New Zealand Arthropod Collection

New Zealand Arthropod Collection
KO TE AITANGA PEPEKE O AOTEAROA
Established 1920s
Location 231 Morrin Rd, St Johns, Auckland 1072, New Zealand
Coordinates 36°52′59″S 174°50′53″E / 36.883°S 174.848°E / -36.883; 174.848Coordinates: 36°52′59″S 174°50′53″E / 36.883°S 174.848°E / -36.883; 174.848
Collection size 7 million specimens
Website www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/collections/nzac

The New Zealand Arthropod Collection is a collection of terrestrial invertebrates held by Maanaki Whenua - Landcare Research in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2][3][4][5]. It specializes in the taxonomy and identification of indigenous and exotic invertebrate species in New Zealand[5]

The NZAC provides identification guides to the public in the form of insect factsheets, the "What is this bug" website, and the illustrations by Des Helmore.

References

  1. ↑ Ward, Darren F. (21 November 2012). "More Than Just Records: Analysing Natural History Collections for Biodiversity Planning". PLoS ONE. 7 (11). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050346. PMC 3504054. PMID 23185605.
  2. ↑ Simon Nathan, 'Collections of plants and animals - Identifying plants and animals', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/12132/arthropod-collection (accessed 3 August 2018)
  3. ↑ "Museums Directory".
  4. ↑ http://biocol.org/institutional-collection/new-zealand-arthropod-collection
  5. 1 2 "The New Zealand arthropod collection".
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