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Enns Entomology Museum University of Missouri - Columbia

Enns Entomology Museum University of Missouri - Columbia. C. V. Riley served as lecturer in entomology from 1868 to 1875 . In 1941, Dr. G. W. Bock donated 300,000 specimens, mostly beetles. Dr . E. P. Meiners later donated 35,000 insects.

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Enns Entomology Museum University of Missouri - Columbia

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  1. Enns Entomology MuseumUniversity of Missouri - Columbia • C. V. Riley served as lecturer in entomology from 1868 to 1875. • In 1941, Dr. G. W. Bock donated 300,000 specimens, mostly beetles. Dr. E. P. Meiners later donated 35,000 insects. • Dr. Wilbur Ennswas appointed Director in 1953 and served for 25 years. • Dr. Thomas R. Yonke became museum director in 1978. • In 1980, Museum was named the Wilbur R. Enns Entomology Museum. • Dr. Robert W. Sites assumed directorship of the museum in 1991.

  2. Other Significant Acquisitions • A. H. Hollinger : Scale insects, voucher specimens from his 1917 doctoral dissertation. • R. R. Rowley: 6000 underwing moths (Catocala spp.). • Paul Berry: 8,500 misc. specimens, mostly from El Salvador. • Dr. A. Michael Dykstra: 3,200 specimens of Lepidoptera. • Missouri Department of Conservation: ca. 4.5 million specimens collected over a 30 year period from Missouri waterways.

  3. Coleoptera Hemiptera Lepidoptera Ephemeroptera Odonata

  4. Missouri Ozark Plateau Southeast Asia

  5. 35 Double door safety cabinets

  6. MDC BENTHOS COLLECTION Order #Specimens Ephemeroptera Odonata Plecoptera Hemiptera Megaloptera/Neuroptera Coleoptera Lepidoptera Trichoptera Diptera Non-insects 1,090,054 20,324 96,764 2,225 20,708 386,970 620 886,860 1,168,579 820,206 ________________________________ Total 4,493,310

  7. 25 Standard Vial Cabinets

  8. GENERAL COLLECTION Order # Vials # Specimens Ephemeroptera Odonata Plecoptera Hemiptera Megalop./Neurop. Coleoptera Lepidoptera Trichoptera Diptera Hymenoptera Remaining orders Non-insects 6,100 3,020 2,700 4,800 1,260 5,640 4,500 3,852 5,280 1,400 840 10,800 47,580 11,174 21,870 33,536 2,646 38,916 9,450 26,579 77,088 11,900 9,072 106,920 ___________________________________ Total 44,912 396,731

  9. Order # Slide Boxes # Specimens Acarina Diptera: Chironomidae Ozark Mtn. Spg./NPS Other 291 46 105 12,750 2,024 17,400 3150 ________________________________ Total 442 35,324

  10. Cabinets for Pinned Specimens 108 13 26 5 24-drawer side-by-side 12-drawer 24-drawer upright 25-drawer upright Total Drawers = 3,472

  11. Order # Drawers #Specimens Coleoptera Hemiptera Lepidoptera Hymenoptera Diptera Orthopterasensulato Odonata remaining orders 1100 626 735 244 239 143 99 37 766,281 217,362 57,812 69,122 68,054 13,973 16,907 5,281 ____________________________________ Total 3,223 1,214,792

  12. GALLS ca. 309 specimens in 23 drawers

  13. FOSSILS (Shale and Amber) 1,780 specimens in 19 drawers

  14. Museum Tours Open Houses Workshops Presentations Farm Field Days Media Interaction

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