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KZNM-PINDIP-DIPTATEACH

Citation

Zamisa S, Midgley J, Jordaens K (2020). KZNM-PINDIP-DIPTATEACH. Version 1.3. KwaZulu-Natal Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/fajkyc accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-10.

Description

The Entomology Collection represents the largest collection in the Natural Science Department of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum.The collection's geographic focus is South Africa with additional Afrotropical and Global material. The taxon dimension of the collection is flies and the geographic dimension of those flies is predominantly from South Africa. The collection is an actively developing collection and some of the research on the collection includes the PINDIP (Pollinator Information Network for Two-Winged Insects) (link to: https://www.pindip.org/) project, research on forensic dipterology and the ongoing research on robberfly taxonomy. The PINDIP project, funded by the JRS Biodiversity Foundation, and headed by the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RCMA), will help redress that gap for sub-Saharan Africa, by partnering with museums in Africa to digitize and publish existing records on the group of insects known as Diptera (flies and mosquitoes), and increase the size and value of museum collections through field collections, and by documenting pollination interaction webs for the group. The Diptera families of interest are Bombyliidae, Calliphoridae, Mythicomyiidae, Nemestrinidae, Rhiniidae, Syrphidae and Tabanidae. The African institutions involved are: International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE, Nairobi, Kenya), National Museums of Kenya (NMK, Nairobi, Kenya), KwaZulu-Natal Museum (NMSA, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa), National Museum Bloemfontein (BMSA, Bloemfontein, South Africa), South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI, Pretoria, South Africa), and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, Cotonou, Benin).

The PINDIP project, funded by the JRS Biodiversity Foundation and hosted at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, includes mobilization of Afrotropical pollinating fly (Diptera) data as a primary output. The dataset from the KwaZulu-Natal Museum comprises approximately 30 000 specimens of pollinating fly, predominantly from the Afrotropics, and is a key output for this project.

DIPTATEACH is a network project that aims to enhance open-access data set on the Syrphidae of South Africa in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZNM) Diptera collection.

The dataset contains occurrence records for flies of the families Bombyliidae, Calliphoridae, Mythicomyiidae, Nemestrinidae, Rhiniidae and Syrphidae, as well as the subfamily Pangoniinae (Tabanidae). All associated specimens are housed at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum Entomology Collection.

Purpose

The data set was created to show the network between different groups of specific pollinators in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Dataset comprises historical records from circa 1900 to 2019, focussing on the Afrotropics but with some additional material.

Sampling

Historical collection records, including various methods such as malaise traps, hand collecting etc.

Quality Control

Historical specimens have been re-identified where possible.

Method steps

  1. Data cleaning.
  2. Taxon names were compared to the GBIF data using the species matching tool.

Taxonomic Coverages

The collection covers 6 families and 1 subfamily, the families are Bombyliidae, Calliphoridae, Mythicomyiidae, Nemestrinidae, Rhiniidae, Syrphidae and the subfamily is Pangoniinae.
  1. Pangoniinae
    rank: subfamily
  2. Bombyliidae
    rank: family
  3. Calliphoridae
    rank: family
  4. Mythicomyiidae
    rank: family
  5. Nemestrinidae
    rank: family
  6. Rhiniidae
    rank: family
  7. Syrphidae
    rank: family

Geographic Coverages

The PINDIP project data consist of two winged insects that are found all over Africa and seeks to find the pollination information of these insects.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Siyabonga Zamisa
originator
position: Data Technician
KwaZulu-Natal Museum
237 Jabu Ndlovu Street
Pietermaritzburg
3201
KwaZulu-Natal
ZA
Telephone: +27 33 341 0524
email: szamisa@nmsa.org.za
homepage: http://www.nmsa.org.za
John Midgley
originator
position: Assistant Director
KwaZulu-Natal Museum
237 Jabu Ndlovu Street
Pietermaritzburg
3201
KwaZulu-Natal
ZA
Telephone: 0333410559
email: jmidgley@nmsa.org.za
Kurt Jordaens
originator
position: Entomologist
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Leuvensesteenweg 13
Tervuren
3080
BE
Telephone: +3227695373
email: kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be
Siyabonga Zamisa
metadata author
position: Data Technician
KwaZulu-Natal Museum
237 Jabu Ndlovu Street
Pietermaritzburg
3201
KwaZulu-Natal
ZA
Telephone: +27 33 341 0524
email: szamisa@nmsa.org.za
homepage: http://www.nmsa.org.za
John Midgley
point of contact
position: Assistant Director
KwaZulu-Natal Museum
237 Jabu Ndlovu Street
Pietermaritzburg
3201
KwaZulu-Natal
ZA
Telephone: +27 33 341 0559
email: jmidgley@nmsa.org.za
homepage: http://www.nmsa.org.za
Kurt Jordaens
administrative point of contact
position: Entomologist
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Leuvensesteenweg 13
Tervuren
3080
BE
Telephone: 32 2 769 5373
email: kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be
homepage: http://info@africamuseum.be
Siyabonga Zamisa
administrative point of contact
position: Data Technician
KwaZulu-Natal Museum
237 Jabu Ndlovu Street
Pietermaritzburg
3201
KwaZulu-Natal
ZA
Telephone: +27 33 341 0524
email: szamisa@nmsa.org.za
homepage: http://www.nmsa.org.za
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