Enns Entomology Museum University of Missouri - Columbia C. V. Riley served as lecturer in entomology from 1868 to 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 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.
Coleoptera Hemiptera Lepidoptera Ephemeroptera Odonata
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, , ,860 1,168, ,206 MDC BENTHOS COLLECTION Order #Specimens Total 4,493,310 ________________________________
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Ephemeroptera Odonata Plecoptera Hemiptera Megalop./Neurop. Coleoptera Lepidoptera Trichoptera Diptera Hymenoptera Remaining orders Non-insects 6,100 3,020 2,700 4,800 1,260 5,640 4,500 3,852 5,280 1, ,800 47,580 11,174 21,870 33,536 2,646 38,916 9,450 26,579 77,088 11,900 9, ,92 0 GENERAL COLLECTION Order # Vials # Specimens Total 44, ,731 ___________________________________
Acarina Diptera: Chironomidae Ozark Mtn. Spg./NPS Other ,750 2,024 17, Order # Slide Boxes # Specimens Total ,324 ________________________________
drawer side-by-side 12-drawer 24-drawer upright 25-drawer upright Cabinets for Pinned Specimens Total Drawers = 3,472
Coleoptera Hemiptera Lepidoptera Hymenoptera Diptera Orthoptera sensu lato Odonata remaining orders , ,362 57,812 69,122 68,054 13,973 16,907 5,281 Order # Drawers #Specimens Total 3,223 1,214,792 ____________________________________
GALLS ca. 309 specimens in 23 drawers
FOSSILS (Shale and Amber) 1,780 specimens in 19 drawers
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