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Specimen Record

ContinentNorth America
CountryUnited States
State/ProvinceAlaska
LocalityChowiet Island Landing Cove
Latitude56.03475
Longitude-156.74018
Institution CodeUam
Collection CodeInsect Specimens
Catalog Number250999
Collected ByCollector(s): Erik M. Andersen; Preparator(s): Lacey Broskey
Date Collected2009-06-20

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UAM Insect Collection (Arctos)
http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/ento/

The UAM Insect collection is the northern-most facility of its kind in the United States. 98.5% of our records are from Alaska. Although a young collection (begun in 2000), we have recently surpassed 200,000 records representing over 1 million specimens (as of June 2014), making this collection the fourth largest in the US in entomology with data served to iDigBio. Over 99% of these records have been georeferenced. Over 75% of the pinned collection has been databased; approximately 10% of the wet collection has been databased. At least one specimen of every lowest identification, in both the pinned and wet collections, has been databased so we have a complete online taxon inventory of the collection. 136,257 specimens have been identified to the species level - these represent 2,869 species (23% are apparent new records for the state). Coleoptera, Odonata, and Hymenoptera are the most well-curated groups. 56,187 of these specimen records have been cited or otherwise used in 38 peer-reviewed publications. Please use this DOI to cite this collection / dataset: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7299/X75D8S0H

Contacts

Name Derek Sikes
RoleCurator of Insects
Emaildssikes@alaska.edu
Name Derek Sikes
RoleCurator of Insects
Emaildssikes@alaska.edu
Name Laura Russell
RoleVertNet Programmer
Emaillarussell@vertnet.org
Name David Bloom
RoleVertNet Coordinator
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name John Wieczorek
RoleInformation Architect
Emailtuco@berkeley.edu
Name Dusty McDonald
RoleArctos Database Programmer
Emaildlmcdonald@alaska.edu
Name Derek Sikes
RoleCurator of Insects
Emaildssikes@alaska.edu
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Taxonomy
Scientific NameMegaselia sp.
Higher ClassficationAnimalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Phoridae; Metopininae; Megaseliini; Megaselia
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderDiptera
FamilyPhoridae
GenusMegaselia
Nomenclatural CodeICZN
Specimen
Identified BySteve Peek
Date Identified2015-12-06
Previous IdentificationsMegaselia sp. (accepted ID) identified by Steve Peek on 2015-12-06; method: expert
Insecta identified by Lacey Broskey on 2013-12-16; method: student
Megaselia identified by Steve Peek on 2015-12-04; method: expert
Identification QualifierA sp.
Catalog Number250999
Other Catalog Numbersbarcode=UAM100345080
Preparationswhole organism (pinned)
Individual Count1
Life Stageadult
Institution CodeUAM
Collection CodeInsect specimens
Occurrence IDhttp://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Ento:250999?seid=2073075
Basis of RecordPreservedSpecimen
Type of ResourcePhysicalObject
Collection Event
Collected ByCollector(s): Erik M. Andersen; Preparator(s): Lacey Broskey
Date Collected2009-06-20/2009-09-02
Verbatim Date Collected20 Jun - Sep 2009
Sampling Protocolpitfall
Locality
CountryUnited States
State / ProvinceAlaska
Higher GeographyNorth America, United States, Alaska
ContinentNorth America
LocalityChowiet Island Landing Cove
Verbatim LocalityChowiet Island Cabin Valley
Habitatdry graminoid herbaceous Elymus/ fern, umbel
Decimal Latitude56.03475
Decimal Longitude-156.74018
Maximum Elevation in Meters26
Minimum Elevation in Meters26
Georeference ProtocolMaNIS georeferencing guidelines
Verbatim Coordinates56.03475/-156.74018
Location According ToErik M. Andersen
Coordinate Uncertainty In Meters50
Geodetic DatumWorld Geodetic System 1984
Georeferenced ByErik M. Andersen
Georeferenced Date2009-06-20 00:00:00.0
Other
Languageen
Modified2016-05-23 22:34:05.0
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dwc:identificationVerificationStatusexpert
dwc:establishmentMeanswild caught
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dwc:georeferenceVerificationStatusaccepted
dwc:dynamicPropertiesage class=adult
dwc:georeferenceSourcesGPS
dcterms:licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dwc:eventRemarksFormer verification status: checked by curator.
dwc:organismIDhttp://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Ento:250999
dcterms:referenceshttp://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Ento:250999
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dwc:eventTime2009-06-20/2009-09-02
dwc:verbatimCoordinateSystemdecimal degrees
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