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Lacewings and allied insects records from Britain and Ireland to 1999

Dataset homepage

Citation

Biological Records Centre (2023). Lacewings and allied insects records from Britain and Ireland to 1999. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/su1ho7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-04.

Description

Data are derived from the Neuroptera Recording Scheme and held at BRC. This dataset includes taxa from the orders: Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera and Mecoptera. The scheme was restarted in 1988 by Colin Plant and the data in this dataset were published in a provisional atlas in 1994 (details below).

Purpose

To establish a baseline of information on the lacewings of Britain and Ireland and to consider the economic importance of lacewings as predators of aphids.

Sampling Description

Quality Control

Records were validated and verified by the Scheme organiser. Where necessary, voucher specimen examination was used by known experts to confirm identifications. Records under Chrysoperla carnea agg. probably include the true C. carnea together with C. lucasina and the recently described C. pallida.

Method steps

  1. Various collecting methods were employed, including light traps, Malaise traps, pitfall traps, water traps and sweeping. BRC RA68 recording cards were used for much of the data capture, with the records being converted to electronic format at BRC.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

The dataset gives very good coverage of England and Wales, reasonable coverage of Scotland and patchy coverage of Ireland.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
Biological Records Centre
Biological Records Centre, CEH Wallingford, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
OX10 8BB
Oxfordshire
GB
Telephone: 01491 692 564
email: brc@ceh.ac.uk
homepage: http://www.brc.ac.uk/
metadata author
Biological Records Centre
Biological Records Centre, CEH Wallingford, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
OX10 8BB
Oxfordshire
GB
Telephone: 01491 692 564
email: brc@ceh.ac.uk
homepage: http://www.brc.ac.uk/
distributor
NBN Atlas
Unit F, 14 - 18 St Mary's Gate, Lace Market
Nottingham
NG1 1PF
Nottinghamshire
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
David Roy
administrative point of contact
email: brc@ceh.ac.uk
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