Entomology Collection of the Natural History Museum of the University of the Amazon (UAM-E)
This data set includes 6,021 specimens with complete taxonomic information, most of which are identified to the Species category with 4,073 specimens, followed by 1,066 identified to order, 562 to Family, 299 to Genus, 15 to Subfamily and 6 to the category of Tribe. The specimens of the entomology collection are in the process of being curated and catalogued, in future updates of this publication the catalog numbers and information on collectors for 1,337 specimens will be included. This publication excludes 108 specimens from the collection that are still in the process of being catalogued.The Natural History Museum of the Universidad de la Amazonia UAM has been one of the most important extension, teaching and research support centers in the south of the country. It is linked to the Andean Amazon Biodiversity Research Center –INBIANAM. Its mission is to be a solid institution in the academic and research processes, through the formulation and development of projects framed in the hierarchical levels and attributes of biodiversity and the processes of sustainable development of the Amazon basin, which help to protect, conserve and study biological diversity, socialize and disseminate information among the scientific community, students and society in general. https://doi.org/10.15472/zpze4r
Contact: Edna Patricia Chilito Rodriguez
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 6 February 2022
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC 4.0 (Attribution-Non-Commercial International)
Rights Holder: Natural History Museum of the University of the Amazon
Collection Statistics
- 6,021 occurrence
- 6,017 (100%) georeferenced
- 3,980 (66%) identified to species
- 8 families
- 94 genera
- 115 species
- 115 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
