Inventory of the terrestrial isopods in Belgium (2011-2020)
Citation
Boeraeve P, De Smedt P, Segers S, Arijs G, Lambrechts J, Gielen K, Swinnen K, Desmet P, Brosens D (2022). Inventory of the terrestrial isopods in Belgium (2011-2020). Version 1.11. Natuurpunt. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mw9c66 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-08.Description
Inventory of the terrestrial isopods in Belgium (2011-2020) is an occurrence dataset published by Spinicornis (Terrestrial Isopod Research Group of Belgium), the Research Institute of Nature and Forest (INBO), and Natuurpunt Studie and described in Boevaere et al. 2022 (https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1101.65810). The dataset represents the most complete overview of terrestrial isopods in Belgium and includes occurrences of 35 species, observed between 2011 and 2020. There are 36 native terrestrial isopod species in Belgium (De Smedt et al. 2018) and only one (i.e. Miktoniscus patiencei Vandel, 1946) hasn’t been detected in Belgium between 2011 and 2020. The occurrences originate from field surveys, pitfall trap projects and casual observations. The recorded data are registered through the citizen science portals waarnemingen.be and observations.be, managed by Natuurpunt Studie and Natagora respectively. All data were verified by experts. Here, the dataset is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each record an occurrenceID, reference, date, location and scientific name and if available also individual count, sex, lifestage, behavior, sampling protocol and information on the identification.
Generalized and/or withheld information: location information is generalized to 5 x 5 km² Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid cells. Observer name, exact XY-coordinates, toponyms, and photographs are not included in the published dataset, but are known in the source database.
To allow anyone to use this dataset, we have released the data to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). We would appreciate however, if you read and follow these norms for data use (http://www.natuurpunt.be/normen-voor-datagebruik) and provide a link to the original dataset (https://doi.org/10.15468/mw9c66) whenever possible. If you use these data for a scientific paper, please cite the dataset following the applicable citation norms and/or consider us for co-authorship. We are always interested to provide more information and available for help with analysing the data for your project, so please contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via pepijn@spinicornis.be.
Sampling Description
Study Extent
Inventory of the terrestrial isopods in Belgium (2011-2020) is an initiative of Spinicornis (Terrestrial Isopod Research Group of Belgium) with cooperation of the Research Institute of Nature and Forest (INBO) & Natuurpunt Studie. The project started in 2014 and stated as goal to survey every 10km X 10km square of the UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator Projection) grid in Belgium. The observations made within this project are complemented with citizen science data (point data) from the nature observation websites http://www.waarnemingen.be and https://www.observations.be from 2011 until 2020. All observations were validated based on pictures by the members of Spinicornis. Additional data was collected by identifying specimens from multiple surveys between 2011 and 2020 where pitfall traps or other trap types had been used.Sampling
In every Belgian UTM 10km square, three different habitats (if present) were checked for terrestrial isopods: a deciduous forest, a river or stream side and an anthropogenic habitat (garden, park, graveyard, etc.). Disused stone quarries or coastal habitats were also visited if present. The vast majority of the observations originate from field observations where terrestrial isopods were collected by hand or photographed. A minority comes from pitfall traps or other trap types (e.g. sugar bait traps). The project of Spinicornis was finished at the beginning of 2020 and resulted in an ecological atlas of the terrestrial isopods of Belgium (De Smedt et al. 2020). The majority of the data are presence-only data (absence data are not included in this dataset).Quality Control
Records were collected by both terrestrial isopod experts and volunteers. Observations by volunteers were only included in the database after being validated by experts of Spinicornis based on photographs of their observations.Method steps
- Spinicornis members sampled different habitats in all squares of the UTM 10 x 10 km² grid in Belgium and entered the observations in waarnemingen.be / observations.be. These portals are managed by Natuurpunt Studie and Natagora respectively, but use the same underlying database system.
- Spinicornis members identified specimens observed and collected. The data records were subsequently imported in the waarnemingen.be database.
- Spinicornis also validated observations entered by volunteers in waarnemingen.be and observations.be between 2011 and 2020.
- A custom SQL view is created in the database to map the original data to Darwin Core as an occurrence core.
- A delimited file was created and exported from the waarnemingen database.
- The generated Darwin Core file was imported in the INBO IPT and documented with metadata.
- The dataset is published and registered with GBIF.
Taxonomic Coverages
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Animaliacommon name: animals rank: kingdom
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Arthropodarank: phylum
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Malacostracarank: class
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Isopodacommon name: isopods rank: order
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Oniscidearank: suborder
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Crustacearank: subphylum
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Ligiidaerank: family
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Trichoniscidaerank: family
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Styloniscidaerank: family
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Oniscidaerank: family
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Philosciidaerank: family
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Platyarthrusrank: family
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Armadillidiidaerank: family
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Armadiliidaerank: family
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Cylisticidaerank: family
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Porcellionidaerank: family
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Trachelipodidaerank: family
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Androniscus dentigerrank: species
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Armadillidium albumrank: species
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Armadillidium nasatumrank: species
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Armadillidium opacumrank: species
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Armadillidium pictumrank: species
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Armadillidium pulchellumrank: species
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Armadillidium vulgarerank: species
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Cylisticus convexusrank: species
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Eluma caelatarank: species
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Haplophthalmus danicusrank: species
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Haplophthalmus mengiirank: species
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Haplophthalmus montivagusrank: species
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Hyloniscus ripariusrank: species
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Ligia oceanicarank: species
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Ligidium hypnorumrank: species
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Metatrichoniscoides leydigiirank: species
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Oniscus asellusrank: species
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Philoscia affinisrank: species
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Philoscia muscorumrank: species
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Platyarthrus hoffmannseggiirank: species
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Porcellio dilatatusrank: species
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Porcellio laevisrank: species
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Porcellio monticolarank: species
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Porcellio scaberrank: species
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Porcellio spinicornisrank: species
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Porcellionides pruinosusrank: species
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Porcellium conspersumrank: species
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Trachelipus rathkiirank: species
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Trichoniscoides albidusrank: species
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Trichoniscoides helveticusrank: species
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Trichoniscoides sarsirank: species
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Trichoniscus alemannicusrank: species
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Trichoniscus provisoriusrank: species
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Trichoniscus pusillusrank: species
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Trichoniscus pygmaeusrank: species
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Haplophthalmus danicus/mengii/montivagusrank: unranked
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Trichoniscus pusillus/provisorius/alemannicusrank: unranked
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Trichoniscoides sarsi/helveticusrank: unranked
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
- Boeraeve P, Arijs G, Segers S, Brosens D, Desmet P, Swinnen K, Lambrechts J, De Smedt P (2021) Inventory of the terrestrial isopods in Belgium (2011–2020). In: De Smedt P, Taiti S, Sfenthourakis S, Campos-Filho IS (Eds) Facets of terrestrial isopod biology. ZooKeys 1101: 57-69. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1101.65810 -
- Boeraeve P, Arijs G, Segers S, De Smedt P (2021) Habitat and seasonal activity patterns of the terrestrial isopods of Belgium (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Belgian Journal of Entomology 116: 1-95. http://www.srbe-kbve.be/cm/sites/default/files/publications/BJE/BJE%202021/BJE%20_116_Boerave%20et%20%20al_%20August.pdf -
- De Smedt P, Arijs G, Segers S, Boeraeve P (2017) Woodlice of the green houses at Ghent Botanical Garden and Botanic Garden Meise with two new exotic species for Belgium (Isopoda: Oniscidae). Bulletin de la Société royale belge d’Entomologie/Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie 153: 109-112 -
- De Smedt P, Boeraeve P, Arijs G, Segers S (2018) Woodlice of Belgium: an annotated checklist and bibliography (Isopoda, Oniscidea). In: Hornung E, Taiti S, Szlavecz K (Eds) Isopods in a Changing World. ZooKeys 801: 265–304 https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.801.21894 -
- De Smedt P, Boeraeve P, Arijs G, Segers S (2020) De landpissebedden van België (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Spinicornis, Bonheiden, Belgium, 148pp. -
Contacts
Pepijn Boeraeveoriginator
Spinicornis (Terrestrial Isopod Group of Belgium)
BE
email: pepijn@spinicornis.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3752-6407
Pallieter De Smedt
originator
Spinicornis (Terrestrial Isopod Group of Belgium)
BE
email: pallieter@spinicornis.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3073-6751
Stijn Segers
originator
Spinicornis (Terrestrial Isopod Group of Belgium)
BE
email: stijn@spinicornis.be
Gert Arijs
originator
Spinicornis (Terrestrial Isopod Group of Belgium)
BE
email: gert@spinicornis.be
Jorg Lambrechts
originator
Natuurpunt Studie
BE
email: jorg.lambrechts@natuurpunt.be
Karin Gielen
originator
Natuurpunt Studie
BE
email: karin.gielen@natuurpunt.be
Kristijn Swinnen
originator
Natuurpunt Studie
BE
email: kristijn.swinnen@natuurpunt.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1910-9247
Peter Desmet
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8025
Dimitri Brosens
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) / Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116
Pepijn Boeraeve
metadata author
Spinicornis (Terrestrial Isopod Group of Belgium)
BE
email: pepijn@spinicornis.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3752-6407
Pallieter De Smedt
metadata author
Spinicornis (Terrestrial Isopod Group of Belgium)
BE
email: pallieter@spinicornis.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3073-6751
Dimitri Brosens
metadata author
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) / Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
email: dimitri.brosens@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116
Peter Desmet
metadata author
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
email: peter.desmet@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8025
Kristijn Swinnen
metadata author
Natuurpunt Studie
BE
email: kristijn.swinnen@natuurpunt.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1910-9247
Pepijn Boeraeve
administrative point of contact
Spinicornis (Terrestrial Isopod Group of Belgium)
BE
email: pepijn@spinicornis.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3752-6407
Pallieter De Smedt
administrative point of contact
Spinicornis (Terrestrial Isopod Group of Belgium)
BE
email: pallieter@spinicornis.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3073-6751