tissue | specimen
Maechidius MacLeay, 1819
Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Coleoptera > Scarabaeidae

Identification

Accepted NameMaechidius MacLeay, 1819
TaxonomyAnimalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Coleoptera > Scarabaeidae
Name According toWorld Scarabaeidae Database in: Catalogue of Life
Original NameMaechidius
Taxonomy Original NameAnimalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Coleoptera > Scarabaeidae > Maechidius
Status Original Nameaccepted genus
Resolving Stateresolved on genus level

Gathering Event

CountryPapua New Guinea (Oceania)
LocalityHaia Village, Crater Mountain Research Area
Collector(s)Whiting, Michael F.
Collector's numbers.n.
Collection Date2001-07-05
Collecting Sourcenot provided

Tissue

Catalog NumberNBCC1007628
Collection CodeN/A
Institution CodeCMN
Institution Full NameCanadian Museum of Nature
Record BasisMaterialSample
Sample Typetissue
Establishment Meansnot provided

Preparation

Typeleg

Canadian Museum of Nature - National Biodiversity Cryobank of Canada

DescriptionThe NBCC was made possible thanks to the generosity of the Ross Beaty Family.
RightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.
CitationBull R, Fleischmann S (2023): Canadian Museum of Nature - National Biodiversity Cryobank of Canada. v1.1. Canadian Museum of Nature. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.nature.ca/resource?r=cmn_cryobank&v=1.1

Contacts

Head of Operations, National Biodiversity Cryobank of Canada
Roger Bull, rbull@nature.ca , CA
Digital Collections Information Manager
Rob Blades, rblades@nature.ca , CA
Digital Collections Information Technician
Scott Fleischmann, sfleischmann@nature.ca , CA
N/A
Rob Blades, rblades@nature.ca

Identification

Accepted NameMaechidius MacLeay, 1819
TaxonomyAnimalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Coleoptera > Scarabaeidae
Name According toWorld Scarabaeidae Database in: Catalogue of Life
Original NameMaechidius
Taxonomy Original NameAnimalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Coleoptera > Scarabaeidae > Maechidius
Status Original Nameaccepted genus
Resolving Stateresolved on genus level

Gathering Event

CountryPapua New Guinea (Oceania)
LocalityHaia Village, Crater Mountain Research Area
Collector(s)Whiting, Michael F.
Collector's numbers.n.
Collection Date2001-07-05
Collecting Sourcenot provided

Specimen

GUID/Occurrence IDf02f522a-09ef-4a52-9730-bab5634ee7d1
Catalog NumberN/A
Collection CodeN/A
Institution CodeN/A
Institution Full NameCanadian Museum of Nature
Record BasisPreservedSpecimen
Sample Typespecimen
Establishment Meansnot provided

Canadian Museum of Nature Insect Collection

DescriptionThe Canadian Museum of Nature's Insect Collection houses more than one million specimens, most being beetles. Scarabaeidae and Curculioniodea are particularly well-represented. Geographic areas of representation include North, Central and South America, Australia, and South Africa.
RightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.
CitationGagnon J (2023): Canadian Museum of Nature Insect Collection. v1.37. Canadian Museum of Nature. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.nature.ca/resource?r=cmn_insect&v=1.37

Contacts

Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Jean-Marc Gagnon, jmgagnon@nature.ca , Ottawa, Ontario CA, 1-613-364-4066
Assistant Collections Information Manager
John Torgersen, jtorgersen@nature.ca , Ottawa, Ontario CA, N/A
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Disposition: In collection

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