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Museum of Texas Tech University Invertebrate Zoology Collection (TTU-TTU-Z)

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The Invertebrate Zoology collection (TTU-Z) of the Museum of Texas Tech University is international in scope with an emphasis on arthropods from semi-arid and arid lands, especially from North America. The collection consists primarily of insects (including an extensive collection of ants), medical/veterinary specimens (endo- and ectoparasites), and arachnids. The pinned collection contains over 3,200 genera and 7,500 identified species. The collection is estimated to hold about 4.6 million specimens including pinned insects, arachnids preserved in ethanol, microscope slides (medical/veterinary importance and mites), and bulk samples. There are currently slightly more than 800 type specimens (mostly paratypes) in the collection.

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GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/13fdfab7-e281-428d-8c1f-e72eb7398e97
Cite this collection:
Museum of Texas Tech University Invertebrate Zoology Collection. Occurrence dataset (ID: cea09681-fa6f-4dd5-9fc9-52badffeed0c) https://ecdysis.org/content/dwca/TTU-TTU-Z_DwC-A.zip accessed via the Ecdysis Portal, ecdysis.org, 2025-05-17).

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Museum of Texas Tech University
3301 4th Street
Lubbock, Texas   79415
USA

Collection Statistics

  • 193,738 specimen records
  • 161,846 (84%) georeferenced
  • 28,131 (15%) with media (34,813 total media)
  • 69,780 (36%) identified to species
  • 628 families
  • 2,188 genera
  • 4,227 species
  • 4,409 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: cea09681-fa6f-4dd5-9fc9-52badffeed0c
Digital Metadata: EML File
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Rights Holder: Museum of Texas Tech University
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