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Website
Mosquito Alert: Tiger Mosquito Dataset
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Code
mosquitoalert_tiger -
Registration date
11/07/2018 - Download the sheet
Description
Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) observations done by citizen scientists using the Mosquito Alert app. It includes reports from citizens tagged by them as "adult mosquito", that contain at least one picture and that it has been evaluated by entomological experts. According to these experts, the picture/s of this observation could be tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus): their taxonomic features can be clearly seen in the picture/s, especially the white stripe on head and thorax (confirmed observations); or only some characteristic features can be observed, but it could be this species nonetheless (probable observations).
Overall information
How to cite
Escobar A, Oltra A (2018): Mosquito Alert: Tiger Mosquito Dataset. v1. CREAF - Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=mosquitoalert&v=1.0
Access restrictions
Free access by internet
Taxonomic coverage
Scientific names
Aedes albopictus
Common names
Tiger Mosquito
Geospatial coverage
World dataset, but mainly focused on Spain
Temporal location
Temporal coverage
From 15/05/2014 to 03/07/2018
Types of datasets
Observaciones ciudadanas validadas por entomólogos de mosquito tigre (confirmadas y probables)
Digitalization
1
100
No
Map of Specimens
Related Resources
Publications
- John R.B. Palmer, Aitana Oltra, Francisco Collantes, Juan Antonio Delgado, Javier Lucientes, Sarah Delacour, Mikel Bengoa, Roger Eritja and Frederic Bartumeus (2017). Citizen science provides a reliable and scalable tool to track disease-carrying mosquitoes. Nature Communications 8:916.