Entomological Collection (GNM)

Charlotte Jonsson

doi:10.15468/597vph

Entomological Collection (GNM)

Citation

Jonsson C (2021). Entomological Collection (GNM). Version 1.9. Gothenburg Natural History Museum (GNM). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/597vph accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-01-23.

Description

The insect collection at Gothenburg Natural History Museum (GNM) contains several million specimens of insects from many areas of the world. The oldest specimens date are from the early 19th century. Some of the collections were donated to the museum by private individuals, and we also have specimens from inventories carried out by museum staff, mainly at localities in Sweden. The vast majority of the Swedish material comes from the museum's ”Terrestrial invertebrate faunistic research program”, which was carried out from the 1920s until 1981. This has contributed to high numbers and a rich diversity of ground-dwelling insects in the collection, such as Carabidae (ground beetles) and Staphylinidae (rove beetles).

Taxonomic Coverages

Insects (Insecta)

Insecta
common name: Insects rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The collection consists of specimens from the entire globe, but with main focus on the southwest region of Sweden.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Charlotte Jonsson
originator
position: Curator
Gothenburg Museum of Natural History
Museivägen 10
Gothenburg
41311
SE
email: charlotte.g.jonsson@vgregion.se
homepage: http://www.gnm.se/samlingar/olika-samlingar/insektssamlingen/

Charlotte Jonsson
metadata author
position: Curator
Gothenburg Museum of Natural History
Museivägen 10
Gothenburg
41311
SE
email: charlotte.g.jonsson@vgregion.se
homepage: http://www.gnm.se/samlingar/olika-samlingar/insektssamlingen/

Kevin Holston
curator
position: Curator
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Frescativägen 40
Stockholm, Sweden
114 18
SE
email: kevin.holston@nrm.se
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0786-4069

Manash Shah
programmer
position: Database Developer
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Frescativägen 40
Stockholm
114 18
SE
email: manash.shah@nrm.se

Charlotte Jonsson
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Gothenburg Museum of Natural History
Museivägen 10
Gothenburg
41311
SE
email: charlotte.g.jonsson@vgregion.se
homepage: http://www.gnm.se/samlingar/olika-samlingar/insektssamlingen/