Occurrence

DNSM: Durban Natural Science Museum Insect Collection (1900-2011)

Latest version published by South African National Biodiversity Institute on 23 August 2016 South African National Biodiversity Institute
The Durban National Science Museum Insect collection consists of almost 300000 specimens covering most insect orders.
Publication date:
23 August 2016
License:
CC-BY 4.0

Data Records

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Versions

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Rights

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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: b94fcfd1-f3a5-44bc-bc50-d3e5f80a733d.  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; Specimen

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Kirstin Williams
Entomologist
Durban Natural Science Museum
P O Box, 4085
4001 Durban
KwaZulu-Natal
ZA
0313054162/4/5/7

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Kirstin Williams
Entomologist
Durban Natural Science Museum
P O Box, 4085
4001 Durban
KwaZulu-Natal
ZA
0313054162/4/5/7
Guy Redman
Director
Durban Natural Science Museum
P O Box, 4085
4001 Durban
KwaZulu-Natal
ZA
0313054162/4/5/7

Who filled in the metadata:

Fhatani Ranwashe
Data Technician
SANBI
Private Bag X7, Kirstenbosch
7735 Claremont
Western Cape
ZA
0217998738

Who else was associated with the resource:

User
Fhatani Ranwashe

Geographic Coverage

marine localities

Bounding Coordinates South West [-69, -124], North East [71, 175]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1900-01-01 / 2011-01-01

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers b94fcfd1-f3a5-44bc-bc50-d3e5f80a733d
https://iptbeta.sanbi.org.za/resource?r=dnsm_insect