FBIP: Baboon spider distribution records from selected South African museums
Citation
Sole C, Engelbrecht I (2019). FBIP: Baboon spider distribution records from selected South African museums. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/magbfd accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.Description
Specimen records for baboon spiders from the Iziko South African Museum, Durban Museum of Natural History, Kwazulu-Natal Museum an National Museum, Bloemfontein. The dataset was created as part of the Baboon Spider Atlas project (www.baboonspideratlas.co.za) which aims to document baboon spider diversity in Southern Africa. The records have also been included in the SpiderMap project on the ADU Virtual Museum (http://vmus.adu.org.za) and can be viewed there together with photographic records from citizen scientists.Sampling Description
Study Extent
Southern AfricanSampling
No specimens were collected. All identifications are based on existing museum specimens.Quality Control
Identifications were checked and updated, and locality records were georeferenced. Georeferenced were checked in a GIS.Method steps
- Specimens were examined and identified by an expert. All records were extracted from the database for each institution and are included in the dataset, even where those specimens were not located in the collection. Taxonomy was updated in many cases, and existing identifications confirmed or corrected. The numbers of specimens and their sex in each series was also recorded. Locality records were georeferenced following the protocol of Wieczorek et al. 2004. Verbatim coordinates, where available, were used as a guide for georeferencing localities, and so the decimal coordinates fields should be correct, even where they don't match verbatim coordinates.
Taxonomic Coverages
Baboon spiders (Araneae: Theraphosidae)
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Theraphosidaerank: family
Geographic Coverages
Southern African
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Catherine Soleoriginator
position: Senior Lecturer
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria, Zoology Building, Office: 3-7. First Floor
Pretoria
0002
Gauteng
ZA
Telephone: 0124203236
email: catherine.sole@up.ac.za
homepage: https://www.up.ac.za/zoology-entomology/article/2255388/prof-catherine-sole
Ian Engelbrecht
originator
position: SANBI NSCF Data Coordinator
SANBI
2 Cussonia Avenue
Pretoria
0184
Gauteng
ZA
Telephone: 0128435000
email: ianicus.za@gmail.com
Catherine Sole
metadata author
position: Senior Lecturer
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria, Zoology Building, Office: 3-7. First Floor
Pretoria
0002
Gauteng
ZA
Telephone: 0124203236
email: catherine.sole@up.ac.za
homepage: https://www.up.ac.za/zoology-entomology/article/2255388/prof-catherine-sole
Ian Engelbrecht
metadata author
position: SANBI NSCF Data Coordinator
SANBI
2 Cussonia Avenue
Pretoria
0184
Gauteng
ZA
Telephone: 0128435000
email: ianicus.za@gmail.com
Mahlatse Kgatla
content provider
position: FBIP Data Specialist
SANBI
2 Cussonia Avenue, Brummeria
Pretoria
0184
Gauteng
ZA
Telephone: 0128435196
email: m.kgatla@sanbi.org.za
homepage: http://fbip.co.za/contact/
Catherine Sole
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Lecturer
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria, Zoology Building, Office: 3-7. First Floor
Pretoria
0002
Gauteng
ZA
Telephone: 0124203236
email: catherine.sole@up.ac.za
homepage: https://www.up.ac.za/zoology-entomology/article/2255388/prof-catherine-sole
Ian Engelbrecht
administrative point of contact
position: SANBI NSCF Data Coordinator
SANBI
2 Cussonia Avenue
Pretoria
0184
Gauteng
ZA
Telephone: 0128435000
email: ianicus.za@gmail.com