Distribution of Nearctic Anillini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae)

This is a dataset of occurrence records for specimens in the tribe Anillini, mostly from the Nearctic region. 

The column headers are Darwin Core compliant, and are listed below. Explanatory notes are included for some. 

catalogNumber = a globally unique identifier

otherCatalogNumbers = extraction voucher identifiers or collection event codes

typeStatus

institutionalCode

genus

infragenericEpithet

identificationQualifier = "aff." means similar to but different from, whereas "cf." means similar to, but not sure. 

specificEpithet

scientificNameAuthorship

nameAccordingTo = the published reference that characterizes the species as it is interpreted here

identifiedBy

dateIdentified

identificationRemarks

country

stateProvince

county

locality

samplingProtocol

decimalLatitude

decimalLongitude

georeferenceRemarks

verbatimEventDate

year

month

day

recordedBy = collector name(s)

sex

individualCount

basisOfRecord = either "PreservedSpecimen" (specimen studied by C. Harden) or "MaterialCitation" (specimen not studied, data from published source, given under 'associatedReferences'). 

lifeStage

associatedReferences

NOTE: This dataset contains many informal placeholder names for undescribed species, which will be updated in future versions with published names as they become available. 

Version 02 - corrections made to infragenericEpithet fields. 

Version 03 - corrections made to various fields, placeholder publication names updated to actual titles.