New Mexico State Collection of Arthropods
Citation
New Mexico State Collection of Arthropods (2023). New Mexico State Collection of Arthropods. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/nn3cel accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-10-02.Description
The New Mexico State Collection of Arthropods is located at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM. It currently houses approximately 150,000 arthropod specimens as well as the Merrill Sweet Collection (350,000 specimens). The NMSU Collection primarily is composed of arthropods from the western United States, with an emphasis on the arachnids of the arid Southwest. The goals of the collection include survey of the arthropod fauna of New Mexico and the Southwest, providing reference material for researchers, and providing outreach to our constituents in the state and abroad.Taxonomic Coverages
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originatorSCAN
email: scan_noreply@asu.edu
homepage: https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/index.php
metadata author
SCAN
email: scan_noreply@asu.edu
homepage: https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/index.php
administrative point of contact
New Mexico State Collection of Arthropods
Telephone: 575-646-3171
email: cbundy@nmsu.edu
homepage: http://arthropods.nmsu.edu/
content provider
position: Collection Manager
New Mexico State Collection of Arthropods
945 College Avenue
Las Cruces
88003
New Mexico
US
Telephone: 575-646-3171
email: cbundy@nmsu.edu