Mantises, collected by Darwin

© AMNH / Denis Finnin

At every stop on the voyage, Darwin collected beetles. His personal collection include insects from all over the world.

Beetles
 Collected by Charles Darwin
 Specimen numbers: 1-20

• Oxycara cribratum
   Cape Verde Islands--1832
• Longitarsus sp.
   Bahia, Brazil--1832
• Canthidium trinodosum
   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil--1832
• Prox pilularius
   off Montevideo, Uruguay--1832
• Neobrachypterus darwini
   Bahia Blanca, Argentina--1832
• Nyctelia rugosa
   Bahia Blanca, Argentina--1832
• Brachinus platensis
   Maldonado, Uruguay--1833
• Chanopterus brevipennis
   Tierra del Fuego--1833
• Nyctelia fitzroyi
   Port Desire, Argentina--1834
• Lathrididae
   Concepcin, Chile--1835
• Oedionychus fairmairei
   Valparaiso, Chile--1835
• Parahelops darwini
   Valparaiso, Chile--1835
• Scymnus galapagoensis
   Charles I, Galpagos Islands--1835
• Oemona humilis
   Bay of Islands, New Zealand--1835
• Allelidea ctenostomoides
   Sydney, Australia--1836
• Anthicus strictus
   Hobart, Tasmania--1836
• Phalacrus corruscans
   King George's Sound, Australia--1836
• Meligethes splendidulus
   Cape of Good Hope, South Africa--1836
• Oxytelus alutaceifrons
   St. Helena, Mid-Atlantic--1836

Butterfly
 Collected by Charles Darwin

• Tatochila theodice gymnodice
   Tierra del Fuego, Port Famine--1834

Moths
 Collected by Charles Darwin
 Specimen numbers: 22-25

• Arctiidae
   South America--1834
• Arctiidae South America--1834
• Utetheisa pulchelloides darwini Keeling Islands--1836
• Utetheisa pulchelloides darwini Keeling Islands--1836

Flies
 Collected by Charles Darwin
 Specimen numbers: 26-30

• Chloropidae
   Chilo, Chile--1834
• Paractora trichosterna
   Falkland Islands--1834
• Prosopantium aequiseta
   Falkland Islands--1834
• Anisopodidae
   Tierra del Fuego, Port Famine--1834
• Hippoboscidae
   St. Paul Rocks, Brazil--1832

Bugs
 Collected by Charles Darwin
 Specimen numbers: 31-33

• Kaapia darwini
   Cape of Good Hope, South Africa--1834
• Caffrolix cyclopia
   Cape of Good Hope, South Africa--1834
• Cephalelus sp.
   King George's Sound, Australia--1834