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
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthonycha (1)
  • Allocolaspis (1)
  • Cephaloleia (6)
  • Coelomera (2)
  • Demotispa (1)
  • Dinaltica (2)
  • Dircema (2)
  • Discomorpha (1)
  • Disonycha (2)
  • Euryscopa (2)
  • Exartematopus (2)
  • Exora (2)
  • Isotes (1)
  • Lamprosoma (1)
  • Mastostethus (1)
  • Metachroma (1)
  • Metaxyonycha (1)
  • Monocesta (1)
  • Monomacra (1)
  • Nasigona (2)
  • Plectrotetra (1)
  • Polychalma (2)
  • Prionodera (1)
  • Strabala (1)
  • Xenochalepus (1)