Updates on multipleNeotropical Symbiota portals– STRI, Flora, and Arthropods

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Nico Franz1, Benjamin Brandt1 & Edward Gilbert1

Rachel Collin2

1 School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University2 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

TDWG 2016 – Biodiversity Information Standards

December 09, 2016 – Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (#TDWG16)

@ http://www.slideshare.net/taxonbytes/Franz-et-al-tdwg-2016-updates-on-multiple-Neotropical-Symbiota-portals

Introduction to Symbiota & some portals: doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e1114

Overview – mini-history of three Neotropical portals• Created, or significantly expanded, in 2012–2016

• Presently housed on an Arizona State University VM server *

• Specific focus on Neotropical occurrence data and collections• Symbiota is quite good "when institutional IT resources are limited"

• We are strongly interested in recruiting/aiding more regional collections

STRI

Arthropods

Flora

* We are happy to "give it up", when it makes sense.

1. STRI Collections: http://stricollections.org/ • Initially set up just for STRI; Panama-wide expansion possible

• 18 collections; 344,000 records; 17,300 species names; 23,300 images

• Among the most natural history data-rich portals in Neotropics• Of note: Checklists, DNA tissues, "TaxaGloss" (multi-lingual traits)

1. STRI Collections: "Show the weevils of the Lake Gatún area"

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• > 32k curculionoids (H.P. Stockwell)

• Especially strong in (all) vertebrates• Please see for yourself..

2. Neotropical Flora: http://hasbrouck.asu.edu/neotrop/plantae/ • ASU-initiated project; as an addition to established N.A. portals

• 15 collections; 2.42 million records; 64,600 species names; 128,000 images

• Largely a work in (early-stage) progress, available for additions!• Of note: Mostly snapshot records; though extensive ID matrices coded

3. Neotropical Arthropods: http://hasbrouck.asu.edu/neotrop/entomology/

• ASU-initiated project; as an addition to established N.A. portals

• 11 collections; 544,200 records; 13,700 species names; 8,800 images

• Largely a work in (early-stage) progress, available for additions!• Of note: includes INBio and STRI snapshots; new ASUHIC additions

How to learn more, or even join?• E-mail nico.franz@asu.edu; you only need this (equivalent) to start!