Taxacom: Entomology collections Algeria

[Michael Wilson]

I would have thought that contacting the major European museums that have
large Lepidoptera collections might be the best way forward and asking
after the species of interest might be the best way forward.

Mike Wilson
ex National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 3:29 PM Deborah Paul via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> Greetings John,
>
> On 10/17/2023 11:53 PM, John Grehan via Taxacom wrote:
> > Anyone know if Algeria has a natural history museum or other institution
> that might have an entomology collection? There is a moth endemic to N
> Africa I am interested in. Longshot probably, but worth finding out.
> > John Grehan
> A quick look at GBIF's GRSciColl list for Country = Algeria
> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscientific-collections.gbif.org%2Finstitution%2Fsearch%3Fcountry%3DDZ&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C7fe4edc6e8334a1b7e6a08dbcffc88de%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638332455764172899%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5oH%2BNm%2Bx6BjnB%2Bwo%2BbTfLY%2FFBKEPRd6kBHqStBxE034%3D&reserved=0
> Shows a place that at least mentions "fauna" at the Beni Abbes Museum.
>
> There are 3 herbaria llisted with some contact information. They might
> know of entomology collections.
>
> Good luck!
> Debbie Paul
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