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Texas Tech University - Invertebrate Zoology

Specimen Records: 181,387
Media Records: 31,542
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2023-08-24

The Invertebrate Zoology collection (TTU-Z) of the Museum of Texas Tech University is international in scope with an emphasis on arthropods from semi-arid and arid lands, especially from North America. The collection consists primarily of insects (including an extensive collection of ants), medical/veterinary specimens (endo- and ectoparasites), and arachnids. The pinned collection contains over 3,200 genera and 7,500 identified species. The collection is estimated to hold about 4.6 million specimens including pinned insects, arachnids preserved in ethanol, microscope slides (medical/veterinary importance and mites), and bulk samples. There are currently slightly more than 800 type specimens (mostly paratypes) in the collection.

Contacts

Namenone
Rolenone
Emailscan_noreply@asu.edu
Namenone
Rolenone
Emailscan_noreply@asu.edu
Name Jennifer C. Girón
Rolenone
Emailjennifer.giron@ttu.edu
Name Andrew
Rolenone
Emailnone
Name Jennifer C. Girón
RoleCollection Manager
Emailjennifer.giron@ttu.edu
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This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
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39.871
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39.871
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dwc_specificepithet_added  i3
0.002
dwc_infraspecificepithet_replaced  i1
0.001
dwc_stateprovince_replaced  i1
0.001
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