Description
The data here is a digitized presentation on the occurrence of hawkmoth species housed in the Zoology department, National Museums of Kenya's insect collection. The data provides baseline information on the distribution of different hawkmoth species and can be used for future ecology studies on hawkmoths as well as monitoring of population trends in various habitats.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 5,095 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Kioko E, Musyoki A, Luanga A, Sese J, Nyangena L, Mwinzi D (2022): Occurrence data of hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in the National Museums of Kenya Zoological Collection. v1.11. National Museums of Kenya. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.museums.or.ke/ipt/resource?r=hawkmoth_nmk_i&v=1.11
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is National Museums of Kenya. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 302155f9-49a6-4ee2-a01b-293067ddeeed. National Museums of Kenya publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Kenya.
Keywords
Occurrence data; Lepidoptera; hawkmoths; specimen; digitization; Kenya; Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Head of Department, Zoology
- Originator
- Research Assistant, Invertebrates Zoology
- Originator
- Technician, Invertebrates Zoology
- Originator
- Technician, Invertebrates Zoology
- Originator
- Research Intern
- Originator
- Research Intern
- Processor
- Research Scientist
http://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4961-0278
- Publisher
- ICT Manager
Geographic Coverage
The specimens were collected from various localities in Africa.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-35.174, -17.578], North East [37.44, 52.383] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Several species from the Sphingidae family.
| Family | Sphingidae |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1904-09-01 / 2020-01-23 |
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Project Data
The hawkmoth specimen digitization is part of ongoing NMK/JRS project
| Title | Assessment of Lepidoptera pollinator species diversity in East Africa |
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| Funding | The project is funded by JRS Biodiversity foundation, with co-funding provided by National Museums of Kenya |
| Study Area Description | Dry preserved specimens collection within the National Museums of Kenya |
| Design Description | Specimen and species data captured in excel spreadsheets. Data aligned to the Darwin core standards before publishing through the NMK’s IPT. |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
Collection Data
| Collection Name | Invertebrate Zoology Section Collection, National Museums of Kenya |
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| Specimen preservation methods | Pinned |
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Additional Metadata
| Purpose | This dataset provides a preliminary species list of the mammals found in the ADNR and immediately surrounding area and provides a thoroughly assessed source of digitized data for reference and conservation of biodiversity. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 32e04480-0a6b-4a1e-acb4-6677c40aa6bd |
| 302155f9-49a6-4ee2-a01b-293067ddeeed | |
| http://ipt.museums.or.ke/ipt/resource?r=hawkmoth_nmk_i |