Saltabel - Orthoptera in Belgium

Tim Adriaens; Kris Decleer; Hendrik Devriese; Koen Lock; Jorg Lambrechts; Gilles San Martin y Gomez; Frederic Piesschaert; Dirk Maes; Dimitri Brosens; Peter Desmet

doi:10.15468/1rcpsq

Saltabel - Orthoptera in Belgium

Citation

Adriaens T, Decleer K, Devriese H, Lock K, Lambrechts J, San Martin y Gomez G, Piesschaert F, Maes D, Brosens D, Desmet P (2020). Saltabel - Orthoptera in Belgium. Version 5.7. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/1rcpsq accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-09.

Description

The Saltabel dataset deals with grasshopper and cricket occurrences in Belgium. The data are largely gathered by volunteer naturalists, who also reviewed and digitised data from existing museum and university collections in Belgium. Input in a database, feedback to observers, validation and database maintenance were cared for by a professional employee at the Institute for Nature Conservation (IN). The Saltabel (Salta < Saltatoria; bel > Belgium) working group was established in 1989. The purpose of this project was mainly to collect information about the distribution, faunistics and ecology of grasshoppers and crickets in Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg. The working group produced a newsletter which appeared irregularly in the period 1989-2002 with the intention to inform observers about latest findings, interesting observations, ecological research etc., provide feedback to naturalists and to raise awareness about the conservation value of Orthoptera in general. During this periode, the working group was most active and organised annual weekends, in turn organized in Belgium, the Netherlands and sometimes also northern France . These weekends were intended to perform inventories for badly prospected regions and to stimulate knowledge exchange between collaborators. In 1997, a standard work on the grasshoppers and crickets of The Netherlands was published using data from this project (Kleukers et al. 1997). In 2000, a provisional atlas and red lists of grasshoppers and crickets in Flanders , Brussels and Wallonia was published (Decleer et al. 2000), providing the first major output of this faunistic project for Belgium. As a consequence, the interest for grasshoppers and crickets in conservation increased, as these insects became important indicators of natural quality and successful nature management. After this milestone, the working group lost some incentive, the network of volunteers was no longer professionally supported and Saltabel became less active. In 2006, a dedicated survey was organised in Brussels Capital Region through the SaltaBru project, greatly increasing the number of records for this region. More recently, Saltabel became a study group of the Flemish NGO Natuurpunt and the working group revived with numerous activities and a growing number of recorders involved (http://www.saltabel.org). Since 2011, the online encoding platform http://www.waarnemingen.be is promoted and used for online reporting of records. Since 2012, the focus of the working group was put on enhancing the knowledge of threatened species in Flanders, with dedicated surveys prospecting historically known locations of e.g. Stenobothrus stigmaticus, Stenobothrus lineatus and Ephippiger ephippiger. The database described here, however, does not contain these recent records. The Netherlands are currently also working on a new atlas through waarneming.nl (http://www.waarneming.nl/sprinkhaanatlas_start.php).

To allow anyone to use this dataset, we have released the data to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). We would appreciate however, if you read and follow these norms for data use (http://www.inbo.be/en/norms-for-data-use) and provide a link to the original dataset (https://doi.org/10.15468/1rcpsq) whenever possible. If you use these data for a scientific paper, please cite the dataset following the applicable citation norms and/or consider us for co-authorship. We are always interested to know how you have used or visualized the data, or to provide more information, so please contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata, opendata@inbo.be or https://twitter.com/LifeWatchINBO.

Purpose

The dataset was developed to create the red lists of Orthoptera in Flanders, Wallonia, and the Brussels Capital Region. Further the data was used to create an atlas of Orthoptera in Belgium.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The data are gathered in the context of an atlas on Orthoptera in Belgium and the creation of regional red lists for grasshoppers and crickets in Flanders, Wallonia, and the Brussels Capital Region.

Sampling

The data mostly comprise loose human observations by volunteer naturalists. Also a significant amount of records originate from net sampling and the intelligent use of bat detectors, and digitized data from existing museum and university collections in Belgium.

Quality Control

Data are first validated by experts; only the validated records are published.

Method steps

Observations pertaining to common species which were previously validated to occur in the neighbouring grid cells of 5 x 5 km squares are automatically validated. Observations of species that are considered rare, or common species that have not been recorded in the neighbouring grid cells are subjected to a manual control by experts.

Taxonomic Coverages

This dataset contains occurrences of the order Orthoptera (grasshoppers & crickets), from the families Tettigoniidae, Gryllidae, Gryllotalpidae, Tetrigidae, and Acrididae.

Orthoptera
common name: grasshoppers & crickets rank: order
Ensifera
rank: suborder
Caelifera
rank: suborder
Gryllidae
common name: true crickets rank: family
Gryllotalpidae
common name: mole crickets rank: family
Tetrigidae
common name: pygmy grasshoppers rank: family
Acrididae
common name: short-horned grasshoppers rank: family
Tettigoniidae
common name: bush-crickets rank: family
Acheta domesticus (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species
Barbitistes serricauda (Fabricius, 1798)
rank: species
Calliptamus italicus (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species
Chorthippus albomarginatus (Degeer, 1773)
rank: species
Chorthippus biguttulus (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species
Chorthippus brunneus (Thunberg, 1815)
rank: species
Chorthippus dorsatus (Zetterstedt, 1821)
rank: species
Chorthippus mollis (Charpentier, 1825)
rank: species
Chorthippus montanus (Charpentier, 1825)
rank: species
Chorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt, 1821)
rank: species
Chorthippus vagans (Eversmann, 1848)
rank: species
Chrysochraon dispar (Germar, 1835)
rank: species
Conocephalus discolor (Thunberg, 1815)
rank: species
Conocephalus dorsalis (Latreille, 1804)
rank: species
Decticus verrucivorus (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species
Ephippiger ephippiger (Serville, 1831)
rank: species
Euthystira brachyptera (Ocskay, 1826)
rank: species
Gampsocleis glabra (Herbst, 1786)
rank: species
Gomphocerripus rufus (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species
Gryllus campestris (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species
Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc, 1792)
rank: species
Locusta migratoria (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species
Meconema meridionale (Costa, 1860)
rank: species
Meconema thalassinum (Degeer, 1773)
rank: species
Metrioptera bicolor (Philippi, 1830)
rank: species
Metrioptera brachyptera (Linneaus, 1761)
rank: species
Metrioptera roeselii (Hagenbach, 1822)
rank: species
Myrmeleotettix maculatus (Thunberg, 1815)
rank: species
Nemobius sylvestris (Bosc, 1792)
rank: species
Oecanthus pellucens (Scopoli, 1763)
rank: species
Oedipoda caerulescens (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species
Oedipoda germanica (Latreille, 1804)
rank: species
Omocestus rufipes (Zetterstedt, 1821)
rank: species
Omocestus viridulus (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species
Phaneroptera falcata (Poda, 1761)
rank: species
Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Degeer, 1773)
rank: species
Platycleis albopunctata (Goez, 1778)
rank: species
Platycleis tessellata (Charpentier, 1825)
rank: species
Psophus stridulus (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species
Sphingonotus caerulans (Linneaus, 1767)
rank: species
Stenobothrus lineatus (Panzer, 1796)
rank: species
Stenobothrus stigmaticus (Rambur, 1839)
rank: species
Stethophyma grossum (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species
Tetrix bipunctata (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species
Tetrix ceperoi (Bolivar, 1887)
rank: species
Tetrix subulata (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species
Tetrix tenuicornis (Sahlberg, 1893)
rank: species
Tetrix undulata (Sowerby, 1806)
rank: species
Tettigonia cantans (Fuessly, 1775)
rank: species
Tettigonia viridissima (Linneaus, 1758)
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

This dataset contains Orthoptera occurrences in Belgium.

Bibliographic Citations

Decleer, K., Devriese, H., Hofmans, K., Lock, K., Barenbrug, B. & Maes D. (2000). Voorlopige atlas en "rode lijst" van de sprinkhanen en krekels van België (Insecta, Orthoptera). Werkgroep Saltabel i.s.m. I.N. en K.B.I.N., Rapport Instituut voor Natuurbehoud 2000/10, Brussel, 76 p. / Atlas et "liste rouge" provisoire des sauterelles, grillons et criquets de Belgique (Insecta, Orthoptera). Groupe de travail Saltabel e.c.a. I.N. et I.R.S.N.B., Rapport Instituut voor Natuurbehoud 2000/10, Bruxelles, 76 p. - ISBN 90-403-0119-0

Contacts

Tim Adriaens
originator
position: Researcher
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
1070
Brussels Capital Region
BE
email: tim.adriaens@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7268-4200

Kris Decleer
originator
position: Researcher
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
1070
Brussels Capital Region
BE
email: kris.decleer@inbo.be
userId: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-3274-2009

Hendrik Devriese
originator
Saltabel
BE
email: hendrik.devriese@scarlet.be

Koen Lock
originator
Saltabel
BE
email: koen_lock@hotmail.com

Jorg Lambrechts
originator
Natuurpunt
Coxiestraat 11
Mechelen
2800
Antwerp
BE
email: jorg.lambrechts@natuurpunt.be

Gilles San Martin y Gomez
originator
Saltabel, SaltaBru
BE
email: gilles.sanmartin@gmail.com

Frederic Piesschaert
originator
position: Data information manager
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
1070
Brussels Capital Region
BE
email: frederic.piesschaert@inbo.be

Dirk Maes
originator
position: Researcher
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
1070
Brussels Capital Region
BE
email: dirk.maes@inbo.be
userId: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-1819-2009

Dimitri Brosens
originator
position: Data liaison officer
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
1070
Brussels Capital Region
BE
email: dimitri.brosens@inbo.be
homepage: http://www.biodiversity.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116

Peter Desmet
originator
position: Data lab coordinator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
1070
Brussels Capital Region
BE
email: peter.desmet@inbo.be
homepage: http://lifewatch.inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8025

Tim Adriaens
metadata author
position: Researcher
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
1070
Brussels Capital Region
BE
email: tim.adriaens@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7268-4200

Dimitri Brosens
metadata author
position: Data liaison officer
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
1070
Brussels Capital Region
BE
email: dimitri.brosens@inbo.be
homepage: http://www.biodiversity.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116

Peter Desmet
metadata author
position: Data lab coordinator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
1070
Brussels Capital Region
BE
email: peter.desmet@inbo.be
homepage: http://lifewatch.inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8025

content provider
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Rue Vautier 29
Brussels
1000
Brussels Capital Region
BE
homepage: http://www.naturalsciences.be/

Tim Adriaens
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
1070
Brussels Capital Region
BE
email: tim.adriaens@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7268-4200

Dimitri Brosens
administrative point of contact
position: Data liaison officer
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
1070
Brussels Capital Region
BE
email: dimitri.brosens@inbo.be
homepage: http://www.biodiversity.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116