Oregon State Arthropod Collection (OSU-OSAC)

The OSAC is a research collection of approximately 3 million non-marine arthropod and molluscan specimens. Strengths are Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera and Acari. The fauna of the Pacific Northwest is particularly well represented, but the collection is global in scope. The collection includes both primary and secondary types. More information can be found on their website: http:osac.oregonstate.edu.

Contact: Christopher Marshall (Christopher.Marshall@oregonstate.edu)

Home Page: http://osac.oregonstate.edu

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)

Rights Holder: Oregon State University

• 96,710 occurrence
• 33,452 (35%) georeferenced
• 106 (0.11%) with images
• 57,075 (59%) identified to species
• 13 families
• 327 genera
• 984 species
• 1,325 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)