[NHCOLL-L:1080] NA insect collection statistics?

[Doug Yanega]

Hi, all. I've been having some trouble locating information along the 
following lines, and would appreciate pointers:

(1) A *recent* (within the last 10 years, at least) ranking of the 
size of North American insect collections, possibly with a breakdown 
by orders. This information is not on the "Insect and Spider 
Collections of the World" website hosted by the Bishop Museum 
(http://www.bishopmuseum.org/bishop/ento/codens-r-us.html), nor 
indicated in the last hardcopy edition of the book (it does not give 
the size of every collection, nor rank them).
(2) Any collection profiles (possibly but not necessarily following 
the McGinley et al. guidelines) that would indicate the state of 
curation of some of the larger NA collections - for example, what 
percentage of the average collection is identified to species? Genus 
only? Family only? etc.

Thanks in advance,
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Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
phone: (909) 787-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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