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Ouellet-Robert Entomological Collection (QMOR) - Specimens

Dataset homepage

Citation

Favret C (2020). Ouellet-Robert Entomological Collection (QMOR) - Specimens. Version 12.5. Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.5886/qwvt63fz accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-19.

Description

The Ouellet-Robert entomological collection (QMOR) is one of the larger Canadian university entomological collections and the second largest in Quebec. It comprises 1.5 million specimens, covering more than 20,000 species. Aquatic insects from many regions of the world are particularly well-represented. This dataset includes 38,295 digitized lots from the collection (192,000+ individuals), representing the orders Odonata, Trichoptera and Ephemeroptera.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Digitization of the Odonata, Trichoptera and Ephemeroptera from the Ouellet-Robert entomological collection (QMOR).

Sampling

All data are manually digitized as text from specimen labels. No images were taken.

Quality Control

No legacy data were present, so all data were entered using controlled vocabularies where relevant. All fields have been checked for inconsistencies.

Method steps

  1. Examine specimen and any attached/included labels.
  2. Create new record in collection database and populate fields with the information on the specimen label. Use controlled vocabularies where relevant. Determinations are recorded in a related table (included in this dataset as http://rs.gbif.org/extension/dwc/identification.xml), as are groups of individuals (e.g. 2 males, 1 female).
  3. Attach the newly generated specimen number to the physical specimen.

Taxonomic Coverages

This dataset includes all Odonata (25,500+) and Trichoptera (7,100+) specimens in the collection. Digitization has started for Ephemeroptera (5,500+ specimens so far), but most orders in the collection have not yet been digitized.
  1. Animalia
    common name: Animals rank: kingdom
  2. Odonata
    common name: Dragonflies rank: order
  3. Trichoptera
    common name: Caddisflies rank: order
  4. Ephemeroptera
    common name: Mayflies rank: order
  5. Insecta
    common name: Insects rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Global terrestrial coverage (except Antartica). Over 90% of the specimens in this dataset are collected in Canada, of which 95% in the province Quebec.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Colin Favret
originator
position: Curator
Université de Montréal
4101 rue Sherbrooke est
Montreal
H1X2B2
Quebec
CA
Telephone: 514-343-2158
email: colin.favret@umontreal.ca
homepage: http://favret.aphidnet.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6243-3184
Colin Favret
metadata author
position: Curator
Université de Montréal
4101 rue Sherbrooke est
Montreal
H1X2B2
Quebec
CA
Telephone: 514-343-2158
email: colin.favret@umontreal.ca
homepage: http://favret.aphidnet.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6243-3184
Colin Favret
custodian steward
position: Curator
Université de Montréal
4101 rue Sherbrooke est
Montreal
H1X2B2
Quebec
CA
Telephone: 514-343-2158
email: colin.favret@umontreal.ca
homepage: http://favret.aphidnet.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6243-3184
Étienne Normandin
point of contact
position: Coordonnateur des collections
Université de Montréal
4101 rue Sherbrooke est
Montreal
H1X 2B2
Quebec
CA
email: qmor.umontreal@gmail.com
Colin Favret
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Université de Montréal
4101 rue Sherbrooke est
Montreal
H1X2B2
Quebec
CA
Telephone: 514-343-2158
email: colin.favret@umontreal.ca
homepage: http://favret.aphidnet.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6243-3184
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