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Invertebrates of the river Tana Basin in Kenya available at the National Museums of Kenya's Natural History Collections, Invertebrates Zoology Section

Citation

Njoroge L, Magoma V, Mwangi E W, Atieno D, Gathitu D (2022). Invertebrates of the river Tana Basin in Kenya available at the National Museums of Kenya's Natural History Collections, Invertebrates Zoology Section. Version 1.12. National Museums of Kenya. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ua4j3l accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-20.

Description

The occurrence data of invertebrates of the river Tana basin in Kenya comprising of historical records at the natural history collection of the National museums of Kenya. The data includes both aquatic and terrestrial records. The taxonomic information may not be up-to-date as some of the families presented were not checked by experts prior to digitization and publishing. Data was mined from the specimen labels into excel spreadsheets.

Taxonomic Coverages

A collection of Anthropoda
  1. Coleoptera
    common name: Beetles rank: order
  2. Diptera
    common name: True Flies rank: order
  3. Hemiptera
    common name: True Bugs rank: order
  4. Lepidoptera
    common name: Butterflies and Moths rank: order
  5. Orthoptera
    common name: Grasshoppers, crickets and katydids rank: order
  6. Stylommatophora
    common name: Land snails and slugs rank: order
  7. Hymenoptera
    common name: Sawflies, wasps, bees and ants rank: order
  8. Odonata
    common name: Dragonflies and damselflies rank: order
  9. Scorpiones
    rank: order

Geographic Coverages

The General spatial coverage is Kenya, Tana River Basin.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Laban Njoroge
originator
position: Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: lnjoroge@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Violet Magoma
originator
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Esther Wangui Mwangi
originator
position: Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: ewmwangi@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Dorothy Atieno
originator
position: Research Intern
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
Douglas Gathitu
originator
position: Research Intern
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
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
homepage: http://www.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
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
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