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NZAC:
- is the largest collection of New Zealand insects and related terrestrial
arthropods held anywhere in the world;
- has near complete coverage of New Zealand's 25000+ known species;
- contains about 1 million specimens preserved dry on pins;
- contains about another 6 million preserved in ethanol;
- has many specimens from other parts of the world, especially the Pacific
region and Chile;
- is under the stewardship of Landcare Research at Mt Albert Research
Centre in Auckland.
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