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
  • Actinodoria (1)
  • Argyreomyia (1)
  • Belvosia (1)
  • Beskioleskia (1)
  • Bezzimyia (1)
  • Calodexia (1)
  • Cryptocladocera (1)
  • Euoestrophasia (1)
  • Oedematocera (1)
  • Oestrogastrodes (1)
  • Ormiophasia (1)
  • Parathelaira (1)
  • Parazelia (1)
  • Pelecotheca (1)
  • Pseudochaetona (1)
  • Thelairochaetona (1)
  • Vibrissovoria (1)
  • Xiphomyia (1)