Samanta Orellana, PhD
Fungus weevils, collections & biodiversity data
I’m a Guatemalan biologist and entomologist, currently appointed a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute. My research focuses on the diversity and systematics of Neotropical fungus weevils (Curculionoidea: Anthribidae) and specimen data mobilization. As part of the Symbiota team and the GBIF Network, I actively collaborate with Latin American collections to advance their biodiversity data initiatives.