Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Insect Collection (RMBL-ENT)

The insect collection at RMBL represents the research interests of lab scientists from 1929-present. The collection is especially strong in pollinator taxa, including: hymenoptera and lepidoptera; aquatic taxa; ants; and orthoptera.
Contact: Rick Williams (willcha2@isu.edu)
Home Page: https://rmbl.org
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 14f65b37-ca29-42bd-9d89-21ca84c096b5
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Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
Collection Statistics
  • 161 occurrence
  • 115 (71%) georeferenced
  • 124 (77%) identified to species
  • 21 families
  • 45 genera
  • 46 species
  • 49 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Family Distribution
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  • Apataniidae (4)
  • Chaoboridae (1)
  • Chloroperlidae (19)
  • Dytiscidae (1)
  • Elmidae (2)
  • Ephemeridae (1)
  • Glossiphoniidae (2)
  • Heptageniidae (2)
  • Hydropsychidae (9)
  • Leuctridae (2)
  • Limnephilidae (19)
  • Lycaenidae (27)
  • Nemouridae (6)
  • Papilionidae (18)
  • Perlidae (9)
  • Perlodidae (16)
  • Pteronarcyidae (3)
  • Rhyacophilidae (14)
  • Simuliidae (1)
  • Taeniopterygidae (3)
  • Uenoidae (1)