The Albert J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection (MSU-MSUC)
In 1867, Professor Albert J. Cook started the ARC and it currently houses ~ 1.5 million specimens mounted on pins, slides or stored in alcohol representing ~35,000 species. A significant portion of the collection represents the insect diversity Michigan and the Great Lakes Region. Other significant collections represent the world-wide arthropod fauna for select taxa, e.g., Lepidoptera and Scolytinae. Researchers in systematics, agriculture, natural resources, urban insect management, to extension personnel and to the general public use these specimens. Please direct inquiries to Anthony Cognato, Director or Gary Parsons, Manager (parsonsg@cns.msu.edu).
Contact: Anthony Cognato (cognato@msu.edu)
Home Page: http://www.arc.ent.msu.edu/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 15cdb244-b82d-4798-af5e-ef7bc138f233
DwC-Archive Publishing: https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/datasets/datapublisher.php
Live Data Download: Login for access
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Rights Holder: Department of Entomology, MSU
GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/76525e81-9210-401d-a90d-5509f771c0e7
iDigBio Dataset page: https://www.idigbio.org/portal/recordsets/87017793-00dc-4f5d-b95b-09e7d17327cc
Collection Statistics
- 315,014 occurrence
- 187,907 (60%) georeferenced
- 12,942 (4%) with images
- 221,354 (70%) identified to species
- 641 families
- 7,767 genera
- 27,562 species
- 28,019 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
