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    • U.S. National Insect Collection Database

    Metadata Updated: March 30, 2024

    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

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 30, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 30, 2024
    Publisher Agricultural Research Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.15482/USDA.ADC/1327283
    Data Last Modified 2023-11-30
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 005:18
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    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    License https://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Program Code 005:040
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 080c76b3eb6d0720a31327823e7ba7c09cb26278b358e9c6c28e9eee9a5dea81
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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