Taxonomy and Biogeography without frontiers - WhatsApp, Facebook and smartphone digital photography let citizen scientists in more remote localities step out of the dark.

Nano SuprayitnoRaden Pramesa NarakusumoThomas von RintelenLars HendrichMichael Balke

Published in: Biodiversity data journal (2017)

We present new distribution and habitat data for diving beetles of Bali island, Indonesia, as a proof of concept. The species Hydaticus luczonicus Aubé, 1838 and Eretes griseus (Fabricius, 1781) are reported from Bali for the first time. The total number of Dytiscidae species known from Bali is now 34.

Keyphrases

climate change
social media
electronic health record
genetic diversity
big data
machine learning