UTEP Insects (Arctos)

Occurrence
Latest version published by University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections on Jul 5, 2024 University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections

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Description

University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections Arthropod collections consist primarily of ants from around the world collected by Professor William Mackay and his students. A variety of other insects are included, primarily from student projects in the El Paso vicinity.

Data Records

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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.

Occurrence (core)
27462
Multimedia 
392

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Zhuang V (2024). UTEP Insects (Arctos). Version 1.83. University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=utep_ento&v=1.83

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 297ecc07-da20-4ebf-9f41-4f80330b4b33.  University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Vicky Zhuang
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Manager, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Avenue, Biology Bldg. #222
79968 El Paso
TX
US
+01 915-747-5479
William Mackay
  • Point Of Contact
Curator, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Avenue, Biology Bldg. #219
79968 El Paso
Texas
US
+01 915-747-6991
David Bloom
  • Programmer
Coordinator
John Wieczorek
  • Programmer
Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
Dusty McDonald
  • Point Of Contact
Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum

Geographic Coverage

University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections Arthropod collections consist primarily of ants from around the world collected by Professor William Mackay and his students. A variety of other insects are included, primarily from student projects in the El Paso vicinity.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections Arthropod collections consist primarily of ants from around the world collected by Professor William Mackay and his students. A variety of other insects are included, primarily from student projects in the El Paso vicinity.

Phylum Arthropoda
Order Hymenoptera

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period 1900-present

Collection Data

Collection Name Univerisity of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Colllections - Insects
Collection Identifier UTEP:Ento
Parent Collection Identifier UTEP
Specimen preservation methods Pinned,  Alcohol,  Mounted

Additional Metadata

Purpose Data set was developed by University of Texas at El Paso faculty and students and is created to support future research.
Maintenance Description Specimens records are in the process of being digitized and entered into Arctos. Migration expected to be complete by 2020.
Alternative Identifiers 297ecc07-da20-4ebf-9f41-4f80330b4b33
http://arctos.database.museum/utep_ento
https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=utep_ento