Arthropods (insects) – iBOL Europe

UKBOL

Kasia Fantoni — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:57:15 +0000

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Geographical region(s): United Kingdom
Ecosystem(s) coverage: Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (insects), Arthropods (non-insects), Chromista, Fungi and Lichens, Plants
Host institute(s): Natural History Museum of London
Timespan: 2022 – ongoing
Description: The UK Barcode of Life (UKBOL) project comprises a network of UK government agencies, biodiversity institutions and individual scientists engaged in DNA barcoding of the biota of the United Kingdom.

GrBOL – Greek Barcode of Life

Kasia Fantoni — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:44:43 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Greece and surrounding regions
Ecosystem(s) coverage: Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (insects), Arthropods (non-insects), Fungi and Lichens, Plants
Host institute(s): Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Timespan: 2024 – ongoing
Description: GrBOL is a national network of various biodiversity institutions in Greece, coordinated by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. GrBOL partners provide their professional taxonomic expertise and existing infrastructure (collections/biobanks, databases, bioinformatics platforms and laboratories) for the comprehensive collection, recording, description and sequencing of animal, plant and fungal species in Greece. The sequences and metadata generated within GrBOL will be integrated into the global barcode reference database “BOLD”.

ReSPonSE

Kasia Fantoni — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 09:07:49 +0000

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Geographical region: Romania
Ecosystem coverage: Terrestrial (Danube Delta, coastal)
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (insects)
Host institute(s): “Stejarul” Research Centre for Biological Sciences (Piatra Neamt, Romania) / National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences (Bucharest, Romania)
Time span: Ongoing (2023-2025)
Description: Insects possess relevant attributes that make them well-suited for environmental monitoring. They can provide insights into ecosystem integrity and anthropogenic disturbance. The main aim of the project is to monitor and evaluate ecosystems’ status and services through assessment of insect abundance and diversity with Malaise and pitfall traps using conventional morphological identification and DNA barcoding.

PolBOL – Polish Barcode of Life

Gabriela Dankova — Fri, 31 May 2024 12:08:23 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Poland, Mediterranean Basin, Balkan Peninsula, Carpathian Arch
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods, Chordates, Other metazoa
Host institute(s): Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology & Environmental Protection, University of Lodz
Time span: Ongoing
Description: PoLBOL is a national iBOL-BIOSCAN node and an initiative coordinated at UniLodz, aiming to (i) document the biodiversity in Poland at a molecular level and provide reliable, comprehensive DNA barcode libraries for biomonitoring activities, (ii) improve, at an international scale, the DNA barcode libraries and document biodiversity in understudied European biodiversity hotspots (e.g. Carpathian Arch, Balkan Peninsula, Mediterranean Basin), (ii) promote DNA (meta)barcoding as a handy tool in biodiversity studies and conservation activities.

Italian National Biodiversity Future Center NBFC

Gabriela Dankova — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 13:28:08 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Italy
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): All
Institute(s): Bringing together over 1,500 researchers belonging to 48 partner organisations (Universities and Research institutes) working on biodiversity topics.
Time span: Ongoing
Description: Builds a genetic/genomic platform that will also include DNA barcoding data from all the flora and fauna of Italy.

TurkBOL – Turkish Barcode of Life

iBOL Europe — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:08:56 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Turkey
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (insects), Arthropods (non insects), Chordates, Plants, Fungi & lichens, Other metazoa
Host institute(s): Ankara University (Turkey)
Time span: Ongoing
Description: DNA barcoding and eDNA metabarcoding of terrestrial and aquatic species from microorganisms to mammals.

TETTRIS

iBOL Europe — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:08:55 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Trans boundary
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (insects), Arthropods (non insects), Chordates, Plants, Fungi & lichens, Other metazoa, Protista, Others
Host institute(s): CETAF
Time span: Ongoing
Description: Provision of new mechanisms and tools to transfer taxonomic fundamental knowledge to other societal and scientific actors.

Taxonomy and systematics of non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae)

iBOL Europe — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:08:54 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Norway, Trans boundary
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (insects)
Host institute(s): NTNU University Museum (Norway)
Time span: Ongoing
Description: Using a variety of molecular markers, including DNA barcodes, we investigate species delimitation, diversity and evolutionary relationships in chironomids.

SpainBOL – Spanish Barcode of Life Network and the The Canary Island Barcode consortium

iBOL Europe — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:08:50 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Macaronesia
Ecosystem coverage: Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (insects), Arthropods (non insects), Plants
Host institute(s): The Canary Island Barcode consortium (Spain)
Time span: Ongoing
Description: Spain only recently associated to the iBOL consortium, and is represented by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). As such, the national node itself has not been formalised. Coordination within the node involves four Canary Island-based CSIC researchers. Drs Paula Arribas and Carmelo Andújar develop and implement metabarcoding approaches and HTS tools for the analysis of arthropod diversity within soils. Dr Jairo Patiño applies HTS approaches for multi-locus barcoding of plant species. Prof. Brent Emerson has a specific interest in arthropod diversity and the integration of barcode data with other data sources (e.g. species trait, distribution, environment, genomic, phylogenetic) for ecological and evolutionary understanding. To this end he is driving a barcode reference library initiative for the arthropods of the Canary Islands. Our focus will be to develop the Spanish node, and explore opportunities for implementation. The Canary Island Barcode consortium currently comprises researchers from two Canary Island-based institutes, the Institute of Natural Products and Agrobiology (IPNA) of the Spanish National Research Council, and the University of La Laguna. The primary activities of the consortium are the development of a barcode reference library for the arthropods of the Canary Islands, and the development and implementation of metabarcoding protocols for arthropods.

Novel DNA-based test for the identification of benthic diatoms of European Freshwater Waterbodies

iBOL Europe — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:08:45 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Cyprus
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Marine
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (insects), Arthropods (non insects), Protista
Host institute(s): Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus)
Time span: Ongoing
Description: The project aims to design and validate DNA metabarcoding methodology for European benthic diatoms identification and to develop a DNA-based analytic test for its standard application in biodiversity assessments of European rivers. The project’s main output will be a low-cost product, a unique and fast DNA-based tool for routine application.