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.)
Extra Statistics
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Actinothrips (6)
  • Adraneothrips (10)
  • Diceratothrips (6)
  • Diopsothrips (4)
  • Eupathithrips (9)
  • Eurythrips (6)
  • Gastrothrips (23)
  • Gynaikothrips (1)
  • Haplothrips (2)
  • Holopothrips (6)
  • Hoplandrothrips (7)
  • Hoplothrips (6)
  • Karnyothrips (7)
  • Leptothrips (3)
  • Liothrips (17)
  • Macrophthalmothrips (13)
  • Metriothrips (1)
  • Neosmerinthothrips (1)
  • Neurothrips (1)
  • Polyphemothrips (3)
  • Pygothrips (2)
  • Sedulothrips (15)
  • Sophiothrips (6)
  • Stegothrips (1)
  • Strepterothrips (8)
  • Trachythrips (14)
  • Trichinothrips (1)
  • Trichothrips (24)
  • Zeugmatothrips (19)