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Skoett Ant Collection

Citation

Sheard J, Nielsen M G, Pedersen J S (2021). Skoett Ant Collection. Version 1.4. Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/2xh5fd accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

This dataset is the digitized version of handwritten notes on ant observations by Christian Skøtt. Christian Skøtt was a grocer in Denmark with a keen interest in ants. His notes were digitized in connect with a Danish citizen science project called the Ant Hunt, which ran in 2017 and 2018.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Ants (Formicidae) identified to species level.
  1. Formicidae
    common name: Ants rank: family
  2. Camponotus herculeanus, (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
  3. Camponotus ligniperda ,(Latreille, 1802)
    rank: species
  4. Formica cinerea, Mayr, 1853
    rank: species
  5. Formica exsecta, Nylander, 1846
    rank: species
  6. Formica fusca, Linnaeus, 1758
    rank: species
  7. Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904
    rank: species
  8. Formica picea Nylander, 1846
    rank: species
  9. Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
    rank: species
  10. Formica rufa, Linnaeus, 1761
    rank: species
  11. Formica rufibarbis, Fabricius, 1793
    rank: species
  12. Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
    rank: species
  13. Formica truncorum, Fabricius, 1804
    rank: species
  14. Formica uralensis Ruzsky, 1895
    rank: species
  15. Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)
    rank: species
  16. Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)
    rank: species
  17. Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
    rank: species
  18. Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
    rank: species
  19. Lasius flavus, (Fabricius, 1782)
    rank: species
  20. Lasius fuliginosus, (Latreille, 1798)
    rank: species
  21. Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
    rank: species
  22. Lasius niger, (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
  23. Lasius umbratus, (Nylander, 1846)
    rank: species
  24. Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
    rank: species
  25. Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)
    rank: species
  26. Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)
    rank: species
  27. Myrmica lobicornis, Nylander, 1846
    rank: species
  28. Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
  29. Myrmica ruginodis, Nylander, 1846
    rank: species
  30. Myrmica rugulosa, Nylander, 1849
    rank: species
  31. Myrmica sabuleti, Meinert, 1861
    rank: species
  32. Myrmica scabrinodis, Nylander, 1846
    rank: species
  33. Myrmica schencki, Viereck, 1903
    rank: species
  34. Myrmica sulcinodis, Nylander, 1846
    rank: species
  35. Stenamma westwoodii, Westwood, 1839
    rank: species
  36. Tetramorium caespitum, (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Denmark, terrestrial.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Julie Sheard
originator
position: Research assistant
Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate
Universitetsparken 15, Bld. 3., 2nd floor
Copenhagen
2100
DK
email: julie.sheard@sund.ku.dk
homepage: http://www.juliesheard.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1073-0221
Mogens Gissel Nielsen
originator
position: Emeritus
Aarhus University
DK
email: mgn@stofanet.dk
homepage: http://www.naturogmyrer.dk/
Jes Søe Pedersen
originator
position: Associate Professor
Section of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, Copenhagen University
DK
email: jspedersen@bio.ku.dk
homepage: https://www1.bio.ku.dk/english/staff/?pure=en/persons/223913
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4439-2638
Julie Sheard
metadata author
position: Research assistant
Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate
Universitetsparken 15, Bld. 3., 2nd floor
Copenhagen
2100
DK
email: julie.sheard@sund.ku.dk
homepage: http://www.juliesheard.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1073-0221
Julie Sheard
author
position: Research assistant
Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate
Universitetsparken 15, Bld. 3., 2nd floor
Copenhagen
2100
DK
email: julie.sheard@sund.ku.dk
homepage: http://www.juliesheard.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1073-0221
Isabel Calabuig
custodian steward
position: Node Manager, Data Curator
DanBIF, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Copenhagen
email: icalabuig@snm.ku.dk
homepage: http://snm.ku.dk/english/staffsnm/staff/?pure=en/persons/88409
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5515-7900
Jes Søe Pedersen
author
position: Associate Professor
Section of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, Copenhagen University
Universitetsparken 15, Bld. 3., 1st floor
Copenhagen
2100
DK
email: julie.sheard@sund.ku.dk
homepage: https://www1.bio.ku.dk/english/staff/?pure=en/persons/223913
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4439-2638
Mogens Gissel Nielsen
author
position: Emeritus
Aarhus University
DK
email: mgn@stofanet.dk
homepage: http://www.naturogmyrer.dk/
Julie Sheard
administrative point of contact
position: Research assistant
Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate
Universitetsparken 15, Bld. 3., 2nd floor
Copenhagen
2100
DK
email: julie.sheard@sund.ku.dk
homepage: http://www.juliesheard.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1073-0221
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