Biodiversity data of ladybeetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Azores archipelago (Portugal)

A recent review study from 2021 presents a comprehensive checklist of ladybirds of Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira Archipelagos. Until then, the available information was very scattered and based on a single revision dating back to 1986, a few international catalogues and databases, individual records, and studies on communities of agroecosystems. However, no information is available on faunal composition across the Azorean islands and their habitats, using standardized inventory. Here, we present data about biodiversity of ladybirds and their distribution and abundance in five Islands of the Azores (São Miguel, Graciosa, Faial, Pico, and S. Jorge). Surveys included herbaceous and arboreal habitats from native to anthropogenic managed habitats: ruderal road vegetation, vegetable garden, mixed forest of endemic and non-native habitats, costal prairies, costal mixed vegetation, cornfields, urban areas, and evergreen of endemic and exotic forest. We aimed to contribute to the ongoing effort to document the terrestrial biodiversity of Portugal, including the archipelago of the Azores, within the research project AZORESBIOPORTAL–PORBIOTA (ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000072).

Identification

Alternate Identifier: 10.15468/m74aqv

Alternate Identifier: 2292e622-129e-4c66-9ad6-fccaa377ff58

Alternate Identifier: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=coccinellidae_azores

Publication Date: 2021-10-29

Title: Biodiversity data of ladybeetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Azores archipelago (Portugal)

Abstract: A recent review study from 2021 presents a comprehensive checklist of ladybirds of Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira Archipelagos. Until then, the available information was very scattered and based on a single revision dating back to 1986, a few international catalogues and databases, individual records, and studies on communities of agroecosystems. However, no information is available on faunal composition across the Azorean islands and their habitats, using standardized inventory. Here, we present data about biodiversity of ladybirds and their distribution and abundance in five Islands of the Azores (São Miguel, Graciosa, Faial, Pico, and S. Jorge). Surveys included herbaceous and arboreal habitats from native to anthropogenic managed habitats: ruderal road vegetation, vegetable garden, mixed forest of endemic and non-native habitats, costal prairies, costal mixed vegetation, cornfields, urban areas, and evergreen of endemic and exotic forest. We aimed to contribute to the ongoing effort to document the terrestrial biodiversity of Portugal, including the archipelago of the Azores, within the research project AZORESBIOPORTAL–PORBIOTA (ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000072).

Dataset Language: ENGLISH

Dataset Creator: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - António O. Soares (Aggregate Professor )

Rua da Mãe de Deus , Ponta Delgada , Azores , 9500-321 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/antoacutenio-onofre-costa-miranda-soares

Dataset Creator: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - Isabel Borges (Researcher )

Rua da Mãe de Deus , Ponta Delgada , Azores , 9500-321 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/isabel-marisa-mateus-borges

Dataset Creator: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - Hugo Calado (Student )

Rua da Mãe de Deus , Ponta Delgada , Azores , 9500-321 , PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - Paulo A. V. Borges (Agregated Professor )

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze , Angra Do Heroismo , Azores , 9700-042 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/paulo-a-v-borges

Metadata Provider: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - António O. Soares (Aggregate Professor )

Rua da Mãe de Deus , Ponta Delgada , Azores , 9500-321 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/antoacutenio-onofre-costa-miranda-soares

Metadata Provider: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - Isabel Borges (Researcher )

Rua da Mãe de Deus , Ponta Delgada , Azores , 9500-321 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/isabel-marisa-mateus-borges

Associated Party: PUBLISHER
Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - Paulo A. V. Borges (Aggregate Professor )

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze , Angra Do Heroismo , Azores , 9700-042 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/paulo-a-v-borges

Dataset Contact: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - António O. Soares (Aggregate Professor )

Rua da Mãe de Deus , Ponta Delgada , Azores , 9500-321 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/antoacutenio-onofre-costa-miranda-soares

Dataset Contact: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - Paulo A. V. Borges (Aggregate Pofessor )

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze , Angra Do Heroismo , Azores , 9700-042 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/paulo-a-v-borges

Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml )

Pico
Faial
Ladybirds
Graciosa
São Miguel
Samplingevent; Arthropoda
and S. Jorge
Azores

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: We focused the inventory on five islands of the Azores, São Miguel, Graciosa, Faial, Pico, and S. Jorge Islands

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: -28.894

East Bounding Coordinate: -25.071

North Bounding Coordinate: 39.143

South Bounding Coordinate: 37.545

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2012-04-20

End Date

2020-07-06

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage: Insecta, Coleoptera: Coccinellidae

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name: Family

Taxonomic Rank Value: Coccinellidae

Common Name: Ladybeetles

License Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Projects

• ProjectAZORESBIOPORTAL

Title: AZORESBIOPORTAL–PORBIOTA: inventory of ladybeetles of the Azores (Portugal)

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name: António

Surname: Soares

User ID: 0000-0001-7922-6296

Role: AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name: Paulo A. V.

Surname: Borges

User ID: 0000-0002-8448-7623

Role: PUBLISHER

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name: Hugo

Surname: Calado

Role: AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name: Isabel

Surname: Borges

User ID: 0000-0003-1807-0659

Role: AUTHOR

Abstract: We aimed to contribute to characterize the richness and abundance of ladybeetles in several herbaceous and arboreal habitats, from native and anthropogenic managed habitats

Funding: This study was financed by FEDER in 85% and by Azorean Public funds by 15% through the Operational Programme Azores 2020, under the following projects AZORESBIOPORTAL –PORBIOTA (ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000072) and under the project ECO -TUTA (ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000081) and by the Official Forestry Services from the Regional Government of the Azores, through the research projects PICA (Utilização de agentes de controlo biológico para o combate a populações de afídeos em plantas endémicas produzidas em viveiro) and PICONIA (Controlo biológico de populações de pragas de plantas endémicas produzidas em viveiro). Isabel Borges was funded by a PhD grant from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) (POCI 2010).

Study Area Description

Descriptor

We focused the inventory on five islands of the Azores, São Miguel, Graciosa, Faial, Pico, and S. Jorge Islands. São Miguel (area: 746.8 km²; elevation: 1103 m), Graciosa (area: 61.2 km²; elevation: 402 m), Faial (area: 173.1 km²; elevation: 1043 m), Pico (area: 447.7 km²; elevation: 2351 m), and S. Jorge (area: 245.8 km²; elevation: 1053 m) are five of the nine islands from the Azores Archipelago. The climate in the Azores is temperate oceanic, with regular and abundant rainfall, with high levels of relative humidity and persistent winds, mainly during winter and autumn seasons. The landscape of the islands is composed by a mosaic of habitats, ranging from herbaceous to arboreal habitats and from native to anthropogenic managed habitats. The surveys were done on ruderal road vegetation, vegetable garden, mixed forest of endemic and non-native habitats, costal prairies, costal mixed vegetation, cornfields, urban areas, and evergreen of endemic and exotic forest.

Design Description

Description: The methods used to collect the samples were, sweeping, beating and direct observations. Sampling from the herbaceous plants and canopy up to a height of cca 3 m was standardized by using a standard sweep net (35-cm diameter, 140-cm handle) operated by António O. Soares, Isabel Borges and Hugo R. Calado. Sampling (standardized in terms of the number of person per unit of time) occurred between 09h:00 and 16h:00 on sunny and calm days. Ladybirds’ adults were identified immediately and were released at the site, and Scymnus spp were brought back to laboratory to identification.

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Description: The data 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 (events) contains 99 records and one data table extension also exists (occurrence), with 241 records. The extension supplies extra information about the core record.

Sampling

Study Extent

Five Islands of the Azores (Portugal): São Miguel, Graciosa, Faial, Pico, and S. Jorge.

Sampling Description: The methods used to collect the samples were, sweeping, beating and direct observations. Sampling from the herbaceous plants and canopy up to a height of cca 3 m was standardized by using a standard sweep net (35-cm diameter, 140-cm handle) operated by António O. Soares, Isabel Borges and Hugo R. Calado. Sampling (standardized in terms of the number of person per unit of time) occurred between 09h:00 and 16h:00 on sunny and calm days. Ladybirds’ adults were identified immediately and were released at the site, and Scymnus spp were brought back to laboratory to identification.

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Description: All sorted specimens were identified by a taxonomical expert

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Identification

Geographic Coverage

Bounding Box

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Taxonomic Coverage

Taxonomic Classification

License Information

Projects

Projects

• ProjectAZORESBIOPORTAL

Personnel

Individual Name

Personnel

Individual Name

Personnel

Individual Name

Personnel

Individual Name

Study Area Description

Design Description

Methods

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Sampling

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