Integrating multiple sources of biodiversity information greatly expands the range of a rare species of Hymenoptera (Vanhorniidae)

Joshua Hogan; Amber I H Bass; Y Miles Zhang; Barbara J Sharanowski

doi:10.3897/BDJ.7.e37569

Integrating multiple sources of biodiversity information greatly expands the range of a rare species of Hymenoptera (Vanhorniidae)

Biodivers Data J. 2019 Jul 16:7:e37569. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e37569. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Joshua Hogan¹, Amber I H Bass¹, Y Miles Zhang², Barbara J Sharanowski¹

Affiliations

¹ University of Central Florida, Orlando, United States of America University of Central Florida Orlando United States of America.
² University of Florida, Gainesville, United States of America University of Florida Gainesville United States of America.

Abstract

Background: Vanhornia eucnemidarum Crawford is the only species of Vanhorniidae that occurs in North America. This species is rarely collected and thus the distribution is not well documented. Intending to uncover a more accurate range of this species, we assembled collection records from museums, personal collections and citizen science projects. Many of these records were non-digitised and had to be personally requested.

New information: Here we expand the known distribution of V. eucnemidarum to include nine new provinces and states: Manitoba, Connecticut, Oregon, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Texas and Wisconsin. Although Quebec has been listed as a previous locality, the recorded province was mislabelled, so Quebec is now also officially a provincial record.

Keywords: Eucnemidae; Isorhipis; Proctotrupoidea; Vanhornia eucnemidarum; citizen science; databasing; digitisation; distribution; museum science; parasitoid.