Eurytomidae, Torymidae, Ormyridae (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) collection of the I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine

Svitlana  Klymenko1, Victor  Fursov1, Maryna  Kaliuzhna1, Andriy Babytskiy1

1 I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Bohdana Khmelnytskogo, 15, 01030, Kyiv, Ukraine

Corresponding author(s): Svitlana  Klymenko (Klymenko@izan.kiev.ua)Victor  Fursov (ufensia@gmail.com)Maryna  Kaliuzhna (kaliuzhna.maryna@gmail.com)

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Abstract

The dataset includes the biodata of the Chalcidoidea (Eurytomidae, Torymidae, Ormyridae) specimens held in the fund collections of the I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine. All the specimens were collected in different regions Ukraine from 1899 to 2017 and pinned. The collection of Eurytomidae, Torymidae, Ormyridae is formed from the material collected during a number of expeditions in various natural habitat types in natural regions of Ukraine (steppe, forestry-steppe region, forest, mountains, semi-aquatic habitats). Identification of all species in the dataset was verified by comparison with the voucher specimens (both type and non-type) and confirmed by the leading taxonomists of different families of Chalcidoidea.

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen

Project details

Project title: Biodata mobilization of entomological collections of the I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of NAS of Ukraine
Funding: BioDATA partners, NLBIF, GBIF Norway, and the UiO Natural History Museum
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The study area focuses on the biodata mobilization of preserved specimens from fund collections of I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine. The taxonomic range covers 3 orders and 22 insect families: Lepidoptera (Tortricidae), Diptera (Sciaridae, Syrphidae), and Hymenoptera (Crabronidae, Sphecidae, Scoliidae, Pompilidae, Vespidae, Chrysididae, Formicidae, Ichneumonidae, Braconidae, Cynipidae, Eurytomidae, Torymidae, Ormyridae, Pteromalidae, Aphelinidae, Eulophidae, Trichogrammatidae, Encyrtidae, Scelionidae).

Data published through GBIF: https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=sizk_eurytomidae_torymidae_ormyridae

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The dataset covers only the species range of the Eurytomidae, Torymiae, Ormyridae families.
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda 
Class: Insecta 
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eurytomidae, Torymidae, Ormyridae 

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The dataset covers the territory of the Ukraine.
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: SIZK_Hymenoptera 
Collection name: Eurytomidae, Torymidae, Ormyridae 
Collection identifier: SIZK_Eurytomidae, SIZK_Torymidae, SIZK_Ormyridae 
Formation period: 1899–2017
Specimen preservation method: Pinned
Curatorial unit: Between 2858 and 2858 (pinned specimens )

Methods

Method step description: 
- . 	Selection of the sites
- . 	Collection of material in the field
- . 	Specimen mounting 
- . 	Specimen identification
- . 	Cataloging identified specimens and dataset preparation
- . 	Data checking and cleaning
- . 	Publication biodata on the GBIF
Study extent description: The dataset contains the biodata of the superfamily Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae, Torymidae, Ormyridae) collection that is kept in the funds of I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine (SIZK_Eurytomidae, Torymidae, Ormyridae). All specimens in the dataset are pinned imago (adults). Collection of SIZK_Eurytomidae, Torymidae, Ormyridae covers the territory of Western Ukraine (Carpathian Mountains), Northern and Central Ukraine, Eastern and Southern Ukraine), including various natural reservations in forestry, forest-steppe and steppe natural regions of Ukraine. Identification of all species in the dataset was verified by comparison with the voucher specimens (both type and non-type) and confirmed by the leading taxonomists on different families of Chalcidoidea.
Sampling description: Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea) are small size of body (mostly length of imago from 0,3 mm to 6,0 mm without ovipositor length). Their larvae usually are developing as ecto- or endoparasitoids, koino- or idiobionts, gregarious or solitary parasitoids, and in some cases, larvae are phytophagous in seeds, fruits, stems, leaves and galls of different plants. Chalcid wasps can be found in all terrestrial habitat types, including forests, shrubs, forestry-steppe, and steppe landscapes, as well as near semi-aquatic and even aquatic habitats.
The material was collected in a number of expeditions carried out during the field seasons of the years 1899–2017 by many entomologists. Adults of chalcid wasps were collected with a sweeping net, Malaise and Moericke traps. Collected in traps parasitoids are stored in 2.0-50.0 ml vials containing 96 % ethanol. During preparation in the laboratory, the specimens were dried and then pinned directly or glued on paper triangles with further pinning. Extensive material of chalcid wasps was received by the method of individual rearing from host insects and host plants.
For identification, specimens were studied with MBS-10 and Leica MS microscopes.
All of the material is kept in the funds of I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv (SIZK) as a part of Hymenoptera collection containing the specimens collected in all parts of the world.
Quality control description: We were using the OpenRefine (https://openrefine.org/) for checking the data quality and GBIF species matching tool (https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup) for the taxonomic checking opensource software.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Eurytomidae, Torymidae, Ormyridae (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) collection of the I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/archive.do?r=sizk_eurytomidae_torymidae_ormyridae
Publication date of data: 2023-11-02
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2023-11-02
Hierarchy level: Dataset