8fdb1233-5ceb-4efe-ad96-028aeae64fc0 FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology Information Systems Specialist +27 21 650 4751 FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town Cape Town Rondebosch 7701 South Africa rene.navarro@uct.ac.za 2019-07-18T07:03:38 SANS 1878 FGDC-STD-001-1998 WGS 1984 LacewingMAP: Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera 2018-08-28 1.0 http://metadata.sanbi.org/geonetwork/srv/metadata/8fdb1233-5ceb-4efe-ad96-028aeae64fc0 This data-set comprises validated species occurrence records of Neuroptera and Megaloptera across Africa, although the bulk of the data is for South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini (former Swaziland). It is a collection of data from citizen science contributions, museum collections, personal notebooks, published literature records, and other unpublished sources. Records range from 1924 to present. The Neuroptera and Megaloptera are collectively loosely termed the "lacewings." Hence the name LacewingMAP. This is a somewhat obscure group of insects, and this project is an ideal way to sensitize everyone to their existence. Lacewings are one of nature's best all-purpose predators and provide essential "ecosystem services": they control aphids. LacewingMAP is a project in collaboration with Dr Mervyn Mansel, University of Pretoria, and a world leader in lacewing research. . He has digitized the museum specimens in the major museum collections in southern Africa. This data was uploaded into GBIF and forms the basis of the data holdings in LacewingMAP. LacewingMAP is a Virtual Museum and citizen science project which aims to determine the distribution and conservation priorities of “Lacewings” on the African continent. Identification of citizen science records, based on the photos uploaded, is done by a panel of experts in the relevant taxa. The taxonomy is kept up-to-date by the project coordinator, a professional entomologist. All data available in this dataset is shareable. Records are provided at the recorded precision, usually point coordinates. However, historical records were assigned to a 15x15 minute grid (or QDS) based on the locality description when no coordinates were provided. The coverage is good for South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini, moderate for Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Malawi but very sparse for the rest of Africa. The information consolidated within the project will build up a comprehensive identification guide, as well as mapping the ranges of each species. Dr Rene Navarro FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology Information Systems Specialist +27 21 650 4751 University of Cape Town, Rondebosch Cape Town 7701 South Africa rene.navarro@uct.ac.za African Neuroptera and Megaloptera picture archive Distribution maps Terrestrial Animalia: Euarthropoda: Insecta: Neuroptera Animalia: Euarthropoda: Insecta: Megaloptera 50000 environment 2014-09-08 -17.3 51.1 -34.6 38.2 FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology rene.navarro@uct.ac.za ZIP 1 http://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link A list of services published are available at this URL. Virtual Museum System null://null:null/srv/api/records/8fdb1233-5ceb-4efe-ad96-028aeae64fc0/attachments/VMUS_to_DwC_20181005.xlsx WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link VMUS_to_DwC_20181005.xlsx Virtual Museum field description and Darwin Core mapping LacewingMAP is a project done in collaboration with Dr Mervyn Mansel, University of Pretoria. He has digitized the museum specimens in the major museum collections in southern Africa. This data was uploaded into GBIF and forms the basis of the data holdings in LacewingMAP. LacewingMAP data sources and number of records in brackets (as of 2018-11-02): ADU-UCT (Virtual Museum) (2,604); University of Pretoria (GBIF: Mervyn Mansel) (12,898). All records are shareable.