Swiss National Vespoidea Databank

Occurrence
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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February 4, 2026
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Description

This dataset includes records of the Aculeata pro parte (Vespoidea: Formicidae, Mutillidae, Sapygidae, Scoliidae, Tiphiidae, Vespidae) from Switzerland and the adjacent area. Data sources include museum and private collections, the literature, field observations provided by a large network of volunteer collaborators, environmental impact studies, national inventories and academic work. The period covered by the data extends from 1855 to the present day. All data provided have been subject to a validation procedure.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence 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 103,997 records.

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

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Rights

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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: 81981d98-e27f-4155-9a94-9eae9bbad2be.  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

Occurrence; Occurrence

Contacts

Rainer Neumeyer-Funk
  • Originator
Anne Freitag
  • Originator
Musée cantonal de zoologie, Lausanne
  • Place de la Riponne 6
CH-1014 Lausanne
CH
Isabella Forini-Giacalone
  • Originator
Anya Rossi-Pedruzzi
  • Originator
Felix Amiet
  • Originator
Yves Gonseth
  • Metadata Provider
Chistophe Praz
  • Point Of Contact
info fauna
  • Av. de Bellevaux 51
CH-2000 Neuchâtel
CH

Geographic Coverage

Switzerland and adjacent area

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

Taxonomic Coverage

Aculeata pro parte

Family Formicidae, Mutillidae, Sapygidae, Scoliidae, Tiphiidae, Vespidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1861-06-16 / 2025-02-16

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 81981d98-e27f-4155-9a94-9eae9bbad2be
https://ipt.gbif.ch/resource?r=cscf-ves