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The Araneae collection (AR) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris)

Specimen Records: 4,109
Media Records: 1,386
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2024-10-16

This dataset is the databased part of the Araneae from the terrestrial arthopods collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris). The spider collection of the Museum is amongst the most important in the world (along with those of London and New York). The specimens come from around the world. They are mainly preserved in 75% alcohol in glass jars with some preparations on microscope slides. All specimens whether or not the types are located in two places: a large general reserve of the Museum, the zoothèque, and a smaller reserve in a research building. About 26,000 species of spiders, some 12,000 types (mixed in the entire collection) are represented in the Museum. This represents a number of individuals estimated to be approximately 2 million. Started in the 1860s by Eugène SIMON, the collection has grown significantly over the years with substantial collections in number of specimens (including a large part of the material remaining to be studied and identified) from other arachnologists or naturalists, among them Bonnet, Denis, Dresco Legendre or Strand ... This collection has a predominantly scientific vocation. It grows with some specimens to several hundred per year with donations mainly from current collections. The main domains of research activity related to this collection are systematic, with two major axes, taxonomy and biosystematics, but also applications in the management of biodiversity and the environment as well as expertise. The loan service of the collection is of great importance each year along with hosting of visitors and sending material. Databasing began in the 2000s. Are currently integrated into the general database of the Museum some 3,000 lots spiders. The sources of information related to this collection are also based on manual files easily available to visitors and on a library with historical reference books as well as most recent reprints.

Contacts

Name MNHN
RoleProvider
Emailnone
Name Simon Chagnoux
Rolenone
Emailgbifprovider@mnhn.fr
Name Christine Rollard
Rolenone
Emailnone
Name Élise-Anne Leguin
Rolenone
Emailnone
Name Laurent Albenga
RoleCorrespondant
Emailnone
This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
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60.599
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60.599
dwc_specificepithet_added  i2017
49.087
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43.514
gbif_reference_added  i1673
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taxon_match_failed  i459
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rev_geocode_failure  i168
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2.628
dwc_country_replaced  i89
2.166
rev_geocode_mismatch  i68
1.655
dwc_genus_replaced  i60
1.46
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i53
1.29
dwc_family_replaced  i38
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dwc_class_replaced  i10
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0.049
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0.049