling Description
Study Extent
State of VermontSampling
The solitary parasitoid wasp Cerceris fumipennis provisions its nests with beetles from the Family Buprestidae. Nests formed by these solitary wasps are often located in non-social colonies within hard-packed, sandy, and exposed soils. Female wasps forage for prey on sunny summer days when many species of buprestid beetles are active. Taking buprestid beetle prey from wasps intercepted as they approached their nests is used to survey for the presence of many buprestid species. Biologists and citizen science volunteers surveyed C. fumipennis colonies for Buprestidae from 2009-2016. Additionally, native buprestids were taken from Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) purple traps and Green Lindgren funnel traps deployed around the state from 2008 - 2016. Historical records were also recorded from collections at the University of Vermont and the Vermont Forest, Parks and Recreation collections.Quality Control
E.R. Hoebeke, Associate Curator of the Collection of Arthropods at Georgia Museum of Natural History, University of Georgia, determined the Vermont buprestids collected as part of a EAB survey in the Northeast. We retained 20 specimens of each species (when possible) and sent the rest to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.Method steps
- See sampling description.
Taxonomic Coverages
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Buprestidaecommon name: Jewel Beetles rank: family
Geographic Coverages
State of Vermont
Bibliographic Citations
- Trish Hanson, Mary R. Burnham, Michael J. Bohne, and E. Richard Hoebeke "New State Records of Non-Target Buprestidae (Coleoptera) Detected in Emerald Ash Borer Traps in Vermont, USA," The Coleopterists Bulletin 73(3), 757-760, (22 September 2019). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-73.3.757 - https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-73.3.757
Contacts
Trish Hansonoriginator
position: Forest Health Entomologist
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Michael Bohne
originator
position: Forest Health Group Leader
USDA Forest Service
email: mbohne@fs.fed.us
Kent McFarland
metadata author
position: conservation biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
email: kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5503
Kent McFarland
point of contact
position: conservation biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
email: kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5503
Kent McFarland
administrative point of contact
position: conservation biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
email: kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5503
Trish Hanson
administrative point of contact
position: Forest Health Entomologist
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Vermont
US