Visit Australian Insect Collections

There are various institutions with insect collections around Australia holding phasmatid species. These need to be visited to transcribe their catalogue, and particularly the collection site, often only present on the specimen tags. These are also often the only available places to obtain photographs of each species.
???? CSIRO Collection, Berrimah, NT
AMSA Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
ANIC Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
ASCU NSW Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange, NSW, Australia
CHAEC Council of Heads of Australian Entomological Collections
FCNI State Forests of NSW Insect Collection (formerly known as Forestry Commission of NSW Insect Collection), Beecroft, NSW, Australia
LQVM Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS, Australia
MAMU Macleay Museum Invertebrate Unit, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
MAGD Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences
MVMA Museum of Victoria, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
QDPI Queensland Dept of Primary Industries Insect Collection, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia
QM Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
SARDI South Australian Research & Development Institute (Insect Collection), Adelaide, SA, Australia
SAMA South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia
TDPIF Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries
TFC Tasmanian Forest Insect Reference Collection
TMUH Tasmanian Museum, Hobart, Australia
UQIC University of Queensland Insect Collection, Brisbane, Australia
VAIC Victorian Agricultural Insect Collection, Knoxfield, VIC, Australia
WADA Western Australian Department of Agriculture, South Perth, WA, Australia
WAMP Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia
WAITE Duncan Swan Insect Collection (Normally called "Waite Campus, University of Adelaide, Insect Collection"), SA, Australia

This list was compiled with the help of the CHAEC memers list.


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