Data of the Insect Biome Atlas: a metabarcoding survey of the terrestrial arthropods of Sweden and Madagascar
Andreia Miraldo, John Sundh, Ela Iwaszkiewicz-Eggebrecht, Mateusz Buczek, Robert M. Goodsell, H Johansson, Brian L. Fisher, Dimby Raharinjanahary, E T Rajoelison, C Ranaivo, C Randrianandrasana, Jean‐Jacques Rafanomezantsoa, Lokeshwaran Manoharan, Emma Granqvist, Laura J. A. van Dijk, L Alberg, David Åhlén, M Aspebo, Sandra Åström, A Bellviken, Phil Bergman, Stefan Björklund, Mats P. Björkman, Jian Deng, Laurella Desborough, E Dolff, Anders Eliasson, H. Elmquist, Hadar Emanuelsson, R Erixon, Lennart E. Fahlén, C Frogner, Peter T. Furst, A Grabs, Håkan Grudd, Daniela Guasconi, Martin Gunnarsson, Sibylle Häggqvist, A Hed, Einar Hörnström, H Johansson, Anette Bach Jønsson, S Kanerot, Anna Karlsson, Dave Karlsson, Mårten Klinth, Tanner Kraft, R Lahti, Malin Larsson, H Lernefalk, Y Lestander, L-T Lindholm, Mikko Lindholm, U Ljung, Karin Ljung, Johannes Lundberg, Erik Lundin, M Malmenius, Daniel Marquina, Julieta Martinelli, Lisa Mertz, Jonas A. Nilsson, Aurora Patchett, Ninni Persson, Jenny Persson, Monika Prus, E Regazzoni, K-G Rosander, Mats Rydgård, C Sandblom, J Skord, Torbjörn Stålhandske, Fredrik Svensson, Scarlett Szpryngiel, K Tajani, M Tyboni, C Ugarph, L Vestermark, J Vilhelmsson, Nils Wahlgren, Anastasia Wass, P Wetterstrand, Piotr Łukasik, Ayco J. M. Tack, Anders F. Andersson, Tomas Roslin, Fredrik Ronquist
Abstract
We present the data from the Insect Biome Atlas project (IBA), characterizing the terrestrial arthropod faunas of Sweden and Madagascar. Over 12 months, Malaise trap samples were collected weekly (biweekly or monthly in the winter, when feasible) at 203 locations within 100 sites in Sweden and weekly at 50 locations within 33 sites in Madagascar; this was complemented by soil and litter samples from each site. The field samples comprise 4,749 Malaise trap, 192 soil and 192 litter samples from Sweden and 2,566 Malaise trap and 190 litter samples from Madagascar. Samples were processed using mild lysis or homogenization, followed by DNA metabarcoding of CO1 (418 bp). The data comprise 698,378 non-chimeric sequence variants from Sweden and 687,866 from Madagascar, representing 33,989 (33,046 Arthropoda) and 77,599 (77,380 Arthropoda) operational taxonomic units, respectively. These are the most comprehensive data presented on these faunas so far, allowing unique analyses of the size, composition, spatial turnover and seasonal dynamics of the sampled communities. They also provide an invaluable baseline against which to gauge future changes.