University of Arizona Insect Collection
Citation
University of Arizona Insect Collection (2025). University of Arizona Insect Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hzkbpg accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-12.Description
The University of Arizona Insect Collection (UAIC) contains approximately 2 million specimens representing 35,000 species of pinned, alcohol-preserved, slide-mounted and frozen-tissue preserved arthropods mostly from the Sonoran Desert Region. Significant holdings include Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Orthoptera and Lepidoptera, but all insect groups are extensively represented. The UAIC user community is diverse, ranging from outstanding undergraduate and graduate students to highly active emeritus insect systematists. Annually, we host thousands of visitors, ranging from resident researchers to individual walk-ins, campus tour groups, and vast numbers of people seeking information on the biology of the Sonoran Desert Region.
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Contacts
originatorEcdysis Portal
homepage: https://ecdysis.org/index.php
metadata author
Ecdysis Portal
homepage: https://ecdysis.org/index.php
administrative point of contact
University of Arizona Insect Collection
email: wmoore@email.arizona.edu
homepage: https://uaic.arizona.edu
Wendy Moore
content provider
position: Curator
email: wmoore@email.arizona.edu