The Odonatae slide-collection at Cornell University represents an important collection of imagines, many larvae and pupae, or parts there-of. The collection contains material from the Nearctic, Palearctic, Australasian, Oriental, Ethiopian, and Neotropical Regions. With the help of this database we want to make this important collection of Odonata more easily accessible to the Dragonfly community.
The database contains family, genus, species, author, biogeographic region, number of slides, and remarks. The easiest way to search for specific species is by species-name and author. The genera are listed according to: Bridges, C. A. 1993. Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Odonata of the world (Second Edition). C. A. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois.
We use an open keyword search to look for terms in any one of the following fields: species, author, and family. Best search strategy would be to have any of the following information before hand (and in this order):
The database is also browse-able, so don't worry if you're not sure what exactly you're looking for. If you are looking for type specimens please check the types database.
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you would like to know what parts of a specimen are mounted on the slide/s you are interested in borrowing. Please contact the curator James Liebherr (jkl5@cornell.edu) or the collections manager Rick Hoebeke (erh2@cornell.edu).