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San Diego Natural History Museum Entomology Department (SDNHM-SDMC)

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Collection is heavily focused on the SW USA and NW Mexico, particularly the peninsula of Baja California. Notably strong collections of Lepidoptera and Neuroptera. The median date of specimen acquisition is 1957 with collections ranging from 1905 to present day. Current and near future collection priorities will focus on underrepresented areas in Baja California, particular inland and coastal dunes.

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GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/0d8d90f4-973a-46a1-9ea1-55b0c7b222ea
Cite this collection:
San Diego Natural History Museum Entomology Department. Occurrence dataset (ID: 1f9cd5d3-c732-4ee9-b51e-477051bdad49) https://ecdysis.org/content/dwca/SDNHM-SDMC_DwC-A.zip accessed via the Ecdysis Portal, ecdysis.org, 2025-04-30).

Collection Statistics

  • 176,981 specimen records
  • 119,370 (67%) georeferenced
  • 74,878 (42%) with media (79,153 total media)
  • 114,602 (65%) identified to species
  • 411 families
  • 2,286 genera
  • 4,710 species
  • 5,062 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: 1f9cd5d3-c732-4ee9-b51e-477051bdad49
Digital Metadata: EML File
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