Gobbi, Mauro; Valle, Barbara; Mensa, Francesco Simone; Tampucci, Duccio; Compostella, Chiara; Toscano Rivalta, Virginia; Petri, Ivan; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Pantini, Paolo; Caccianiga, Marco: Ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) activity density from pitfall traps at 768 sampling points across 29 Alpine and Apennine high-elevation landform sites (Italy), 2010–2023 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993930 (dataset in review), In: Gobbi, M et al.: HIGH-PBS: Vascular plants, ground beetles, and spiders from Alpine and Apennine high-elevation landforms [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993927 (dataset in review)
Abstract:
This table provides activity density data for adult ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) collected by pitfall trapping at the 768 sampling points of the HIGH-PBS dataset, distributed across 29 high-elevation sites in the Italian Alps and Apennines (1,875–3,120 m a.s.l.) and surveyed between 2010 and 2023. Sampling was carried out with one pitfall trap (plastic vessel, 7 cm diameter, 10 cm height) placed in the centre of each 25 m² vegetation plot, baited with a wine-vinegar and salt mixture. Traps were active throughout the snow-free season (typically early July to late September) and were emptied and refilled approximately every 20 days. For each species column, the value reported is the activity density, computed as the number of adult individuals captured divided by the number of trap-days, averaged across the trapping period; empty cells indicate species absence at that sampling point. Values for sites sampled over consecutive years are aggregated across the full sampling period (total individuals divided by total trap-days). The table covers 71 Carabidae species identified to species level; nomenclature follows the checklist of the Italian Carabid Beetles fauna. Identification keys used include Pesarini & Monzini and Mueller-Motzfeld. Voucher specimens are preserved in ca. 70% ethanol at the MUSE - Science Museum of Trento (Italy). Each row is identified by three columns: Event label (unique sampling point identifier, primary key shared with the other five tables of the dataset), Code Landform (CS, DG, F1, F2, RGa, RGr, SF, SS) and Code Area (29 site codes).
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Supplement to:
Gobbi, Mauro; Valle, Barbara; Mensa, Francesco Simone; Tampucci, Duccio; Compostella, Chiara; Toscano Rivalta, Virginia; Petri, Ivan; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Pantini, Paolo; Caccianiga, Marco (in review): HIGH-PBS: Vascular plants, ground beetles, and spiders from Alpine and Apennine high-elevation landforms. Scientific Data
References:
Casale, Achille; Allegro, Gianni; Magrini, Paolo; Benelli, Alessio (2025): The new Checklist of the Italian Fauna: Cicindelidae and Carabidae. Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, 40(1), 1-16, https://doi.org/10.21426/B6.41547
Müller-Motzfeld, Gerd; (ed.) (2004): Käfer Mitteleuropas. Volume 2: Adephaga I: Carabidae. 2nd edition. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 521 pp.
Pesarini, Carlo; Monzini, Vittorino (2010): Insetti della Fauna italiana. Coleotteri Carabidi I. Società italiana di Scienze naturali, Milan, Italy, 111 pp., https://opac.inaf.it/?ids=14258
Pesarini, Carlo; Monzini, Vittorino (2011): Insetti della Fauna italiana. Coleotteri Carabidi II. Società italiana di Scienze naturali, Milan, Italy, 144 pp., https://opac.inaf.it/?ids=126195
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 46.001946 * Median Longitude: 10.267989 * South-bound Latitude: 42.471952 * West-bound Longitude: 7.409793 * North-bound Latitude: 46.753336 * East-bound Longitude: 13.568672
Date/Time Start: 2010-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-12-31T00:00:00
Minimum Elevation: 1875.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 3120.0 m
Event(s):
Agl.CS.1.a (Agl) * Latitude: 46.211467 * Longitude: 10.706933 * Date/Time Start: 2012-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2012-12-31T00:00:00 * Elevation: 2423.0 m * Location: Amola Glacier, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT) * Comment: Sampled somewhen in 2012 (exact date unknown)
Agl.CS.1.b (Agl) * Latitude: 46.211383 * Longitude: 10.706867 * Date/Time Start: 2012-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2012-12-31T00:00:00 * Elevation: 2425.0 m * Location: Amola Glacier, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT) * Comment: Sampled somewhen in 2012 (exact date unknown)
Agl.CS.1.c (Agl) * Latitude: 46.211350 * Longitude: 10.706867 * Date/Time Start: 2012-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2012-12-31T00:00:00 * Elevation: 2430.0 m * Location: Amola Glacier, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT) * Comment: Sampled somewhen in 2012 (exact date unknown)
Comment:
Ground beetle (Carabidae) activity density data per pitfall trap, containing:
* Event label: sampling point identifier (Code: Multiple naming conventions are used, reflecting different sampling campaigns: format 1 (395 points): Site.Landform.Plot.Point (e.g., Agl.CS.1.a); format 2 (275 points): SITE##X (e.g., AGO32B, CLA31A, PEI12A); format 3 (30 points): SITE##.X (e.g., LAZ01.A); format 4 (24 points): U##.X (e.g., U05.A) — Val d'Ultimo site; format 5 (other): site-specific codes (e.g., FRA-FRO11A, SORC3.1A); two labels end in .vista (visual surveys on previously sampled plots),
* Latitude, longitude, elevation, location of sampling event,
* Code Area: site code,
* Code Landform: landform type,
* Year of sampling,
* Species columns (71 species): activity density values [individuals/trap/day]: values represent the number of individuals captured per trap per day, averaged across the trapping period; empty cells indicate species absence at that sampling point.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Gobbi, Mauro | |||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | Gobbi, Mauro | |||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | Gobbi, Mauro | |||
| 4 | Elevation of event | Elevation | m | Gobbi, Mauro | ||
| 5 | Location of event | Location | Gobbi, Mauro | |||
| 6 | Area/locality | Area | Gobbi, Mauro | |||
| 7 | Landform | Landform | Gobbi, Mauro | Code: CS = Stable slope (ice-free since end of Late Glacial Maximum, >10,000 y); DG = Debris-covered Glacier; F1 = Glacier foreland / iceless moraine (deglaciated <100 years); F2 = Glacier foreland / iceless moraine (deglaciated >100 years), RGa = Rock Glacier, active; RGr = Rock Glacier, relict; SF = Snowfield (semi-permanent snow accumulation); SS = Active scree slope (unconsolidated rock debris) | ||
| 8 | Sampling date | Sampling date | Gobbi, Mauro | Year of sampling | ||
| 9 | Abax arerae | A. arerae | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 10 | Abax parallelepipedus | A. parallelepipedus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 11 | Amara alpestris | A. alpestris | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 12 | Amara cardui | A. cardui | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 13 | Amara cf. samnitica | A. cf. samnitica | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 14 | Amara erratica | A. erratica | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 15 | Amara infuscata | A. infuscata | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 16 | Amara morio subsp. nivium | A. morio subsp. nivium | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 17 | Amara praetermissa | A. praetermissa | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 18 | Amara quenseli | A. quenseli | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 19 | Bembidion bipunctatum | B. bipunctatum | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 20 | Bembidion bipunctatum subsp. nivale | B. bipunctatum subsp. nivale | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 21 | Bembidion glaciale | B. glaciale | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 22 | Bembidion indeterminata | Bembidion indet | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 23 | Bembidion rhaeticum | B. rhaeticum | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 24 | Calathus melanocephalus | C. melanocephalus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 25 | Calathus micropterus | C. micropterus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 26 | Carabus adamellicola | C. adamellicola | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 27 | Carabus alpestris | C. alpestris | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 28 | Carabus bertolinii | C. bertolinii | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 29 | Carabus castanopterus | C. castanopterus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 30 | Carabus concolor | C. concolor | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 31 | Carabus creutzeri | C. creutzeri | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 32 | Carabus depressus | C. depressus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 33 | Carabus pedemontanus | C. pedemontanus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 34 | Carabus problematicus | C. problematicus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 35 | Carabus sylvestris subsp. sylvestris | C. sylvestris subsp. sylvestris | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 36 | Cicindela gallica | C. gallica | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 37 | Cophosomorpha macroptera | C. macroptera | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 38 | Cychrus attenuatus | C. attenuatus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 39 | Cychrus cordicollis | C. cordicollis | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 40 | Cychrus cylindricollis | C. cylindricollis | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 41 | Cymindis vaporariorum | C. vaporariorum | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 42 | Harpalus atratus | H. atratus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 43 | Harpalus indeterminata | Harpalus indet | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 44 | Harpalus laevipes | H. laevipes | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 45 | Harpalus rubripes | H. rubripes | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 46 | Laemostenus janthinus subsp. coeruleus | L. janthinus subsp. coeruleus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 47 | Laemostenus schreibersi | L. schreibersi | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 48 | Leistus nitidus | L. nitidus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 49 | Nebria angusticollis | N. angusticollis | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 50 | Nebria castanea | N. castanea | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 51 | Nebria diaphana | N. diaphana | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 52 | Nebria germari | N. germari | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 53 | Nebria jockischi | N. jockischi | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 54 | Nebria lombarda | N. lombarda | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 55 | Nebria macrodera | N. macrodera | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 56 | Nebria orsinii orsinii | N. orsinii | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 57 | Nebria picea | N. picea | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 58 | Nebria soror soror | N. soror | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 59 | Nebria soror tresignore | N. tresignore | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 60 | Notiophilus aquaticus | N. aquaticus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 61 | Notiophilus biguttatus | N. biguttatus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 62 | Platynus depressus | P. depressus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 63 | Platynus teriolensis | P. teriolensis | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 64 | Pterostichus burmeisteri | P. burmeisteri | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 65 | Pterostichus cribratus | P. cribratus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 66 | Pterostichus jurinei | P. jurinei | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 67 | Pterostichus lombardus | P. lombardus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 68 | Pterostichus morio | P. morio | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 69 | Pterostichus morio subsp. samniticus | P. morio subsp. samniticus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 70 | Pterostichus multipunctatus | P. multipunctatus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 71 | Pterostichus schaschli | P. schaschli | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 72 | Pterostichus spinolae | P. spinolae | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 73 | Pterostichus unctulatus | P. unctulatus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 74 | Trechus dolomitanus | T. dolomitanus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 75 | Trechus insubricus | T. insubricus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 76 | Trechus pallidulus | T. pallidulus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 77 | Trechus schaumii | T. schaumii | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 78 | Trechus tristiculus | T. tristiculus | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
| 79 | Trichotichnus laevicollis | T. laevicollis | #/day | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Individuals per trap per day [#/trap/day] |
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