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Royal Ontario Museum - Entomology Collection

Dataset homepage

Citation

Hubley B (2022). Royal Ontario Museum - Entomology Collection. Royal Ontario Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.5886/2gaj01 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-20.

Description

More than a million specimens of insects, arachnids and myriapods. Strong in aquatic groups of insects. Trichoptera, Hymenoptera and Diptera (Simuliidae). Geographic representation is strong for North America and SE Asia

Purpose

Digitization of the Royal Ontario Museum's entomology collection

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Silk moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Italy, Mexico, USA, Venezuela and Vietnam

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Brad Hubley
originator
position: Entomology Collection Manager
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Toronto
M5S 2C6
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-416-586-5764
email: bradh@rom.on.ca
homepage: https://www.rom.on.ca/en/collections-research/rom-staff/brad-hubley
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2112-3187
Brad Hubley
metadata author
email: bradh@rom.on.ca
Brad Hubley
custodian steward
position: Entomology Collection Manager
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Toronto
M5S 2C6
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-416-586-5764
email: bradh@rom.on.ca
homepage: https://www.rom.on.ca/en/collections-research/rom-staff/brad-hubley
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2112-3187
Brad Hubley
administrative point of contact
position: Entomology Collection Manager
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Toronto
M5S 2C6
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-416-586-5764
email: bradh@rom.on.ca
homepage: https://www.rom.on.ca/en/collections-research/rom-staff/brad-hubley
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2112-3187
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