Occurrence

AM: Terrestrial Insect Collections (1896-2000)

Latest version published by South African National Biodiversity Institute on 22 November 2017 South African National Biodiversity Institute
Databasing of the terrestrial insect collections of the Albany museum
Publication date:
22 November 2017
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Gess D S (2015): AM: Terrestrial Insect Collections (1896-2000). v1.5. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=am_terrestrial_insects&v=1.5

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is South African National Biodiversity Institute. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 56fe0b98-95e1-4544-b398-fa7cebf18598.  South African National Biodiversity Institute publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by South African Biodiversity Information Facility.

Keywords

Occurrence; Vespidae; Masarinae; Specimen

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Dr. Sarah Gess
position
Albany Museum
Department of Entomology and Arachnology, Albany Museum, Grahamstown
6139 Grahamstown
Eastern Cape
ZA
046 622 2312

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Dr. Sarah Gess
position
Albany Museum
Department of Entomology and Arachnology, Albany Museum, Grahamstown
6139 Grahamstown
Eastern Cape
ZA
046 622 2312

Who filled in the metadata:

Fhatani Ranwashe
Data Technician
SANBI
Private Bag X7, Kirstenbosch
7735 Claremont
Western Cape
ZA
021 799 8738

Who else was associated with the resource:

User
Dr. Sarah Gess
position
Albany Museum
Department of Entomology and Arachnology, Albany Museum, Grahamstown
6139 Grahamstown
Eastern Cape
ZA
046 622 2312

Geographic Coverage

Africa coverage

Bounding Coordinates South West [-35, 3], North East [5, 46]

Taxonomic Coverage

Insects, Bees, Pollen Wasps

Species  Insecta (Insects)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1896-02-19 / 2000-10-19

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 19cde36b-06c8-4442-a4be-daee3c801159
56fe0b98-95e1-4544-b398-fa7cebf18598
http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=am_terrestrial_insects