Taxacom: Entomological collecting at altitudes higher than 4, 500 m (more than 14, 500 feet)?

[Neal Evenhuis]

As far as records of high-elevation collections: One has to be careful to disambiguate aeolian drift specimens from those that actually live at those elevations. There are also records of hill-topping at mountain tops. I’m not sure about records >14,500 feet but we in Hawaii have collected calliphorid flies hill-topping at 13,800 feet (summit of Mauna Kea).

-Neal

On Stardate 4/22/22, 11:15 AM, "Taxacom" <taxacom-bounces at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

Hi Jose,

A quick GBIF search, using the Advanced Search feature with
Basis of Record  = Preserved Specimen (so somehow captured)
Elevation between 4545 and 9999 meters

Results in 101,777 records (some are Phylum = Arthropoda, Class = Insecta)

Limit to Arthropoda = 23,451 records
Limit to Insecta = 23,006

Hope that helps :-) Under Insecta, I see Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Leps,
Orthoptera, Odonata, Hemiptera, Diptera, Tricoptera, Plecoptera,
Siphonaptera, Ephemeroptera, Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Blattodea,
Psocodea, Mantodea, Archaeognatha, Rahidioptera, Mecoptera, and Dermaptera

Of course, you asked how they were acquired. I did not delve farther. I
leave that to you. Happy sleuthing,
Debbie

On 2022-04-22 3:50 PM, Fernandez, Jose via Taxacom wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Earlier today Michael Heads was asking about a great collector that lived in Sichuan and as part of Michael's email I noticed that he was asking about a locality at around 4,800 m (15,900 feet).
>
> It reminded me of a (admittedly, somewhat silly) question that I have been meaning to ask to this list for a while. Have any entomological collections ever made at altitudes higher than 4,500 m (~14,500 feet)? I am not asking for observations of something seen flying (which I know there are quite a few observations of bumble bees and I believe even one Lepidoptera that were seen flying at really high altitudes in the Himalaya) but rather more "solid" collecting such as traps, or netting...

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