Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona: MCNB-Art

Glòria Masó Ros

doi:10.15468/pewzzr

Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona: MCNB-Art

Citation

Masó Ros G, Agulló Villaronga J (2018). Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona: MCNB-Art. Natural History Museum of Barcelona. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pewzzr accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-07-22.

Description

The Arthropods collection is the Museum’s largest and most diverse collection as it contains more than half the total number of specimens held in the Museum collections overall. It is difficult to estimate the exact number of specimens but it is somewhere between 1,750,000 and 1,900,000. The Artur Martorell and Daniel Müller collections were the first to be accessioned into the Martorell Museum in 1901 and 1903, respectively. Their historical and heritage value is therefore considerable, although they are of little scientific value because of the limited data available on their harvesting. The first scientifically rigorous collection was made over in 1916 by Ascensi Codina and is notable for its Coleoptera Cicindelinae (tiger beetles) from all over the world. Many other important collections followed such as R. Zariquiey, L. Navàs or I. de Sagarra, but the one created as the result of the harvesting and scientific work done by Dr. Francesc Español. Who was curator and Director of the Museum from the 1930s to the 1990s, is especially worth mentioning, as it was a legacy of great scientific interest, containing a large number of new taxa –nearly all of which are still valid today– and new geographical sites. His activity in teaching and training new entomologists was also highly productive as his pupils continued his entomological research. It has thus become a considerably dynamic collection, receiving numerous consultations year after year as well as large numbers of items from Museum collaborators, which further expand its resources

Taxonomic Coverages

The collection includes examples of most of the different subphylum orders (Chelicerata, Crustacea, Uniramia) that comprise the phylum Arthropoda, although the Hexapoda group is the most amply represented with a considerable number of insects.

Chelicerata
rank: subphylum
Crustacea
rank: subphylum
Unirramia
rank: subphylum
Arthropoda
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Most of the arthropods collection is sourced from the Palaearctic region but, due to historical reasons, the collections of some groups of Coleoptera, such as Anobiidae, Cicindelidae, Tenebrionidae and Neuroptera insects, contain representatives from nearly all of the world’s bioclimatic regions

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Glòria Masó Ros
originator
position: Curator
Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
Passeig Picasso s/n
Barcelona
E-08003
Catalunya
ES
Telephone: +34 932562213
email: gmaso@bcn.cat
homepage: http://www.museuciencies.cat

Jordi Agulló Villaronga
metadata author
position: Collection manager
Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
Passeig Picasso s/n
Barcelona
E-08003
Catalunya
ES
Telephone: +34 932562200
email: jagullov@bcn.cat
homepage: http://www.museuciencies.cat

Berta Caballero López
curator
position: Curator
Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
Passeig Picasso s/n
Barcelona
08003
Barcelona
ES
Telephone: +34 932562211
email: bcaballerolo@bcn.cat
homepage: http://www.museuciencies.cat

Glòria Masó Ros
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
Passeig Picasso s/n
Barcelona
E-08003
Catalunya
ES
Telephone: +34 932562213
email: gmaso@bcn.cat
homepage: http://www.museuciencies.cat