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) presence/absence 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.993932 (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 presence/absence (binary occurrence) data for adult ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) at the 768 sampling points of the HIGH-PBS dataset, across 29 high-elevation sites in the Italian Alps and Apennines (1,875–3,120 m a.s.l.), surveyed between 2010 and 2023. The data were derived from the activity density records obtained by pitfall trapping (see beetle_abundance.tab in the same submission for full methodology): each species column contains a binary value, with 1 = at least one adult individual recorded at that sampling point and 0 = species not recorded. The table is provided alongside the activity density version to offer a conservative, directly comparable occurrence measure that accommodates analytical approaches (e.g. occupancy models, beta-diversity metrics, community composition analyses) for which quantitative capture rates are not required or not appropriate. It also allows users to include sites where only presence/absence data could be derived. The table covers 71 Carabidae species identified to species level; nomenclature follows the checklist of the Italian Carabid Beetles fauna. 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). Voucher specimens are preserved in ca. 70% ethanol at the MUSE - Science Museum of Trento (Italy).
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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) presence/absence 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) as presence/absence: binary values (1 = species present, 0 = species absent 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 | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 10 | Abax parallelepipedus | A. parallelepipedus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 11 | Amara alpestris | A. alpestris | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 12 | Amara cardui | A. cardui | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 13 | Amara cf. samnitica | A. cf. samnitica | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 14 | Amara erratica | A. erratica | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 15 | Amara infuscata | A. infuscata | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 16 | Amara morio subsp. nivium | A. morio subsp. nivium | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 17 | Amara praetermissa | A. praetermissa | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 18 | Amara quenseli | A. quenseli | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 19 | Bembidion bipunctatum subsp. nivale | B. bipunctatum subsp. nivale | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 20 | Bembidion bipunctatum | B. bipunctatum | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 21 | Bembidion glaciale | B. glaciale | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 22 | Bembidion indeterminata | Bembidion indet | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 23 | Bembidion rhaeticum | B. rhaeticum | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 24 | Calathus melanocephalus | C. melanocephalus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 25 | Calathus micropterus | C. micropterus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 26 | Carabus adamellicola | C. adamellicola | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 27 | Carabus alpestris | C. alpestris | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 28 | Carabus bertolinii | C. bertolinii | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 29 | Carabus castanopterus | C. castanopterus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 30 | Carabus concolor | C. concolor | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 31 | Carabus creutzeri | C. creutzeri | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 32 | Carabus depressus | C. depressus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 33 | Carabus pedemontanus | C. pedemontanus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 34 | Carabus problematicus | C. problematicus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 35 | Carabus sylvestris subsp. sylvestris | C. sylvestris subsp. sylvestris | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 36 | Cicindela gallica | C. gallica | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 37 | Cophosomorpha macroptera | C. macroptera | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 38 | Cychrus attenuatus | C. attenuatus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 39 | Cychrus cordicollis | C. cordicollis | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 40 | Cychrus cylindricollis | C. cylindricollis | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 41 | Cymindis vaporariorum | C. vaporariorum | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 42 | Harpalus atratus | H. atratus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 43 | Harpalus indeterminata | Harpalus indet | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 44 | Harpalus laevipes | H. laevipes | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 45 | Harpalus rubripes | H. rubripes | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 46 | Laemostenus janthinus subsp. coeruleus | L. janthinus subsp. coeruleus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 47 | Laemostenus schreibersi | L. schreibersi | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 48 | Leistus nitidus | L. nitidus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 49 | Nebria angusticollis | N. angusticollis | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 50 | Nebria castanea | N. castanea | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 51 | Nebria diaphana | N. diaphana | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 52 | Nebria germari | N. germari | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 53 | Nebria jockischi | N. jockischi | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 54 | Nebria lombarda | N. lombarda | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 55 | Nebria macrodera | N. macrodera | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 56 | Nebria orsinii orsinii | N. orsinii | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 57 | Nebria picea | N. picea | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 58 | Nebria soror soror | N. soror | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 59 | Nebria soror tresignore | N. tresignore | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 60 | Notiophilus aquaticus | N. aquaticus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 61 | Notiophilus biguttatus | N. biguttatus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 62 | Platynus depressus | P. depressus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 63 | Platynus teriolensis | P. teriolensis | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 64 | Pterostichus burmeisteri | P. burmeisteri | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 65 | Pterostichus cribratus | P. cribratus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 66 | Pterostichus jurinei | P. jurinei | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 67 | Pterostichus lombardus | P. lombardus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 68 | Pterostichus morio subsp. samniticus | P. morio subsp. samniticus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 69 | Pterostichus morio | P. morio | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 70 | Pterostichus multipunctatus | P. multipunctatus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 71 | Pterostichus schaschli | P. schaschli | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 72 | Pterostichus spinolae | P. spinolae | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 73 | Pterostichus unctulatus | P. unctulatus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 74 | Trechus dolomitanus | T. dolomitanus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 75 | Trechus insubricus | T. insubricus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 76 | Trechus pallidulus | T. pallidulus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 77 | Trechus schaumii | T. schaumii | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 78 | Trechus tristiculus | T. tristiculus | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point | |
| 79 | Trichotichnus laevicollis | T. laevicollis | Gobbi, Mauro | Pitfall trap (PTRAP) | Presence/absence: 1 = species present, 0 = species absent at that sampling point |
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