Insect Collections of Okomu National Park- Nigeria

Okedeji Okeyoyin; Asuquo Innocent; Omokafe Ugbogu

doi:10.15468/0tlhky

Insect Collections of Okomu National Park- Nigeria

Citation

Okeyoyin O, Innocent A, Ugbogu O, Osiyemi O (2019). Insect Collections of Okomu National Park- Nigeria. National Park Services. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/0tlhky accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-09-30.

Description

An insect section for wildlife conservation is domicile in Okomu National Park Research Center (ONPRC). The insect section is a repository of about 100 specimens of the class Arthropoda, including the Orders, Lepidoptera, Odonata, as well as a few Dipterans. All the specimens were collected from Okomu National Park, through routine forest research by research entomologists, field survey, as well as the Park’s internal research programmes. However, more collections, which have not been marked and identified, have been added to the insect repository by SIWES/IT students, insect researchers, private collection, and Park Rangers, making the volume of insect specimens in ONPRC to continue to grow regularly. The ultimate aim of ONPRC is to collect as much as possible, preserve, monitor the distribution and status of forest insects in Nigeria, especially those ones around the Protected and contiguous areas of the Park. The present data set 16 records of insects which consist of 15 species from 15 genera and 9 families collected in year 2017 and 2018.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Not applicable

Sampling

Not applicable

Method steps

Not applicable

Taxonomic Coverages

Specimens were identified yo species rank

Calopteryx maculata
rank: species
Mallodon downesi
rank: species
Acanthophorus spinicornis
rank: species
Smaragdesthes africana
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Insect collections were made from Edo State, Nigeria

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Okedeji Okeyoyin
originator
position: Conservator/Curator
National Park Service
Abuja
FCT
NG
Telephone: +234 8083434305
email: okeyoyingeorge@yahoo.co.uk

Asuquo Innocent
originator
position: Field Officer
Okomu National Park
Ovia South
Edo State
NG
email: nigeriaparks_okomu@yahoo.com

Omokafe Ugbogu
originator
position: Director/Curator Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI)
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill, Dugbe
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8032236876
email: omokafeugbogu@yahoo.com

Oluwaseun Osiyemi
metadata author
position: Chief Research Scientist
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill, Dugbe
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: 08023626443
email: osinyemi2004@yahoo.com

Omokafe Ugbogu
principal investigator
position: Director/Curator Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI)
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill, Dugbe
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8032236876
email: omokafeugbogu@yahoo.com

Okedeji Okeyoyin
curator
position: Conservator/ Curator
National Park Service
Abuja
NG
Telephone: +234 8083434305
email: okeyoyingeorge@yahoo.co.uk

Marie-Elise Lecoq
distributor
position: IT Engineer
GBIF France
FR
Telephone: +33140798065
email: melecoq@gbif.fr

Omokafe Ugbogu
administrative point of contact
position: Director/Curator Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI)
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill, Dugbe
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8032236876
email: omokafeugbogu@yahoo.com

Oluwaseun Osiyemi
administrative point of contact
position: Chief Research Officer
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill, Dugbe
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: 08023626443
email: osinyemi2004@yahoo.com