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Collection Rights

Collection Name	Rights
Academy of Natural Sciences Entomology Collection - LepNet	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Academy of Natural Sciences Entomology Collection – OrthopNet	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Academy of Natural Sciences Entomology Collection – ParasiteTracker	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Actualización de la Colección de Artrópodos con importancia médica (CAIM), Laboratorio de Entomología, InDRE	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Allan Smith-Pardo	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
American Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
AntWeb	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Apoyo para la infraestructura de la colección de artrópodos con y sin importancia médica del Laboratorio estatal de Salud Pública del estado de Guanaj	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
April Hamblin thesis collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Archbold Biological Station Arthropod Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Arizona State University - Social Insect Biodiversity Repository	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Arizona State University Charles W. O'Brien Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Arizona State University Hasbrouck Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Arizona State University Lois B. O'Brien Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Auburn University Museum of Natural History Entomology	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Augustana College Entomology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Australian Freshwater Invertebrates	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of the New World	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Bee data from INABIO	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Bees in the Trees Cornell Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Biodiversidad de la apifauna de Yucatán	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Biodiversidad de la Sierra Tarahumara. Lepidoptera: Mimallonoidea, Lasiocampoidea, Bombycoidea y Pyraloidea	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Bishop's University Insect Collection (BUIC)	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
BLM Mother Lode Field Office: The Bees of Pine Hill Preserve	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Bloom et al., 2021 Documenting pollinators, floral hosts, and plant–pollinator interactions in U.S. Pacific Northwest agroecosystems	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Bombus of Canada	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Branson Museum of Zoology - Arthropods	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Brigham Young University Arthropod Museum	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
BugGuide	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Butterflies and Skippers of Alberta Project	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
California Academy of Sciences - Entomology Type Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
California Academy of Sciences Entomology	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
California State University East Bay Natural History Museum	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Canadian Museum of Nature Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Canadian National Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Carnegie Invertebrate Zoology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Catálogo de insectos de la colección del Centro de Entomología	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Catálogo y recopilación de datos científicos de los lepidópteros nocturnos de México, pertenecientes a cinco familias	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CEPANN - Coleção Entomológica Paulo Nogueira-Neto - IB/USP	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Chicago Academy of Sciences	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Clemson University Arthropod Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Cleveland Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
CNIN/Abejas de México/Apoidea	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
CNIN/Coleoptera	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
CNIN/Lepidoptera	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Coleção Entomológica	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Colección de insectos agrícolas del proyecto diversidad en sistemas de cultivos	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Colección de Invertebrados de la Universidad de la Sierra	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Colección de referencia de vectores de Leishmania spp (causante de Leshmaniasis cutánea localizada) de la Península de Yucatán y un estudio preliminar	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Colección de referencia de vectores de Leishmania spp (causante de Leshmaniasis cutánea localizada) de la Península de Yucatán y un estudio preliminar	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Colección Zoológica de la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collaborative bee data from private collections	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Colorado College Arthropod Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Colorado Plateau Museum of Arthropod Biodiversity	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Computarización de abejas de la colección entomológica de la Frontera Sur	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Computarización de la colección de abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera, de la Facultad de Ciencias de la UNAM	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Computarización de la Colección Nacional de insectos Dr. Alfredo Barrera Marín del Museo de Historia Natural de la Ciudad de México	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Computarización y actualización de la curación de la Colección de Lepidóptera del Museo de Zoología "Alfonso L. Herrera" y su base de datos MARIPOSA.	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Arthropod Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Crispin S. Guppy Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Denver Botanic Gardens Collection of Arthropods	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Denver Museum of Nature & Science - Arachnology	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Denver Museum of Nature & Science - Entomology	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Denver Museum of Nature & Science - Parasites	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Derek A. Woller Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Diversidad de abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Reserva de la Biosfera El Triunfo, Chiapas	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Diversidad de ocho grupos de insecta (Odonata, Lycidae, Phengodidae, Lampyridae, Cantharidae, Cerambycidae, Syrphidae y Vespidae) en tres regiones con	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Dugway Proving Ground Natural History Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
eButterfly	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Entomological Museum Francisco Luis Gallego -	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Entomology Collection at the Natural History Museum of Utah	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Entomology Collection of the Natural History Museum of the University of the Amazon	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Eric G Chapman Coleoptera Research Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Escarabajos y moscas de los bosques de niebla del sureste mexicano (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea; Diptera: Syrphidae y Calliphoridae)	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Essig Museum of Entomology	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Estación Biológica de Doñana Pollinator Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Fauna de insectos sociales del estado de Campeche	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Field Museum of Natural History Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Myriapods	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Florida Museum of Natural History, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Florida State Collection of Arthropods	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Fortalecimiento de las colecciones de ECOSUR. Primera fase (Abejas)	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Frost Entomological Museum	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Furman University Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
General Research Observations	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Gregory P. Setliff Collection - Kutztown University	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Guy Hanley Insect Research Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Hannam University Systematic Entomology Laboratory	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology Collection (HWML) Parasite Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Plant Pest Control Branch	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Host Spiders	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Hymenoptera Institute Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Ian Watkinson Lepidoptera Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Illinois Natural History Survey - Crustacean Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Illinois Natural History Survey Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
iNat research grade identified to species	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
iNaturalist Research-grade Observations	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Insect Collection of Quebec (CIQ-ENT)	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Insectarium de Montréal (IMQC)	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad - Entomology	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
International Barcode of Life project (iBOL)	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Inventario de Hymenóptera; parasítica en México	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Inventario de la lepidopterofauna de la Sierra de Huautla	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Inventario de las mariposas de la selva baja de las sierras de Taxco-Huautla, Guerrero (RTP120)	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Inventario de los ropaloceros (Lepidoptera) de la Sierra Gorda, estado de Querétaro, México	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Joseph Moore Museum	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
K-State Museum of Entomological and Prairie Arthropod Research	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Entomology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History, University of California Santa Cruz, Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Kojun Kanda Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
KWP Lepidoptera Collection (Arctos)	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera y Heterocera) de áreas prioritarias para la conservación en la Península de Yucatán, con registros de adultos y estados inmad	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
LepSnap Observations	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
López-Uribe Lab Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Luther Entomological Research Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
M. Andrew Johnston Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
M. Gollop Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Maine State Museum - Brianne Du Clos	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
McDonald-Podesta-Fortuin-Gandhi Orchid Bee Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
McGill University, Lyman Entomological Museum (LEMQ)	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
McMaster University Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Michigan Technological University Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Middlebury College Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Milwaukee Public Museum, Invertebrate Zoology-Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Minnesota Bee Atlas	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Mississippi Entomological Museum	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Montana Entomology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Moth Observation Database: David L. Wikle Personal Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observation Database: Field Museum of Natural History	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observation Database: Kansas State University	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observation Database: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: American Museum of Natural History	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: California Academy of Sciences	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: California Department of Food and Agriculture	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: Canadian National Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: Colorado State University, Fort Collins	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: Denver Museum of Nature & Science	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: LA County Museum of Natural History	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: National Museum of Natural History	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: Paul and Sandy Russel Personal Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: Peter Jump Personal Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: San Diego Natural History Museum	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: Tom Dimock Personal Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: UC Berkeley	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: UC Davis	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: UC Riverside	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Moth Observations Database: University of Connecticut	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Museo de Entomología y Biodiversidad Tropical Collection - University of Puerto Rico	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural “Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano” - Colección de Arácnidos	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural “Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano” - Colección de Ortópteros	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ) and Pompilid hosts	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Museum of Northern Arizona - Walnut Canyon National Monument Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Museum of Northern Arizona Invertebrate Collections	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Museum of Northern Arizona – Grand Canyon National Park Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Museum of Northern Arizona – Petrified Forest National Park Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Museum of Southwestern Biology Division of Parasitology - ParasiteTracker	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Arthropods	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
National Museums of Kenya, Invertebrate Section	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab - US-CA-MX - Bees	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab - World - Bees	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
NAU Forest Entomology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
NCSU Research Dataset Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
NEON Biorepository Carabid Collection (DNA Extracts)	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
NEON Biorepository Carabid Collection (Pinned Vouchers)	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
NEON Biorepository Carabid Collection (Trap Sorting)	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
NEON Biorepository Mosquito Collection (Bulk Identified)	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
NEON Biorepository Mosquito Collection (Pinned Vouchers)	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas Entomology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
New Mexico State Collection of Arthropods	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
New York State Museum Arthropod Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
North American Bee Collections	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
North Carolina State University Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Northern Arizona University - Agua Fria National Monument Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Northern Biodiversity Program Coleoptera (2010-2011)	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Odonata de Veracruz	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Odonata records from the Brigham Young University Arthropod Museum	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Ohio State C.A. Triplehorn Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Ohio State University Acarology Laboratory	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Oregon Bee Atlas	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Oregon State Arthropod Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Orma Smith Museum of Natural History	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Orphaned Collection - Lyman Entomological Museum	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Orthoptera DNA Tissue Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Ouellet-Robert Entomological Collection (QMOR)	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Pardee et al. 2023: Plant-Pollinator Networks across an Urban Corridor	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Peter Hall Observations	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Plant Bug Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Project PBI: Phytophagous Insects as a Model Group for Documenting Planetary Biodiversity (Insecta: Heterop	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Plant–pollinator community assembly across wildfire gradients	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
PollardBase	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Pollinator interaction flexibility across scales affects patch colonization and occupancy	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Predicting changes in bee assemblages following state transitions	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Price Institute of Parasite Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Primera fase de actualización de la Colección de Siphonaptera Alfredo Barrera del Museo de Zoología Alfonso Herrera	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Proyecto para compatibilizar el inventario de biota edáfica BGBD con el Sistema Nacional de Información sobre Biodiversidad	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
R. M. Bohart Museum of Entomology	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Repatriación de datos de los lepidópteros depositados en la Colección del McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural H	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Richard B. Dominick Moth and Butterfly Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Riqueza específica y biodiversidad de microartrópodos edáficos de la Isla de Cozumel, Q. Roo	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
RL Minckley Insect and Plant Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Ross A. Layberry Observations	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Royal British Columbia Museum Entomology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
RPSP - Coleção Entomológica Prof. J.M.F. Camargo, FFCLRP/USP	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rutgers University Entomological Museum	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Sagehen Creek Field Station (UC-Berkeley) – Insects	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Salvatore S. Anzaldo Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
San Diego Natural History Museum Entomology Department	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
San Diego State University - Terrestrial Arthropods Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Entomology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
SCAN Collection of Externally Processed Specimens (Arthropod Systematics Research)	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Scarab Central: World Scarabaeoidea	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Scarabaeoidea y colección de tipos de la colección entomológica del Centro de Estudios en Zoología, Universidad de Guadalajara	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Sierra Huérfana de Mazatán - Arthropod Observations	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
South Dakota State University, The Severin-McDaniel Insect Research Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Southeast Missouri State University Invertebrate Museum	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
State of Vermont Forest Biology Lab	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Staten Island Museum Entomology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Survey of bumblebees in central Alberta - 2018	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Tall Timbers Research Station Natural History Museum, The Lepidoptera collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Test Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Texas A&M University Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Texas Tech University - Invertebrate Zoology	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
The Albert J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
The Broward College Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics - University of Guelph	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
The Davidson College Entomology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
The Diptera Course Checklist	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
The Dr. James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studies Zoological Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
The Lepidoptera collection (EL) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris)	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
The Lepidopterists' Society Season Summary	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
The Purdue Entomological Research Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
The Sam Noble Museum Department of Recent Invertebrates	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
The University of Central Florida Collection of Arthropods	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
The University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections Entomology collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
The University of Texas Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Tri-Trophic TCN	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
UAM Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
UConn Biodiversity Research Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
United States National Museum, Entomology Collections	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Universidad del Magdalena Abejas	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of Alaska Museum (UAM) Insect Observations	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of Alberta Museums, E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
University of Arizona Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
University of British Columbia - Spencer Entomological Collection (UBCZ)	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
University of California Riverside, Entomology Research Museum	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
University of California San Diego - Drought and Habitat Fragmentation on Native Bee Assemblages	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of California Santa Barbara Invertebrate Zoology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
University of Central Florida, Stuart M. Fullerton Collection of Arthropods	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Entomology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
University of Delaware Insect Research Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of Florida Forestry Entomology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
University of Georgia Collection of Arthropods	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
University of Guam Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of Guelph Insect Collection (DEBU)	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
University of Hawaii Insect Museum	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of Indianapolis Spider Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of Kansas Natural History Museum Entomology Division	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
University of Kentucky Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Division of Insects	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
University of Minnesota Duluth Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of Minnesota Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
University of Nebraska State Museum	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of Nevada, Reno, Museum of Natural History, Entomology Research Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
University of New Hampshire Collection of Insects and Arthropods (UNHC-UNHC)	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
University of North Dakota Insect Collection.	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
University of Northern Iowa - Wen Research Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Invertebrate Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
University of Redlands Arthropod Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of the Virgin Islands, Cooperative Extension Service Arthropod Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of Utah Invertebrates Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
University of Vermont Zadock Thompson Zoological Collection-Invertebrates	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of Western Ontario Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
University of Wyoming Dillon Lab Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
USNM data by Mississippi Entomological Museum	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Entomology Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Utah State University, Eastern Entomological Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Utah Tech University Natural Science Museum’s Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
VectorBase (Bioinformatics Resource for Invertebrate Vectors of Human Pathogens)	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Vermont Atlas of Life	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Viktor Senderov Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Virginia Commonwealth University Dyer Lab Bee Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Washington Bee GBIF-BOLD Dataset	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Washington State University Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
West Virginia Wesleyan College Katharine B. Gregg Orchid Pollinator Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Western Carolina University Collection of Arthropods	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Western Washington University Insect Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Wichita State University Collection	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
William F. Barr Entomological Museum	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Wisconsin Insect Research Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
World Weevil Database	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Xerces Society - Bumble Bee Watch	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Yale Peabody Museum, Entomology Division	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zadock Thompson Zoological Collections - Caribbean Island Biogeography (CARBIO) Arachnid Collection	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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