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National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (NMNH-Invertebrates)

Public records of accessioned specimens and observations curated by the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. These data are from the Departments of Entomology and Invertebrate Zoology.

Homepage: https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/invertebrate-zoology
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 20 October 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
  • 1,880,691 specimen records
  • 944,419 (50%) georeferenced
  • 183,486 (10%) with images (234,145 total images)
  • 6,713 GenBank genetic references
  • 1,063,654 (57%) identified to species
  • 3,080 families
  • 14,644 genera
  • 60,181 species
  • 62,005 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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