Unlocking the Entomological Collection of the Natural History Museum of Maputo, Mozambique.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The collections of the Natural History Museum of Maputo have a crucial role in the safeguarding of Mozambique's biodiversity, representing an important repository of data and materials regarding the natural heritage of the country. In this paper, a dataset is described, based on the Museum's Entomological Collection recording 409 species belonging to seven orders and 48 families. Each specimen's available data, such as geographical coordinates and taxonomic information, have been digitised to build the dataset. The specimens included in the dataset were obtained between 1914-2018 by collectors and researchers from the Natural History Museum of Maputo (once known as "Museu Alváro de Castro") in all the country's provinces, with the exception of Cabo Delgado Province.

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SUBMITTER: Sandramo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8081716 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature