U.S. National Insect Collection Database
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.
To search for one of these subgroups, use the "family" dropdown on one of the search subpages. You can search by Field or Keywords, and may also restrict your search to Genetic Samples, Primary Type Specimens, Species Inventory, Specimen Inventory, records with images, records with geo-referenced localities, or Illustrations.
Resources in this dataset:
Resource Title: Department of Entomology Collections.
File Name: Web Page, url: http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/ento/
The online catalog for this collection
History
Data contact name
Miller, Gary LData contact email
gary.miller@usda.govPublisher
The Smithsonian Museum of Natural HistoryTheme
- Not specified
Geographic location - description
WorldwideISO Topic Category
- biota
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms
genetic databases; United States; scale insects; Aleyrodidae; Psyllidae; Thysanoptera; Acari; mites; Aphididae; Adelgidae; Phylloxeridae; databases; Biological SciencesOMB Bureau Code
- 005:18 - Agricultural Research Service
OMB Program Code
- 005:040 - National Research
Pending citation
- No
Public Access Level
- Public