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National Center for Insect Diversity |
NATIONAL CENTER FOR INSECT DIVERSITY
(NASJONALT SENTER FOR INSEKTKARTLEGGING) THE INSECT COLLECTION General Information The insect collection includes about 500,000 specimens on pins, 2,000,000 specimens in alcohol and also specimens on slides. The collection is divided into two parts: the Norwegian and the World collection. Since one of our goals is documenting the insect fauna of Norway we have the world's best collection in that area. We are particularly strong in Norwegian Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, and Lepidoptera. Some small (in the Norwegian fauna) orders, such as Dermaptera and Orthoptera are also well represented. In the World collection our strength is due to work of particular individuals who work or have worked at the museum, or donated to us their collections. We have a good collection of Palaearctic and Australian Coleoptera and Palaearctic Lepidoptera. For more detailed information on particular orders please follow the links below. Our collection includes type specimens of more than a hundred taxa. A type catalogue is currently in preparation and is expected to be on the web later this year. If you have a loan request please contact one of the two curators (Vladimir Gusarov or Jan Emil Raastad) who will be happy to assist you. In our collection management we accept the profiling system developed at the Entomological Collection of the Smithsonian Institution. This system was originally described in two papers by Ronald J. McGinley (1989, 1992) and since then has been adopted by many museums. Click here to examine the profile of our collection. More detailed information on particular orders:
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