Diptera Collection of Richard Frey (MZH/Luomus, Helsinki, Finland)

Dataset type

This dataset that contains primary occurrence data for species.

Description

<p>Richard Frey&#39;s worldwide Diptera collection. Ca. 10.000 species, including type material of some 700 taxa. Mostly material acquired by Frey, but some species have been added in the 1960s. After Frey&#39;s death, the Finnish material has been removed and placed in the Diptera East Fennoscandia collection of MZH.

A preliminary catalogue of species/taxa names is available for this collection: https://tietopankki.luomus.fi/species-lists-in-luomus/insect-lists-of-luomus-collections/coll-richard-frey-mzh-fmnh-luomus-taxon-list-part-1-xylophagidae-to-dolichopodidae/. See links on the page for subsequent parts of the catalogue.

A majority of the type specimens have been databased, but not photographed. Data is available through GBIF (dataset https://www.gbif.org/dataset/489cf6d8-4171-46bd-94b1-ca514fb2043f) and the Finnish National Biodiversity Portal FinBIF https://laji.fi/en/observation/map?collectionId&#61;HR.163).

Other resources related to this collection:

Frey&#39;s numbering system for his field collected specimens: https://wiki.helsinki.fi/xwiki/bin/view/ITL/Entomology%20team%20%28Luomus%29/Hy%C3%B6nteisker%C3%A4%C3%A4jien%20muistiinpanoja%2C%20kladikirjoja%20ym./Frey%2C%20Richard%20n%C3%A4ytenumerot/

Data quality: Largely identified by R. Frey himself. Most specimens have not been examined after Frey&#39;s death in the 1950s, thus the identifications are largely sensu circa 1920-1955.</p>

Type of content

Includes: Point occurrence data, gbif import.

Citation

Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (2025). Diptera Collection of Richard Frey (MZH/Luomus, Helsinki, Finland). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/fey985 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-02-27.

Digitised records

Metadata last updated on 2025-02-27 19:07:10.0