A checklist of termites (Isoptera) of Kenya in the Zoological Collection of the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi
Latest version published by National Museums of Kenya on Oct 16, 2017
A checklist of historical records of termites (Isoptera) specimen archived at invertebrate collection, zoology department of National Museums of Kenya (NMK) in Nairobi. The species presented are from various localities within Kenya.
Data Records
The data in this checklist 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 82 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.
Downloads
Download the latest version of this resource data as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) or the resource metadata as EML or RTF:
| Data as a DwC-A file | download 82 records in English (5 KB) - Update frequency: unknown |
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| Metadata as an EML file | download in English (12 KB) |
| Metadata as an RTF file | download in English (9 KB) |
Versions
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Nyandiala A, Njoroge L (2017): A checklist of termites (Isoptera) of Kenya in the Zoological Collection of the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi. v1.2. National Museums of Kenya. Dataset/Checklist. http://ipt.museums.or.ke/ipt/resource?r=isoptera_i&v=1.2
Rights
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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: 2daac035-1224-451e-a8ff-083dac9a6f31. National Museums of Kenya publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Kenya.
Keywords
Checklist; Isoptera; Termites; Digitization; Specimen; National Museums of Kenya; Zoological Department; Derived from ccurrence
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Geographic Coverage
The species were collected from various localities within Kenya.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-4.741, 33.838], North East [5.047, 41.836] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The invertebrates are from the infraorder isoptera with four families (Kalotermitidae, Hodotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae and Termitidae).
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
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| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Isoptera |
| Family | Kalotermitidae, Hodotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1949-01-01 / 2015-01-01 |
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Project Data
The National Museums of Kenya is currently very keen on the digitization of its biocollections especially the natural history collections. The digitized specimens can then be used to make informed decisions in conservation issues and policy making.
| Title | The digitization of specimen in Invertebrate Collection, Zoology Department of the National Museums of Kenya. |
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| Funding | National Museums of Kenya |
| Study Area Description | The specimens were collected from various localities in Kenya. |
| Design Description | The specimens were first assigned a unique identifier referred to as a catalogue number. The specimen data was then captured in excel spreadsheets. The data was cleaned and aligned to the Darwin core standards before being submitted for upload through the National Museums of Kenya GBIF IPT. |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Invertebrates |
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| Specimen preservation methods | Alcohol |
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| Curatorial Units | Count 28 +/- 10 boxes |
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Additional Metadata
Wanyonyi, K., Darlington, J. P. E. C., & Bagine, R. K. N. (1984). Checklist of the species of termites (Isoptera) recorded from East Africa. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum, 181, 1-10.
| Purpose | The specimens were digitized to help in understanding their distribution across Kenya. For easy access in the collection and public consumption through open access database. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | http://ipt.museums.or.ke/ipt/resource?r=isoptera_i |