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| Title: | Specimen based records and geographic locations of carabid beetles (Coleoptera) collected mainly by Dr. Kazuo Tanaka |
| Identifier: | ERDP-2020-17.1.1 |
| Abstract: |
Ground beetles of suborder Adephaga are often considered bioindicators of natural
environments because their habitats and abundances strongly depend upon environmental factors. Although their importance and usefulness are already known, there are limited data regarding voucher specimens in Japan. Biodiversity data based on voucher specimens are of high quality and reliability. In this data paper, we compile the records of Caraboidea collected mainly by Dr. Kazuo Tanaka. We also detail the time and locality of collection based on the labels of specimens deposited in the Institute for Agro- Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan.
This collection facility contains 15,675 records of 673 species collected from 1947 to 1997. All data are deposited in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) through the Japan Node of GBIF and are thus accessible through the GBIF portal under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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| Keywords: |
- Adephaga
- bio-indicator
- ground beetles
- identified specimen
- voucher specimen
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Involved Parties
| Data Set Owners: |
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Individual: | Shin-ichi YOSHIMATSU |
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Organization: | Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO |
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| Kannondai 3-1-3, |
| Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604 Japan |
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Individual: | Yukinobu NAKATANI |
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Organization: | Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO |
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| Kannondai 3-1-3, |
| Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604 Japan |
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Individual: | Takeshi OSAWA |
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Organization: | Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University |
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| Minami-Osawa 1-1, |
| Hachiouji, Tokyo 192-0397 Japan |
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Individual: | Shin-ichi YOSHIMATSU |
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Organization: | Japan node of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
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| Data Set Contacts: |
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Individual: | Shin-ichi YOSHIMATSU |
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Organization: | Affiliation: Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO |
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| Kannondai 3-1-3, |
| Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604 Japan |
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Individual: | Yukinobu NAKATANI |
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Organization: | Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO |
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| Kannondai 3-1-3, |
| Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604 Japan |
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Individual: | Takeshi OSAWA |
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Organization: | Tokyo Metropolitan University / Japan node of the Global Biodiversity 103 Information Facility |
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| Minami-Osawa 1-1, |
| Hachiouji, Tokyo 192-0397 Japan |
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| Associated Parties: |
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Individual: | Shin-ichi YOSHIMATSU |
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Organization: | Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO |
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Address: |
| Kannondai 3-1-3, |
| Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604 Japan |
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Email Address:
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Individual: | Yukinobu NAKATANI |
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Organization: | Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO |
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| Kannondai 3-1-3, |
| Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604 Japan |
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Email Address:
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Individual: | Takeshi OSAWA |
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Organization: | Tokyo Metropolitan University / Japan node of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
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| Minami-Osawa 1-1, |
| Hachiouji, Tokyo 192-0397 Japan |
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Data Set Characteristics
Sampling, Processing and Quality Control Methods
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Step by Step Procedures
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Description:
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Collection overview
Dr. Kazuo Tanaka donated his entire collection of carabid beetles to the Institute for AgroEnvironmental Sciences, NARO, Japan. He collected the specimens primarily for his research across Japan. Some specimens were collected from other countries, and their data were thus not included in a previously published specimen list (Yoshimatsu et al. 2018).
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Publication data content
In this paper, we presented basic information of the collected specimens, including taxonomic and collection details (e.g., time and locality), formatted according to the
current version of the Darwin Core (Table 1). We also compiled local Japanese taxonomic records (family, subfamily, and Japanese names) in the form of data sheets (Table 1). Detailed records including photographs are presented in the specimen lists (Yoshimatset al. 2018).
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Data verification
Scientific names follow Löbl and Smetana (2003). Location information based on the labels of each specimen was verified using maps created by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (http://www.gsi.go.jp/ accessed at July 31, 2019).
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Taxonomy and systematics
Dr. Kazuo Tanaka identified all species using references based on morphological
characters and followed nomenclature of Löbl and Smetana (2003). Mr. Noboru Ito identified some specimens when the list was compiled (Yoshimatsu et al. 2018).
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Data Set Usage Rights
| This dataset is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0 international; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode, accessed at 10, Mar., 2020). All specimens were preserved in the Institute for Agro- Environmental Sciences, NARO. More detailed information of the specimen collection were already published by Yoshimatsu et al. (2018)(Yoshimatsu et al. 2018).
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/4407f212-7285-4d59-b3c8-cda206bb4657 |
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