The focus of the NZAC is on terrestrial insects, mites and nematodes from the New Zealand region but there are substantial holdings from South Pacific countries. Material comes from the 1880s to the present day. There are over 1.2 million pinned insects, ~80,00 microscope slides, and 250,000 vials of ethanol preserved specimens. The collection is held in Auckland as is administered by Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research as a group within the Bioeconomy Science Institute.
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GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/38e0b5be-be0a-4948-ad2e-fb009652c5b3
Citation: Landcare Research (2025). New Zealand Arthropod Collection - Symbiota. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/g9uhgy accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-28.