Carabid beetles in Southern Dolomites from 1983 to 1996

Roberto Pizzolotto

doi:10.15468/tysq92

Carabid beetles in Southern Dolomites from 1983 to 1996

Citation

Pizzolotto R, Durante F (2024). Carabid beetles in Southern Dolomites from 1983 to 1996. Version 1.1. Dept. Biology Ecology and Earth Sciences - Università della Calabria. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/tysq92 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-01-14.

Description

The dataset reports the data of Carabid beetles collected by pitfall traps in an alpine region within the Eastern Alps, especially the populations of beetles living in meadows and screes from 1300 m a.s.l. to 2160 m a.s.l. on the Southern Dolomites were analysed. In particular, the entomofauna of four areas,Vette di Feltre, Erera Brendol, La Vareta and Monte Garda, was sampled.

The dataset comprises two tables: the event table, where data on sample sites were given, and the occurrence table, where species abundance was given.

Purpose

The main purpose of this work is to give open access to a dataset as complete as possible and according to FAIR principles, on distribution and abundance of carabid beetles in the Southern Dolomites (Italy, see geographic coverage). The dataset included here is aimed at carrying forward an initiative of adopting a formal structure for datasets on carabid beetles, and to give open access to these data.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The study area involved high altitude grassland. Sampling frequency was about 20-30 days (emptying of traps).

Sampling

The sampling method used was that of pitfall traps, which has already been approved and validated. The samples were obtained by pitfall traps, consisting of plastic cups with a diameter of 9.2 cm at the mouth and 7 cm at the base and 11 cm high, buried to the edge, and filled to about 3 cm from the bottom with a commercial wine vinegar solution containing 5% formalin by volume. The traps were emptied at intervals of about twenty days.

Method steps

Once the traps were placed, they were left in place for twenty to thirty days, emptied and repositioned. After the collection cycle, the contents of the traps were transferred to containers with a label (place and date) and stored in alcohol. The samples were then transferred to the laboratory. Here they were sorted by separating the carabids from everything else. After that, the species were identified and the number of individuals was counted. The information obtained was then collected in an Excel file, where the unit of effort was also recorded among the various data. The tables have been standardized following Darwin Core and finally published on GBIF.

Taxonomic Coverages

Carabidae
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

The study area was in the South Eastern Dolomites, Italian Eastern Alps. The included area are: Vette di Feltre, La Vareta, Monte Garda, and Erera Brendol which are all included into the Bellunesi Dolomites group.The main peaks are (from West to East) Monte Pavione 2234m , Monte Brandol 2160m, Monte Talvena 2542m.

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Contacts

Roberto Pizzolotto
originator
position: Professor
Dipartimento BEST, Università della Calabria
Rende
87036
Cosenza (CS)
IT
email: piz@unical.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4587-3476

Roberto Pizzolotto
metadata author
position: Professor
Dipartimento BEST, Università della Calabria
Rende
87036
Cosenza (CS)
IT
email: piz@unical.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4587-3476

Fabiola Durante
metadata author
position: PhD. student
Dipartimento BEST, Università della Calabria
Ponte Bucci 4b
Rende
87036
Cosenza (CS)
IT
email: fabiola.durante@unical.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4923-9199

Roberto Pizzolotto
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
Dipartimento BEST, Università della Calabria
Ponte Bucci 4b
Rende
87036
Cosenza (CS)
IT
email: piz@unical.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4587-3476