Entomological Museum Francisco Luis Gallego - (UNAL-MED)

This set of data corresponds to the results of the digitization process and publication of information on the orders Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera and Lepidoptera, developed by the Francisco Luis Gallego Museum of the National University of Colombia, Medellin. In total, 10,075 records of 27 families and 533 genera present in the Colombian territory were documented, collected from the 1940s to 2019. In addition, data is reported for 32 genera from other countries such as: Germany, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile , Costa Rica, United States and Mexico.D
Contact: Sandra Ines Uribe Soto (suribe@unal.edu.co)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 6 February 2022
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: National University of Colombia
Collection Statistics
  • 10,075 occurrence
  • 4,047 (40%) georeferenced
  • 4,862 (48%) identified to species
  • 27 families
  • 430 genera
  • 512 species
  • 543 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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