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Basic Information
Collection NameSouth Australian Museum - Entomology
Preferred CodeSAM
Kind of CollectionEntomology (Insects/Spiders)
LocationAustralia
Size in WordsOne million and five hundred and seventy thousand
Size as Number1570000
Contact Details
PersonDr Peter Hudson
PositionSenior Curatorial Manager
EmailClick to display
Phone+61-8-8207-7503
Fax+61-8-8207-7222
Websitehttp://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/ ...
Address
DepartmentThe South Australian Museum
StreetNorth Terrace
CityAdelaide
StateSouth Australia
Post Code5000
Country NameAustralia
Nontechnical Description
The collection has Australia-wide and Indo-Pacific representation, plus some world specimens for comparative purposes.
Technical Description
The collection comprises 1100000 pinned specimens, 450000 specimens in spirit and 20000 slides. There are 8480 holotypes, of which 5000 are from the A.M. Lea beetle collection. There are 23000 other types. Primary types are held in general body of the collection. The collection includes insects and myriapods only.
The arachnological collections comprise spiders (50000 specimens in alcohol), mites (25000 slide mounts and 20000 specimens in alcohol) and scorpions (5000 specimens in alcohol).
Taxonomic Scope
All orders of insects and arachnids (s.l.).
Host Institution
Institution NameGovernment of South Australia
TypeGovernment (State/Regional)
Institution URIhttp://www.ministers.sa.gov.au ...
Record Metadata
Record ID112622
Last Edit ByRoderic Page
Created2008-05-07 15:57:11
Modified2008-10-21 22:01:02
Basic Information
Collection NameAustralia, South Australia, Adelaide, South Australian Museum
Preferred CodeSAM
Kind of CollectionNot specified
LocationUnknown - has a location that is not known
Contact Details
Websitehttp://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/
Record Metadata
Record ID110891
Last Edit ByISCW
Created2008-05-07 15:50:26
Modified2008-06-02 14:45:45
Sourceiscw
Last sync with source2008-05-07 15:50:26
ID in sourceSAM
Source Record Linkhttp://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/co ...
Import ID1314
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