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University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Division of Insects

Specimen Records: 404,579
Media Records: 177,940
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2025-05-23

This collection contains catalog records from the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology’s Insect Division’s specimen collection. Many specimen records include a specimen and label data image. The database currently contains about 400,000 specimen records out of the estimated 3 million estimated specimens in the collection. Some records contain complete collection, preparation, and taxonomic detail, while others only have a specimen data image and limited taxonomic detail. Records include specimen information from the early 1800’s through the present and are of global distribution. Most of our databased or digitized records currently are of Orthoptera (grasshoppers, katydids, & crickets), Odonata (dragonflies & damselfies), and Hymenoptera (bees, wasps & ants)

Contacts

Name UMMZ Insects Division Data Group
RoleGroup
Emailummz-insects-data@umich.edu
Name Admins LSA IT
RoleLSA IT Admins
Emaillsa-it-infra-ipt-admins@umich.edu
Name UMMZ Insects Division Data Group
RoleGroup
Emailummz-insects-data@umich.edu
Name UMMZ Insects Division Data Group
RoleGroup
Emailummz-insects-data@umich.edu
  • Data Corrected
  • Data Use
  • Raw
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
idigbio_isocountrycode_added  i389275
96.217
geopoint_datum_missing  i367818
90.914
dwc_datasetid_added  i304158
75.179
dwc_parentnameusageid_added  i304158
75.179
dwc_taxonid_added  i304158
75.179
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i304158
75.179
gbif_canonicalname_added  i304158
75.179
gbif_genericname_added  i304158
75.179
gbif_taxon_corrected  i304158
75.179
gbif_reference_added  i272245
67.291
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_replaced  i219346
54.216
gbif_vernacularname_added  i193252
47.766
dwc_multimedia_added  i169394
41.869
dwc_taxonrank_replaced  i163954
40.525
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i94151
23.271
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i68783
17.001
taxon_match_failed  i13234
3.271
dwc_specificepithet_replaced  i9678
2.392
rev_geocode_eez  i9531
2.356
dwc_order_replaced  i9068
2.241
dwc_genus_replaced  i7687
1.9
dwc_family_replaced  i6017
1.487
dwc_continent_replaced  i3080
0.761
rev_geocode_mismatch  i1617
0.4
dwc_genus_added  i1554
0.384
dwc_family_added  i1551
0.383
dwc_class_replaced  i684
0.169
dwc_order_added  i684
0.169
dwc_phylum_replaced  i684
0.169
rev_geocode_corrected  i441
0.109
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i347
0.086
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i345
0.085
dwc_kingdom_suspect  i310
0.077
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i167
0.041
dwc_country_replaced  i155
0.038
datecollected_bounds  i144
0.036
dwc_stateprovince_replaced  i114
0.028
rev_geocode_failure  i114
0.028
rev_geocode_both_sign  i64
0.016
geopoint_0_coord  i34
0.008
geopoint_datum_error  i26
0.006
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i19
0.005
rev_geocode_lat_sign  i16
0.004
rev_geocode_flip  i9
0.002
geopoint_similar_coord  i7
0.002
rev_geocode_flip_both_sign  i5
0.001
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