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Creator:

Human Studies Film Archives  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-02-02T20:43:01.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Anthropology  Search this

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HSFAFilmClips

Data Source:

Human Studies Film Archives

YouTube Channel:

HSFAFilmClips

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_TckEnRndmXM

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2018-04-17T15:30:00.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_-A8AtobOdjo

Creator:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

Type:

Conversations and talks

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-10-12T16:57:56.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

Topic:

Art, modern  Search this

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hirshhornmuseum

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

YouTube Channel:

hirshhornmuseum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_TWKOHrVRKQk

Collector:

D. Dandridge  Search this

Preparation:

Unknown

Place:

South Africa, Botswana, Xugana, lagoon, night, Ngamiland District, Botswana, Africa

Collection Date:

16 Nov 1975

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Acanthopterygii, Perciformes, Labroidei, Cichlidae

Published Name:

Hemichromis fasciatus

Accession Number:

320280

USNM Number:

331142

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Vertebrate Zoology

Fishes

Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3997ff342-417e-429c-b972-35ceac8e007b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhvz_5227673

Collector:

T. N. Liversedge  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

Acacia woodland  Search this

Weight - Specimen:

43 g

Length - Total:

243 mm

Length - Tail:

136 mm

Length - Hind Tarsus:

26 mm

Length - Ear Notch:

17 mm

Preparation:

Skin

Skull

Sex:

Male

Place:

Mamono, 45 Mi S, Botswana, Africa

Collection Date:

12 Jul 1966

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Rodentia, Myomorpha, Muridae, Murinae

Published Name:

Micaelamys namaquensis

Aethomys namaquensis

Accession Number:

000000

Other Numbers:

Mammals Field Number : 1536

USNM Number:

383716

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Vertebrate Zoology

Mammals

Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/392f45c30-b8fd-4567-bcb6-1d043ae50039

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhvz_7040837

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2018-04-13T15:30:00.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_e1awTzYH3yg

Creator:

Gibson, Gordon D. (Gordon Davis), 1915-2007  Search this

Names:

Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Lewis, Kepler-Morden African Expedition  Search this

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. Museum of Man  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Expedition to Madagascar -- 1962  Search this

Estermann, Carlos  Search this

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002  Search this

Marshall, Lawrence Kennedy, 1898-1980  Search this

Mohun, Richard Dorsey  Search this

Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858  Search this

Reining, Priscilla  Search this

Taunt, Emory H.  Search this

Tisdel, Willard P.  Search this

Verner, Samuel Phillips, 1873-1943  Search this

Ward, Herbert, 1863-1919  Search this

Correspondent:

Adams, Robert McCormick (Americanist)  Search this

Bohannan, Paul James  Search this

Cavendish, Marian W.  Search this

Dibble, Charles  Search this

Doyle, David W.  Search this

Fenkykovi, J.J.  Search this

Gill, Lunda Hoyle  Search this

Hartley, G.W.  Search this

Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978  Search this

O'Bryan, Deric  Search this

Robbins, Warren M.  Search this

Stanley, Jo Ann T.  Search this

Stone, Janet  Search this

Summers, Roger  Search this

Tax, Sol, 1907-1995  Search this

Thieme, Darius and Mimi  Search this

Trousdale, William  Search this

Turnbull, Colin  Search this

Wagley, Charles, 1913-1991  Search this

Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this

Photographer:

Duggan-Cronin, A. M. (Alfred Martin), 1874-  Search this

Friedmann, Herbert, 1900-1987  Search this

Lewis, Ralph Kepler  Search this

Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this

Extent:

95 Linear feet (154 document boxes, 1 manuscript folder, 63 card file boxes, 1 oversize box, plus 64 microfilm reels, 137 sound recordings, 3 map folders, and 3 sets of rolled maps )

Culture:

Kuba  Search this

Bayei (African people)  Search this

Bushmen  Search this

Kuvale (African people)  Search this

Mbundu (African people)  Search this

Mbandieru (African people)  Search this

Keyu  Search this

Kongo (African people)  Search this

Herero (African people)  Search this

Himba (African people)  Search this

Hakawona  Search this

Diriku (African people)  Search this

Turkana  Search this

Tchavikwa  Search this

Suk (African people)  Search this

Suk  Search this

Ovambo (African people)  Search this

Nzima (African people)  Search this

Nyaneka (African people)  Search this

Ndongona (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Namibia

Botswana

Angola

Date:

1936-2007

Summary:

This collection is comprised of the professional papers of Gordon D. Gibson. The collection contains his correspondence, field notes, research files, museum records, writings, photographs, sound recordings, and maps.The bulk of the collection consists of Gibson's southwestern Africa research. This includes his field notes, film scripts, photographs, sound recordings, and grant proposals he wrote in support of his fieldwork in Botswana, Namibia, and Angola. In addition, the collection contains his research notes, maps, drafts, publications, and papers presented at conferences. While most of his research focused on the Herero and Himba, the collection also contains his research on the Ovambo and Okavango and other southwestern African groups. In the collection is a great deal of photocopies and microfilms of literature on southwestern African ethnic groups, many of which are in Portuguese and German and which he had translated for his files. He was also interested in African material culture, especially Central African headgear. His research on African caps is well-represented in the collection, and includes photos of caps at various museums, source materials, research notes, and textile samples of knots and loop work. Gibson's files as the curator of African ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History also make up a significant portion of the collection. Among these records are his files for the museum's Hall of African Cultures and other African exhibits; his files on the museum's African collections, early donors and collectors of the collections; his personnel files; documents relating to his committee work; department and museum memos; meeting minutes; and his records as head of the Old World Division and acting chair of the department. The collection also documents the efforts to establish the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Film Center, now the Human Studies Film Archives, as well as his work on the planning committee to establish the Museum of Man at the Smithsonian. Memos and minutes relating to the Smithsonian's Center for the Study of Man are also present in the collection. In addition to Gibson's field photos, the collection also contains African photos taken by others. Among these are Herbert Friedmann's photos of Kenya; Hausmann's Libya photos; photos by Ralph Kepler Lewis during the Morden Africa Expedition in Kenya; and photos by Lawrence Marshall, Volkmar Wentzel, Alfred Martin Duggan Cronin, and Father Carlos Estermann. There are also photos of the exhibit cases from the Hall of African Cultures; photos of Smithsonian and non-Smithsonian African artifacts; and copies of photographs he obtained from different archives, including the National Anthropological Archives. Other materials in the collection include his files as film reviews editor for the American Anthropologist during the 1960s and 70s and his activities in different organizations.

Arrangement:

Arranged into 19 series: (1) Correspondence, 1938-1998; (2) Southwestern Africa Research, 1951-2004; (3) Caps Research; (4) Nineteenth Century Collectors; (5) General Research Files; (6) Exhibits, 1959-2007; (7) Curatorial Files, 1936-1984; (8) National Anthropological Film Center, 1965-1983; (9) Museum of Man, 1952-1981 [bulk 1968-1981]; (10) Center for the Study of Man (1967-1979); (11) Writings, 1947-1981; (12) Organizations; (13) Daily Log, 1958-1983; (14) Personal Files ; (15) Card Files; (16) Photographs, circa 1904-1983 [bulk 1953-1983]; (17) Microfilm; (18) Maps; (19) Sound Recordings

Biographical Note:

Gordon D. Gibson (1915-2007) was trained at the University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1952) and joined the staff of the Smithsonian's Department of Anthropology in 1958 as its curator of African ethnology. He served in that capacity until 1983. During the 1960s, he undertook a major renovation of the National Museum of Natural History's African exhibits, which had been on display since the 1920s. He developed the Hall of African Cultures, which opened in 1969 and remained on view until 1992. He was also instrumental in establishing the National Anthropological Film Center, now the Human Studies Film Archives. During his tenure, he also served as the first chairman of the Senate of Scientists of the National Museum of Natural History (1963-1964), chairman of the museum's photographic facilities committee (1968), member of the Center for the Study of Man, and member and chairman of the Department of Anthropology collections committee and its photographs records committee (1970s-1980s). He also had special interests in the department's library and processing lab. In 1980, he was chairman of a committee which studied the feasibility of establishing a Smithsonian Institution Museum of Man. Gibson held several offices and committee memberships with the Anthropological Society of Washington during the during the 1960s and 1970s and served as film review editor of the American Anthropologist. Gibson conducted fieldwork among the Herero and Himba in Botswana (1953, 1960-61), Namibia (1960-61, 1971-73), and Angola (1971-73). Articles produced from his field research include "Bridewealth and Other Forms of Exchange Among the Herero," "Double Descent and Its Correlates among the Herero of Ngamiland," "Herero Marriage," and "Himba Epochs." While in the field, he also filmed footage of the Herero, Himba, Zimba, and Kuvale. His edited films include Herero of Ngamiland (1953), Himba Wedding (1969), and The Himba (1972). In addition to the Herero and Himba, he also conducted research on the Okavango and Ovambo people. He edited and translated Carlos Estermann's Ethnography of Southwestern Angola (published in 3 volumes in 1976-81) and edited and contributed to The Kavango Peoples (1981). Gibson's research interests also included Central African headgear, coauthoring High Status Caps of the Kongo and Mbundu (1977) with Cecilia R. McGurk.

Related Materials:

Other materials relating to Gordon Gibson at the National Anthropological Archives can be found in the Records of the Department of Anthropology, Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and the Records of the American Anthropological Association.

The Human Studies Film Archives holds his films on the Herero, Himba, Kuvale, and Zimba.

The Smithsonian Institution Archives has materials relating to Gibson's work as the first chairman of the Senate of Scientists.

Provenance:

The papers of Gordon D. Gibson were received in three separate accessions. The first accession (comprised of correspondence; committee files; and materials relating to the Herbert Ward collection, the National Anthropological Film Center, the Center for the Study of Man, and the Museum of Man) was transferred to the National Anthropological Archives by Gibson after his retirement. A guide to this accession was created in 2001. An accretion (consisting of correspondence, fieldwork and research files, curatorial files, writings, photographs, sound recordings, and maps) was transferred to the archives by Gibson's family in 2007. His exhibition and museum specimen files were transferred to the archives in 2008 by the Department of Anthropology.

Restrictions:

The Gordon Davis Gibson papers are open for research. Access to the computer disks in the collection are restricted due to preservation concerns. The personnel files of Smithsonian staff have also been restricted.

Access to the Gordon Davis Gibson papers requires an appointment.

Topic:

Africa -- Ethnology  Search this

American Anthropologist -- film editor  Search this

Headwear -- Africa, Central  Search this

Exhibitions -- National Museum of Natural History  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Gordon Davis Gibson papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1984-13

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Gordon Davis Gibson papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw379619042-2f6c-46c7-8819-45a504628089

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1984-13

Biogeographical Region:

Afrotropical  Search this

Collector:

[Not Stated]  Search this

Expedition:

W. Carter Expedition  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Envelope

Sex:

Male

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Okavango Swamps, Xugana, [Not Stated], Botswana

Collection Date:

10 Dec 1975

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera, Libellulidae

Published Name:

Brachythemis leucosticta (Burmeister, 1839)

Barcode:

USNMENT00277096

USNM Number:

USNMENT277096

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Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f2909f82-f32c-4c4c-a539-3892f4f4d54c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9214494

Biogeographical Region:

Afrotropical  Search this

Collector:

[Not Stated]  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Envelope

Sex:

Female

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Okavango Swamps, Xugana, [Not Stated], Botswana

Collection Date:

18 Nov 1975

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera, Libellulidae

Published Name:

Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)

Barcode:

USNMENT00277236

USNM Number:

USNMENT277236

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Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f7e886c2-7d19-4978-b8e2-300804150261

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9214655

Biogeographical Region:

Afrotropical  Search this

Collector:

[Not Stated]  Search this

Expedition:

W. Carter Expedition  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Envelope

Sex:

Male

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Okavango Swamps, Xugana, [Not Stated], Botswana

Collection Date:

19 Nov 1975

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera, Libellulidae

Published Name:

Diplacodes lefebvrei (Rambur, 1842)

Barcode:

USNMENT00277357

USNM Number:

USNMENT277357

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Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34e2658f8-0adb-4b0a-946c-ec5fad552dd1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9214751

Biogeographical Region:

Afrotropical  Search this

Collector:

E. C. Pinhey  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Envelope

Sex:

Male

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Makarikari, [Not Stated], Botswana

Collection Date:

Feb 1957

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera, Libellulidae

Published Name:

Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)

Barcode:

USNMENT00278919

USNM Number:

USNMENT278919

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Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38aa8a7d0-b24c-4d9d-af54-afd997382e9a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9214939

Biogeographical Region:

Afrotropical  Search this

Collector:

A. L. Archer  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Envelope

Sex:

Male

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Okavango Swamps, Xugana, [Not Stated], Botswana

Collection Date:

6 Dec 1975

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera, Libellulidae

Published Name:

Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)

Barcode:

USNMENT00278920

USNM Number:

USNMENT278920

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Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35d2311b0-1f4d-4831-8635-c055dacc4d7d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9214940

Biogeographical Region:

Afrotropical  Search this

Collector:

[Not Stated]  Search this

Expedition:

W. Carter Expedition  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Envelope

Sex:

Male

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Okavango Swamps, Xugana, [Not Stated], Botswana

Collection Date:

5 Dec 1975

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera, Libellulidae

Published Name:

Orthetrum icteromelas cinctifrons Pinhey

Barcode:

USNMENT00277788

USNM Number:

USNMENT277788

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Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3283291ab-0fc5-4527-b9df-a75c41dc2260

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9215186

Biogeographical Region:

Afrotropical  Search this

Collector:

[Not Stated]  Search this

Expedition:

W. Carter Expedition  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Envelope

Sex:

Female

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Okavango Swamps, Xugana, [Not Stated], Botswana

Collection Date:

18 Nov 1975

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera, Libellulidae

Published Name:

Orthetrum machadoi Longfield, 1955

Barcode:

USNMENT00277852

USNM Number:

USNMENT277852

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Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/351097ce8-33d3-4a9c-9911-fbe92e528a45

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9215250

Biogeographical Region:

Afrotropical  Search this

Collector:

[Not Stated]  Search this

Expedition:

W. Carter Expedition  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Envelope

Sex:

Male

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Okavango Swamps, Xugana, [Not Stated], Botswana

Collection Date:

26 Nov 1975

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera, Libellulidae

Published Name:

Orthetrum machadoi Longfield, 1955

Barcode:

USNMENT00277853

USNM Number:

USNMENT277853

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Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/312f60398-1b83-4ad2-969d-ba5861bfeeb9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9215251

Biogeographical Region:

Afrotropical  Search this

Collector:

[Not Stated]  Search this

Expedition:

W. Carter Expedition  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Envelope

Sex:

Female

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Okavango Swamps, Xugana, [Not Stated], Botswana

Collection Date:

5 Dec 1975

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera, Libellulidae

Published Name:

Orthetrum machadoi Longfield, 1955

Barcode:

USNMENT00277854

USNM Number:

USNMENT277854

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Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bd1655dc-c917-47f7-bd6a-f26c8244212e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9215252

Biogeographical Region:

Afrotropical  Search this

Collector:

E. C. Pinhey  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Envelope

Sex:

Female

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Okavango Delta; Four River Camp, [Not Stated], Botswana

Collection Date:

4 Dec 1975

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera, Libellulidae

Published Name:

Orthetrum robustum Balinsky, 1965

Barcode:

USNMENT00277896

USNM Number:

USNMENT277896

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Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33a776820-627d-4da2-a72a-2b6a71e98716

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9215294

Biogeographical Region:

Afrotropical  Search this

Collector:

E. C. Pinhey  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Envelope

Sex:

Male

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Okavango Delta; Four River Camp, [Not Stated], Botswana

Collection Date:

4 Dec 1975

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera, Libellulidae

Published Name:

Orthetrum robustum Balinsky, 1965

Barcode:

USNMENT00277897

USNM Number:

USNMENT277897

See more items in:

Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33b8ca101-08ce-432c-b2c7-6d65afaec2bb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9215295

Biogeographical Region:

Afrotropical  Search this

Collector:

[Not Stated]  Search this

Expedition:

W. Carter Expedition  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Envelope

Sex:

Female

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Okavango Swamps, Xugana, [Not Stated], Botswana

Collection Date:

19 Nov 1975

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera, Libellulidae

Published Name:

Rhyothemis fenestrina Rambur

Barcode:

USNMENT00278949

USNM Number:

USNMENT278949

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Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dc027396-884d-47ba-849d-933027e83d3a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9216335

Biogeographical Region:

Afrotropical  Search this

Collector:

[Not Stated]  Search this

Expedition:

W. Carter Expedition  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Envelope

Sex:

Male

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Okavango Swamps, Xugana, [Not Stated], Botswana

Collection Date:

26 Nov 1975

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera, Libellulidae

Published Name:

Rhyothemis semihyalina (Desjardins, 1832)

Barcode:

USNMENT00278954

USNM Number:

USNMENT278954

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Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e4fd3641-8b8f-4435-858b-f0db595d41d6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9216340