Occurrence data of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Zoological collection of National Museums of Kenya
Citation
Odanga J, Njoroge L, Fisher B, Monda L, Anale J, Peters M, Mwachala G, Obwang'i H, Mwangi E (2018). Occurrence data of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Zoological collection of National Museums of Kenya. Version 1.9. National Museums of Kenya. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hkgf9n accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-14.Description
A set of historical records of specimens of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) housed at the Zoological collection of National Museums of Kenya (NMK) in Nairobi is presented in a digitized formatSampling Description
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
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Formicidaecommon name: Ants rank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
Various localities within Kenya
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
James Odangaoriginator
position: Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: jodanga@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Laban Njoroge
originator
position: Head of Section Invertebrate Zoology
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: Lnjoroge@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Brian Fisher
originator
position: Curator of Entomology
California Academy of Sciences
California
San Francisco
US
email: bfisher@calacademy.org
homepage: http://www.calacademy.org
Lawrence Monda
originator
position: ICT Manager
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: lmonda@museums.or.ke
Jairus Anale
originator
position: Intern
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: jairusanale@gmail.com
Marcell Peters
originator
position: Lecturer
University of Würzburg
Am Hubland, 97074
Würzburg
DE
email: marcell.peters@uni-wuerzburg.de
homepage: http://www.zoo3.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/startseite/
Geoffrey Mwachala
originator
position: Chief of Research
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: gmwachala@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Hexekiah Obwang'i
originator
position: Intern
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: Hezekiah.Obwang'i@gmail.com
Esther Mwangi
originator
position: Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
BOX 40658
NAIROBI
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: ewmwangi@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
James Odanga
metadata author
position: Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: jodanga@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Lawrence Monda
metadata author
position: ICT Manager
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: Lmonda@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Lawrence Monda
processor
position: ICT Manager
National Museums of Kenya
box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: lmonda@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Esther Mwangi
administrative point of contact
position: Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: ewmwangi@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
James Odanga
administrative point of contact
position: Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: jodanga@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke