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Collection Profile for:
University of Kansas Natural History Museum Entomology Division (KU-SEMC) (KU-SEMC)

SEMC (Snow Entomological Museum Collection) comprises nearly 5 million pinned insect specimens. Our strengths are Apoidea, Neotropical Coleoptera (especially Staphylinidae and Hydrophiloidea), Mecoptera, Tiipuloidea, and fossil insects. We have digitized approximately 1,500,000 individual specimens including most of our Apoidea and Staphylinidae, Orthoptera, and various other taxa as well as virtually all new specimens added to the collection since 1995.

The snapshot reflected here consists of only records of Curculionoidea, ingested directly from the Specify 7 instance.

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Cite this collection:
University of Kansas Natural History Museum Entomology Division (KU-SEMC). Occurrence dataset (ID: 310c8a12-8d75-4996-be4b-82e29b6bfdd0) accessed via the Weevil Portal Portal, weevil.symbiota.org/portal, 2026-10-16).

Collection Statistics

  • 24,810 specimen records
  • 22,879 (92%) georeferenced
  • 282 (1%) with media (646 total media)
  • 10,197 (41%) identified to species
  • 6 families
  • 365 genera
  • 897 species
  • 901 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Upload: 5 October 2026
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Specify7/DwC-A Provider Import
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Geographic Distribution - Costa Rica
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