Description

The Canadian Museum of Nature's Insect Collection houses more than one million specimens, most being beetles. Scarabaeidae and Curculioniodea are particularly well-represented. Geographic areas of representation include North, Central and South America, Australia, and South Africa.

Taxonomic range

Kingdoms covered include: Animalia.

Geographic range

Geographic areas of representation include North, Central and South America, Australia, and South Africa.

Number of specimens in the collection

The estimated number of specimens in the Canadian Museum of Nature Insect Collection is 1,363,690.

Of these 19,051 are databased. This represents 1.4 % of the collection.

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Metadata last updated on 2018-08-02 11:23:04.0

Digitised records available through the Atlas

The Canadian Museum of Nature Insect Collection has an estimated 1,363,690 specimens.
The collection has databased 1.4 % of these (19,051 records).

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