University of Minnesota Duluth Insect Collection (UMD-UMDI)

The University of Minnesota Duluth Insect Collection is the second largest collection of entomological specimens in the state of Minnesota, with an expanding collection of over 48,000 specimens. Since its inception, the collection served as a repository for entomology students’ specimens. The collection represents local insect diversity of northeastern Minnesota, a region of unique ecological communities shaped by climate and recent geologic history. With specimens spanning six decades, the collection represents past and recent insect diversity within this region; with an emphasis on local carabid beetles.

Contact: Tim Craig (tcraig@d.umn.edu)

Home Page: https://scse.d.umn.edu/about/departments-and-programs/biology-department/facilities-affiliates/biodiversity-collection

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal

Global Unique Identifier: 1e91cfd2-a0b5-4715-b624-68a44ef07def

DwC-Archive Publishing: https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/datasets/datapublisher.php

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Digital Metadata: EML File

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

• 2,981 occurrence
• 1,869 (63%) georeferenced
• 2,071 (69%) identified to species
• 24 families
• 93 genera
• 186 species
• 146 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)