Name:
Diptera Eastern Fennoscandia (MZH, Finland)
Name (fi):
Itäisen Fennoskandian Kaksisiipiset (Luomus)
Name (sv):
Tvåvingar av Östra Fennoskandien (Luomus)
Type:
Specimens
Description:
Diptera from Finland (including areas deced to Russia in 1944-5), the Kola Peninsula and East Karelia. Mostly pinned, some alcohol and slide material.

Collection size estimation for some taxa, dry collection only:
- craneflies (Tipuloidea excl. Trichoceridae): 9000 exx
- Ceratopogonidae: 1500 exx
Description (fi):
Suomen, luovutettujen alueiden, Kuolan niemimaan sekä Itä-Karjalan kaksisiipiskokoelma. Kuivanäytteet, pääosa preparaateista ja pieni osa nestenäytteistä.

Alakokonaisuuksien arvioituja kokoja, vain kuivakokoelma:
- vaaksiaiset (Tipuloidea pl. Trichoceridae): 9000 exx
- polttiiaset (Ceratopogonidae): 1500 exx
Taxonomic coverage:
Diptera
Temporal coverage:
1800 to present
Notes:
Data quality (ie. identification reliability) varies strongly within the collection. Some families or other taxa have been recently examined and re-identified, other are in need of revision.
Geographic coverage:
Finland, North-Western Russia
License for use:
Creative Commons Attribution
Publisher name (en):
Luomus
Download request handler:
MA.34
Size (approx.):
500000
% digitized (approx.):
11
Location of collection:
Natural History Museum, Helsinki: K2, main cool storage hall.
Person responsible:
Jere Kahanpää
Location of data and backups:
Kotka
Citation recommendation:
Zoological Museum (MZH)
Amount of type specimens (approx.):
2457
Data quality:
2 star
Status of this metadata:
satisfactory – could be improved
Contact email:
jere.kahanpaa@helsinki.fi
Secure level:
MX.secureLevelNone
Collection quality:
Professional / professionally curated
Share to GBIF:
HR.110
Share to FEO:
true
Institution code:
MZH
Bounding box latitude min (WGS84):
15.540000
Bounding box latitude max (WGS84):
74.490500
Bounding box longitude min (WGS84):
-135.330000
Bounding box longitude max (WGS84):
161.000000