University of Alaska Museum (UAM) Insect Observations (UAM-OBS)

This dataset is pulled from the literature, other non-digitized collections, and databases. It is restricted to Alaskan non-marine arthropod records. Most records are not georeferenced. Sikes D (2022). UAM Insect Observations (Arctos). Version 36.58. University of Alaska Museum of the North. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/8nv0mp accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-21.

Contact: Derek Sikes (dssikes@alaska.edu)

Home Page: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/ecca1a3e-3b7d-4229-8a7a-d106997e6d03

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC BY-NC 4.0 (Attribution-Non-Commercial International)

Rights Holder: University of Alaska

• 38,228 occurrence
• 24,674 (65%) georeferenced
• 2,722 (7%) with images
• 25,783 (67%) identified to species
• 638 families
• 2,953 genera
• 7,236 species
• 7,246 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)