Dragonfly biodiversity 90 years ago in an Alpine region: The Odonata historical collection of the MUSE (Trento, Italy)
Latest version published by Biodiversity Data Journal on 31 August 2021 Biodiversity Data Journal

The resource contains the data of the Catalogue of the historic (1924-1957) collection of Odonata at MUSE - Museo delle Scienze in Trento (Italy).

A total of 836 records related to dry mounted specimen adult dragonflies and damselflies preserved in the collection "Miscellanea invertebrati (cINV017) are given.

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Assandri G (2021): Dragonfly biodiversity 90 years ago in an Alpine region: The Odonata historical collection of the MUSE (Trento, Italy). v1.10. Biodiversity Data Journal. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=muse_odonata&v=1.10

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Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Giacomo Assandri
MUSE - Museo delle Scienze
corso del Lavoro e della Scienza, 3
38122 Trento
IT

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Giacomo Assandri
MUSE - Museo delle Scienze
corso del Lavoro e della Scienza, 3
38122 Trento
IT

Who filled in the metadata:

Giacomo Assandri
MUSE - Museo delle Scienze
corso del Lavoro e della Scienza, 3
38122 Trento
IT

Who else was associated with the resource:

User
Giacomo Assandri
MUSE - Museo delle Scienze
corso del Lavoro e della Scienza, 3
38122 Trento
IT
Geographic Coverage

All the data refer to Italy, most of them to Trentino-Aldo Adige region.

Bounding Coordinates South West [44.449, 9.012], North East [46.815, 12.265]
Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Order  Odonata (Dragonflies)
Temporal Coverage
Start Date / End Date 1924-01-01 / 1957-01-01
Project Data

No Description available

Title The catalogue of the historic collection of dragonflies (Insecta : Odonata) of the MUSE of Trento

The personnel involved in the project:

Author
Giacomo Assandri
Curator
Valeria Lencioni
Sampling Methods

The Odonata specimens contained in the cINV017 "Miscellanea Invertebrati" preserved at MUSE in Trento were revised and a catalogue containing all the available data created.

Study Extent Data refer to Italy (mostly Trentino - Alto Adige) in a period span comprised between 1924 and 1957.

Method step description:

  1. The Odonata specimens contained in the cINV017 "Miscellanea Invertebrati" preserved at MUSE in Trento (Italy) were revised and reordered. Label data were digitalized and verified. Geographical data on labels were georeferenced as best as possible. A final catalogue containing all the available data was created.
Collection Data
Collection Name "Miscellanea Invertebrati" - MUSE (cINV017)
Specimen preservation methods Pinned,  Dried
Additional Metadata
Alternative Identifiers 542725b9-982a-43f3-a70a-abe91af3c4ea
http://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=muse_odonata