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Summary
The Ren? Martineau Insectarium, which was officially opened in 1999,
is more like a library than a museum. All specimens are catalogued on cards
indicating their location on the premises, along with the place where they were
collected, the date, conditions, and so on. The collection includes mostly
coverage from Quebec. The Insectarium therefore serves as ... a historical and
ecological reference centre.

The Ren? Martineau Insectarium contains some 200,000 specimens,
primarily forest insects, including: 2000 species of Coleoptera, 1158 species
of Lepidoptera, 1584 species of Hymenoptera (1143 ichneumon species), 146
species of Homoptera, 146 species of Heteroptera, and, 108 species of
Collembola. In addition the Insectarium has Odonata, Blattodea, Orthoptera,
Dermaptera and one species of Mantodea (preying mantis). The Insectarium also
contains a unique collection of 40,000 slides of over 900 species.

Published catalogue information covers reference data from 1930 to
1988. Work continues on preparing post-1988 reference material for
publication.

The Ren? Martineau Insectarium welcomes scientists, taxonomists,
representatives from government and universities, as well as amateur
researchers.

Dedicated to identifying, comparing and validating specimens collected
during research projects on insect biodiversity in the forest environment.

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Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 57.0

S: 42.0

E: -61.0

W: -82.5

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre Dataset Title: Ren? Martineau Insectarium Catalogue, Quebec, Canada Dataset Release Place: Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada Dataset Publisher: Canada, NRCAN,Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre Online Resource: http://www.cfl.forestry.ca/CFL-LFC/What_We_Do/insectarium_e.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1930-04-01 Stop Date: 1988-12-30

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > MID-LATITUDE CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHIC REGION > WESTERN HEMISPHERE CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > Ontario CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > Quebec

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > HEXAPODS > INSECTS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

Access Constraints
None

Use Constraints
Crown Copyright

Ancillary Keywords

GCMD none BEETLE BLATTODEA BORER CARABIDAE COLEOPTERA COLLEMBOLA DERMAPTERA FOREST INSECT SLIDE COLLECTION FOREST INSECTS HETEROPTERA HOMOPTERA HYMENOPTERA ICHNEUMON INSECT LEPIDOPTERA MANTODEA (PREYING MANTIS) ODONATA ORTHOPTERA REN? MARTINEAU INSECTARIUM SCOLYTIDAE STAPHYLINIDAE SYRPHIDAE

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Laurentian Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada Data Center URL: http://www.cfl.forestry.ca/ Data Center Personnel Name: GEORGES PELLETIER Phone: +01-418-648-5262 Fax: +01-418-648-5849 Email: gepelletier at cfl.forestry.ca Contact Address: 1055 rue du P.E.P.S. P.O. Box 3800 City: Sainte-Foy Province or State: Quebec Postal Code: G1V 4C7 Country: Canada

Distribution

Fees: Gratuit-Free

Personnel

GEORGES PELLETIER Role: DIF AUTHOR Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +01-418-648-5262 Fax: +01-418-648-5849 Email: gepelletier at cfl.forestry.ca Contact Address: 1055 rue du P.E.P.S. P.O. Box 3800 City: Sainte-Foy Province or State: Quebec Postal Code: G1V 4C7 Country: Canada

Related URL

Link: View Related Information Description: GeoConnections Discovery Portal. Canada's IDN Node.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2002-08-08 Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-03-28 Future DIF Review Date: 2005-05-15

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