Alabama Museum of Natural History Insect Specimens (Arctos)
Citation
Abbott J, Bogan B (2024). Alabama Museum of Natural History Insect Specimens (Arctos). Version 1.23. Alabama Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/agtxsr accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.Description
The Entomology Collection contains approximately 500K specimens, including two historical pinned collections of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera and a large collection of aquatic insects.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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Additional info
Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
Includes every major group of insects (class Insecta). Significant collections of Lepidoptera, Odonata and Coleoptera.
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Insectacommon name: Insects rank: class
Geographic Coverages
The specimens in the University of Alabama entomology collections have historically been, and continue to be, collected from all over the world.
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Contacts
John Abbottoriginator
position: Director of Museum Research and Collections
University of Alabama Museums
Telephone: (512)-471-5467
email: jabbott1@ua.edu
homepage: http://collections.museums.ua.edu
Brooke Bogan
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Alabama Museum of Natural History
email: brookeabogan@gmail.com
homepage: http://collections.museums.ua.edu
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Abbott
administrative point of contact
position: Director of Museum Research and Collections
University of Alabama Museums
Telephone: (512)-471-5467
email: jabbott1@ua.edu
homepage: http://collections.museums.ua.edu