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Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Arthropods

Citation

Museum of Southwestern Biology (2023). Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Arthropods. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/jtovgy accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-24.

Description

The MSB Division of Arthropods houses collections from the southwestern US as well as Central and South America and other areas of the world. Species concentrations are in Arachnida, Myriapoda, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, and Orthoptera. The collection began with material from ecological research (including LTER sites and several NPS sites) and is now increasing its systematics focus. There are an estimated 200,000 specimens but many are still being integrated into the collection.

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originator
SCAN
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
Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Arthropods
email: dlightfo@unm.edu
homepage: http://msb.unm.edu/arthropods/
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position: Collection Manager
Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Arthropods
email: dlightfo@unm.edu
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