Ouellet-Robert Entomological Collection (QMOR) - Specimens

Colin Favret1, Étienne Normandin2

1 Université de Montréal, 4101 rue Sherbrooke est, H1X2B2, Montreal, Canada; 2 Université de Montréal, 4101 rue Sherbrooke est, H1X 2B2, Montreal, Canada

Corresponding author(s): Colin Favret (colin.favret@umontreal.ca)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

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

Abstract

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.

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

Data published through GBIF: https://data.canadensys.net/ipt/resource?r=qmor-specimens

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: 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.
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata, Trichoptera, Ephemeroptera
Common names: Animals, Dragonflies, Caddisflies, Mayflies, Insects

Spatial coverage

General spatial 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.
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: QMOR
Collection name: Ouellet-Robert Entomological Collection
Collection identifier: QMOR
Formation period: 1930-present
Specimen preservation method: Other

Methods

Method step description: 
- . 	Examine specimen and any attached/included labels.
- . 	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).
- . 	Attach the newly generated specimen number to the physical specimen.
Study extent description: Digitization of the Odonata, Trichoptera and Ephemeroptera from the Ouellet-Robert entomological collection (QMOR).
Sampling description: All data are manually digitized as text from specimen labels. No images were taken.
Quality control description: No legacy data were present, so all data were entered using controlled vocabularies where relevant. All fields have been checked for inconsistencies.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Ouellet-Robert Entomological Collection (QMOR) - Specimens
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://data.canadensys.net/ipt/archive.do?r=qmor-specimens
Publication date of data: 2020-03-02
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

External datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Canadensys explorer
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: HTML
Distribution: http://data.canadensys.net/explorer/d/qmor-specimens

Dataset description
Object name: GBIF data portal
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: HTML
Distribution: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/ada5d0b1-07de-4dc0-83d4-e312f0fb81cb

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2011-09-27
Hierarchy level: Dataset