The systematic collections of the Yale Peabody Museum's Division of Entomology comprise over 1,000,000 curated specimens. Division holdings include important collections of Lepidoptera, arachnids, Orthoptera, Coleoptera, water beetles and midges, and specialty collections on evolutionary themes. Recent acquisitions also include historically important collections from other institutions. The Division also maintains a general entomological library of periodicals, books and reprints that includes coverage of arachnology donated from the Alexander Petrunkevitch Library.

Data shared with the speciesLink network are of samples collected in South America.

Online since: 30/11/2015
Last update: 16/08/2023

Conditions for using the data

No license, assume Public Domain

How to cite

Entomology Division, Yale Peabody Museum, YPM-ENT

Contacts

Director or head of department:
Raymond J. Pupedis
raymond.pupedis@yale.edu
Curator:
Leonard E. Munstermann
leonard.munstermann@yale.edu
Informatics:
Lawrence Gall
lawrence.gall@yale.edu