Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa | |
The Canadian National Collection (CNC) of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes is considered one of the best collections of its kind in the world in terms of size, species representation, and level of curation. It is maintained and developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada as part of its systematics research program, and is housed in the K.W. Neatby Building in Ottawa. The Diptera collection is considered one of the strongest segments of the Canadian National Collection of Insects. Over two million fly specimens are housed in over 4600 drawers, alcohol and slide cabinets, making it one of the largest Diptera collections in the world. Page with many links, too. |
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J.L. Gressit Centre for Research in Entomology, Bishop Museum, Hawaii | |
Third largest insect collection in U.S.A. Very many primary types. Searchable database. | |
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Monastery of Admont | |
The museum contains the Diptera collection of Pater Gabriel Strobl. | |
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Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard | |
Official site. Excellent photographs of type specimens and their labels. | |
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Museum of Natural History, Berlin | |
Official site of the Museum f?r Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universit?t, Berlin | |
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National Museum of Natural History, Leiden | |
Official Site of the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Naturalis [former Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie], Leiden. | |
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National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. | |
Describes the Smithsonian collections at the Department of Systematic Zoology, Entomology. Database as yet incomplete. | |
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Natural History Museum, London | |
Research and curation cite of the Natural History Museum [former Bristish Museum (Natural History)], London. | |
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Natural History Museum, London: Diptera Collection | |
The Natural History Museum's collections of Diptera contains approximately 2.5 million specimens. The Museum holds collections of International and British Diptera that are stored separately. International collections The international collection holds important type material of Diptera, some dating back to the 18th century, most notably of taxa described by Walker, Bigot, Brunetti, Edwards and Austen. Parts of the world that are particularly well represented are the: Europe (except Russia) most of sub-Saharan Africa the Seychelles the Indian subcontinent Malesia Southern Argentina Chile British collections . . . 20th century collections The British Diptera Collection includes donations from important collectors of the 20th century such as: F.W. Edwards L. Parmenter C.N. Colyer O.W. Richards E.A. Fonseca A synoptic British reference collection can be examined in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity. |
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Natural History Museum, National Museum of Ireland, Dublin | |
Official site of a zoological museum that encompasses outstanding examples of wildlife from Ireland and the far corners of the globe, some still to be seen today and others long extinct. Home of the Alexander Henry Haliday collection, including types of Hermann Loew, Camillo Rondani, Francis Walker and John Curtis. |
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Natural History Museum, Paris | |
Official site of the Mus?um national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. French only... | |
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Natural History Museum, Vienna | |
Official site of the Naturhistorische Museum, Wien. | |
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Oxford University Museum, Oxford | |
Official site of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections), Oxford ( | |
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Riverside Campus, University of California, Berkeley | |
Describes the museum and its important holdings from the U.S.A., State of California. | |
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Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren | |
Official site of the Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika, Tervuren | |
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