New Zealand Arthropod Collection

The New Zealand Arthropod Collection is a collection of terrestrial invertebrates held by Maanaki Whenua – Landcare Research in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2][3][4][5] It specialises in the taxonomy and identification of indigenous and exotic invertebrate species in New Zealand [5], and is one of New Zealand's Nationally Significant Collections and Databases.

New Zealand Arthropod Collection
Ko te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa
Established1920s
Location231 Morrin Rd, St Johns, Auckland 1072, New Zealand
Coordinates36°53′00″S 174°50′56″E
Collection size7 million specimens
Websitewww.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/collections/nzac

The NZAC provides identification guides to the public in the form of insect factsheets, the "What is this bug" website, and illustrations by Des Helmore.

References
  1. Ward, Darren F. (21 November 2012). "More Than Just Records: Analysing Natural History Collections for Biodiversity Planning". PLoS ONE. 7 (11). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050346. PMC 3504054. PMID 23185605.
  2. Simon Nathan, 'Collections of plants and animals - Identifying plants and animals', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/12132/arthropod-collection (accessed 3 August 2018)
  3. "Museums Directory".
  4. http://biocol.org/institutional-collection/new-zealand-arthropod-collection
  5. "The New Zealand arthropod collection".
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