Lincoln University Entomology Research Collection, Entomology research collection in Selwyn District, New Zealand.
The Lincoln University Entomology Research Collection holds approximately 500,000 specimens of insects, spiders, and arthropods housed in the Burns Building at Lincoln University. More than 250,000 of these are pinned specimens, while additional samples are preserved in ethanol.
The collection was founded in 1880 by Frederick Hutton, Professor of Biology, when Lincoln University operated as the School of Agriculture at Canterbury College. The collection expanded over the following decades into the major research resource it is today.
The collection serves as a central hub for students and scientists investigating insects from the South Island of New Zealand. Visitors can observe how this facility supports ongoing work to understand regional insect diversity.
Visitors and researchers should contact the curators to arrange access to the preserved specimens and pinned collections. The location in the Burns Building on the Lincoln University campus provides a dedicated space for taxonomic identification and ecological research.
The collection holds extensive specimens of beetles, spiders, tussock grassland moths, and parasitic wasps, including samples from subantarctic islands that are rarely found elsewhere. These specialized holdings make it a rare resource for understanding South Pacific insect life.
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