Archbold Biological Station Arthropod Collection

doi:10.15468/mwyr3t

Archbold Biological Station Arthropod Collection

Citation

Archbold Biological Station (2023). Archbold Biological Station Arthropod Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mwyr3t accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-20.

Description

This collection is unusually large for a field station, and serves multiple functions. There are more than 250,000 pinned and labeled insect specimens. Pinned specimens are in trays in glass-topped Cornell drawers, generally one species per tray. Many, but not all, identifications are by taxonomic specialists. Species occurring on the Station are the main focus of the collections, but there are specimens from elsewhere for comparative purposes. There is a large collection of North American ants, and the collection of wood-inhabiting insects includes many species of beetles and wasps from areas north of Florida.

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Contacts

originator
SCAN
email: scan_noreply@asu.edu
homepage: https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/index.php

metadata author
SCAN
email: scan_noreply@asu.edu
homepage: https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/index.php

administrative point of contact
Archbold Biological Station Arthropod Collection
email: datamanager@archbold-station.org
homepage: http://www.archbold-station.org/html/research/entom/arthcoll.html

content provider
position: Collection Manager
Archbold Biological Station Arthropod Collection
email: datamanager@archbold-station.org