The Hymenoptera collection (EY) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris)
GBIF
Dataset type
This dataset that contains primary occurrence data for species.
Description
<p>This dataset is the databased part of the Hymenoptera from the entomological collections of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris).
The Hymenoptera collection holds about 1 million specimens, out of which 6000 are types (the oldest being from Fabricius and Latreille) ; 95 % are stored pinned, the other being either in alcool (mostly Formicidae), or in microscopical preparations. The collection consists of 9 sections: Apoidea apiformes (21 % of the specimens), Apoidea spheciformes (8 %), Vespoidea (22 %), Formicidae (10 %), Chrysidoidea (2 %), Ichneumonoidea (20 %), Chalcidoidea (6 %), others Parasitica (4 %) and Symphytes (7 %). The collection also includes 30 authors’ collections (notably those of Benoist, Berthoumieu, Bosc, Brullé, Dufour, Boyer de Fonscolombe, Ferton, de Gaulle, Giraud, Girault, Granger, Lepeletier, Lucas, Pérez, Pic, Saussure, Seyrig, Sichel, Vachal…). The main represented geographical area are the Palearctic and Afrotropic zones (especially Madagascar with Seyrig’s collection), and for some groups the Nearctic.</p>
Type of content
Includes: Point occurrence data, gbif import.Citation
MNHN, Chagnoux S (2025). The Hymenoptera collection (EY) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). Version 77.405. MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/r3eez6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-02-27.
Digitised records
Looking up... the number of records that can be accessed through the BioAtlas - Atlas bioraznolikosti Hrvatske. This resource was last checked for updated data on 27 Feb 2025. The most recent data was published on 15 Nov 2024.
Metadata last updated on 2025-02-27 19:06:39.0
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