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Arizona State University Charles W. O'Brien Collection

Citation

Arizona State University Biocollections (2025). Arizona State University Charles W. O'Brien Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/eeqtx0 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-16.

Description

The Charles W. O'Brien Collection (legacy coden: CWOB) is now (August, 2018) relocated to Tempe, Arizona, and contains approximately one million weevil specimens (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea sensu Bouchard et al. 2011), with a global range and emphasis on New World (and Neotropical) regions. Lois B. O'Brien - a planthopper specialist - has made invaluable contributions to this collection. In 2017, Arizona State University entered an agreement with the O'Briens to gradually transfer and permanently house and curate this world-class collection. As the collection is reactivated at the new location, specimens are digitized under this new identity. Hence the virtual SCAN collection "ASUCOB" (new coden) was created, with the purpose of making the O'Brien weevil specimens now residing at Arizona State University accessible on-line while maintaining their collector/expert provenance. For further information and to arrange a visit or loan, please contact Collection Manager Dr. Sangmi Lee (slee281@asu.edu).

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Ecdysis Portal
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Ecdysis Portal
homepage: https://ecdysis.org/index.php
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Arizona State University Charles W. O'Brien Collection
Sangmi Lee
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position: Collection Manager
email: SLEE281@ASU.EDU
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9636-8242
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