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Description: | The Zoology Museum owns several thousand Arthropoda specimens; with most belonging to the sub-phylum Hexapoda.
Hexapoda:
The museum owns approximately 13,000 Lepidoptera specimens, including a collection of 10,000 specimens made by James Duncan at the turn of the C20th, a collection of Lepidoptera made by Stuart McNeil (see individual collection-level descriptions for more details about these two collections) and a small collection of Lepidoptera made by John Blakeman. The next largest groups within the Arthropoda collection are Hymenoptera and Coleoptera. There are many Apidae specimens amongst the Hymenoptera specimens and the collection of Coleoptera includes a large amount of Carabidae specimens and several Dytiscidae and Scarabaeidae specimens, amongst others. The Orthoptera collection includes a small group of Kenyan Orthoptera made by K.L. Campbell in 1979. Among the Diptera are several Muscidae and Tipulidae specimens, and among the Odonata are Cordulegastridae, Aeshnidae, Libellulidae, Coenagrionidae, Lestidae and Agriidae specimens.
Myriapoda:
There are a small amount of Chilopoda and Diplododa specimens in the collection (c. 20 specimens).
Chelicerata:
The collection includes approximately 60 spiders; around 20 of which are harvestmen. Among the other spiders are tarantulas, a cave spider and trap door spider. There are also approximately 20 scorpions in the collection.
Crustacea:
Among the Crustacea specimens are approximately 160 crabs, including stone, hermit, mole, spider, swimming, common shore, box and fiddler crabs. There are also many lobster and shrimp specimens and a small selection of goose barnacles, crayfish, prawn, woodlice and krill specimens. Many of the crustaceans are preserved in fluid.
A highlight in the collection is a large Goliath beetle.
Super collection: Zoology Museum.
Objects: Arthropoda specimens belonging to the following sub-phylums: Chelicerata ; Crustacea ; Hexapoda (including Coleoptera ; Dermaptera ; Diptera ; Hymenoptera ; Lepidoptera ; Mecoptera ; Odonata ; Orthoptera ; Phasmida, amongst others) ; Myriapoda. | Subjects: | Zoology Arthropoda. | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Address: | King's College,
AB24 3FX | Identifier: | ABDUZ:CLD20 | Relation: | ABDUA:CLD00 | Go to resource |
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