Description
Located on AAFC's Central Experimental Farm, the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes (CNC) of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is one of the five largest collections of its kind in the world. It contains over 17 million specimens. The CNC is an active centre of scientific research and an invaluable national resource. It serves Canadian scientists who investigate problems in the fields of agriculture, biodiversity, genetics, biological control and other various forms of integrated pest management, and it is part of an international network for other researchers, educators and policy-makers. An increasingly important function of the Collection is to support science that will protect Canada's biodiversity, including reducing the billions of dollars lost annually to invasive species in agriculture, forestry, northern wilderness areas and other native habitats. CNC is working to digitize its holdings and make them accessible online. This dataset will be updated as this work progresses. Refer to our website for more information: https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/agricultural-science-and-innovation/agriculture-and-agri-food-research-centres-and-collections/canadian-national-collection-insects-arachnids-and-nematodes-cnc .
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,695 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 05469d71-f878-4c7c-aaf0-45e9acc45c95. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Canada Biodiversity Information Facility.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator
- Custodian Steward ●
- Point Of Contact
- Point Of Contact
Geographic Coverage
The Collection also houses specimens from all over the planet, many of which are the only known representatives of entire species. Over 70% of the specimens in the CNC originate from Canada. For more detailed information about the whole collection, see our inventory at https://www.cnc.agr.gc.ca/taxonomy/TaxonMain.php
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | The collection contains specimens collected from the 1800s until present day. |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes |
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| Collection Identifier | CNC |
| Specimen preservation methods | Pinned, Alcohol, Microscopic preparation, Other |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 10.5886/l7s5yj |
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| 05469d71-f878-4c7c-aaf0-45e9acc45c95 | |
| https://data.canadensys.net/ipt/resource?r=cnc-specimens |