Entomology collections at the South Pacific Regional Herbarium and Biodiversity Centre

Apaitia Liga; Tokasaya Cakacaka; Hilda Sakiti-Waqa

doi:10.15468/ec2jrj

Entomology collections at the South Pacific Regional Herbarium and Biodiversity Centre

Citation

Liga A, Cakacaka T, Sakiti-Waqa H (2023). Entomology collections at the South Pacific Regional Herbarium and Biodiversity Centre. Version 1.3. South Pacific Regional Herbarium. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ec2jrj accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-15.

Description

Insect specimen collection records at the South Pacific Regional Herbarium (SPRH) and Biodiversity Centre are detailed in this dataset. Collections occurred during biodiversity surveys, protected area monitoring, research sampling, and biodiversity rapid assessments.

All specimens are curated and maintained at the SPRH and Biodiversity Centre at The University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji.

Taxonomic Coverages

This dataset contains specimen records from the Class Insecta, comprising the four Orders below.

Coleoptera
rank: order
Hymenoptera
rank: order
Lepidoptera
rank: order
Orthoptera
rank: order

Geographic Coverages

All locations are from the islands of Fiji.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Apaitia Liga
originator
position: Forest Guard Park
Forest Resource Assessment and Conservation Unit
Ministry of Forestry
Suva
FJ
email: ptliga9@gmail.com
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=apai-liga-b273557b

Tokasaya Cakacaka
originator
position: Laboratory Attendant
South Pacific Regional Herbarium
The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: tokasaya.cakacaka@usp.ac.fj
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=tokasaya-cakacaka-27a42661

Hilda Sakiti-Waqa
originator
position: Lead researcher & Team Leader
Pacific Centre for Environment & Sustainable Development (PaCE-SD)
The University of the South Pacific
Suva
email: hilda.sakitiwaqa@usp.ac.fj
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3781-8928

Apaitia Liga
metadata author
position: Forest Guard Park
Forest Resource Assessment and Conservation Unit
Ministry of Forestry
Suva
FJ
email: ptliga9@gmail.com
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=apai-liga-b273557b

Kelly Brown
publisher
position: Curator - USP Marine Collection
The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: kelly.brown@usp.ac.fj
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7233-0795

Apaitia Liga
administrative point of contact
position: Forest Guard Park
Forest Resource Assessment and Conservation Unit
Ministry of Forestry
Suva
FJ
email: ptliga9@gmail.com
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=apai-liga-b273557b