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New York State Museum Arthropod Collection

Citation

New York State Museum (NYSM) (2024). New York State Museum Arthropod Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/tnjxhn accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-22.

Description

The insect collection contains more than one million general specimens and approximately 1,000 type specimens (excluding the gall midge types), mainly from New York State. The last decade has seen rapid expansion both in number of specimens and area of coverage.

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originator
SCAN
email: scan_noreply@asu.edu
homepage: https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/index.php
metadata author
SCAN
email: scan_noreply@asu.edu
homepage: https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/index.php
administrative point of contact
New York State Museum Arthropod Collection
email: Timothy.McCabe@nysed.gov Ryan.Whitehouse@nyse
homepage: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research-collections/biology/entomology
content provider
position: Collection Manager
New York State Museum Arthropod Collection
email: Timothy.McCabe@nysed.gov Ryan.Whitehouse@nyse
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