Description
Occurrence data of the Afrotropical Asilidae genus Microphontes from Namibia and South Africa based on a new taxonomic review in 2018.
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 42 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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1.19How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Markee, A. and Dikow, T. Taxonomic revision of the assassin-fly genus Microphontes Londt, 1994 (Diptera: Asilidae: Brachyrhopalinae). African Invertebrates.
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 4c13483d-a2ac-4c61-9087-c4e1a3c7b91d. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Asilidae; Brachyrhopalinae; Afrotropical; Occurrence
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Geographic Coverage
Namibia, South Africa
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-35.317, 10.547], North East [-16.299, 27.598] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae: Brachyrhopalinae: Microphontes
| Species | Microphontes megoura, Microphontes gaiophanes, Microphontes safra, Microphontes whittingtoni, Microphontes ericfisheri, Microphontes jasonlondti, Microphontes kryphios |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1936-11-01 / 2017-09-26 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Deciphering the diversity and evolutionary history of Apioceridae, Asilidae, and Mydidae |
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| Funding | Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Field Museum of Natural History (Field Dreams award) |
| Study Area Description | world-wide |
| Design Description | Taxonomic and phylogenetic research on Apioceridae, Asilidae, and Mydidae flies. |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | several |
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| Specimen preservation methods | Pinned |
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| Curatorial Units | Count 43 +/- 0 pins |
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Bibliographic Citations
- Markee, A. and Dikow, T., 2018. Taxonomic revision of the assassin-fly genus Microphontes Londt, 1994 (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae). African Invertebrates 59(2): 195–237. doi: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.59.30684 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.59.30684
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 4c13483d-a2ac-4c61-9087-c4e1a3c7b91d |
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| https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/ipt/resource?r=microphontes |