National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Insecta (NMNH-Insecta)

Contacts: Thomas Orrell, orrellt@si.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 22 October 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Parsed IPT import workflow
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 5,838 specimen records
  • 1,198 (21%) georeferenced
  • 553 (9%) with images (1,849 total images)
  • 4,062 (70%) identified to species
  • 336 families
  • 1,208 genera
  • 2,096 species
  • 2,097 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Adesmus (2)
  • Aerenica (1)
  • Amillarus (1)
  • Amplitempora (1)
  • Apomethia (1)
  • Baryssinus (1)
  • Bromiades (1)
  • Callipogon (1)
  • Ceragenia (1)
  • Cobelura (1)
  • Colobothea (1)
  • Cometes (3)
  • Conosphaerion (1)
  • Cyrtinus (1)
  • Derobrachus (1)
  • Dorcasta (2)
  • Elytrimitatrix (2)
  • Erana (2)
  • Eucharassus (1)
  • Gnomidolon (1)
  • Gorybia (1)
  • Haruspex (1)
  • Heterachthes (1)
  • Hexoplon (1)
  • Hypsioma (1)
  • Iareonycha (1)
  • Ibidion (2)
  • Ischnolea (1)
  • Lagocheirus (1)
  • Lagochirus (1)
  • Mallodon (1)
  • Mauesia (1)
  • Mecometopus (1)
  • Megachoriolaus (1)
  • Nealcidion (1)
  • Neocompsa (1)
  • Nephalius (1)
  • Nesozineus (1)
  • Novantinoe (2)
  • Octoplon (2)
  • Odontocera (2)
  • Palaeotrachyderes (1)
  • Paracometes (1)
  • Plectromerus (1)
  • Praemallaspis (1)
  • Psalidognathus (2)
  • Pseudocobelura (1)
  • Pseudotypocerus (2)
  • Psyrassa (1)
  • Sphagoeme (1)
  • Trachysomus (1)
  • Trestonia (1)
  • Unaporanga (1)
  • Venustus (1)