Oil Beetle Recording Scheme - records verified via iRecord
Oil Beetle Recording Scheme
Description
This dataset contains species records for all extant UK species in the family Meloidae (oil beetles and allies) that have been verified by the recording scheme. Records are from datasets made available via the iRecord verification process - these records may originate from direct addition of records to iRecord, or via other datasets made available for verification purposes.
Geographic Description
UK
Purpose
Records are collated in order to add to knowledge of this group of insects, including distribution, population trends, autecology and phenology. In addition, the scheme works with all contributing recorders to raise the profile of the species group and its conservation. Sharing the data via the NBN Atlas helps achieve these aims.
Data quality
All data is subject to the same verification checking, which aims to ensure that any record that is unusual (due to time of year, location, or species identified) is queried, and only accepted if supporting evidence (photo, specimen, confirmation from additional recorders) is provided. All records are checked, and the scheme believes that a high degree of confidence can be placed in this data; however, the scheme cannot guarantee that all records which pass the verification checks are correct.
Methods
This dataset includes all records of species in the family Meloidae (oil beetles and allies) that are covered by the recording scheme and have been made available for verification via iRecord. Most of these are ad hoc records from volunteer recorders, but may also include data from professional surveys and from citizen science projects such as bioblitzes.
Citation
Oil Beetle Recording Scheme. [Date of download] Records verified via iRecord.
Rights
CC BY
Creative Commons Attribution
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Digitised records
Looking up... the number of records that can be accessed through the NBN Atlas. This resource was last checked for updated data on 05 Mar 2024. The most recent data was published on 05 Mar 2024.
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