Ohio Plecoptera Atlas

R. Edward DeWalt1

1 Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 S Oak St., 61820, Champaign, United States

Corresponding author(s): R. Edward DeWalt (dewalt@illinois.edu)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

DeWalt R E (2021): Ohio Plecoptera Atlas. v1.2. Biodiversity Data Journal. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=ohioplecopteraatlas&v=1.2

Abstract

Occurrence data used for "Atlas of Ohio Aquatic Insects: Volume II, Plecoptera" by 
R. DeWalt, Scott Grubbs, Brian Armitage, Richard Baumann, Shawn Clark, Michael Bolton. A BDJ article published in late 2016.

Keywords: Plecoptera, stoneflies, distributional atlas, adult phenology, stream size association, museum data.

General description

Purpose: In part to reconstruct the stonefly fauna of the Midwest USA.

Project details

Project title: Midwest Plecoptera
Personnel: Scott A. Grubbs, Brian J. Armitage, Richard W. Baumann, Shawn Clark, Michael J. Bolton
Funding: We are grateful to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife, Wildlife Diversity and Endangerment Species Program who funded the Ohio Biological Survey to conduct extensive survey work from 1993-2000 that resulted in a large collection of stoneflies.  Other agencies, corporations, and individuals who were integral to this survey work are acknowledged in Armitage et al. (2011). We also acknowledge partial funding from the National Science Foundation (DEB 09–18805 ARRA, DBI 14-58285) that supported digitization of these records.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Ohio is located in the eastern USA. Historically, it was forest covered. About 50% Wisconsinan age glaciated and flat, the other half is hilly but with valleys often filled with glacial outwash. The SE half is contained with the Allegheny and Appalachian plateaus and contains some stonefly fauna more characteristic of more mountanous states to the east.
Design description: About 65% of the specimen records derive from qualitative collecting beginning in the late 19th century. Most of the specimens are from post 1930s origin and represent the collections of some 20 institutions. 25% of the specimens derive from Ohio Environmental Protection Agency stream basin surveys that concentrated on larvae. The rest represent literature records that were also collected using qualitative methods. Most specimen records are represented by a unique identifiers

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=ohioplecopteraatlas

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Plecoptera, or stoneflies, environmentally sensitive aquatic insects.
Taxonomic ranks
Order: Plecoptera
Common names: stoneflies

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: State of Ohio.
Coordinates: 38°22'12''N and 42°21'0''N Latitude; 84°50'24''W and 80°30'36''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 1, 1880 - May 1, 2016

Natural collections description

Collection name: Illinois Natural History Survey Insect Collection
Collection identifier: INHS
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol
Specimen preservation method: Pinned

Methods

Method step description: 
- . 	Used as many methods as necessary to obtain all species present during a given site/date event.
- . 	Specimens were borrowed from all regional museums, private collections, and agencies conducting water quality work. Most of the specimens were identified to species and some difficult species shared among the authors to obtain identifications.
- . 	Undergraduate students were employed to record label data, parse data into separate field, and in some cases georeference the data. DeWalt oversaw all data capture and checked coordinates assigned to each location. Most specimens and database records were associated using a unique identifier--either an INHS catalog or DeWalt's Midwest Plecoptera catalog. Data have been examined many times to match up taxon OTUs with current valid names pulled from Plecoptera Species File--http://plecoptera.speciesfile.org/.
Study extent description: This study covered all of Ohio.
Sampling description: Mostly qualitative methods including sweep nets, beating sheets, ultraviolet light traps, dip nets. Rearing of larvae to adulthood to assist with species level identification. All season sampling
Quality control description: IDs confirmed by multiple taxonomists on the project. Multiple site visits and multi-season sampling helped to define the entire assemblage.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Ohio Plecoptera Atlas
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.pensoft.net/archive.do?r=ohioplecopteraatlas
Publication date of data: 2021-01-13
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2016-11-11
Hierarchy level: Dataset