Firefly (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) species from the Atlantic Forest hotspot, Brazil

By

Vaz, Stephanie
Mendes, Mariana
Khattar, Gabriel
Macedo, Margarete Valverde de
Ronquillo, Cristina
Zarzo-Arias, Alejandra
Hortal, Joaquín
Silveira, Luiz

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-3-23

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

11

Pages

e101000--

Subjects

dataset , endemism , Neotropics , rainforest , South America , species occurrences

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e101000

 

Abstract

We compiled a database of firefly species records from the Atlantic Forest hotspot in Brazil and made it available at GBIF. Data were gathered from literature and from several key entomological collections, including: Coleção entomológica Prof. José Alfredo Pinheiro Dutra (DZRJ/UFRJ) and Coleção do Laboratório de Ecologia de Insetos from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (CLEI/UFRJ); Coleção Entomológica do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (CEIOC); Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP); Coleção Entomológica Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure from Universidade Federal do Paraná (DZUP/UFPR); and Coleção Entomológica from Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE). This database represents the largest contribution to a public repository of recorded occurrences from Neotropical fireflies.
This dataset shows the occurrence and abundance of firefly species in the Atlantic Forest hotspot. Firefly species endemic to this biome are also present and considered in the study. These data can assist scientific and societal needs, by supporting future research projects and conservation decision-making.