UAM Insect Collection (Arctos)
Citation
Sikes D (2022). UAM Insect Collection (Arctos). Version 39.65. University of Alaska Museum of the North. Metadata dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qs8slz accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-19.Description
The UAM Insect collection is the northern-most facility of its kind in the United States. 98.5% of our records are from Alaska. Although a young collection (begun in 2000), we have recently surpassed 200,000 records representing over 1 million specimens (as of June 2014), making this collection the fourth largest in the US in entomology with data served to iDigBio. Over 99% of these records have been georeferenced. Over 75% of the pinned collection has been databased; approximately 10% of the wet collection has been databased. At least one specimen of every lowest identification, in both the pinned and wet collections, has been databased so we have a complete online taxon inventory of the collection. 136,257 specimens have been identified to the species level - these represent 2,869 species (23% are apparent new records for the state). Coleoptera, Odonata, and Hymenoptera are the most well-curated groups. 56,187 of these specimen records have been cited or otherwise used in 38 peer-reviewed publications. Please use this DOI to cite this collection / dataset: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7299/X75D8S0HTaxonomic Coverages
Insecta, Arachnida, Myriapoda, Chelicerata, Entognatha, Chilopoda, Clitellata, Malacostraca, Gastropoda, Diplopoda, Maxillopoda, Branchiopoda, Crustacea, Bivalvia
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Insectarank: class
Geographic Coverages
North America, Europe, Asia, West Indies, Central America
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Derek Sikesoriginator
position: Curator of Insects
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
email: dssikes@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/ento/
Derek Sikes
metadata author
position: Curator of Insects
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
email: dssikes@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/ento/
Laura Russell
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum
Derek Sikes
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Insects
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
email: dssikes@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/ento/