MUTPL Invertebrate Collection

Diego Marín-Armijos

doi:10.15468/nxw3gu

MUTPL Invertebrate Collection

Citation

Marín-Armijos D (2023). MUTPL Invertebrate Collection. Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/nxw3gu accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-09.

Description

The invertebrate collection of the Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (MUTPL-CISEC) consist of approximately 10,000 specimens (by the end of 2022) of mostly insects and spiders. The majority of the specimens are from Azuay, El Oro, Loja, and Zamora Chinchipe provinces, Southern Ecuador.

La colección de invertebrados del Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (MUTPL-CISEC) consta de aproximadamente 10,000 especímenes (para fines de 2022) de insectos y arañas en su mayoría. La mayoría de los especímenes son de las provincias de Azuay, El Oro, Loja y Zamora Chinchipe, sur de Ecuador.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Insect specimens, mostly from Southern Ecuador, generally identified at species levels.

Arthropoda
common name: Arthropods rank: phylum
Hexapoda
rank: subphylum
Coleoptera
common name: Beetles rank: order
Diptera
common name: Flies rank: order
Hymenoptera
rank: order
Orthoptera
rank: order
Phasmida
rank: order
Hemiptera
rank: order

Geographic Coverages

Ecuador, but most of the specimens are from southern Ecuador, from Azuay, El Oro, Loja, Morona Santiago and Zamora Chinchipe provinces.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Diego Marín-Armijos
originator
position: Curator
MUTPL
San Cayetano Alto, Calle Paris s/n
Loja
110107
Loja
EC
Telephone: + 593 (7) 370 1444 ext. 3089
email: dsmarin@utpl.edu.ec
homepage: https://www.utpl.edu.ec/index.php
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7138-3916

Diego Marín-Armijos
metadata author
position: Curator
MUTPL
San Cayetano Alto, Calle Paris s/n
Loja
110107
Loja
EC
Telephone: + 593 (7) 370 1444 ext. 3089
email: dsmarin@utpl.edu.ec
homepage: https://www.utpl.edu.ec/index.php
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7138-3916

Diego Marín-Armijos
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
MUTPL
San Cayetano Alto, Calle Paris s/n
Loja
110107
Loja
EC
Telephone: + 593 (7) 370 1444 ext. 3089
email: dsmarin@utpl.edu.ec
homepage: https://www.utpl.edu.ec/index.php
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7138-3916

Paul Székely
administrative point of contact
position: Responsable del museo
MUTPL
San Cayetano Alto, Calle Paris s/n
Loja
110107
Loja
EC
Telephone: + 593 (7) 370 1444 ext. 3089
email: jpszekely@utpl.edu.ec
homepage: https://www.utpl.edu.ec/index.php
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9252-1596