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Specimen collections

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): Aphididae, Adelgidae, Phylloxeridae

CBGP database of european aphid ecology, molecular identification and systematics: PhylAphidB@se

The Aphid Collections of North America

Collection Location Notable collections Current aphidologist Approximate number of aphid slides Estimated number of primary types
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco, California 49
California State Collection of Arthropods California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, California Kono 8,262
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Patch, Richards, Robinson Foottit 225,000 218
Entomology Research Museum University of California, Riverside, California Dickson 12,000
Essig Museum of Entomology University of California, Berkeley, California Essig 40,500 200
Florida State Collection of Arthropods Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainseville, Florida Tissot Halbert 84,375 127
Frost Entomological Museum Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania Pepper 32,780 1
Gillette Museum of Arthropod Biodiversity Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado Gillette, Palmer 12,000
Illinois Natural History Survey University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois Thomas, Hottes, Frison Voegtlin 40,000 152
Louisiana State Arthropod Museum Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Boudreaux 2,500
Dr. Marjorie Ellen MacGillivray Collection (PDF 2.6 MB) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton Research and Development Centre, New Brunswick MacGillivray Pelletier 32,000
New York State Museum Albany, New York Fitch 7
North Carolina State Insect Museum North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina Smith 32,000
United States National Museum of Natural History US Department of Agriculture Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland Baker, Hottes, Williams Miller 84,405 1,380
University of Minnesota Insect Collection St. Paul, Minnesota Granovsky, Oestlund, Wilson 24,959 1,137
Utah State University Insect Collection Logan, Utah Knowlton von Dohlen 17,550
Wallis-Roughley Museum of Entomology University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba Robinson 60,000