Arthropod collection

Also, the collections of longihorn beetles are being enriched (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) as area those of  leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Colombia with some 800 specimens representing 120 species principaly from dry tropical forests.

The collection has approximately two thousand specimens of coprophagic beetles identified up to genus and or species; and three thousand individuals of Hymenoptera grouped into genera and which representing the majority of groups found in Colombia.

The work of the collection’s curator consists of assembling and identifying the ants collected by the Environmental Exploration and Monitoring Group’s field trips and from other expeditions in Colombia. The specimens are classifed at least to the generic level. Also there is a reference collection of ants representing the entire neotropical region.

The Heteroptera are represented by approximately six hundred specimens initially arranged in families and genera. The curators’ work has also involved other groups such as Vespidae, Pompilidae, Crysomelidae and other Coleoptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera.

Moreover, the Institute has material (holotypes and paratypes) of many new taxa of the Formicidae, Colletidae, Braconidae and Cerambycidae.

Finally, a revision of tree ants (Camponotus, genus Pseucolobopsis) has been made for the Western Hemisphere.

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