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U.S. National Insect Collection Database

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posted on 2023-11-30, 07:37 authored by USDA/ARS, Systematic Entomology Laboratory

This subset of the U.S. National Insects Collection, which is primarly housed by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, comprises the Coccomorpha (scale insects), Aphidomorpha (aphids), Alyrodomorpha (whiteflies), Psyllomorpha (psyllids), Thysanoptera (thrips), and Acari (mites) collections.

Information about the Aphidomorpha (Aphididae, Adelgidae, and Phylloxeridae) samples is available through this database.

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History

Data contact name

Miller, Gary L

Data contact email

gary.miller@usda.gov

Publisher

The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

Theme

  • Not specified

Geographic location - description

Worldwide

ISO Topic Category

  • biota

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

genetic databases; United States; scale insects; Aleyrodidae; Psyllidae; Thysanoptera; Acari; mites; Aphididae; Adelgidae; Phylloxeridae; databases; Biological Sciences

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:18 - Agricultural Research Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:040 - National Research

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Preferred dataset citation

USDA/ARS, Systematic Entomology Laboratory (2016). U.S. National Insect Collection Database. The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1327283

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