Alien invasive insects of Republic Karelia
Citation
Polevoi A, Humala A, Bedoreva I (2021). Alien invasive insects of Republic Karelia. Version 1.5. Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/53nyw2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-23.Description
The dataset includes data on invasive alien species of the insect orders Coleoptera and Diptera, known from the territory of Republic Karelia.
The data set is based on collected specimens and human observations since 1958 in the southern part of Republic Karelia. It represents an excerpt from general entomofauna database currently developed and supported at Forest Research Institute of KarRC RAS.
Collected specimens are stored at the insect collection of the Forest Research Institute of KarRC RAS and available for study by speciealists.
Sampling Description
Study Extent
The dataset includes field observations in South Karelia from 1958 to 2021Sampling
Collecting on different substrates by hand or sweep-net, visual observationsMethod steps
- Collecting or observing specimens, sometimes with photographs
- Identification of collected and photographed specimens
- Digitizing the data with MS Access and MS Excel
Taxonomic Coverages
Dataset includes insects of the orders Coleoptera and Diptera. All were identified to species level.
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Coleopterarank: species
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Dipterarank: species
Geographic Coverages
Records cover the entire territory of Republic Karelia, with majority of data originating from southern part between еру lake Ladoga to Zaonezhskiy peninsula and adjacent islands in the lake Onega.
Bibliographic Citations
- https://www.vieraslajit.fi/ - https://www.vieraslajit.fi/
- http://www.sevin.ru/invasive/index.html - http://www.sevin.ru/invasive/index.html
- Orlova-Bienkowskaja M.J. (ed.) Inventory on alien beetles of European Russia. Livny: Mukhametov G.V., 2019. 550 pp. -
Contacts
Alexei Polevoioriginator
position: senior researcher
Forest Research Institute KarRC RAS
Pushkinskaya st., 11
Petrozavodsk
185910
Karelia
RU
email: alexei.polevoi@krc.karelia.ru
userId: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-9667-2013
Andrei Humala
originator
position: senior researcher
Forest Research Institute KarRC RAS
Pushkinskaya st., 11
Petrozavodsk
185910
Karelia
RU
email: humala@krc.karelia.ru
userId: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-2914-2013
Irina Bedoreva
metadata author
position: Leading Mathematician
KarRS RAS
email: irina_ivb@list.ru
Alexei Polevoi
author
position: senior researcher
Forest Research Institute KarRC RAS
Pushkinskaya st., 11
Petrozavodsk
185910
Karelia
RU
email: alexei.polevoi@krc.karelia.ru
userId: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-9667-2013
Alexei Polevoi
administrative point of contact
position: senior researcher
Forest Research Institute KarRC RAS
Pushkinskaya st., 11
Petrozavodsk
185910
Karelia
RU
email: alexei.polevoi@krc.karelia.ru
userId: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-9667-2013