Wichita State University Collection (WICH-WICHI)
The Wichita State University Biodiversity Laboratory houses the invertebrate collection (WICHI) which contains arthropod specimens that result from regional research (pollination, herbivory, habitat surveys) and international research (primarily Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). We aim to make biodiversity data broadly available and assist in research that examines biotic patterns (e.g., insect and host-plant interactions), phylogenetics, spatial distributions, and conservation. Discoveries based on this research assist in documenting the biotic response to climate change, predicting the geographic potential of invasive species, recognizing habitat bio-indicators, among others.
Contact: Mary Liz Jameson (MaryLiz.Jameson@gmail.com)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: bf5897ef-d770-46ac-8159-04e1eb267f6b
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: 37.72071, -97.29384
GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/06448b27-4c5c-4296-8ece-a87e124c4f4e
iDigBio Dataset page: https://www.idigbio.org/portal/recordsets/e9607b87-6dcb-4ffa-a4bf-d17ac197ca70
Collection Statistics
- 440 occurrence
- 60 (14%) georeferenced
- 421 (96%) identified to species
- 4 families
- 21 genera
- 39 species
- 39 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
