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    DOI10.15468/dmvqri

    Occurrence dataset Registered January 31, 2019

    Occurrence data of dragonflies available at the National Museums of Kenya's Natural History Collection, Invertebrates Zoology Section.

    Published by National Museums of Kenya
    6 authors
    LicenceCC BY-NC 4.0

    Description

    We present occurrence data of dragonflies specimens at the natural history collection of the National museums of Kenya. This comprises of both historical and current data. The taxonomic information is up-to-date as the entire collection was checked by an expert of the African species prior to digitization.

    Geographic scope

    Description

    The General Spatial area of odonata is Global

    Bounding box
    Latitude
    From -90 to 90
    Longitude
    From -180 to 180

    Taxonomic scope

    Description

    All species are from the order odonata at the natural history collections of the National Museums of Kenya Invertebrates Zoology Section.

    Coverage
    OdonataDragonflies

    Metrics

    Contacts

    • Laban Njoroge

      Originator
      Metadata author
      Administrative point of contact
      Organization
      National Museums of Kenya
      Position
      Research Scientist
      Address
      Box 40658
      Roles
      Originator
      Metadata author
      Administrative point of contact
      Email

    • Josiah Achieng

      Originator
      Organization
      National Museums of Kenya
      Address
      Box 40658
      Roles
      Originator
      Email

    • Jairus Anale

      Originator
      Organization
      National Museums of Kenya
      Position
      Desk Clerk
      Address
      Box 40658
      Roles
      Originator
      Email

    • Peter Kamau

      Originator
      Organization
      National Museums of Kenya
      Address
      Box 40658
      Roles
      Originator

    • Hesborn Nyambati

      Originator
      Organization
      National Museums of Kenya
      Address
      Box 40658
      Roles
      Originator
      Email

    • Esther Wangui

      Originator
      Organization
      National Museums of Kenya
      Position
      Research Scientis
      Address
      Box 40658
      Roles
      Originator
      Email

    • Lawrence Monda

      Publisher
      Organization
      National Museums of Kenya
      Position
      ICT Manager
      Address
      Box 40658
      Roles
      Publisher
      Email

    GBIF registration

    Registration date
    January 31, 2019
    Metadata last modified
    July 18, 2019
    Publication date
    July 18, 2019
    Hosted by
    National Museums of Kenya
    Installation
    National Museums of Kenya IPT
    Endpoints
    Darwin Core Archive
    EML
    Preferred identifier
    10.15468/dmvqri
    Alternative identifiers
    GBIF registration details

    Citation

    Njoroge L, Achieng J, Anale J, Kamau P, Nyambati H, Wangui E (2019). Occurrence data of dragonflies available at the National Museums of Kenya's Natural History Collection, Invertebrates Zoology Section.. Version 1.3. National Museums of Kenya. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dmvqri accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-13.