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M. Andrew Johnston Research Collection

Citation

M. Andrew Johnston Research Collection (2023). M. Andrew Johnston Research Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ete0eg accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-02-03.

Description

The M. Andrew Johnston Research Collection is comprised primarily of beetles, especially darkling beetles (family Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802). The MAJC has an emphasis on specimens from the southwestern deserts of North America and others pertaining to ongoing systematic research. The collection contains roughly 20,000 pinned specimens, a frozen tissue collection stored in ethanol, and full body disarticulations for morphological examination.

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Contacts

originator
Ecdysis Portal
email: ajohnston@asu.edu
homepage: https://serv.biokic.asu.edu/ecdysis/index.php
metadata author
Ecdysis Portal
email: ajohnston@asu.edu
homepage: https://serv.biokic.asu.edu/ecdysis/index.php
administrative point of contact
M. Andrew Johnston Research Collection
homepage: https://github.com/mandrewj/majc
Andrew Johnston
content provider
position: Curator and Collection Manager
email: ajohnston@asu.edu
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0166-6985
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