Canadian Museum of Nature Insect Collection
Citation
Gagnon J, Shorthouse D (2019). Canadian Museum of Nature Insect Collection. Version 1.14. Canadian Museum of Nature. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/0ygdrv accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-08-25.Description
The Canadian Museum of Nature’s Insect Collection houses more than one million specimens, most being beetles. Scarabaeidae and Curculioniodea are particularly well-represented. Geographic areas of representation include North, Central and South America, Australia, and South Africa.Taxonomic Coverages
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Contacts
Jean-Marc Gagnonoriginator
position: Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4066
email: jmgagnon@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-4215
David Shorthouse
metadata author
position: Assistant Collections Information Manager
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
email: dshorthouse@nature.ca
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7618-5230
Jean-Marc Gagnon
curator
position: Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4066
email: jmgagnon@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-4215
Jean-Marc Gagnon
administrative point of contact
position: Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4066
email: jmgagnon@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-4215