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University of Minnesota Insect Collection (Entomology-UMSP)

Housed within the Department of Entomology, UMSP is one of the largest university-affiliated insect collections in North America. Current holdings include 4,035,133 specimens, representing over 53,000 described species (as of December 2019). The collection is a valuable resource for researchers at the University of Minnesota, across the state, and throughout the entomological community, both nationally and internationally.
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Cite this collection:
University of Minnesota Insect Collection. Occurrence dataset (ID: 292fc774-f735-4d15-8371-18a2d45e2af3) https://bellatlas.umn.edu:443/content/dwca/Entomology-UMSP_DwC-A.zip accessed via the Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Portal, bellatlas.umn.edu, 2026-01-06).

Collection Statistics

  • 334,146 specimen records
  • 223,920 (67%) georeferenced
  • 171,533 (51%) identified to species
  • 393 families
  • 2,230 genera
  • 5,736 species
  • 5,919 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 9 September 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
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Rights Holder: Regents of the University of Minnesota
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Ecclisomyia (14)
  • Grammotaulius (19)
  • Hesperophylax (177)
  • Chyranda (291)
  • Asynarchus (136)
  • Halesus (1)
  • Glyphotaelius (15)
  • Arctopora (4)
  • Amphicosmoecus (5)
  • Ironoquia (10)
  • Anabolia (523)
  • Brachypsyche (2)
  • Ecclisocosmoecus (42)
  • Anomalocosmoecus (25)
  • Hydatophylax (89)
  • Allogamus (30)
  • Archaeophylax (1)
  • Anisogamus (2)
  • Astratodina (1)
  • Homophylax (1)
  • Acrophylax (5)
  • Frenesia (44)
  • Dicosmoecus (150)
  • Glyphopsyche (5)
  • Eocosmoecus (1)
  • Pycnopsyche (533)
  • Limnephilus (765)
  • Platycentropus (200)
  • Nemotaulius (45)
  • Onocosmoecus (303)
  • Psychoglypha (49)
  • Stenophylax (15)
  • Parachiona (8)
  • Austrocosmoecus (328)
  • Annitella (2)
  • Rhadicoleptus (8)
  • Metacosmoecus (2)
  • Monocosmoecus (6)
  • Verger (37)
  • Philocasca (2)