Description
The NMMNHS Entomology collection has grown from various donors, volunteers and staff since the opening of the museum. There are around 7500 specimens, with a focus in spiders, beetles, and butterflies from the Southwestern US. The spiders are primarily preserved in alcohol while the insects are pinned.
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 8,503 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
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Entomology Collection
Rights
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GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 04daaaf2-0d57-414d-8656-28c0137b638a. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Specimen; Occurrence
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Geographic Coverage
Southwestern United States
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
A focus in spiders, beetles, and butterflies. With an overall representation of every Order.
| Order | Lepidoptera, Araneae, Coleoptera |
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Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | 1980 - present |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) Insect specimens |
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| Collection Identifier | NMMNH:Ento |
| Parent Collection Identifier | NMMNH |
| Specimen preservation methods | Pinned, Alcohol, Mounted |
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Additional Metadata
Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/
| Purpose | The entomology collection preserves and interprets the distinctive natural and scientific heritage of invertebrate life in New Mexico and is held for research, exhibits and programs designed to ignite a passion for lifelong learning. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 04daaaf2-0d57-414d-8656-28c0137b638a |
| https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=nmmnh_ento |