IberArthro: A database compiling taxonomic and distributional data on Ibero-Balearic arthropods

We provide a database on the distribution of Ibero-Balearic arthropods (the IberArthro database) belonging to 10 taxonomic groups: Coleoptera (Aquatic), Coleoptera (Scarabaeoidea), Collembola, Hymenoptera (Apoidea), Lepidoptera (Noctuoidea), Lepidoptera (Papilionoidea), Neuropterida, Opiliones, Plecoptera and Trichoptera. The database contains 1,006,768 records with associated geographic data (at 10 ? 10 km grid squares), compiled from various sources and validated by specialists in each group.