Illinois Natural History Survey Insect Collection

Dmitry Dmitriev

doi:10.15468/eol0pe

Illinois Natural History Survey Insect Collection

Citation

Dmitriev D (2015). Illinois Natural History Survey Insect Collection. Illinois Natural History Survey. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/eol0pe accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-27.

Description

The insect collection at the Survey now houses over 6,000,000 curated specimens. The growth and wide-ranging scope of this collection can be credited to the diverse interests of the systematists who have spent all or part of their career at the Survey. Scientists such as Stephen A. Forbes, the first Director of the State Laboratory and Chief of the Natural History Survey; Theodore Frison, who succeeded Forbes; and H. H. Ross, who directed the intense systematics studies of the faunistic section for 40 years, placed considerable emphasis on enlarging the insect collection. These insects document the changing landscape and environmental conditions of the world. The INHS insect collection is one of the largest in North America. The most recent size estimate was done in 1992. The heavy concentration of specimens from the last third of the 1800s also makes this one of North America's oldest insect and related arthropod collections. The INHS Insect Collection includes more than 13,000 primary types (syntypes inclusive). Because of size, historical holdings, and wide breadth of coverage in certain groups, the collection is an important national and worldwide resource.

Additional info

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Taxonomic Coverages

Taxonomic Coverage

Arthropoda
rank: Phylum

Geographic Coverages

Geographic Coverage

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Dmitry Dmitriev
originator
position: Insect Systematist
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Natural History Survey
1816 S. Oak St.
Champaign
61820
Illinois
US
Telephone: 1-217-244-9578
email: arboridia@gmail.com
homepage: http://dmitriev.speciesfile.org/

Dmitry Dmitriev
metadata author
position: Insect Systematist
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Natural History Survey
1816 S. Oak St.
Champaign
61820
Illinois
US
Telephone: 1-217-244-9578
email: arboridia@gmail.com
homepage: http://dmitriev.speciesfile.org/

Dmitry Dmitriev
author
position: Insect Systematist
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Natural History Survey
1816 S. Oak St.
Champaign
61820
Illinois
US
Telephone: 1-217-244-9578
email: arboridia@gmail.com
homepage: http://dmitriev.speciesfile.org/

R. Edward DeWalt
author
position: Aquatic Entomologist
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Natural History Survey
1816 S. Oak St.
Champaign
61820
Illinois
US
Telephone: 1-217-649-7414
email: dewalt@illinois.edu
homepage: http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/directory/show/dewalt

Dmitry Dmitriev
administrative point of contact
position: Insect Systematist
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Natural History Survey
1816 S. Oak St.
Champaign
61820
Illinois
US
Telephone: 1-217-244-9578
email: arboridia@gmail.com
homepage: http://dmitriev.speciesfile.org/