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University of California Santa Barbara Invertebrate Zoology Collection (UCSB-IZC)

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The Invertebrate Zoology collection at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) originated as a teaching resource for an entomology class in the 1950s. The collection expanded significantly in 1960 when Dr. Adrian Wenner contributed his personal collection to enhance its diversity. Currently, the collection boasts over 40,000 arthropod specimens, predominantly insects, with a focus on those found in California. A particular emphasis is placed on the order Hymenoptera order, especially bees. Growth of the collection is sustained through student donations from class projects, UCSB faculty research, contributions from the UCSB Natural Reserve System, and research carried out at the UCSB Cheadle Center.

Citation:

Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, & Seltmann, K. (2025). University of California Santa Barbara Invertebrate Zoology Collection (UCSB-IZC) (v2.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14722357

Contacts:

GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/d6097f75-f99e-4c2a-b8a5-b0fc213ecbd0
Cite this collection:
University of California Santa Barbara Invertebrate Zoology Collection. Occurrence dataset (ID: b03a3f0c-bfa5-4e02-b5d3-56ff38626302) https://ecdysis.org/content/dwca/UCSB-IZC_DwC-A.zip accessed via the Ecdysis Portal, ecdysis.org, 2025-05-17).

Address:

University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA   93106
United States
https://www.ccber.ucsb.edu/collections/zoological/arthropods

Collection Statistics

  • 41,104 specimen records
  • 38,931 (95%) georeferenced
  • 20,918 (51%) with media (33,268 total media)
  • 69 GenBank genetic references
  • 11,810 (29%) identified to species
  • 368 families
  • 908 genera
  • 919 species
  • 941 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: b03a3f0c-bfa5-4e02-b5d3-56ff38626302
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Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights:
Rights Holder: The Regents of the University of California
Access Rights: https://www.ccber.ucsb.edu/collections/databases-searching-specimen-data-and-images
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