Description
A total of 528 specimens belonging to 91 species and seven families were found in the collections of Odonata at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Osun state Nigeria. The seven families include Libellulidae (79%), Coenagrionidae (15%), Chlorocyphidae (3%), Calopterygidae (1%), Aeshnidae (1%) and Platycnemidifae (<%). Four dominant species include Trithemis arteriosa (22.5%), Orthetrum chrysostigma (10.5%), and Orthetrum Julia (9.3%). over thirty five of the collections were represented by only one individual amongst which are Ceriagrion citrinum, Umma longistigma and Orthetrum abbotti.
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 528 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.
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Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Obafemi Awolowo 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: 226e397f-205d-454a-9ff3-444ed90f79b0. Obafemi Awolowo University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Nigeria.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Area is specifically at Obafemi Awiolowo University, Ile Ife Osun State, Zaria, Kaiji dam, Jos and Jebba- All in Nigeria.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [7.226, 3.702], North East [10.585, 5.394] |
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Project Data
A total of 493 individuals belonging to 73 species and six families were found in the collections of Odonata at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Osun state Nigeria. The six families include Libellulidae (79.7%), Coenagrionidae (14.4%), Chlorocyphidae (2.6%), Calopterygidae (1.4%), Aeshnidae (1.2%) and Platycnemidifae (0.6%). Five dominant species include Trithemis arteriosa (22.5%), Orthetrum chrysostigma (10.5%), and Orthetrum Julia (9.3%). Twenty eight species of the collections were represented by only one individual amongst which are Ceriagrion citrinum, Umma longistigma and Orthetrum abbotti.
| Title | Digitization of Species of Odonata (Damselflies and Dragonflies) of Southern, Nigeria |
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| Identifier | BID-AF2017-0311-SMA |
| Funding | BID-AF2017-0311-SMA |
The personnel involved in the project:
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 226e397f-205d-454a-9ff3-444ed90f79b0 |
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| http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=odonates_of_obafemi_awolowo_university_ile_ife_nigeria |