Occurrence

Ouellet-Robert Entomological Collection (QMOR) - Specimens

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Description

The Ouellet-Robert entomological collection (QMOR) is one of the larger Canadian university entomological collections and the second largest in Quebec. It comprises 1.5 million specimens, covering more than 20,000 species. Aquatic insects from many regions of the world are particularly well-represented. This dataset includes 38,295 digitized lots from the collection (192,000+ individuals), representing the orders Odonata, Trichoptera and Ephemeroptera.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Ouellet-Robert entomological collection (QMOR) from University of Montreal Biodiversity Centre. http://dx.doi.org/10.5886/qwvt63fz (accessed on [date]).

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: ada5d0b1-07de-4dc0-83d4-e312f0fb81cb.  Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Canada Biodiversity Information Facility.

Keywords

QMOR; Ouellet-Robert entomological collection; Collection entomologique Ouellet-Robert; Université de Montréal; Canadensys; Canada; Quebec; collection; specimens; entomology; Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

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Contacts

Colin Favret
  • Metadata Provider
  • Custodian Steward
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Curator
Université de Montréal
4101 rue Sherbrooke est
H1X2B2 Montreal
Quebec
CA
514-343-2158
Étienne Normandin
  • Point Of Contact
Coordonnateur des collections
Université de Montréal
4101 rue Sherbrooke est
H1X 2B2 Montreal
Quebec
CA

Geographic Coverage

Global terrestrial coverage (except Antartica). Over 90% of the specimens in this dataset are collected in Canada, of which 95% in the province Quebec.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

This dataset includes all Odonata (25,500+) and Trichoptera (7,100+) specimens in the collection. Digitization has started for Ephemeroptera (5,500+ specimens so far), but most orders in the collection have not yet been digitized.

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies), Trichoptera (Caddisflies), Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period 1930-present

Sampling Methods

All data are manually digitized as text from specimen labels. No images were taken.

Study Extent Digitization of the Odonata, Trichoptera and Ephemeroptera from the Ouellet-Robert entomological collection (QMOR).
Quality Control No legacy data were present, so all data were entered using controlled vocabularies where relevant. All fields have been checked for inconsistencies.

Method step description:

  1. Examine specimen and any attached/included labels.
  2. Create new record in collection database and populate fields with the information on the specimen label. Use controlled vocabularies where relevant. Determinations are recorded in a related table (included in this dataset as http://rs.gbif.org/extension/dwc/identification.xml), as are groups of individuals (e.g. 2 males, 1 female).
  3. Attach the newly generated specimen number to the physical specimen.

Collection Data

Collection Name Ouellet-Robert Entomological Collection
Collection Identifier QMOR
Parent Collection Identifier QMOR
Specimen preservation methods Other

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers Collection entomologique Ouellet-Robert (QMOR)
ada5d0b1-07de-4dc0-83d4-e312f0fb81cb
https://data.canadensys.net/ipt/resource?r=qmor-specimens