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Physical description:
Gelatin silver prints; 10 x 8;
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1970
1970s
Notes:
Also known as SIA2009-3225.
Featured in the "Torch," June 1975.
Summary:
Dr. Terry Erwin, associate curator of Coleoptera in the Department of Entomology at the National Museum of Natural History, looks for ground beetles on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, while conducting a systematic study of the ground beetle fauna of Central America. The project covers more than 2,000 species, approximately 40 per cent of which are currently undescribed in scientific literature.
Cite as:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: June 1975, Image No. 94-13188
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
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