The Benthic Macroinvertebrates Reference
Collection of the Laboratory Ecology of
Benthos, Institute of Biological Sciences,
Federal University of Minas Gerais was created
in 1997. This collection comprises 16,500
registers from different lotic and lentic
ecosystems in Brazil and other countries. The
taxa (with one or more organisms) are
preserved in tubes, glasses, and wardrobes. In
the tomb notebooks are registered: the
taxonomical identification, origin, collection
method, number of individuals, sample number
and field observations. Besides the
maintenance of the Reference Collection, a
database is being constructed with the benthic
biodiversity information. Up to this moment, the
database has almost 71,000 registers preserved
in 6,000 tubes and in 174 glasses. The
incorporation of new organisms to the
Collection is of c. 7,100 (+ 7,471) organisms per
year. The aquatic insects are the main abundant
and taxonomic diverse in the Collection.
Diptera, Ephemeroptera, and Trichoptera were
the most numerical important groups, with
respectively 37.9%, 16.7%, and 14.5%. Among
the Dipterans, Chironomidae comprises 59
genera.

Online since: 03/06/2014
Last update: 07/05/2019

Conditions for using the data

The data collection are restricted to managerial, scientific , educational, public administration and service to the various demands of organs for ecological and taxonomic studies use. The use of any data collection must be properly credited to the given collection through the service provider 's name and respecting the guidelines for specific use of this collection. This credit must be made in any publication , advertisement, correspondence or public demonstration that allude to or mention such data . However, will not be allowed to external users use for commercial purposes by downloading ( download) , reproduction, publication , distribution or reprinting of the total - or a substantial portion of the total - information , records exceptions with proper authorization of the legal representative . Users of the collection should be instructed to send to the respective Trustee a copy of any publications that make use of your data via query to the database , or directly from biological material from this collection . Users must comply with any grace period or restriction of access a dataset may contain. The provider shall not be liable under any circumstances for any damages or loss that result from the use of your data biological collection made public it may have caused , either individuals , whether legal entities.

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Contacts

Director or head of department:
Paulina Maria Maia Barbosa
maia@icb.ufmg.br
Curator:
Marcos Callisto de Faria Pereira
callistom@ufmg.br
Biologist:
Juliana Silva França
jsfranca@yahoo.com.br
Biologist:
Katiene Pimenta Santiago
katienesantiago@gmail.com