Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Entomología
Citation
Cezón K (2018). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Entomología. Spanish National Museum of Natural Sciences (CSIC). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pqfubx accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-07-17.Description
The collection of insects of the MNCN (Madrid, Spain) constitutes the most valuable scientific section in this Museum. It holds about 4,000,000 specimens from almost all over the world, being its main strength the Iberian Peninsula, Canary Islands, Morocco and Equatorial Guinea. It keeps some 25,000 type specimens, representing some 6,100 taxa. Strong points are Orthoptera (s.l.), Coleoptera and Hymenoptera.Iberian Orthopteroids, some Coleoptera and Hymenoptera are accessible online
Note: this dataset was previously orphaned. It has been rescued by ① extracting it from the GBIF.org index (see GBIF Download in External Data) and ② republishing it on this IPT data hosting centre as version 1.0.
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Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorSpanish National Museum of Natural Sciences (CSIC)
Katia Cezón
originator
GBIF Spain
email: katia.gbif@gmail.com
Katia Cezón
metadata author
GBIF Spain
email: katia.gbif@gmail.com
Mercedes París
technical point of contact
Telephone: +34 91 411 13 28 ext. 1104
email: m.paris@mncn.csic.es
Amparo Blay
technical point of contact
Telephone: +34 91 411 13 28 ext. 1104
email: a.blay@mncn.csic.es
Katia Cezón
administrative point of contact
GBIF Spain
email: katia.gbif@gmail.com