FSCA Odonata: (updated 31-Jan-2011)

·        1488 drawers consisting of 17856 unit trays (3.6” x 5.6”) housing an estimated 450,000 specimens

·        94% Identified to species and stored in either poly or cellophane envelopes with data cards. Less then 1/10 of 1% pinned.

·        60,000 databased to specimen level.

·        18,000 vials of alcohol specimens including larva, reared specimens, and teneral specimens {includes the 6000 vial Ken Tennessen collection)

·        Extensive library of Odonata literature and books, separate from that of the main library

Mike Thomas, Head Curator, FSCA
Paul Skelly, Collection Manager, FSCA
Bill Mauffray, Resident Research Associate, Curator of Odonata


The Museum houses one of the largest Odonata collections of adults and immatures in the world, totaling over 450,000 specimens (including 130,000 immatures in vials). The collection includes over 150 primary types and hundreds of secondary types. The International Odonata Research Institute (IORI), managed by Mr. Bill Mauffray, is headquartered at the Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA) in Gainesville, Florida.

The collection includes specimens from throughout the world with large holdings from Central and South America as well as the United States and Canada.

Major components of the Odonata collection have come from George & Juanda  Bick, R. Duncan Cuyler, Jerrell Daigle, Thomas Donnelly, Sid Dunkle, Paul Harwood, Bill Mauffray, B. Elwood Montgomery, Dennis Paulson, Fred Sibley, S. C. Smith, Kenneth  Tennessen, Minter J. Westfall, Jr. and others. Representative specimens from Clarence Kennedy, F Campos, Philip Calvert, J. Williamson and others.

The IORI collection was merged into the FSCA in 2004.

Major collections already donated (or willed) to the FSCA but not yet added to the total specimen count, include the collections of Carl Cook (100,000+), D.R. Paulson (80,000+), and collections of the IORI currently housed in Europe (150,000+).

Species list: (revised Jan 2011): ZYGOPTERA-ANISOZYGOPTERA  --- ANISOPTERA

Odonata Types in the FSCA/IORI collection

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