Swiss National Coleoptera Databank (Checklist)

Checklist Inventory Regional
Latest version published by Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – InfoSpecies on Feb 4, 2026 Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – InfoSpecies
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Publication date:
February 4, 2026
License:
CC-BY 4.0

Download the latest version of this resource data as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) or the resource metadata as EML or RTF:

Data as a DwC-A file download 2,335 records in English (101 KB) - Update frequency: unknown
Metadata as an EML file download in English (25 KB)
Metadata as an RTF file download in English (8 KB)

Description

Annotated checklist related to the occurrence dataset Swiss National Coleoptera Databank https://doi.org/10.15468/cjmjy2, providing distribution status, available national threat status and vernacular names for taxa of Aderidae, Anthicidae, Biphyllidae, Bostrichidae, Buprestidae, Byturidae, Cantharidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Cerophytidae, Cetoniidae, Cleridae, Curculionidae, Dascillidae, Dasytidae, Dermestidae, Derodontidae, Dytiscidae, Elateridae, Endecatomidae, Eucnemidae, Geotrupidae, Glaphyridae, Histeridae, Lucanidae, Lycidae, Melandryidae, Meloidae, Melyridae, Mycetophagidae, Mycteridae, Nosodendridae, Ochodaeidae, Oedemeridae, Phloiophilidae, Prostomidae, Ptinidae, Pyrochroidae, Pythidae, Rhadalidae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Scarabaeidae, Sphaeritidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, Thanerocleridae, Throscidae, Trogidae, Trogossitidae and Zopheridae. Taxa considered not to occur in Switzerland, but with (published) previous mentions of presence (misidentification, lack of documentation) are listed with the occurrrence status "excluded".

Data Records

The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 2,335 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Taxon (core)
2335
Distribution 
2334
VernacularName 
516

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – InfoSpecies. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: c20a2c3b-5041-4062-9658-85d269480384.  Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – InfoSpecies publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Switzerland.

Keywords

Checklist; Inventoryregional; Checklist

Contacts

Yannick Chittaro
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
Info Fauna
  • Av. de Bellevaux 51
CH-2000 Neuchâtel
CH
Christian Monnerat
  • Originator
Info Fauna
  • Av. de Bellevaux 51
CH-2000 Neuchâtel
CH
Andreas Sanchez
  • Originator
Info Fauna
  • Av. de Bellevaux 51
CH-2000 Neuchâtel
CH
Yves Gonseth
  • Originator
Info Fauna
  • Av. de Bellevaux 51
CH-2000 Neuchâtel
CH
Pascal Tschudin
  • Processor
Info Fauna
  • Av. de Bellevaux 51
CH-2000 Neuchâtel
CH

Geographic Coverage

Switzerland

Bounding Coordinates South West [45.818, 5.956], North East [47.808, 10.492]

Taxonomic Coverage

Coleoptera pro parte

Family Aderidae, Anthicidae, Biphyllidae, Bostrichidae, Buprestidae, Byturidae, Cantharidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Cerophytidae, Cetoniidae, Cleridae, Curculionidae, Dascillidae, Dasytidae, Dermestidae, Derodontidae, Dytiscidae, Elateridae, Endecatomidae, Eucnemidae, Geotrupidae, Glaphyridae, Histeridae, Lucanidae, Lycidae, Melandryidae, Meloidae, Melyridae, Mycetophagidae, Mycteridae, Nosodendridae, Ochodaeidae, Oedemeridae, Phloiophilidae, Prostomidae, Ptinidae, Pyrochroidae, Pythidae, Rhadalidae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Scarabaeidae, Sphaeritidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, Thanerocleridae, Throscidae, Trogidae, Trogossitidae, Zopheridae

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers c20a2c3b-5041-4062-9658-85d269480384
https://ipt.gbif.ch/resource?r=ch_cscf_col