Integrating multiple sources of biodiversity information greatly expands the range of a rare species of Hymenoptera (Vanhorniidae)

By

Hogan, Joshua
Bass, Amber
Zhang, Y. Miles
Sharanowski, Barbara

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-07-16

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

7

Pages

1--10

Subjects

Citizen science , databasing , digitisation , Distribution , Eucnemidae , Isorhipis , museum science , parasitoid , Proctotrupoidea , Vanhornia eucnemidarum

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e37569
eLocator: e37569

 

Abstract

Vanhorniaeucnemidarum Crawford is the only species of Vanhorniidae that occurs in North America. This species is rarely collected and thus the distribution is not well documented. Intending to uncover a more accurate range of this species, we assembled collection records from museums, personal collections and citizen science projects. Many of these records were non-digitised and had to be personally requested.<br> Here we expand the known distribution of V.eucnemidarum to include nine new provinces and states: Manitoba, Connecticut, Oregon, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Texas and Wisconsin. Although Quebec has been listed as a previous locality, the recorded province was mislabelled, so Quebec is now also officially a provincial record.