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A database COLOtsuka is a specimen database based on the Coleoptera collection collected in Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu by the late Mr. Isao Otsuka. The collection was donated to the Kyushu University Museum. Mr. Otsuka mainly studied and constructed a vast general collection of insects of Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, western Japan. The total number of specimens at present is 79,282 (January 5, 2016). Each record consists of 19 items according to a format of the Darwin Core of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), such as scientific name, country, collecting locality, collecting date, collector, etc.
The COLOtsuka is managed by a text database management system SIGMA.
The COLOtsuka file is supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results (Head Investigator: Osamu Tadauchi) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
The use of data in this database is free of charge if the objective is academic study or educational purposes.
- Search COLOtsuka database
- How to Use
- Items of Data
- Example of a record
- Publications, Manuals and Explanations
- Copyright Notice
- Inquiries and Comments
- Link
Items of Data
Data and Tags are the Following 19 items.
| 1. | (BOX) | Box |
| 2. | (DATE) | Date Last Modified |
| 3. | (INST) | Institution Code |
| 4. | (COLC) | Collection Code |
| 5. | (NAME) | Scientific Name |
| 6. | (JNAME) | Japanese Name |
| 7. | (BR) | Basis of Record |
| 8. | (KING) | Kingdom |
| 9. | (PHY) | Phylum |
| 10. | (CL) | Class |
| 11. | (OR) | Order |
| 12. | (FAM) | Family |
| 13. | (GEN) | Genus |
| 14. | (SP) | Species |
| 15. | (AU) | Scientific Name Author |
| 16. | (COL) | Collector |
| 17. | (COLD) | Collecting Date |
| 18. | (C) | Country |
| 19. | (LOC) | Locality |
Example of a record
| Image | 01 |
| Box | OC219 |
| Date Last Modified | |
| Institution Code | |
| CollectionCode | |
| Scientific Name | Propylea japonica |
| Japanese Name | ヒメカメノコテントウ |
| Basis of Record | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Coleoptera |
| Family | Coccinellidae |
| Genus | Propylea |
| Species | japonica |
| Scientific Name Author | Thunberg |
| Collector | S. Naomi |
| Collecting Date | 16/02/1970 |
| Country | JP |
| Locality | Obiyama, Kumamoto-ken, Kyushu |
Publications, Manuals and Explanations
Tadauchi, O., C. Hirosawa, H. Inoue, T. Sugimoto, R. Murao, N. Takahashi, S. Sato, K. Mitai and Y. Hara, 2009. Specimen database AIIC, Asian insect information center database, based on types and normal specimens collected in Asia and the Pacific Area, Part 1. Esakia, (49): 1-5.
Copyright Notice
Entomology Database Project Group (Head: O. Tadauchi, Editors: M. Maruyama, M. Uchino, H. Konishi, C. Nakamura, System administrator: H. Inoue, F. Kamitomo) holds the copyright on the entomology database COLOtsuka.
Inquiries and Comments
Inquiries and Comments about COLOtsuka should be the following E-mail Address
Entomological Laboratory,
Faculty of Agriculture,
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, 812-8581
Japan E-mail: tadauchi@kyudai.jp E-mail: kamitani@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp
- Asian Insect Information Center (AIIC)
Type specimen database
- ELKUType (Type specimen database based on the collection preserved in the Entomological Laboratory, Kyushu University)
- TachikawaType (Dr. Tachikawa’s parasitic wasp type collection donated to Kyushu University)
- M.ChujoType (Dr. M.Chujo’s Coleoptera Type Collection Donated to Kyushu University)
Specimen database
- Bee specimen database based on the collection preserved in the Entomological Laboratory, Kyushu University, except for Prof. Tadauchi’s foreign collection (BeeELKU)
- Bee specimen database based on Dr. Hiromi Fukuda’s collection (BeeFukuda)
- Bee specimen database based on collection of Central Asia by the Kyushu University Expedition (BeeCAsia)
- Bee specimen database based on Prof. Tadauchi’s collection collected from foreign countries (BeeFTadauchi)
- Specimen database based on the Parasitic Wasp Collection Preserved in the Entomological Laboratory, Kyushu University (ProctELKU)
- Coleoptera specimen database based on Dr. Hiroyuki Sasaji’s collection (COLSasaji)
- Specimen database based on the Coleoptera collection preserved in the Laboratory of Environmental Entomology, Ehime University (COLEUMJ)
- Specimen database Based on the Rescued Damaged Specimens of the Rikuzen-Takata City Museum in Iwate Prefecture (RDS)
- Specimen database based on the Aphids prepared slide collection by Dr. Magoshiro Moritsu (APHIDMoritsu)