National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Insecta (NMNH-Insecta)

Contacts: Thomas Orrell, orrellt@si.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 22 October 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
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Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 5,838 specimen records
  • 1,198 (21%) georeferenced
  • 553 (9%) with images (1,849 total images)
  • 4,062 (70%) identified to species
  • 336 families
  • 1,208 genera
  • 2,096 species
  • 2,097 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Geographic Distribution
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