Description
Myriapods and terrestrial isopods play important roles in numerous ecosystem processes, especially decomposition, and in the structure of soil food webs. This chapter discusses five focal taxa, specifically the terrestrial Isopoda (commonly known as pill bugs, sow bugs, roly-polys, woodlice, or slaters) and the four Classes of the Myriapoda: Diplopoda (millipedes), Chilopoda (centipedes), Pauropoda, and Symphyla (sometimes called garden centipedes). After a brief review of each taxon’s phylogenetic position, global diversity, and ecological role, current knowledge of species diversity in Canadian prairies is summarized. Biodiversity of these five groups is relatively low in the prairies of Canada. Terrestrial isopods have yet to be discovered in Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba. Diplopoda are represented by ten species while six species of Chilopoda are known or suspected from the prairies. The Canadian pauropod fauna consists of two species which may be present in the prairies. Twenty-three species of Symphyla are known elsewhere in Canada, but none are known from the Prairie Provinces. Little research on these taxa has been done in this region and much remains to be discovered, likely including species new to science. In addition to diversity and distribution studies, future research directions should include studies of biology and ecology of these species.
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 52 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.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Snyder, Bruce. 2014. Data for Myriapoda and Terrestrial Isopoda of the Prairies of Canada. http://dx.doi.org/10.5886/672d42kv
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Biological Survey of Canada. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ & http://www.canadensys.net/norms
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: ff604ece-2f2b-441d-b399-2d0832a2bdae. Biological Survey of Canada publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Canadensys.
Keywords
Checklist; Inventoryregional; Myriapoda; Diplopoda; Chilopoda; checklist; taxonomy; Canada; provinces; prairies; open data
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Geographic Coverage
Canadian prairies
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [48.83, -121.45], North East [56.25, -94.06] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
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| Subphylum | Myriapoda |
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| Class | Diplopoda, Chilopoda |
Bibliographic Citations
- Snyder, B. A. 2014. Myriapoda and Terrestrial Isopoda of the Prairies of Canada. In Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Volume 3): Biodiversity and Systematics Part 1. Edited by H. A. Cárcamo and D. J. Giberson. Biological Survey of Canada. pp. 21-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.3752/9780968932162.ch2 doi:10.3752/9780968932162.ch2
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| Alternative Identifiers | http://dx.doi.org/10.5886/672d42kv |
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