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University of California Santa Barbara Invertebrate Zoology Collection

Specimen Records: 45,567
Media Records: 36,738
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2026-04-23

   The Invertebrate Zoology collection at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) originated as a teaching resource for an entomology class in the 1950s. The collection expanded significantly in 1960 when Dr. Adrian Wenner contributed his personal collection to enhance its diversity. Currently, the collection boasts over 40,000 arthropod specimens, predominantly insects, with a focus on those found in California. A particular emphasis is placed on the order Hymenoptera order, especially bees. Growth of the collection is sustained through student donations from class projects, UCSB faculty research, contributions from the UCSB Natural Reserve System, and research carried out at the UCSB Cheadle Center Citation: University of California Santa Barbara Invertebrate Zoology Collection. (2025). A Review of Biotic Interactions and Taxon Names Found in globalbioticinteractions/ucsb-izc hash://md5/500c2fc4f66e72938556607e9e1511f1. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15212951

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Namenone
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Emailseltmann@ucsb.edu
Name Katja Seltmann
RoleDirector
Emailseltmann@ucsb.edu
Name Katja Seltmann
RoleDirector
Emailseltmann@ucsb.edu
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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