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Occurrence data of dragonflies available at the National Museums of Kenya's Natural History Collection, Invertebrates Zoology Section.

Citation

Njoroge L, Achieng J, Anale J, Kamau P, Nyambati H, Wangui E (2019). Occurrence data of dragonflies available at the National Museums of Kenya's Natural History Collection, Invertebrates Zoology Section.. Version 1.3. National Museums of Kenya. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dmvqri accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-24.

Description

We present occurrence data of dragonflies specimens at the natural history collection of the National museums of Kenya. This comprises of both historical and current data. The taxonomic information is up-to-date as the entire collection was checked by an expert of the African species prior to digitization.

Taxonomic Coverages

All species are from the order odonata at the natural history collections of the National Museums of Kenya Invertebrates Zoology Section.
  1. Odonata
    common name: Dragonflies rank: order

Geographic Coverages

The General Spatial area of odonata is Global

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Laban Njoroge
originator
position: Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
email: lnjoroge@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Josiah Achieng
originator
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: josiahachoeng@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Jairus Anale
originator
position: Desk Clerk
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: jairusanale@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Peter Kamau
originator
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Hesborn Nyambati
originator
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
email: lmonda@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Esther Wangui
originator
position: Research Scientis
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: ewmwangi@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Laban Njoroge
metadata author
position: Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: lnjoroge@museums.or.ke
Lawrence Monda
publisher
position: ICT Manager
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: lmonda@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Laban Njoroge
administrative point of contact
position: Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: lnjoroge@museums.or.ke
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