OCCURRENCE

A Darwin Core Dataset of Scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Collections

Latest version published by Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences on 9 February 2026 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
This dataset documents the scorpion collection (Order Scorpiones C.L. Koch, 1850) housed at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Brussels. It provides a complete and up-to-date checklist of all specimens in the collection, including both fully identified specimens and those with incomplete taxonomic determinations (e.g., identified only to family or genus level). The dataset represents a valuable reference resource for research on biodiversity, systematics, and natural history of scorpions, supporting studies on global biodiversity patterns and environmental change. The data are made available in an open and standardized format, in accordance with FAIR principles, to facilitate interoperability, reuse, and integration with other international scientific resources.
Publication date:
9 February 2026
License:
CC-BY-NC 4.0

Data Records

The data in this occurrence 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 1,470 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.

Downloads

Download the latest version of this resource data as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) or the resource metadata as EML or RTF:

Data as a DwC-A file download 1,470 records in English (124 kB) - Update frequency: unknown
Metadata as an EML file download in English (11 kB)
Metadata as an RTF file download in English (10 kB)

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:

Durante F, Prendini L, Pizzolotto R, Wérenne G, Baert L, Musschoot T, Dekoninck W (2026): A Darwin Core Dataset of Scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Collections. v1.0. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Dataset/Occurrence. 0002538-260208012135463

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 0a93dd39-a600-4052-8ce2-564ab659a43c.  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; natural history collection; RBINS; Scorpions

External data

The resource data is also available in other formats

Darwin Core Archive https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/request/0002538-260208012135463.zip UTF-8 Darwin Core Archive

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Fabiola Durante
PhD Student
Biology Ecology and Earth Sciences Dept., Calabria University
Via Pietro Bucci, Cubo 4B
87036 Rende (CS)
Cosenza (CS)
IT
Lorenzo Prendini
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York
US
Roberto Pizzolotto
Associate Professor
Biology Ecology and Earth Sciences Dept., Calabria University
Via Pietro Bucci, Cubo 4B
87036 Rende (CS)
Cosenza (CS)
IT
Gladys Wérenne
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège
Passage des Déportés, 2
B-5030 Gembloux
BE
Léon Baert
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstaat 29
1000 Brussels
BE
Tobias Musschoot
Data officer
Belgian Biodiversity Platform / Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
1000 Brussels
BE
Wouter Dekoninck
Curator
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
1000 Brussels
BE

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Wouter Dekoninck
Curator
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
1000 Brussels
BE

Who filled in the metadata:

Fabiola Durante
PhD Student
Biology Ecology and Earth Sciences Dept., Calabria University
Via Pietro Bucci, Cubo 4B
87036 Redne (CS)
Cosenza (CS)
IT
Tobias Musschoot
Data officer
Belgian Biodiversity Platform / Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
1000 Brussels
BE

Geographic Coverage

All over the world in 59 countries.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Order  Scorpiones

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period Since 1872

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 0a93dd39-a600-4052-8ce2-564ab659a43c
https://ipt.naturalsciences.be/resource?r=rbins_scorpions