Three new species of Grouvellinus Champion, 1923 from Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo, discovered by citizen scientists during the first Taxon Expedition (Insecta, Coleoptera, Elmidae)

Freitag, Hendrik; Pangantihon, Clister V.; Njunjić, Iva

doi:10.3897/zookeys.754.24276

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“…It is of advantage to receive specimens found in the direct neighbourhood of people, as private properties are not directly accessible for scientists and at the same time highly important for research 60 . From a public health point of view submissions from people's homes are of greater epidemiological relevance when addressing (arthropod-) vector-borne diseases 61 than rare species in non-inhabited areas; the latter are more valuable for biodiversity research 31,62 . From a data science perspective, the over-and underrepresentation of certain Table 2.…”

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Drivers of spatio-temporal variation in mosquito submissions to the citizen science project ‘Mückenatlas’

Pernat

Kampen

Ruland

et al. 2021

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Intensified travel activities of humans and the ever growing global trade create opportunities of arthropod-borne disease agents and their vectors, such as mosquitoes, to establish in new regions. To update the knowledge of mosquito occurrence and distribution, a national mosquito monitoring programme was initiated in Germany in 2011, which has been complemented by a citizen science project, the ‘Mückenatlas’ since 2012. We analysed the ‘Mückenatlas’ dataset to (1) investigate causes of variation in submission numbers from the start of the project until 2017 and to (2) reveal biases induced by opportunistic data collection. Our results show that the temporal variation of submissions over the years is driven by fluctuating topicality of mosquito-borne diseases in the media and large-scale climate conditions. Hurdle models suggest a positive association of submission numbers with human population, catch location in the former political East Germany and the presence of water bodies, whereas precipitation and wind speed are negative predictors. We conclude that most anthropogenic and environmental effects on submission patterns are associated with the participants’ (recording) behaviour. Understanding how the citizen scientists’ behaviour shape opportunistic datasets help to take full advantage of the available information.

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Drivers of spatio-temporal variation in mosquito submissions to the citizen science project ‘Mückenatlas’

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Kampen

Ruland

et al. 2021

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“…Therefore, the first author targeted Hydraena when instructing a citizen scientist project during a “taxon expedition” to Montenegro in 2019. The principles and great benefit of such initiatives are discussed by Schilthuizen et al (2017) and Freitag et al (2018) . Through the enthusiastic support of citizen scientists, several aquatic habitats in and around Durmitor National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site, were sampled for aquatic beetles.…”

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Hydraena (s.str.) dinarica, new species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) along with further records of Hydraena spp. from Durmitor National Park, Montenegro and comments on the DNA barcoding problem with the genus

Freitag¹,

Vries²,

Paterno³

et al. 2021

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Long-palped Water Beetles were collected during a taxon expedition in Montenegro which involved citizen scientists, students and taxonomists. The material was collected from springs, brooks, fens and the Tara River, at altitudes between 600 m and 1450 m above sea level, using fine-meshed hand-nets and by manual checking of submerged substrates. The morphological species delimitation was supplemented and congruent with mtDNA sequences mainly obtained in the field using the newly-developed MinION-based ONTrack pipeline. The new species Hydraena dinarica Freitag & de Vries, sp. n. from Durmitor Mt. is described, illustrated and compared in detail to closely-related congeners of the H. saga d'Orchymont, 1930/H. emarginata Rey, 1885 species complex. Five additional species and female specimens of two unidentified morphospecies of the genus were also recorded in the vicinity of Durmitor National Park. New records and the first DNA barcodes for Hydraena biltoni Jäch & Díaz, 2012 (endemic to Montenegro) and H. morio Kiesenwetter, 1849 are provided. Further records of H. nigrita Germar, 1824, H. minutissima Stephens, 1829, H. subintegra Ganglbauer, 1901 and females of two unidentified morphospecies are commented upon. The resulting inter- and intraspecific genetic distances and some observations of low or zero sequence divergence between recently-diverged species of Hydraena Kugelann, 1794 are briefly discussed.

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“…This is proven by the existence of numerous specific interest groups on social media bringing together specialists and amateurs alike. Citizen science, the implication of volunteering non-academics in scientific research, could be essential for inventorying biota [ 6 ], saving habitats, protecting species [ 7 , 8 ], describing new taxa [ 9 ], and detecting new fauna elements [ 10 , 11 ]. It could also help overcome to a certain degree the ongoing crisis of taxonomic impediment, namely the lack of specialists [ 12 ].…”

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The Myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Hungary: Survey of Ant Species with an Annotated Synonymic Inventory

Csősz

Báthori

Gallé

et al. 2021

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Ants (Hymenoptera: Forimicidae) are exceedingly common in nature. They constitute a conspicuous part of the terrestrial animal biomass and are also considered common ecosystem engineers. Due to their key role in natural habitats, they are at the basis of any nature conservation policy. Thus, the first step in developing adequate conservation and management policies is to build a precise faunistic inventory. More than 16,000 valid ant species are registered worldwide, of which 126 are known to occur in Hungary. Thanks to the last decade’s efforts in the Hungarian myrmecological research, and because of the constantly changing taxonomy of several problematic ant genera, a new checklist of the Hungarian ants is presented here. The state of the Hungarian myrmecofauna is also discussed in the context of other European countries’ ant fauna. Six species (Formica lemani, Lasius nitidigaster, Tetramorium immigrans, T. staerckei, T. indocile and Temnothorax turcicus) have been reported for the first time in the Hungarian literature, nine taxon names were changed after systematic replacements, nomenclatorial act, or as a result of splitting formerly considered continuous populations into more taxa. Two species formerly believed to occur in Hungary are now excluded from the updated list. All names are nomenclaturally assessed, and complete synonymies applied in the Hungarian literature for a certain taxon are provided. Wherever it is not self-evident, comments are added, especially to explain replacements of taxon names. Finally, we present a brief descriptive comparison of the Hungarian myrmecofauna with the ant fauna of the surrounding countries. The current dataset is a result of ongoing work on inventorying the Hungarian ant fauna, therefore it is expected to change over time and will be updated once the ongoing taxonomic projects are completed.

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Three new species of Grouvellinus Champion, 1923 from Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo, discovered by citizen scientists during the first Taxon Expedition (Insecta, Coleoptera, Elmidae)

Cited by 15 publications

References 11 publications

Drivers of spatio-temporal variation in mosquito submissions to the citizen science project ‘Mückenatlas’

Drivers of spatio-temporal variation in mosquito submissions to the citizen science project ‘Mückenatlas’

Hydraena (s.str.) dinarica, new species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) along with further records of Hydraena spp. from Durmitor National Park, Montenegro and comments on the DNA barcoding problem with the genus

The Myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Hungary: Survey of Ant Species with an Annotated Synonymic Inventory

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