Description
Data Records
The data in this sampling event 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 334 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
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
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Collet Médie, Duchemin Jean-Bernard, Proisy Christophe, Talaga Stanislas (2026). Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Mangroves of French Guiana. Version 1.0. Institut Pasteur de la Guyane and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement. Sampling event dataset published via GBIF IPT.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Institut Pasteur de la Guyane. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: d4aeaab4-3103-41fb-96f0-e904de35adc6. Institut Pasteur de la Guyane publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Samplingevent; Specimen
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
The selected sampled habitats are located in the mangroves of French Guiana, a French overseas department situated north of Brazil. The majority of the sampled sites were located in the region of Cayenne and its direct surroundings, extending for approximately 50 km alongshore and about 25 km inland. Approximately 100 km southeast of Cayenne, a second area was sampled in the Oyapock river mouth at the boundary with Brazil along an upstream-downstream transect about 30 km long between Trois-Palétuviers and Ouanary. However, data from new mangrove sites sampled in the future may be added to the dataset.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [3.941, -54.086], North East [5.824, -51.559] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The dataset under consideration concerns mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). The identification of species is provided whenever possible.
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Diptera |
| Family | Culicidae |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2023-10-26 / 2025-07-11 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Spatiotemporal dynamics of mosquito and Culicoides communities in the mangroves of French Guiana, links with biotic and abiotic environmental factors. |
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| Identifier | Collet Médie |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Author
Sampling Methods
Mosquitoes were mainly collected during standardized sampling events conducted across different mangrove habitats. The following sampling protocol and setups were used : BG-Pro baited with BG-Sweetscent and CDC light traps were the two main sampling methods used. Usually, traps were for night trapping or day trapping, and occasionally both. At each site, traps were suspended about 1.5 m above the ground level at regular intervals along a transect from 30 m to 60 m. However, due to circumstances, not always the same setups were used at all sites, and the sampling plan was not always the same at all sites. Two larval dipping events were occasionally carried out and included in the dataset.
| Study Extent | The study was conducted in mangrove habitats located along the coastline and in estuarine areas of French Guiana. Sampling was carried out between October 2023 and July 2025. |
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| Quality Control | The identification of species is provided whenever possible, or at the genus level at least, based on an examination of adult external features. In order to address the issue of uncertain identifications of Culicidae species, three legs of the right lateral side of a few specimens were carefully dissected and kept in a separate vial containing 96% ethanol and stored at -20°C for further molecular investigations. Whenever possible, they will be identified by DNA barcoding. |
Method step description:
- Field data were entered into a structured database linking sampling events to associated occurrence records. Taxonomic names were harmonized and unique identifiers were assigned to each event and occurrence. Data were standardized according to Darwin Core terms and formatted for publication through the GBIF IPT.
Collection Data
| Collection Name | Mangrove Mosquito Collection - Specimens |
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| Collection Identifier | Collet Médie |
| Collection Name | Mangrove Mosquito Collection – Genitalia |
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| Collection Identifier | Collet Médie |
| Specimen preservation methods | Mounted, Alcohol |
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Additional Metadata
| Acknowledgements | The work done in the Cayenne region was part of the MAGELLAN Living Labs project, which is funded by the France 2030 program on Nature-based Solutions (ANR-22-EXSO-0002). The work done in the Oyapock region was part of the OYAMOUST project, led by the dataset author, and funded by the Oyapock Observatoire Hommes-Milieux (OHM). I would like to thank the members of the Institut Pasteur de la Guyane Medical Entomology Unit of French Guiana for their help during field missions, for their contribution in identifying, and for their valuable review of this work throughout its development. I would like to extend my gratitude to Léa Ackerer from the Sepanguy association, Jonathan Simon from the National Reserve of Mont Grand Matoury, Ludovic Granjon from the CNRS and Maxime Dutour from the Institute of Research for Development, who also kindly helped me with my work in the field. |
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| Maintenance Description | The dataset may be updated to correct errors or to incorporate additional data generated as part of ongoing research activities. |
| Alternative Identifiers | https://ipt.gbif.fr/resource?r=mosquitoes_in_the_mangroves_of_french_guiana_mmfg |