@prefix schema: . @prefix dct: . @prefix adms: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix vcard: . @prefix dcat: . @prefix locn: . @prefix foaf: . a dcat:Catalog ; dct:title "KwaZulu-Natal Museum IPT" ; dct:description "IPT for KwaZulu-Natal Museum to publish records to GBIF" ; dct:publisher ; dcat:dataset , , , , , , , ; foaf:homepage ; dct:issued "2019-10-29T09:51Z" ; dct:modified "2026-07-01T09:19Z" ; dcat:themeTaxonomy ; dct:license ; dct:language . a skos:ConceptScheme ; dct:title "biodiversity"@en . a dcat:Dataset ; dct:title "KZNM-PINDIP-DIPTATEACH" ; dct:description """The Entomology Collection represents the largest collection in the Natural Science Department of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum.The collection's geographic focus is South Africa with additional Afrotropical and Global material. The taxon dimension of the collection is flies and the geographic dimension of those flies is predominantly from South Africa. The collection is an actively developing collection and some of the research on the collection includes the PINDIP (Pollinator Information Network for Two-Winged Insects) (link to: https://www.pindip.org/) project, research on forensic dipterology and the ongoing research on robberfly taxonomy. The PINDIP project, funded by the JRS Biodiversity Foundation, and headed by the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RCMA), will help redress that gap for sub-Saharan Africa, by partnering with museums in Africa to digitize and publish existing records on the group of insects known as Diptera (flies and mosquitoes), and increase the size and value of museum collections through field collections, and by documenting pollination interaction webs for the group. The Diptera families of interest are Bombyliidae, Calliphoridae, Mythicomyiidae, Nemestrinidae, Rhiniidae, Syrphidae and Tabanidae. The African institutions involved are: International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE, Nairobi, Kenya), National Museums of Kenya (NMK, Nairobi, Kenya), KwaZulu-Natal Museum (NMSA, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa), National Museum Bloemfontein (BMSA, Bloemfontein, South Africa), South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI, Pretoria, South Africa), and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, Cotonou, Benin).The PINDIP project, funded by the JRS Biodiversity Foundation and hosted at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, includes mobilization of Afrotropical pollinating fly (Diptera) data as a primary output. The dataset from the KwaZulu-Natal Museum comprises approximately 30 000 specimens of pollinating fly, predominantly from the Afrotropics, and is a key output for this project.DIPTATEACH is a network project that aims to enhance open-access data set on the Syrphidae of South Africa in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZNM) Diptera collection.The dataset contains occurrence records for flies of the families Bombyliidae, Calliphoridae, Mythicomyiidae, Nemestrinidae, Rhiniidae and Syrphidae, as well as the subfamily Pangoniinae (Tabanidae). All associated specimens are housed at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum Entomology Collection.""" ; dcat:keyword "Occurrence" , "Specimen" , "Flies" , "Pollination" , "Biodiversity" , "Pollinators" , "Afrotropical" , "Taxonomy" ; dcat:theme ; dcat:contactPoint [ a vcard:Individual ; vcard:fn "Siyabonga Zamisa"; vcard:hasEmail ] ; dct:modified "2020-08-24T10:36Z" ; dct:spatial [ a dct:Location ; locn:geometry "{ \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [-22.5,-40.98], [-22.5,43.069], [63.281,43.069], [63.281,-40.98], [-22.5,-40.98] ] ] }" ] ; dcat:landingPage ; dct:identifier "https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d5c0a2dc-a87c-4bcd-8b07-2c1d60f40167" ; dct:publisher ; dcat:distribution ; dct:language . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:title "Darwin Core Archive of KZNM-PINDIP-DIPTATEACH" ; dct:description "Darwin Core Archive" ; dct:license ; dct:format "dwc-a" ; dcat:mediaType "application/zip" ; dcat:downloadURL ; dcat:accessURL . a rdfs:Resource . a dcat:Dataset ; dct:title "KwaZulu-Natal Museum-Arachnida-Collection" ; dct:description """The KwaZulu-Natal Museum has a long history of arachnology research, and significant collections were built up by previous researchers. Currently we have no active researchers using these collections within the museum, but they still form an important resource for the international research community. Spiders (6000 specimens) and scorpions form the largest part of the arachnology collections (2500); but opilionids (1300), pseudoscorpions (500), ticks and mites (1400), and solifugids (600) are also well represented. Terrestrial isopods (200) and amphipods (1500) are curated along with the arachnids. Much of this material is from KwaZulu-Natal, and was collected by Dr R. F. Lawrence who was based at the Natal Museum for more than 20 years. The collection includes more than 1000 type specimens.""" ; dcat:keyword "Occurrence" , "Specimen" , "KwaZulu-Natal Museum" , "Arachnida" , "Opilionids" , "Pseudoscorpions" , "Ticks" , "Mites and Solifugids" ; dcat:theme ; dcat:contactPoint [ a vcard:Individual ; vcard:fn "Siyabonga Zamisa"; vcard:hasEmail ] ; dct:modified "2023-09-12T09:08Z" ; dct:spatial [ a dct:Location ; locn:geometry "{ \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [-172.969,-58.078], [-172.969,71.525], [54.844,71.525], [54.844,-58.078], [-172.969,-58.078] ] ] }" ] ; dcat:landingPage ; dct:identifier "https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d90727f8-cb15-4284-8197-1d43f80bcec6" ; dct:publisher ; dcat:distribution ; dct:language . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:title "Darwin Core Archive of KwaZulu-Natal Museum-Arachnida-Collection" ; dct:description "Darwin Core Archive" ; dct:license ; dct:format "dwc-a" ; dcat:mediaType "application/zip" ; dcat:downloadURL ; dcat:accessURL . a rdfs:Resource . a dcat:Dataset ; dct:title "KwaZulu-Natal Museum-Entomology-collection" ; dct:description "The Entomology collection is dominated by the Diptera (flies), which was commenced by Dr B. R. Stuckenberg in 1953. This collection consists of more than 200 000 specimens, and is one of the largest and most representative collections in the southern hemisphere. It is certainly the most comprehensive collection of flies in Africa, and as such is an important resource for African entomologists. It has been enlarged and consolidated, both by extensive collecting in Southern Africa, and by the acquisition of other significant regional collections. The Diptera collection of the Transvaal Museum was obtained by exchange in 1975, and the Zumpt Collection of the South African Institute of Medical Research was acquired by donation in 1983.The collection of flies contains more than 1275 primary types and 5474 secondary types. It is housed in almost 1000 wooden insect drawers together with an alcohol and slide collection. The Entomology collection also includes several smaller collections including Heteroptera and Mecoptera. Material from the Entomology collection is regularly sent on loan to researchers around the world." ; dcat:keyword "Occurrence" , "Specimen" , "Entomology" ; dcat:theme ; dcat:contactPoint [ a vcard:Individual ; vcard:fn "Siyabonga Zamisa"; vcard:hasEmail ] ; dct:modified "2022-11-02T12:08Z" ; dct:spatial [ a dct:Location ; locn:geometry "{ \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [-165.938,-53.331], [-165.938,73.628], [-163.125,73.628], [-163.125,-53.331], [-165.938,-53.331] ] ] }" ] ; dcat:landingPage ; dct:identifier "https://www.gbif.org/dataset/eb657c33-ec74-4462-8612-ce5cc02ac543" ; dct:publisher ; dcat:distribution ; dct:language . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:title "Darwin Core Archive of KwaZulu-Natal Museum-Entomology-collection" ; dct:description "Darwin Core Archive" ; dct:license ; dct:format "dwc-a" ; dcat:mediaType "application/zip" ; dcat:downloadURL ; dcat:accessURL . a rdfs:Resource . a dcat:Dataset ; dct:title "kznm-herpetology-collection" ; dct:description "The Herpetology collection is one of many collections found from the Department of Natural Science at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum. The collection is a minor but important collection within the museum, housing an important set of locally and international specimens. The collection is primarily used by external researchers, as our researchers have traditionally focussed on other groups.The collection notably contains the acquisition of JC Poynton's frog collection from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. It also house material of lizards, snakes and frogs which were donated by Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife research staff. The collection date back 1907 and it has recently been look at by herpetologist Adriaan Jordaan and Christiaan Steenkamp from the Natural Science Collections Facility." ; dcat:keyword "Occurrence" , "Specimen" , "Herpetology" , "KwaZulu-Natal Museum" ; dcat:theme ; dcat:contactPoint [ a vcard:Individual ; vcard:fn "Siyabonga Zamisa"; vcard:hasEmail ] ; dct:modified "2022-01-07T13:52Z" ; dct:spatial [ a dct:Location ; locn:geometry "{ \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [-26.719,-43.069], [-26.719,36.598], [57.656,36.598], [57.656,-43.069], [-26.719,-43.069] ] ] }" ] ; dcat:landingPage ; dct:identifier "https://www.gbif.org/dataset/becc5a69-15e6-4195-b2a1-7746022b9e47" ; dct:publisher ; dcat:distribution ; dct:language . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:title "Darwin Core Archive of kznm-herpetology-collection" ; dct:description "Darwin Core Archive" ; dct:license ; dct:format "dwc-a" ; dcat:mediaType "application/zip" ; dcat:downloadURL ; dcat:accessURL . a rdfs:Resource . a dcat:Dataset ; dct:title "KwaZulu-Natal Museum-Crustacea-collection" ; dct:description "The Crustacean collection is one of many collections found from the Department of Natural Science at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum. The collection is a minor but important collection within the museum, housing an important set of locally and international specimens. The collection is primarily used by external researchers, as our researchers have traditionally focussed on other groups." ; dcat:keyword "Occurrence" , "Specimen" , "KwaZulu-Natal Museum" , "Crustacea" , "Africa" ; dcat:theme ; dcat:contactPoint [ a vcard:Individual ; vcard:fn "Siyabonga Zamisa"; vcard:hasEmail ] ; dct:modified "2023-01-27T06:51Z" ; dct:spatial [ a dct:Location ; locn:geometry "{ \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [-18.984,-35.461], [-18.984,38.273], [54.141,38.273], [54.141,-35.461], [-18.984,-35.461] ] ] }" ] ; dcat:landingPage ; dct:identifier "https://www.gbif.org/dataset/9a2a6904-c301-4301-a452-7be97c2bf841" ; dct:publisher ; dcat:distribution ; dct:language . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:title "Darwin Core Archive of KwaZulu-Natal Museum-Crustacea-collection" ; dct:description "Darwin Core Archive" ; dct:license ; dct:format "dwc-a" ; dcat:mediaType "application/zip" ; dcat:downloadURL ; dcat:accessURL . a rdfs:Resource . a dcat:Dataset ; dct:title "KwaZulu-Natal Museum Mollusca Collection" ; dct:description "The oldest division in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum is devoted to malacology - the study of animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. Molluscs are soft-bodied creatures such as sea shells, land snails, slugs, squids and octopuses. In terms of the number of species, they are the second largest group of animals in the world, and the largest in the sea. South Africa is estimated to be home to a total of between four and five thousand different species of molluscs.From the first shells presented in 1879, the department has grown over the years to house the largest collection in Africa and the fifteenth largest in the world; the type collection alone consists of over 3000 specimens. Although no \"official ranking\" has been awarded, it has become the de facto \"National Collection of Molluscs\".This collection originally came into being due to the enthusiasm and dedication of an amateur collector of molluscs and books, Henry Burnup. He became an honorary curator of the mollusc collection till his death in 1928. The collection comprises mostly marine and terrestrial species, with a small holding of freshwater molluscs.The collection has steadily grown over time through donations, purchases, exchanges and more recently through extensive fieldwork programmes. In addition, in 1978 and 1980 the important mollusc collections of the Transvaal Museum and Albany Museum respectively were acquired by the Natal Museum. This greatly enhanced the historical importance of the collection. Other important collections namely those of Rodney Wood (Seychelles specimens) and Kurt Grosch (Northern Mozambique) were added as well, together with the largely South African collection of Clarice Connolly.The coverage focuses on marine molluscs of southern Africa and the western Indian Ocean (excluding Cephalopoda), as well as non-marine molluscs of southern Africa, with an emphasis on terrestrial rather than freshwater species. The strengths of the collection lie with marine gastropods and bivalves, and terrestrial gastropods.The marine section was substantially augmented by the museum’s dredging programme that was started by Dr. R. Kilburn and took place between 1981 and 1997. He was joined in 1984 by Dr. D. Herbert. These annual trips consisted of 10 day cruises during which time dredging would take place at selected areas on the continental shelf and upper slope off the South African coast. In this way nearly 1100 stations were sampled resulting in an enrichment of the Natal Museum mollusc collection, These samples include many rare and unusual species, often new records for the region or the first ever to be taken alive, and a very large proportion that are new to science.Land snails were of special interest to Henry Burnup and his collection forms the basis of a reference resource, including many types. There was a period of minimal growth in this section after his death, but when Dolf van Bruggen was curator in the 1960s growth resumed. Subsequently, in the mid 1990s land snail research was again renewed due to the interest of Dr. D. Herbert which resulted in the continued growth of the collection until his retirement in 2017. Dr. I. Muratov is now carrying on with land snail research and collection updates.The mollusc collection consists predominantly of dry shells, but wherever possible there are also examples of each species, preserved in ethanol for anatomical examination. Our collection is utilized by researchers worldwide by borrowing material and more recently by studying the DNA of tissue samples, which are now routinely taken from any live taken specimens that have been collected. Countries which have borrowed our material include America (North and South), Australia, Mauritius, Germany and New Zealand. Kerry Hunter oversees the loans database and the issuing, preparation and postage of the material going on loan. There is an increasing number of requests for photographs of types, and over 200 types were photographed as a result of these requests in the last 10 years. The revision of the molluscan types deposited in NMSA is ongoing, with Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda and Polyplacophora being published in African Invertebrates" ; dcat:keyword "Occurrence" , "Specimen" ; dcat:theme ; dcat:contactPoint [ a vcard:Individual ; vcard:fn "Siyabonga Zamisa"; vcard:hasEmail ] ; dct:modified "2026-07-01T09:19Z" ; dct:spatial [ a dct:Location ; locn:geometry "{ \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [-179.55,-83.25], [-179.55,74.2], [178.416667,74.2], [178.416667,-83.25], [-179.55,-83.25] ] ] }" ] ; dcat:landingPage ; dct:identifier "https://www.gbif.org/dataset/9c7d241a-7325-44bf-ae11-e4cb4d851a16" ; dct:publisher ; dcat:distribution ; dct:language . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:title "Darwin Core Archive of KwaZulu-Natal Museum Mollusca Collection" ; dct:description "Darwin Core Archive" ; dct:license ; dct:format "dwc-a" ; dcat:mediaType "application/zip" ; dcat:downloadURL ; dcat:accessURL . a rdfs:Resource . a dcat:Dataset ; dct:title "KwaZulu-Natal Museum Myriapoda Collection" ; dct:description """ The Myriapoda Collection is small collections found within the Department of Natural Science at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum. The collection is a minor but important collection within the museum, housing an important set of locally and international specimens. . The myriapod collection includes largest collection of identified millipedes (2000 lots) in Southern Africa, and includes over 200 type specimens. """ ; dcat:keyword "Occurrence" , "Specimen" ; dcat:theme ; dcat:contactPoint [ a vcard:Individual ; vcard:fn "Siyabonga Zamisa"; vcard:hasEmail ] ; dct:modified "2025-06-09T07:07Z" ; dct:spatial [ a dct:Location ; locn:geometry "{ \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [-106.450556,-39.25], [-106.450556,35.203611], [57.504722,35.203611], [57.504722,-39.25], [-106.450556,-39.25] ] ] }" ] ; dcat:landingPage ; dct:identifier "https://www.gbif.org/dataset/94a90828-0ce1-4467-9492-fb8610b315a1" ; dct:publisher ; dcat:distribution ; dct:language . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:title "Darwin Core Archive of KwaZulu-Natal Museum Myriapoda Collection" ; dct:description "Darwin Core Archive" ; dct:license ; dct:format "dwc-a" ; dcat:mediaType "application/zip" ; dcat:downloadURL ; dcat:accessURL . a rdfs:Resource . a dcat:Dataset ; dct:title "KwaZulu-Natal Museum-Onychophora-collection" ; dct:description "The Onychophora collection is small collections found within the Department of Natural Science at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum. The collection is a minor but important collection within the museum, housing an important set of locally and international specimens. The Onychophora collection is the most important reference collection for eastern South Africa. The collection is primarily used by external researchers, as our researchers have traditionally focussed on other groups." ; dcat:keyword "Occurrence" , "Specimen" , "KwaZulu-Natal Museum" , "Onychophora" ; dcat:theme ; dcat:contactPoint [ a vcard:Individual ; vcard:fn "Siyabonga Zamisa"; vcard:hasEmail ] ; dct:modified "2024-01-09T13:40Z" ; dct:spatial [ a dct:Location ; locn:geometry "{ \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [-180.0,-90.0], [-180.0,90.0], [180.0,90.0], [180.0,-90.0], [-180.0,-90.0] ] ] }" ] ; dcat:landingPage ; dct:identifier "https://www.gbif.org/dataset/06a15530-6706-412c-a85c-7d6d93fdabf5" ; dct:publisher ; dcat:distribution ; dct:language . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:title "Darwin Core Archive of KwaZulu-Natal Museum-Onychophora-collection" ; dct:description "Darwin Core Archive" ; dct:license ; dct:format "dwc-a" ; dcat:mediaType "application/zip" ; dcat:downloadURL ; dcat:accessURL . a rdfs:Resource . a foaf:Agent ; foaf:name "KwaZulu-Natal Museum" . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "biodiversity"@en ; skos:inScheme .