Lyman Entomological Museum
McGill University
Description
The Lyman Entomological Museum is the insect collection and systematic entomology laboratory of McGill University. The collection houses 2.8 million specimens of insects and other arthropods, making it the second largest insect collection in Canada, and the largest university insect collection in the country.
The collection was established in 1860 and ceased acquisitions in present.
Taxonomic range
Kingdoms covered include: Animalia.
Geographic range
Worldwide terrestrial coverage. 70% of Diptera specimens were collected from Canada.
Number of specimens in the collection
The estimated number of specimens in the Lyman Entomological Museum collection is 2,800,000.
Of these 251,572 are databased. This represents 9.0 % of the collection.
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Metadata last updated on 2020-06-23 15:55:45.0
McGill University
Digitised records available through the Atlas
The Lyman Entomological Museum collection has an estimated 2,800,000 specimens.
The collection has databased 9.0 % of these (251,572 records).
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