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Torsten Dikow

Torsten Dikow

cladistics, taxonomy, cybertaxonomy, biodiversity, entomology

biodiversity researcher at USNM (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History) - discovering fly species - deciphering their evolutionary history - natural history collections + digitization + data - sharing research data

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4816-2909

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, US

United States

Dikow, Torsten. 2025. Natural history specimens collected and/or identified and deposited. [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4484413

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Collected or identified specimens in the following Families:

Families Collected 43

  • Asilidae Asilidae 2,667
  • Mydidae Mydidae 343
  • Bombyliidae Bombyliidae 262
  • Therevidae Therevidae 68
  • Syrphidae Syrphidae 51
  • Apioceridae Apioceridae 51
  • Tabanidae Tabanidae 46
  • Milichiidae Milichiidae 38
  • Sarcophagidae Sarcophagidae 36
  • Calliphoridae Calliphoridae 19
  • Myrmeleontidae Myrmeleontidae 18
  • Muscidae Muscidae 16
  • Acroceridae Acroceridae 14
  • Nemestrinidae Nemestrinidae 7
  • Tachinidae Tachinidae 7
  • Mythicomyiidae Mythicomyiidae 7
  • Ephydridae Ephydridae 6
  • Stratiomyidae Stratiomyidae 6
  • Cicadidae Cicadidae 5
  • Tenebrionidae Tenebrionidae 5
  • Tephritidae 4
  • Ulidiidae Ulidiidae 4
  • Coenagrionidae Coenagrionidae 3
  • Conopidae 2
  • Chrysopidae Chrysopidae 2
  • Chloropidae Chloropidae 2
  • Lauxaniidae Lauxaniidae 1
  • Sclerosomatidae Sclerosomatidae 1
  • Nymphalidae Nymphalidae 1
  • Glossinidae Glossinidae 1
  • Nemopteridae Nemopteridae 1
  • Tiphiidae Tiphiidae 1
  • Lygaeidae Lygaeidae 1
  • Mutillidae Mutillidae 1
  • Melyridae 1
  • Scenopinidae Scenopinidae 1
  • Erebidae 1
  • Gomphidae Gomphidae 1
  • Curtonotidae 1
  • Rhiniidae Rhiniidae 1
  • Psychopsidae 1
  • Halictidae Halictidae 1
  • Libellulidae Libellulidae 1

Families Identified 30

  • Asilidae Asilidae 5,435
  • Mydidae Mydidae 2,351
  • Bombyliidae Bombyliidae 135
  • Apioceridae Apioceridae 102
  • Therevidae Therevidae 74
  • Milichiidae Milichiidae 72
  • Sarcophagidae Sarcophagidae 30
  • Tabanidae Tabanidae 27
  • Muscidae Muscidae 26
  • Stratiomyidae Stratiomyidae 15
  • Glossinidae Glossinidae 15
  • Myrmeleontidae Myrmeleontidae 13
  • Syrphidae Syrphidae 9
  • Tachinidae Tachinidae 8
  • Mythicomyiidae Mythicomyiidae 7
  • Acroceridae Acroceridae 6
  • Ephydridae Ephydridae 6
  • Cicadidae Cicadidae 5
  • Ulidiidae Ulidiidae 5
  • Tephritidae 4
  • Scenopinidae Scenopinidae 2
  • Conopidae 2
  • Chloropidae Chloropidae 2
  • Chrysopidae Chrysopidae 2
  • Micropezidae Micropezidae 2
  • Anaplasmataceae Anaplasmataceae 1
  • Nemopteridae Nemopteridae 1
  • Curtonotidae 1
  • Rhiniidae Rhiniidae 1
  • Ptychopteridae Ptychopteridae 1
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