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NOTE: As of 2014, the California Beetle Project page is no longer updated. The original database and list of California beetles in the menu on the left will remain for the time being, but the information contained within is not necessarily current. SBMNH Entomology Curator Matthew L. Gimmel has divided up the function of the original database into two conceptual halves:

  1. The SBMNH Entomology specimen-level database, including all SBMNH beetle specimens included in the CBP database, which is now available (and ever-growing) through the SCAN portal at http://symbiota4.acis.ufl.edu/scan/portal/

  2. A literature- (and available specimen-)based checklist.
    3. of the Coleoptera of California, which is being revised and re-compiled by Dr. Gimmel, and, as of January 2017, is about 85% complete.




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     California Beetle Project > Contributors page

The California beetle database - Contributors Page

We are always seeking to increase the coverage of this database. There are many ways interested people may assist in this effort. Here are just a few possibilities.

Specimen data

Of particular interest would be the contribution of specimen data from other collections. We are well aware of the many excellent private collections of California beetles out there. If you would like to contribute data from your own collection, we have developed a spreadsheet from which we can import data quickly and easily directly into the project database. This spreadsheet may also be used to capture data from literature sources. We have captured data from several hundred important publications on California beetles. If you'd like to assist in this effort, contact us for our wish list.

A copy of this spreadsheet may be downloaded here: ExcelRecordTemplate.xls.

Please check out the instructions for this spreadsheet as well: Beetle spreadsheet instructions.

Images

We also encourage and welcome the contribution of photographs of California beetles. It is our goal to make photographs of at least represenatives of most genera available eventually. Photographs of living beetles will be especially welcome. Ideally, all photos would be identified to species, and referenced to a particular locality and date. But for nice photographs, we won't be too particular. We can't pay for photos, but all photographers will be credited. If you wish to put your name on the photo itself that will ensure your credit.