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Arachnida and Merostomata Collection - Department of Entomology (1992 Collections Report)
A Collection Description
Summary:
Collection Description:
Title: Collection of Class
Arachnida; Class Merostomata; Subphylum Myriapoda; Subphylum Pentastomida;
Phylum Onychophora and Phylum Tardigrada - Department of Entomology (1992 Collections Report)
Specimen Dates: About 1825 to the
present
There are 100,000 curatorial units in this collection.
There are approximately 5,000 primary type specimens in this collection.
Specimens are mainly preserved in 70 to 80 per cent ethanol (the number of specimens per
unit is variable) or mounted on microscope slides, a few are dry mounted
(pinned).
Parent Collection: Department of Entomology
Collection Content: The entomology collection of Arachnida and Myriapoda comprises an
estimated 100,000 curatorial units of which there are 5,000 primary specimens
represented.The Class Arachnida consists of spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, whip
spiders, whip scorpions, pseudoscorpions, solifugids, schizomids, ricinuleids,
palpigradids, mites and ticks.Other specimens include the Class Merostomata (horseshoe crabs),
Subphylum Myriapoda (centipedes, millipedes, paurapods, and symphylans),
Subphylum Pentastomida (tongue worms), Phylum Onychophora (velvet worms) and
Phylum Tardigrada (water bears).Specimens date from about 1825 through to the present. The collection
includes primary types of William Elford Leach, Charles Athanase Walckenaer, E. Keyserling and
Carl Ludwig Koch as well as Charles Darwin's spiders and mites collected on the
voyage of the Beagle.Although the geographic range of the collection is world-wide,
Europe, Central America, tropical Africa, South East Asia and Australasia are
particularly well represented.
Physical Arrangement:
The collection is arranged taxonomically.
The millipede and scorpion collections are arranged according to
Hoffman (1979) and Lamoral (1975).
Museum Number: cld-021001
Author: Dr. Mike Fitton
Creation Information: Finding aid encoded in EAD V1.0 using SoftQuad XMetal 2.0 by
Rachel Perkins on
2000-12-14. File derived from a MSWord document file
authored by Dr. Mike Fitton for the 1992 Visiting
Group. Finding aid modified by Dr. Mike Fitton
2001-02-20.
Finding aid updated to EAD Version 2002 by Rachel Perkins, 2004-08-19.
Language: The finding aid is prepared in English.
Publisher
Publisher
Repository:The Natural History Museum
(London), Cromwell Road, London, UK, SW7 5BD
Location: The collection is housed at the South Kensington site.
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