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Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

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North American Dipterists Society (NADS) On-Demand Presentations

Diptera in the Australian National Insect Collection: Flying to a new home in the very near future

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    Presenting Author(s)

  • David Yeates

    Director
    CSIRO
    Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

    • Co-Author(s)

  • BL

    Bryan Lessard

    CSIRO
    Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

  • KB

    Keith Bayless

    CSIRO
    Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) is located in the Black Mountain Precinct of CSIRO, Canberra Australia.  It is the largest collection of Australian insects in the world.  The Diptera component oif the pinned collection is housed in just over 200 10-drawer cabinets.  There are also 70,000 microscope slides and a large number od specimens stored in ethanol.  The collection includes around 3,500 primary type specimens and numerous secondary types (paratypes etc).  This presentation includes information on students and other staff currently working in Diptera in ANIC, and some recent recearch activities. The collection will close for 2022-2023 as we decant and move the collection to a newly designed building facility in 2024.  The presentation includes information on the design of the new facility.