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:
Parsed IPT import workflow
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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Taxon Distribution
  • Afrida (2)
  • Agylla (2)
  • Amastus (1)
  • Anaene (3)
  • Barsinella (1)
  • Clemensia (1)
  • Correbia (1)
  • Cosmosoma (3)
  • Delphyre (2)
  • Dixanaene (1)
  • Epeiromulona (2)
  • Gaudeator (1)
  • Geridixis (1)
  • Gymnelia (1)
  • Heliura (1)
  • Homoeocera (1)
  • Hyalurga (1)
  • Idalus (1)
  • Illice (1)
  • Leucopleura (1)
  • Lycomorphodes (1)
  • Melese (1)
  • Nodozana (1)
  • Palaeozana (1)
  • Pheia (1)
  • Phoenicoprocta (1)
  • Saurita (1)
  • Serincia (1)
  • Talara (5)
  • Trichareva (1)
  • Virbia (1)