Details for Palaearctic Coleoptera
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| Collection data |
| Name | Palaearctic Coleoptera |
| Alternative name | |
| Description | A specialized collection of Palaearctic Coleoptera |
| Description for specialists | Collection of 70000 Palaearctic Coleoptera originated mainly from the collections of De Maggi, Vita, Garavaglia and Colonnelli (this last for Curculionidae) collected in Europe (essentially in Italy) during the twentieth century. The families represented are the follows: Curculionidae, Carabidae, Cicindelidae, Scarabeidae, Staphylinidae.
The material is identified and adequately curated |
| Cite as | |
| Provenance | The collection was partly purchased by the Museo Civico di Zoologia di Roma during the 50s of the twentieth century (collection Garavaglia) and in the 2001 (collection Giusto) |
| Notes | |
| Primary grouping principle | Taxonomic |
| Primary purpose | Research |
| Part of collection | |
| Related collection(s) | Collection Luigioni; Collection Rasetti; Collection Emery |
| Known to contain types | Includes types |
| Rights |
| Rights | The materials are property of the Municipality of Rome |
| Access rights | The collection is freely available for scientific research, under the regulations set up by the managerial staff |
| Usage restrictions | Destructive or invasive assays are normally prohibited or must be previously agreed with the managerial staff. Uses other than for scientific research (e.g. extensive taking of pictures for commercial use) are subject to written contracts |
| Collection types |
| Animals, Taxonomic |
| McGinley conservation statuses |
| Level 6 |
Identified, integrated, and adequately curated. |
| Level 7 |
Physical curation complete, species level inventory complete. |
| Date |
14-05-2010 (dd-mm-yyyy) |
| Development status |
| Passive growth |
| Collectors |
| Angelini, Biegeleben, De Maggi, Enzo Colonnelli, Garavaglia, Giusto, Gobbi, Julius Ganev, Paolo Luigioni, Piero Provera, Rotondo, Various and unknown collectors, Vita |
| Expeditions |
| no expedition |
| Formation periods |
| twentieth century |
| Collection extents |
| 70000 specimens |
| Kingdom coverage |
| Animalia |
| Taxon coverage |
| Order Coleoptera; Families: Curculionidae, Carabidae, Cicindelidae, Scarabeidae, Staphylinidae |
| Common name coverage |
| Collection of Beetles |
| Geospatial coverage |
| Europe, Italy (strength) |
| Living time periods |
| Actual |
| Specimen preservation methods |
| Pinned |
| Media |
| 430 entomological boxes |
| File formats |
| unapplicable |
| Item level access |
| Source: not available |
| Related material |
| nonexistent |