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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, 2025-02-07).

Collection Statistics

  • 173,877 specimen records
  • 117,721 (68%) georeferenced
  • 72,121 (41%) with images (76,211 total images)
  • 113,698 (65%) identified to species
  • 411 families
  • 2,250 genera
  • 4,617 species
  • 5,015 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Update: 8 January 2025
Global Unique Identifier: 1f9cd5d3-c732-4ee9-b51e-477051bdad49
Digital Metadata: EML File
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