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Rutgers University Entomological Museum (RUAC_ENT)

The Rutgers University Entomological Museum (RUEM) is home to over 200,000 specimens, one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of New Jersey insects in the world. The collection dates back to the late 1880s and was developed by both entomologists and citizen scientists. Much of the collection is from areas of agriculture that no longer exist due to development in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

Contacts: Entomological Museum, entmuseum@sebs.rutgers.edu
Homepage: https://entomology.rutgers.edu/museum/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 12 September 2023
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
Rights Holder: Rutgers University
Address:
Department of Entomology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
96 Lipman Drive
New Brunswick, NJ   08901-8525
United States
Collection Statistics
  • 5,694 specimen records
  • 30 (0.53%) georeferenced
  • 1,579 (28%) identified to species
  • 1 families
  • 18 genera
  • 63 species
  • 65 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution
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