Ciidae (Coleoptera) records from Britain and Ireland to 2004

Biological Records Centre

Description

This small dataset is held at BRC and covers six species of Ciid beetles. The Ciidae family is mainly associated with fungi growing on dead and dying trees. The dataset is derived mainly from record cards and the literature.

Geographic Description

This small dataset contains records from throughout the British Isles. Recording is strongest in the SE of England and patchy elsewhere.

Purpose

To collate data for this group and make it available for wider use.

Data quality

Data were validated by the collators and also on conversion to electronic format.

Methods

Most of the records in this dataset came from record cards where the conversion to electronic format occurred at BRC.

Citation

No citation information available.

Rights

CC-BY

Digitised records

Metadata last updated on 2017-06-16 13:58:46.0