Arthropod Collection

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Michael Whiting - Curator of insects
Shawn Clark - Collections Manager
Richard Baumann - Emeritus Curator of insects
Stephen Wood - Emeritus Curator of insects

The insect and arachnid collection is comprised mainly of pinned specimens, but there are also major alcohol and slide collections. The collection serves as a library of insects and arachnids for western North America. It is a valuable historical collection and serves as an important voucher depository. BYUC is registered as the official acronym for the collection by the Entomological Collections Netword (ECN), a national organization.

Insects and Arachnids
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Specimens: 2,000,000+ Type specimens: 72 Major groups represented: Coleoptera - 1,000,000 Diptera - 50,000 Aquatic orders Plecoptera (40,000 - world's largest collection) Trichoptera Ephemeroptera Siphonaptera - 25,000 Orthoptera - 25,000

Geographic representation: Worldwide coverage; emphasis on western North America

Crusataceans

Keith Crandall - Curator of crustaceans

Specimens: 6,500 Frozen tissues: 5000 Major groups represented: Aeglidae - 300 Astacidae - 40 Cambaridae - 2,000 Parastacidae - 200 Geographic representation: Worldwide coverage