Description
Scorpions have world wide geographical distribution, are more common in tropical and subtropical areas, not only occurring in Antarctica. Can occupy desert regions, tropical forests and all sorts of intermediate vegetation. Some species inhabit caves and few occur in the intertidal zone. Some species require very specific environmental conditions, and thus its distribution is limited to narrow areas. Are currently known about 1500 species in 165 genera (Lawrence, 2002). About 800 species are known in the Neotropics, these, approximately 100 occur in Brazil (Lawrence, 2002).
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 1,684 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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Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. 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: 42843f95-6fe3-47e4-bd0c-f4fcadca232f. Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Brazil.
Keywords
arachnology; collection; invertebrate; museum; scorpiones; zoology; Specimen; Occurrence
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Geographic Coverage
Geographic coverage from Scorpiones collection.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Taxonomic coverage from Scorpiones collection.
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Scorpiones |
| Family | Buthidae, Chactidae, Hormuridae, Bothriuridae |
| Genus | Ananteris, Bothriurus, Broteochactas, Brotheas, Guyanochactas, Opisthacanthus, Rhopalurus, Tityus |
| Species | acromelas, agamemmon, amazonicus, asper, bahiensis, balzanii, bastosi, cambridgei, cayaporum, confluens, crassicauda, delicatus, dinizi, henriquesi, laticauda, mapuera, maranhensis, mascarenhasi, mattogrossensis, metuendus, overali, paraensis, parvulus, rochai, silvestris, strandi, tucurui |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1905-06-23 / 2011-06-12 |
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Sampling Methods
Taxonomic and Geospatial data about Scorpiones collection.
| Study Extent | Collection of Scorpiones order with national coverage. |
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Method step description:
- Specimens obtained from licensed collections, exchange, gift, legacy or purchase. The specimens are stored in the collection through a preservation type and its data are stored on the Specify (system for managing biodiversity data).
Collection Data
| Collection Name | Scorpiones |
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| Collection Identifier | SCO |
| Parent Collection Identifier | Not applicable |
| Specimen preservation methods | Alcohol |
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Additional Metadata
| Purpose | Material with scientific and historical importance. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 42843f95-6fe3-47e4-bd0c-f4fcadca232f |
| https://ipt.sibbr.gov.br/goeldi/resource?r=museuparaenseemiliogoeldi-collection-aracnologiascorpiones |