TIARA Project of Insects and Terrestrial Arthropods of Southcentral United States

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Texas A & M University, Center for the Study of Digital Libraries
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:
TIARA Project of Insects and Terrestrial Arthropods of Southcentral United States
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Database
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: College Station, Texas
Publisher: Texas A & M University
Online_Linkage: <http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/tiara>
Description:
Abstract:
The TIARA Project is a collaborative, on-line, biological information system for the insects and terrestrial arthropods of the south-central United States and adjacent Mexico. TIARA helps computer scientists develop and deliver fundamental information about the biota of Texas and surrounding regions to researchers, educators, policy makers and the general public through a flexible, interactive, web-based, information system. Because of the magnitude of this task, the TIARA Project is by necessity a highly interdisciplinary activity, utilizing the accumulated knowledge of biologists with diverse taxonomic specializations, data contained in voluminous research collections of biological specimens, and the skills and insights of computer scientists to organize, manipulate, transform and deliver biological information in digital multimedia formats. The primary geographic focus of the TIARA Project is the south-central United States and adjacent Mexico. Taxa found beyond this focus region, however, are included in the data sets of some collaborators. The current taxonomic foci of the TIARA Project are insects and terrestrial arthropods.
Purpose:
The TIARA Project investigators are actively seeking to collaborate with biologists with other taxonomic specializations. They believe that the greater promise of a general bioinformatics web site lies in its potential to traverse classical biological domains, to stimulate interactions among taxonomically focused biological scientists, and thereby, to facilitate the discovery of new biological knowledge. It is the intent of the TIARA Project to work toward these ends.
Supplemental_Information: Information was obtained from <http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/tiara/>
Time_Period_of_Content:
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Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1994
Ending_Date: Present
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: In Work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
Spatial_Domain:
Description_of_Geographic_Extent: southcentral United States and Mexico
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -115
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -85.18
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 13.05
Keywords:
Theme:
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Theme_Keyword: entomology
Theme_Keyword: deserts
Theme_Keyword: distribution
Theme_Keyword: insects
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: southcentral United States
Place_Keyword: Texas
Place_Keyword: TX
Place_Keyword: NM
Place_Keyword: New Mexico
Place_Keyword: Oklahoma
Place_Keyword: OK
Place_Keyword: Louisiana
Place_Keyword: LA
Place_Keyword: AR
Place_Keyword: Arkansas
Place_Keyword: Mexico
Taxonomy:
Keywords/Taxon:
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Taxonomic_Keywords: insects
Taxonomic_Keywords: arthropods
Taxonomic_Keywords: Arthropoda
Taxonomic_Keywords: Hexapoda
Taxonomic_Keywords: Insecta
Taxonomic_Keywords: Coleoptera
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom
Taxon_Rank_Value: Animalia
Applicable_Common_Name: animals
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Phylum
Taxon_Rank_Value: Arthropoda
Applicable_Common_Name: arthropods
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Subphylum
Taxon_Rank_Value: Hexapoda
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Class
Taxon_Rank_Value: Insecta
Applicable_Common_Name: insects
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: none
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: John D. Oswald
Contact_Organization: Texas A & M University, Department of Entomology
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
City: College Station
State_or_Province: Texas
Postal_Code: 77843-2475
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (979) 862-3507
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (979) 845-6305
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: j-oswald@tamu.edu
Data_Set_Credit:
Web Interface Development - Individuals who have made significant contributions to the implementation of the TIARA web site: Jin-Cheon Na, Graduate Student, CSDL, CPSC, TAMU -- Jin-Cheon was responsible for the primary development of TIARA web site interface code from 1998 to summer 2001. Seok-Jun Yun, Graduate Student, CSDL, CPSC, TAMU -- Seok-Jun developed the ImageWeb website (and underlying SQL database), a primary source of image metadata for the Tiara project, in early 2001. Mike Ong, Graduate Student, CSDL, CPSC, TAMU -- Mike helped develop the North American mapping functionality during Fall Semester 2000. Erich Schneider, former Graduate Student, CSDL, CPSC, TAMU -- Erich developed the initial code for several interface elements (e.g., the stretch-text classification listing, the county-level Texas mapping functions, and some list-generating functions) that were subsequently modified and incorporated into the TIARA web site. Erich developed these features between 1996 and 1998 as web interface elements designed for botanical bioinformatics projects undertaken by the TAMU-BWG. Web Interface Design - Individuals who have contributed to the conceptual design and organization of the TIARA web site: Richard Furuta, CSDL, CPSC; member TAMU-BWG Stephen Hatch, TH, RLEM; member TAMU-BWG John Leggett, CSDL, CPSC; member TAMU-BWG John Oswald, TAMUIC, ENTO; member TAMU-BWG Hugh Wilson, BH, BIOL; member TAMU-BWG. Taxon Coordinators TIARA project collaborators responsible for coordinating outreach activities within specific taxon specialist communities. Hexapoda: Odonata -- Dr. John C. Abbott. Data from Individuals - Individuals who have made data available for delivery through the TIARA web site: John C. Abbott -- Taxon Coordinator for the insect order Odonata. County-level distribution data for the Odonata of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Arthropod images (Odonata and general Insecta); David E. Baumgardner -- County-level distribution data for Texas Ephemeroptera; Roy J. Beckemeyer -- County-level distribution data for two Microstylum species (Diptera: Asilidae); Robert A. (Bob) Behrstock -- Arthropod images (particularly Odonata); Ronald F. (Ron) Billings -- Arthropod images (particularly forest insects); Charles Bordelon -- Data on Texas Lepidoptera; David E. Bowles -- Arthropod images (particularly aquatics); Horace R. Burke -- County-level distribution data for common insect pests of woody ornamental plants in Texas; D. Allen Dean -- County-level distribution data for Texas Spiders; Bastiaan M. (Bart) Drees -- County-level distribution data for Texas Tabanidae; Arthropod images (particularly economically important taxa); Ted L. Eubanks -- Arthropod images (particularly Lepidoptera); James Gillaspy -- County-level distribution data for Texas Lepidoptera; William B. (Will) Godwin -- Arthropod images (Scarabaeidae); Nick Grishin -- Arthropod images (particularly Lepidoptera); Kenneth R. (Ken) Hobson; John A. Jackmann -- County-level distribution data for common insect pests of woody ornamental plants in Texas. Arthropod images (particularly economically important taxa); Ed Knudson -- Checklist of Texas moths. Arthropod images Lepidoptera); James L. Lasswell -- Arthropod images (particularly Odonata); Forrest L. Mitchell -- Arthropod images (particularly Odonata); John C. Morse -- North American Trichoptera species list; Jin-Cheon Na -- Blair Nikula -- arthropod images (particularly Odonata); Sean T. O'Keefe -- County-level distribution data for Texas ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae); Jimmy K. Olson -- County-level distribution data for Texas mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae); Mike Ong -- Mike helped develop the North American mapping functionality during Fall Semester 2000; John D. Oswald -- Tiara project coordinator; data from the Texas A&M University Insect Collection; nomenclatural and distribution data for neuropterid insects; Herbert A. (Joe) Pase, III -- Arthropod images (particularly Phasmida); Norman D. (Norm) Penny -- County-level distribution data for North American Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Mecoptera and Raphidioptera; Mike Quinn -- Golden-cheeked warbler project data; arthropod images (particularly Danaidae and other Lepidoptera); Brian T. Raber -- Brazos Bend State Park beetle list (Fort Bend Co., Texas); Robert E. Richards -- Web link library data set development; Edward G. (Ed) Riley -- Several local Texas beetle fauna lists. County-level distribution data for selected Coleoptera from Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas; Ralph Scott -- Arthropod images (color illustrations of selected North American crickets and katydids). Jackie Sones -- Arthropod images (particularly Odonata); Bill P. Stark -- North American Plecoptera species list and state-level distribution data. Winfield Sterling -- Arthropod images (particularly cotton associates); Jeremiah R. Trimble -- Arthropod images (particularly Odonata); Thomas J. Walker -- North American cricket and katydid species list and common names. Arthropod images (particularly North American crickets and katydids), distribution data for selected North American Orthoptera; Curt Williams -- Arthropod images (particularly Odonata); Charles S. (Charlie) Wolfe -- County-level distribution data for Texas Phyllophaga (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae); Matthew J. (Matt) Yoder -- Texas A&M University Insect Collection database development; ImageBase database development. Data from Organizations - Organizations that have made data available for delivery through the TIARA web site: American Arachnological Society (AAS) - Common Names of Arachnids (2nd ed., 1997) -- English common names for various arachnids have been extracted from this listing; Dragonfly Society of the Americas (DSA) - Common & Scientific Names List -- Scientific names and English common names for North American odonates; Entomological Society of America (ESA) - Common Names of Insects and Related Organisms (1997) -- English common names for many North American insects and related arthropod taxa have been extracted from this source; Entomological Society of Canada (ESC) - ESC Common Names List -- English common names for many North American insects and related arthropod taxa have been extracted from this source; North American Butterfly Association (NABA) - English Names of North American Butterflies Occurring North of Mexico -- English common names for butterflies occurring north of Mexico have been extracted from this listing; Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC) - People: Edward G. "Ed" Riley, Assistant Curator, ENTO, TAMU, TAMUIC -- Ed directed and managed nomenclatural, taxonomic and specimen-level data development in the Texas A&M University Insect Collection and managed undergraduate student workers in the TAMUIC Matthew J. "Matt" Yoder, Graduate Student, ENTO, TAMU -- Matt was responsible for the primary development of the TAMUIC Inventory Management Database. This database provided the core nomenclatural, taxonomic and specimen-level data on insects and terrestrial arthropods for the TIARA web site. Matt also developed specialized database applications for the capture of data on entomologically-related web links, image content and taxon distributions. Other Graduate Students, TAMU, ENTO -- Alan "Al" Gillogly, William "Will" Godwin -- These students provided assistance on a variety of TIARA-related tasks. Data: Species- and higher-level nomenclatural and classification data for insects and terrestrial arthropods. General TAMUIC holdings data for most groups of insect and terrestrial arthropods. Specimen-level label data for selected higher taxa of insects and terrestrial arthropods; Texas A&M University Research and Extension Center at Stephenville, Entomology Program (RECSE) - People: Forrest L. Mitchell, Associate Professor & Project Leader, ENTO, RECS, TAES, TAMU -- Forrest coordinated the conversion of hundreds of photographic slides to digital images for the TIARA project and provided access to additional images from several web sites maintained by the Stephenville Center's Entomology Program, including: Digital Dragonflies, Digital Dragonfly Museum, Damselflies of Texas and Insects & More; James Lasswell, Senior Research Associate, RECS, TAES, TAMU -- James digitized photographic images, managed image files and data, and provided numerous images for the TIARA project. Data: Digital imagery of insects and related arthropods. Miscellaneous Data Sources - MacGregor, R.; Gutiérrez, O. 1983. Guía de insectos nocivos para la agricultura en México. Editorial Alhambra Mexicana, D.F., Mexico. 166 pp. -- English and Spanish common names for many North American insects and related arthropod taxa have been extracted from this source. Funding - Grants that have supported the TIARA project by funding the acquisition, management and/or delivery of digital information: 2000 -- TMCA; The TIARA Bioinformatics Project: mosquitoes (Insecta: Culicidae); 2000-2001 (12 months); John D. Oswald & Jim Olson (Co-PI's) -- This grant supported the development of mosquito content for the TIARA project; 2000 -- TAMU: OVPR: IRI; Organismal Bioinformatics: Integrating and Disseminating the Data of Organismal Biology in Support of Broad Environmental Studies; 2000-2001 (12 months); John D. Oswald & John J. Leggett (Co-PI's), with Collaborators: Lee A. Fitzgerald, Duane Schlitter and R. Kathryn Vaughn -- This grant supported the extension of the TIARA web interface to include vertebrate data, the incorporation of distributed computing technologies to link data from discrete collection databases, and the development of additional data from the Texas A&M University Insect Collection and the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection; 2000 -- NSF: DBI: BRC: REU (supplement to NSF DBI 9876829); Undergraduate Participation in an Organismal Bioinformatics Project at the Texas A&M University Insect Collection; 2000-2001 (12 months); John D. Oswald (PI) -- This grant supported the capture of specimen-level data from a portion of the Johnson Bruchid Collection, which was transferred to the Texas A&M University Insect Collection under NSF grant 9876829; 2000 -- TDA: IPMG (551-0-1770); Supplying Insect Images in Support of Texas Agriculture: the Entomology Digital Image Gallery; 2000 (12 months); John Jackman & John Oswald (Co-PI's) -- This grant supported the development of some of the image content available through the TIARA web site; 2000 -- TAMU: COALS: NEUHAUS; Entomology Image Gallery and Web Link Library; 2000-2001 (18 months); John D. Oswald (PI) -- This grant funded the development of some of the "web link library" and image content available through the TIARA web site; 1999 -- NSF: DBI: BRC (DBI 9876829); Improvements to the Texas A&M University Insect Collection; 1999-2001 (2.5 years); John D. Oswald (PI) -- A portion of this grant supported bar-coding and data capture from new additions to the TAMUIC Coleoptera collection in order to permit access to their specimen-level data through the TIARA web site; 1999 -- TAES; Improvements to the Texas A&M University Insect Collection; 1999-2001 (2.5 years); John D. Oswald (PI) -- Most of the funds from this grant will support bar-coding and data capture from new additions to the TAMUIC Coleoptera collection in order to permit access to their specimen-level data through the TIARA web site; 1999 -- THECB: ARP: SGHSST; Advanced Web-based Access to Texas Arthropod Diversity Data; 1999; John D. Oswald (PI) -- This supplement to THECB grant ARP 999902-139 supported the initial development of the data set underlying the "Web links" functionality of the TIARA web site; 1999 -- TAMU: OVPR: FMG (99-098); Interactive Web Map of Continental North America; 1999-2000 (1 year); John D. Oswald (PI) -- This grant supported extension of the mapping capabilities of the TIARA web site to include coverage for all of continental North America; 1998 -- THECB: ARP (999902-139); Advanced Web-based Access to Texas Arthropod Diversity Data; 1998-2000 (2 years + extension); John D. Oswald (PI) -- This grant funded the initial development of the TIARA web site, the further development of the TAMUIC Inventory Management Database, the initial bar-coding of specimens in the TAMUIC, and the digital capture of a variety of different types of data (e.g., specimen-level label information, images, distribution data) subsequently used in the TIARA project; 1996 -- THECB: ARP (ARP 999903-230); Incorporating Physical Artifacts into the Digital Library; 1996-1998 (2 years + extension); Richard Furuta (Co-PI), John J. Leggett (Co-PI) -- A portion of this grant funded the initial development of several web interface components that were subsequently incorporated into the TIARA web site; 1996 -- THECB: ARP (010366-185); Plant Diversity Informatics -- Texas HerbariumData and the World Wide Web; 1996-1998 (2 years + extension); Stephan L. Hatch (Co-PI), Hugh D. Wilson (Co-PI) -- A portion of this grant funded the initial development of several web interface components (e.g., stretch-text classification listing, county-level Texas mapping, some list-generating functionality) that were subsequently incorporated into the TIARA web site; 1994 -- NSF: DBI: BRC (DEB 9318044); Improvement of the Texas A&M University Insect Collection; 1994-1997 (3 years); Horace R. Burke (PI), John D. Oswald (replacement PI, 1996) -- A portion of this grant funded the digital capture of basic holdings information for the TAMUIC, including taxonomic holdings at species and higher classification levels, life stages and approximate number of specimens represented in the collection by species, and biogeographic regions represented in the collection by species; 1994 -- TAES; Improvement of the Texas A&M University Insect Collection; 1994-1997 (3 years); Horace R. Burke (PI), John D. Oswald (replacement PI, 1996) - This grant funded the digital capture of basic holdings information for the TAMUIC, including taxonomic holdings, life stages and approximate number of specimens represented in the collection by species, and biogeographic regions represented in collection by species. Institutions and Organizations - Institutional / organizational affiliations of TIARA project collaborators Educational Institutions: Clemson University (CUSC), College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences (CAFLS), Department of Entomology (ENTO); Mississippi College (MC), College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Department of Biological Sciences (BIOSCI); Texas A&M University (TAMU) College of Agriculture & Life Sciences (COALS), Department of Entomology (ENTO); Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC); Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management (RLEM), S. M. Tracy Herbarium (TH); College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science (CPSC) Center for the Study of Digital Libraries (CSDL), College of Science, Department of Biology (BIOL), Herbarium (BH); University of Florida (UFL), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (UFLCALS), Department of Entomology and Nematology (UFLDEN); University of Texas (UT), College of Natural Sciences (CNS), School of Biological Sciences (SBS), Section of Integrative Biology (SIB); University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), College of Science (UTACS), Department of Biology (UTADB). Governmental Agencies: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) Research & Extension Center, Stephenville (RECS), Entomology Program (RECSE); Texas Agricultural Extension Service (TAEX); Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES); Texas Forest Service (TFS); Texas Parks & Wildlife (TPW). Miscellaneous Organizations: American Arachnological Society (AAS), Dragonfly Society of the Americas (DSA), Entomological Society of America (ESA) Entomological Society of Canada (ESC), North American Butterfly Association (NABA), Texas A&M University Bioinformatics Working Group (TAMU-BWG); Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Massachusetts Audubon Society (WBWS) . Funding Organizations: Public National: National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI), Biological Research Collections (BRC) Program, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program; Public State: Texas A&M University(TAMU), College of Agriculture & Life Sciences (COALS), V. F. and Gertrude Neuhaus Teaching Scholars (NEUHAUS) Program, Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), Faculty Mini-Grant (FMG) Program, Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives (IRI) Program, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES), Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Integrated Pest Management Grant (IPMG) Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), Advanced Research Program (ARP), Supplemental Grants for High School Science Teachers (SGHSST) Program; Private: Texas Mosquito Control Association (TMCA). Miscellaneous - Recognition of entities not otherwise noted Selected bullets were derived from QBullets freeware, copyright 1996 by Matterform Media.
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The Tiara Project utilizes the accumulated knowledge of biologists with diverse taxonomic specializations, data is contained in voluminous research collections of biological specimens.
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State_or_Province: Texas
Postal_Code: 77843-2475
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (979) 862-3507
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (979) 845-6305
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: j-oswald@tamu.edu
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Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at Texas A & M University, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a Texas A & M server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The Texas A & M University shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
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