Description
Certain species of insects such as odonates, are used as bioindicators because they react intensely to disturbances in their living environment that could be due to anthropogenic or natural activities. Bioindicators or ecological indicators are taxa or groups of animals or plants that show signs when affected by environmental pressures due to human activities or the destruction of the biotic system. This result is from funding by GBIF (BID-AF2017-0311) and University of Lagos, Nigeria(CRC 2016/21) that involved the Digitization and Mobilization of Odonata of Southern Nigeria and molecular characterization, DNA barcoding and banking of Odonata of South western Nigeria respectively. So far, over 4000 colletions from Lagos, Osun, Oyo and Ondo States have been digitized. Odonate collections from Akwa Ibom State comprised 836 individuals from 23 species, and four families. The families were Libellulidae (75%), Coenagrionidae (24%), Calopterygidae (0.1%) and Chlorocyphidae (0.4%). Three dominant species found from the collections include Palpopleura lucia (39%), Orthetrum chrysostigma (9%) and Pseudagrion kersteni (9%). Two species with only one individual were Phaon iridipennis and Thoymis tillarga.
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 836 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
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Kemabonta K, A., Essien, R., Adu, B.W., Ogbogu, S. U., Iysa, A and Uche-Dike, R Abundance, Distribution of Odonates (Dragonflies and Damselflies) In Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, Pan African Jornal of Life Sciences 2019, 2
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Akwa Ibom State University. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 25f28184-995a-499f-8594-de3b757d8047. Akwa Ibom State University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Nigeria.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Originator
- Lecturer 1
- Department of Crop Science, Obio Akpa Campus
- 8027022191
- User
- Associate Professor
Geographic Coverage
Collections of specimens are from and around AKSU Uyo
Bounding Coordinates | South West [4.982, 7.853], North East [5.065, 7.968] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Insects from Order Odonata- dragonflies and damselflies.
Order | Odonata (Dragonflies) |
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Project Data
This result is from funding by GBIF (BID-AF2017-0311) and University of Lagos, Nigeria(CRC 2016/21) that involved the Digitization and Mobilization of Odonata of Southern Nigeria and molecular characterization, DNA barcoding and banking of Odonata of South western Nigeria respectively. So far, over 4000 collections made up of over 190 species, from Lagos, Osun, Oyo and Ondo States have been digitized. Odonate collections from Akwa Ibom State comprised 836 individuals from 23 species, and four families. The families were Libellulidae (75%), Coenagrionidae (24%), Calopterygidae (0.1%) and Chlorocyphidae (0.4%). Three dominant species found from the collections include Palpopleura lucia (39%), Orthetrum chrysostigma (9%) and Pseudagrion kersteni (9%). Two species with only one individual were Phaon iridipennis and Thoymis tillarga.
Title | The Digitization and Mobilization of Odonata of Southern Nigeria |
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Identifier | BID-AF2017-0311-SMA |
Funding | BID-AF2017-0311-SMA |
Study Area Description | Akwa Ibom States |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
- Metadata Provider
- Processor
Additional Metadata
Alternative Identifiers | 25f28184-995a-499f-8594-de3b757d8047 |
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http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=odoantes_from_akwa_ibom_state_university |