Louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae): United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Isle of Man: Citizen science data: Part 1, mapping

British for Ornithomology licensed bird Ringers, and other citizen scientists with an interest in entomology, collected over 3500 louse flies and keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) for the Mapping the UK's Flat Flies Project. The original project expanded to include the Republic of Ireland and Isle of Man as well as the United Kingdom, and includes a few flies from as early as 2002 as well as those from the main study period of 2020 - 2024.
The flies species included in this datadase are the UK Hippoboscids: louse flies: Crataerina pallida, Ornthomya avicularia, Ornithomya chloropus, Ornithomya fringillina, Ornithomya biloba, Steneteryx hirundinis,  Pseudolynchia garzettae and Icosta minor, and the keds Lipoptena cervi, Hippobosca equina and Melophagus ovinus.
This dataset includes the species names, dates of collection (or adult emergence if flies were collected as puparia), and location details to an accuracy of a 1 km grid square for most UK records and 10 km for the records fro..., This dataset contains some of the raw data from the \"Mapping the UK's Flat Flies Project\", including the dates flies were caught and their location. It includes data on louse flies and keds collected from the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Isle of Man, by British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) licensed bird ringers and other citizen scientists with an interest in entomolgy. Most records are from the main study period June 2020 to May 2024, but there are a few earlier records dating back to 2002.
Volunteer BTO bird ringers were sent collection kits and asked to return them with any flies and the relevant metadata at the end of each season. Flies of any age were also accepted from entomologists, and anyone who wanted a Hippoboscid identified via the Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae Recording Scheme. Flies were identified by the author using published keys and a binocular microscope. 
The species included are: Ornithomya avicularia, Ornithomya chloropus, Ornithomya fringillina, O..., , # Louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae): United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Isle of Man: Citizen science data: Part 1, mapping

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## Description of the data and file structure

These data were collected in order to map the ranges of the Hippoboscidae across the United Kingdom (UK), including basic mapping and Maximum entropy species distribution modelling (Maxent SDMs). The dataset also includes data from the Republic of Ireland and Isle of Man.

### Files and variables

#### File: 2024MappingtheUKsFlatFliesLocationData.csv

**Description:** 

##### Variables

* FFsp: The species of flat fly/ louse fly/ ked/ Hippoboscid. The species are indicated by the first letter of the genus, followed by a fullstop (period), and the species name with no spaces. Thus *Ornithomya avicularia* is \"O.avicularia\", *Crataerina pallida* is \"C.pallida\", etc..
* FromPuparium: yes (y) or no (n), indicates whether a fly was ...