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Enns Entomology Museum University of Missouri - Columbia • C. V. Riley served as lecturer in entomology from 1868 to 1875. • In 1941, Dr. G. W. Bock donated 300,000 specimens, mostly beetles. Dr. E. P. Meiners later donated 35,000 insects. • Dr. Wilbur Enns was appointed Director in 1953 and served for 25 years. • Dr. Thomas R. Yonke became museum director in 1978. • In 1980, Museum was named the Wilbur R. Enns Entomology Museum. • Dr. Robert W. Sites assumed directorship of the museum in 1991.
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Enns Entomology Museum University of Missouri - Columbia. C. V. Riley served as lecturer in entomology from 1868 to 1875 . In 1941, Dr. G. W. Bock donated 300,000 specimens, mostly beetles. Dr . E. P. Meiners later donated 35,000 insects. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Enns Entomology MuseumUniversity of Missouri - Columbia
• C. V. Riley served as lecturer in entomology from 1868 to 1875. • In 1941, Dr. G. W. Bock donated 300,000 specimens, mostly beetles. Dr. E. P. Meiners later donated 35,000 insects. • Dr. Wilbur Enns was appointed Director in 1953 and served for 25 years. • Dr. Thomas R. Yonke became museum director in 1978.
• In 1980, Museum was named the Wilbur R. Enns Entomology Museum.
• Dr. Robert W. Sites assumed directorship of the museum in 1991.
Other Significant Acquisitions
• A. H. Hollinger : Scale insects, voucher specimens from his 1917 doctoral dissertation.
• R. R. Rowley: 6000 underwing moths (Catocala spp.). • Paul Berry: 8,500 misc. specimens, mostly from El Salvador. • Dr. A. Michael Dykstra: 3,200 specimens of Lepidoptera. • Missouri Department of Conservation: ca. 4.5 million specimens collected over a 30 year period from Missouri waterways.
ColeopteraHemipteraLepidopteraEphemeropteraOdonata
Missouri Ozark Plateau
Southeast Asia
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Ephemeroptera Odonata Plecoptera Hemiptera Megaloptera/Neuroptera Coleoptera Lepidoptera Trichoptera Diptera Non-insects
1,090,054 20,324 96,764 2,225
20,708 386,970 620 886,8601,168,579 820,206
MDC BENTHOS COLLECTION Order #Specimens
Total 4,493,310
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EphemeropteraOdonataPlecopteraHemipteraMegalop./Neurop.ColeopteraLepidopteraTrichopteraDipteraHymenopteraRemaining ordersNon-insects
6,1003,0202,7004,8001,2605,6404,5003,8525,2801,400
84010,800
47,58011,17421,87033,536
2,64638,916
9,45026,57977,08811,900
9,072106,920
GENERAL COLLECTION Order # Vials # Specimens
Total 44,912 396,731
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Acarina
Diptera: Chironomidae Ozark Mtn. Spg./NPS
Other
291
46
105
12,750
2,024 17,400
3150
Order # Slide Boxes # Specimens
Total 442 35,324
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108 13 26 5
24-drawer side-by-side12-drawer24-drawer upright 25-drawer upright
Cabinets for Pinned Specimens
Total Drawers = 3,472
ColeopteraHemipteraLepidopteraHymenopteraDipteraOrthoptera sensu latoOdonataremaining orders
1100626735244239143
9937
766,281217,362
57,81269,12268,05413,97316,907
5,281
Order # Drawers #Specimens
Total 3,223 1,214,792
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GALLS ca. 309 specimens in 23 drawers
FOSSILS (Shale and Amber) 1,780 specimens in 19 drawers
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