Terrestrial and limnic invertebrates systematic collection, NTNU University Museum
GBIF
Dataset type
This dataset that contains primary occurrence data for species.
Description
<p>The terrestrial and liminic invertebrates systematic collection at the NTNU University Museum dates back to activities initiated by Bishop Johan Ernst Gunnerus in the 1760's and objects from Bjarne Lysholm’s collection of Coleoptera from around 1880-1939. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1960's and up to today and includes the Lepidoptera collection of Carl Fredrik Lühr and Runar Krogen, the Coleoptera collections of Karl Erik Zachariassen and Dagfinn Refseth. A recent acquisition of approximately 160 000 identified specimens came from Frode Ødegaard’s collection previously hosted at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research.
Today's collection covers most of the major groups of invertebrates with Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera as the largest parts of the collections (approximately 40 %, 20 %, 10 % and 7 % respectively in 2017). Some groups are overrepresented compared to others. This reflects the taxonomic expertise among the staff since the first regular employee in the 1840's and donations of private collections.
The collection includes objects from all other continents except the Antarctica. Examples from other parts of the world are chironomids from America, Africa, Europe and Asia, a historic circumpolar collection of Coleoptera. Coleoptera from Central America, Australia, southern Europe, Africa and Papua New Guinea. There are also Lepidoptera from Malawi and terrestrial molluscs from Madeira, Cuba and some other countries.</p>
Type of content
Includes: Point occurrence data, gbif import.Citation
Hårsaker K, Aspaas A M, Ekrem T, Stur E, Ødegaard F, Kjærstad G, Finstad A G (2025). Terrestrial and limnic invertebrates systematic collection, NTNU University Museum. Version 1.1631. Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/fsreqb 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 19:22:20.0