Occurrence data of Elateridae housed in the natural history museum collection in Nairobi, Kenya
Citation
Njoroge L, Kemei K, Mwangi B (2024). Occurrence data of Elateridae housed in the natural history museum collection in Nairobi, Kenya. National Museums of Kenya. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/phzzxv accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-16.Description
The dataset presents occurrence records of beetles in the family Elateridae commonly known as click beetles housed at the natural history collections at the National Museums of Kenya. The specimens were collected over many years from within Kenya and other parts of Africa.Purpose
Generating and collating biodiversity data for policy development in the Lake Victoria basin and beyond.
Sampling Description
Study Extent
All over Africa.Sampling
Specimen data was mined from specimen labels of records collected from all over Africa.Quality Control
Original dataset was formatted while adhering to Darwin’s Core standards. Laban Njoroge checked the adhering to museum data digitization standards and Esther Mwangi checked the adhering to the Darwin core standards.Method steps
- 1. Specimen sorting. 2. Specimen cataloguing. 3. Specimen data mining and digitization. 4. Geo-referencing. 5. Data cleaning and validation by taxa experts housed at the National Museums of Kenya. 6. Dataset validation using the GBIF data validator https://www.gbif.org/tools/data-validator 7. Upload to GBIF through the IPT for publishing.
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Specimens are from all over the African continent.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Laban Njorogeoriginator
position: Head - Invertebrates Section, Zoology Department
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Nairobi
P. O. Box 40658 - 00100,
Nairobi
KE
Telephone: +254722257790
email: lnjoroge@museums.or.ke
Kelvin Kemei
originator
position: Data clerk - Invertebrate Section, Zoology Dept.
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Nairobi
40658 - 00100
Nairobi
KE
email: kelvinkemei254@gmail.com
Beatrice Mwangi
originator
position: Data clerk - Invertebrate Section, Zoology Dept.
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Nairobi
40658 - 00100
Nairobi
KE
email: mwangiwamachaa@gmail.com
Laban Njoroge
metadata author
position: Head - Invertebrates Section, Zoology Department
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Nairobi
P. O. Box 40658 - 00100,
Nairobi
KE
Telephone: +254722257790
email: lnjoroge@museums.or.ke
Laban Njoroge
administrative point of contact
position: Head - Invertebrates Section, Zoology Department
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Nairobi
P. O. Box 40658 - 00100,
Nairobi
KE
Telephone: +254722257790
email: lnjoroge@museums.or.ke
Kelvin Kemei
administrative point of contact
position: Data clerk - Invertebrate Section, Zoology Dept.
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Nairobi
P. O. Box 40658 -00100
Nairobi
KE
email: kelvinkemei254@gmail.com
Beatrice Mwangi
administrative point of contact
position: Data clerk - Invertebrate Section, Zoology Dept.
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Nairobi
P. O. Box 40658 -00100
Nairobi
KE
email: mwangiwamachaa@gmail.com