FSCA Odonata (1340 drawers/12,000 vials)

Bill Mauffray, Curator (IORI)
John B. Heppner, Curator

The Museum houses one of the largest Odonata collections of adults and immatures in the world, totaling over 330,000 specimens (including 130,000 immatures in vials). The collection includes over 150 primary types and hundreds of secondary types. The International Odonata Research Institute (IORI), managed by Mr. Bill Mauffray, is headquartered at the Museum of Entomology (FSCA) in Gainesville.

The collection includes specimens from throughout the world with large holdings from Central and South America as well as the United States and Canada.

Major components of the Odonata collection have come from George & Juanda Bick, R. Duncan Cuyler, Jerrell Daigle, Thomas Donnelly, Sid Dunkle, Paul Harwood, Bill Mauffray, B. Elwood Montgomery, Dennis Paulson, S. C. Smith, Kenneth Tennessen, Minter J. Westfall, Jr. and others.

The IORI collection was merged into the FSCA in 2004.

Major collections already donated (or willed) to the FSCA but not yet added to the total specimen count, include the collections of Carl Cook (100,000+), D.R. Paulson (80,000+), and collections of the IORI currently housed in Europe (150,000+).

Species list: (revised Jan 2006): ZYGOPTERA-ANISOZYGOPTERA --- ANISOPTERA

Odonata Types in the FSCA/IORI collection

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