Description
The Entomology Collection contains approximately 500K specimens, including two historical pinned collections of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera and a large collection of aquatic insects.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 15,496 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Alabama Museum of Natural History Bird Collection. Individual specimens should be cited as ALMNH:Ento: followed by the integer catalog number.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Alabama Museum of Natural History. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 09ed130d-3052-4e3e-a92c-6660344732ac. Alabama Museum of Natural History publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Metadata Provider
Geographic Coverage
The specimens in the University of Alabama entomology collections have historically been, and continue to be, collected from all over the world.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Includes every major group of insects (class Insecta). Significant collections of Lepidoptera, Odonata and Coleoptera.
| Class | Insecta (Insects) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | 1879-01 - Present |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Alabama Museum of Natural History Insect specimens |
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| Collection Identifier | https://arctos.database.museum/collection/ALMNH:Ento |
| Parent Collection Identifier | ALMNH |
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Additional Metadata
Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html
| Purpose | Active research collection since inception that is still growing to this day. Also utilized for museum outreach events and teaching. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 09ed130d-3052-4e3e-a92c-6660344732ac |
| https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=almnh_ento |