Abbreviation Name GRSciColl
AACI [Also ALPC] Antonio Alicata personal collection, Catania, Sicily, Italy
AAPC Abdelhadi Ajerrar personal collection (address unknown), Morocco
ABNC AntBase.Net Collection, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany
ABPC [Also PCAB] Alfred Buschinger personal collection, Technische Hochschule (Institut für Zoologie), Darmstadt, Germany
ABS [Also ABSV; ARCH] Archbold Biological Station, Venus, Lake Placid, Florida, U.S.A.
ABSV [Also ABS; ARCH] Archbold Biological Station, Venus, Lake Placid, Florida, U.S.A.
ACEG [Also KEPC] Katsuyuki Eguchi private collection, Japan
ACHC Academia de Ciencias (Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática), Boyeros, La Habana (Havana), Cuba
ADC-SPC [Also CSPC] Amonio David Cuesta-Segura personal collection, Briviesca (Burgos), Spain
ADPC Alexander Dostal personal collection, Wien (Vienna), Austria
AEPR Agricultural Experiment Station, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
AFPC [Also CAF] André Francoeur personal collection, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
AFRC Afribugs Collection (Peter Hawkes personal collection), Villieria, Pretoria, South Africa
AIMB [Also ATRE] ATREE (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment) Insect Museum, Bengaluru, India
AKYC [Also AYPC] Aiki Yamada personal collection, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
ALPC [Also AACI] Antonio Alicata personal collection, Catania, Sicily, Italy
ALWC Alexander L. Wild personal collection, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
AM [Also AMSA; AMSC] Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
AMGC Albany Museum, Makhanda (= Grahamstown), Eastern Cape, South Africa
AMK [Also FFKT] Faculty of Forestry (Ant Museum), Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
AMNH American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, U.S.A.
AMNZ Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland, New Zealand
AMPC Antonio J. Mayhé-Nunes personal collection, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
AMSA [Also AM; AMSC] Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
AMSC [Also AM; AMSA] Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ANAS [Also BIZA] Baku Institute of Zoology, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan
ANIC Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra City, A.C.T., Australia
ANSP Academy of Natural Sciences (Department of Entomology), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
ARCE Ant Reference Collection Ecuador, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador
ARCH [Also ABS; ABSV] Archbold Biological Station, Venus, Lake Placid, Florida, U.S.A.
ASPC Antonio Scupola personal collection (address unknown), Italy
ASUC Ain Shams University, Faculty of Science (Entomology Department), Cairo, Egypt
ASUHIC [Also ASUT; SIBR] Hasbrouck Insect Collection, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
ASUT [Also ASUHIC; SIBR] Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Social Insect Biodiversity Repository, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
ATPC Alberto Tinaut personal collection, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
ATRE [Also AIMB] Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Srirampura, Bengaluru (= Bangalore), Karnataka, India
AYPC [Also AKYC] Aiki Yamada personal collection, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
BASS Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Zoological Institute), Sofia, Bulgaria
BAUC Beijing Agriculture University, Beijing, China
BBM Beatie Biodiversity Museum, University of British Columbia, Canada
BBPC Brendon Boudinot personal collection (address unknown)
BBRC Barry Bolton personal collection, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, U.K. [Note: Bolton collection was removed to BMNH on 19.vii.2021.]
BFPC B.C. Schlick-Steiner & F.M. Steiner personal collection, Wien (Vienna), Austria
BFUL Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
BFUS Biological Faculty, Museum, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
BIZA [Also ANAS] Baku Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Science, Baku, Azerbaijan
BMEL M. Bacci Jr. Molecular Evolution Laboratory, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
BMNH [Also NHM; NHMUK] Natural History Museum, London (= British Museum (Natural History)), U.K.
BMNY Brooklyn Museum, New York, New York, U.S.A.
BPBM Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
BPIV Biologo-Pochvennogo Instituta (Biological and Soil Institute), Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
BSMP Bureau of Science, Manila, Luzon, Philippines [Note: this institution and all its contents were destroyed in World War II.]
BYU [Also BYUP] Brigham Young University, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Provo, Utah, U.S.A.
BYUP [Also BYU] Brigham Young University, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Provo, Utah, U.S.A.
BZBC [Also MBBJ; MZB; MZBJ] Balitbang Zoologi (Bogor Zoological Museum) (= LIPI Biology Research Centre’s Zoologicum Bogoriense Museum), Bogor, Java, Indonesia
BZLA [Also OLLA] Biologiezentrum Linz, Linz, Austria
CAF [Also AFPC] André Francoeur personal collection, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
CAFB [Also CFRB] Chinese Academy of Forestry (Research Institute of Forest Protection), Beijing, China
CAS [Also CASC] California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. GRSciColl
CASC [Also CAS] California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. GRSciColl
CBFB Colección Boliviana de Fauna, Campus Universitario UMSA, La Paz, Bolivia
CBUMAG [Also UMMC] Colecciones Biológicas de la Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
CCMVF César Maximiliano Vázquez Franco personal collection, Puebla, Mexico
CCPC Chema Catarineu personal collection, Asociación de Naturalistas del Sureste, Murcia, Spain
CDAE California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, California, U.S.A.
CDAO Canada Department of Agriculture, Entomological Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
CDHK Conservation Department, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (Insect Collection), Hong Kong, China
CDRS Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
CDZM [Also CDZMTU] Central Department Zoology Museum, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
CDZMTU [Also CDZM] Central Department Zoology Museum, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
CEC Insect Museum at the Centre for Ecological Sciences Bangalore, India
CECL Coleção Entomológica Angelo Moreira da Costa Lima Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
CELC Entomological Collection of the Coleoptera Laboratory, Viçosa, Brazil
CeNak [Also GPIH or LIB] Centrum für Naturkunde, Hamburg, Germany
CEPEC [Also CEPLAC; CPDC] Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, CEPEC/CEPLAC, Itabuna/Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
CEPLAC [Also CEPEC; CPDC] Laboratório de Mirmecologia, Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira, Itabuna, Brazil
CEUC Cátedra de Entomologia collection, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
CFRB [Also CAFB] Chinese Academy of Forestry (Research Institute of Forest Protection), Beijing, China
CFSQ Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico
CFSS Colegio de la Frontera Sur (Colección Entomológica), Unidad San Cristóbal, San Cristóbal, Chiapas, Mexico
CGPC Crisanto Gómez personal collection, Girona, Spain
CICI The College of Idaho (Albertson College, Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History), Caldwell, Idaho, U.S.A.
CIQC Collection des Insectes du Québec, Complexe Scentifique du Québec, Sainte-Foy, Québec City, Québec, Canada
CIRA Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Montpelier, France
CIUQ Colección de Insectos, Universidad del Quindío, Armenia, Quindío, Colombia
CIUSM [Also USMC] Universidad de Santa Marta (Colección de Insectos), Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
CJDL [Also JDC] Jonas Damzen private collection, Lithuania
CKC [Also CKCR] Charles Kugler personal collection, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, U.S.A.
CKCR [Also CKC] Charles Kugler personal collection, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, U.S.A.
CMNZ Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand
CMPC Carlo Meloni personal collection, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
CMUT Centennial Museum, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.
CNBF Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale, Verona, Italy
CNCO Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
CNIN [Also UNAM] Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
CNU [Also CNUB] Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Changes, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
CNUB [Also CNU] Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Changes, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
CNUC Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
CPAL-UAEM [Also UAEM] Colección de Paleontología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
CPDC [Also CEPEC; CEPLAC] Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, CEPEC/CEPLAC, Itabuna/Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
CRC [Also CRPC] Christian Rabeling personal collection, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
CRPC [Also CRC] Christian Rabeling personal collection, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
CSBD Centre for the Study of Biological Diversity, University of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana
CSPC [Also ADC-SPC] Amonio David Cuesta-Segura personal collection, Briviesca (Burgos), Spain
CUIC Cornell University Insect Collection, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
CUKI Calcutta University, Department of Zoology (Entomology Laboratory), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
CUTP Curtin University of Technology (Jonathan D. Majer Ant Collection), Bentley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia [Note: J.D. Majer collection now amalgamated within WAMP.]
CWEM [Also WEMC] William and Emma Mackay personal collection, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.
CZNC Coleção Zoológica Norte Capixaba, Espírito Santo, Brazil
CZUG Centro de Estudios en Zoología (Colección Entomológica), Universidad de Guadalajara, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
CZW [Also HSZC] H. & S.V. Zettel personal collection, Wien (Vienna), Austria
DAHS Department of Agriculture, Honiara, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands
DAPC Donat Agosti personal collection, Uster, Switzerland
DASF Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries, Konedobu, Papua New Guinea
DBET Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Zoological Institute, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
DBUP Departamento de Biologia da Universidade Federal do Piauí, Piauí, Brazil
DBUT [Also UTKC] University of Tokyo (College of Arts and Sciences), Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
DEIB Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany
DEIC [Also DEIM] Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany
DEIE Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalde, Germany [Note: this may be the same institute as IPAL.]
DEIM [Also DEIC] Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany
DEUN Dipartimento di Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria “Filippo Silvestri”, Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy [Note: this collection is not currently available for study.]
DFBC Department of Forests, Bulolo, Papua New Guinea
DMCM David Mifsud personal collection (address unknown), Malta
DMEC D. Mezger personal collection, Balingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
DMGC David E.M. General personal collection, Manila, Luzon, Philippines
DMKN Durban Museum, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
DMOC David M. Olson, Davis, California, U.S.A.
DMPC Doyle McKey personal collection (address unknown)
DMSC Daniela M. Sorger personal collection, Wien (Vienna), Austria
DNPT Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Bangkok, Thailand
DRIR Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, U.S.A.
DSAB [Also GGC] Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie (now Department of Agroenvironmental Sciences & Technologies), Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
DSVB Defesa Sanitária Vegetal, Ministério da Agricultura, Pinheiral, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DZCU Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kozhikode (= Calicut), Kerala, India
DZSP [Also MZSP; MZUSP] Departamento de Zoologia da Secretaria de Agricultura, São Paulo, Brazil [Note: DZSP is now referred to MZSP.]
DZUP Departamento de Zoologia (Museu de Entomologia Padre Jesus Santiago Moure), Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
EAPZ Escuela Agricola Panamericana, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
EBCC Estación de Biología Chamela, Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico
ECOSCE Colección Entomológica de El Colegio de la Frontera Sur San Cristóbal, Chiapas, Mexico
EESC Egyptian Entomological Society (Entomological Collection), Cairo, Egypt
EIUB Entomological Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
ELMES Graham W. Elmes, UK
EMAU Ernst-Moritaz-Arndt Universität (Zoologisches Institut und Museum), Greifswald, Germany
EMTU Entomological Museum, Trakya Üniversitesi (University of Thrace), Edirne, Turkey
ENCB-IPN Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
ENSA Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique, Toulouse, France
EPAS Entomological Laboratory, Plant Protection Department, Agricultural College, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari Province, Iran
ERPC Eric Roncin personal collection (address unknown)
ESAC Escuela Superior de Agricultura “Hermanos Escobar”, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
EUMJ Ehime University, Ehime Prefecture, Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan
EZGT Entomologia e Zoologia Applicate all’Ambiente “Carlo Vidano” (Dipartimento Valorizzazione e Protezione delle Risorse Agroforestali), Grugliasco, Torino (= Turin), Italy
FBIZ Faculty of Biology (Institute of Zoology), University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
FCUR [Also URMU] Universidad de la Republica, Facultad de Ciencias (Departamento de Artrópodos), Montevideo, Uruguay
FFKT [Also AMK] Faculty of Forestry (Ant Museum), Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
FGPC Federico García personal collection, Barcelona, Spain
FHGC [Also HGPC] Francisco Hita Garcia personal collection, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna-son, Okinawa Island, Japan
FMNH Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
FNIC Fiji National Insect Collection, Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji
FRCK [Also FRCS] Forest Research Centre, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
FRCS [Also FRCK] Forest Research Center, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
FRID Forest Research Institute (Department of Entomology), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
FRIM [Also FRKL] Forest Research Institute, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
FRKL [Also FRIM] Forest Research Institute, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
FRPC Fabrizio Rigato personal collection, Milano, Italy [Note: material now probably incorporated in MSNM.]
FRRJ Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (Instituto de Biologia, Coleção Entomológica Angelo Moreira da Costa Lima), Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
FSCA [Also FSCG] Florida State Collection of Arthropods. Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.
FSCG [Also FSCA] Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.
FSKU Entomological Collection of Faculty of Science Kagoshima, Japan
FUSG Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques (Department of Zoology), Gembloux, Belgium
GBFM [Also GFMP] Graham B. Fairchild Museo de Invertebrados, Universidad de Panama, Panama City, Panama
GBWA Geologische Bundesanstalt, Wien, Austria
GFMP [Also GBFM] Graham B. Fairchild Museo de Invertebrados, Universidad de Panama, Panama City, Panama
GGC [Also DSAB] Guido Grandi Collection, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie (now Department of Agroenvironmental Sciences and Technologies), Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
GKVK Gandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bengaluru (= Bangalore), Karnataka, India
GLPC [Also GMLK] G.M. Lakho personal collection, Sindh Agricultural University, Tandojam, Hyderabad District, Sindh, Pakistan
GMLK [Also GLPC] G.M. Lakho personal collection, Sindh Agricultural University, Tandojam, Hyderabad District, Sindh, Pakistan
GNUC [Also GXNU] Guangxi Normal University (Insect Collection), Guilin, Guangxi, China
GONS Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society, Gibraltar
GOPC George O. Poinar collection, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.
GPIH Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Hamburg, Germany
GTBS Gerard Talavera collection, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain
GUGG Göttingen University (including M. Bos private collection), Göttingen, Germany
GUPC Gary Umphrey personal collection, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
GXNU [Also GNUC] Guangxi Normal University (Insect Collection), Guilin, Guangxi, China
GZG [Also GZG.BST; GZUG] Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum, Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany
GZG.BST [Also GZG; GZUG] Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum, Georg-August Universitat Göttingen, Germany
GZUG [Also GZG; GZG.BST] Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum, Georg-August Universitat Göttingen, Germany
HBIN [Also HINE] Hubei Institute (University) for Nationalities (Insect Collection), Enshi, Hubei, China
HCJG Coleção de Hymenoptera, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Jataí, Unidade Jatobá, Jataí, GO, Brazil; includes JLMD (Jorge L. Machado Diniz collection)
HCPC Henri Cagniant personal collection, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
HFPC Harold G. Fowler personal collection, Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
HGPC [Also FHGC] Francisco Hita Garcia personal collection, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna-son, Okinawa Island, Japan
HHPC H.A. Hespenheide personal collection (address unknown)
HINE [Also HBIN] Hubei Institute (University) for Nationalities (Insect Collection), Enshi, Hubei, China
HKBM Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
HKUC University of Hong Kong (School of Biological Sciences), Lung Fu Shan, Hong Kong SAR, China [Note: includes material referred to Biodiversity Museum, and Biological Sciences Museum.]
HLMD Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
HMB [Also MNB; MNHU; ZMBH; ZMHB] Humboldt Museum, Berlin, Germany
HMIM Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum, Tehran, Iran
HMUG Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
HNHM Hungarian Natural History Museum (= Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum), Budapest, Hungary
HNUC Harbin Normal University (College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology), Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
HSZC [Also CZW] H. & S.V. Zettel personal collection, Wien (Vienna), Austria
HUJI Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
HWPC H.C. Wagner personal collection, Graz, Austria
HWRC Hans-Werner Ribbecke private collection, Germany
IARI [Also NPC] Indian Agricultural Research Institute (National Collections), Division of Entomology, PUSA (National Pusa Collection), New Delhi, India
IAVH [Also IHVL] Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos “Alexander von Humboldt”, Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia
IAZW Instituts für Angewandte Zoologie, Sammlung, Würzburg, Germany
IBBL Insect Biodiversity and Biogeography Laboratory, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
IBPM Institute of Biological Problems North DBO, Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan Oblast, Magadan, Russia
IBSP Instituto Biológico, Secretaria de Agricultura, São Paulo, Brazil
IBSPB Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil
IBVR Instituto de Biologia Vegetal (= Instituto de Experimentação Agricola), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ICAR-NBAIR [Also NBAR; NBAIR] National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, India
ICAT Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario, Tibaitatá, Boyaca, Colombia
ICBQ Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador
ICIP International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya
ICN [Also ICNB] Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (Insect Collection), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santa Fé de Bogotá D.C., Colombia
ICNB [Also ICN] Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (Insect Collection), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santa Fé de Bogotá D.C., Colombia
ICVN Ignatius College, Valkenburg, Limburg, Netherlands
IEBR [Also IEHV] Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (Entomological Collection), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
IECA Institute of Entomology, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budĕjovice, Czech Republic
IEGG [Also IEUB] Istituto di Entomologia “Guido Grandi”, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
IEHV [Also IEBR] Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (Entomological Collection), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
IEMT Tembotov Institute of Ecology of Mountain Territories, Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Centre, Nalchik, Russia
IEUB [Also IEGG] Istituto di Entomologia “Guido Grandi”, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
IEUI Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
IEXA Instituto de Ecología (Colección Entomológica), A.C., Xalapa (Jalapa), Veracruz, Mexico
IFML [Also IMLA; IMLT] Instituto Fundación Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
IGR Geological Museum of the University of Rennes, Rennes, France
IHVL [Also IAVH] Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos “Alexander von Humboldt”, Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia
IIBZ Investigaciones Botánicas y Zoologicas, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
IISB [Also IISC] Indian Institute of Science (Centre for Ecological Sciences), Bengaluru (= Bangalore), Karnataka, India
IISC [Also IISB] Indian Institute of Science (Centre for Ecological Sciences), Bengaluru (= Bangalore), Karnataka, India
IMKI [Also NZC ZSI; NZSI; ZSI] Indian Museum (= Imperial Museum), Kolkata (= Calcutta), West Bengal, India [Note: later (1930) cited as Zoological Survey of India, Indian Museum, Calcutta (= NZSI).]
IMLA [Also IFML; IMLT] Instituto Fundación Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
IMLT [Also IFML; IMLA] Instituto Fundación Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
INBC [Also INBio] Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Santo Domingo, Heredia, Costa Rica
INBio [Also INBC] Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Santo Domingo, Heredia, Costa Rica
INER Istituto Nazionale di Entomologia, Rome, Italy
INHM Iraq Natural History Museum, Baghdad, Iraq
INHS Illinois Natural History Survey (Insect Collection), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A.
INPA Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
IPAL Institüt für Pflanzenschutzforschung der Akademie der Landwirtschaftswissenschaften, Eberswalde, Germany [Note: this may be the same institute as DEIE.]
ISAS [Also KIZ; KIZCAS; KIZK] Kunming Institute of Zoology (Natural History Museum), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
ISLTU [Also TUTM] Towson University (Insect Systematics Laboratory), Towson, Maryland, U.S.A.
ISNB Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelle de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
ISUI Iowa State University (Science & Technology), Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.
ITBC [Also MBSM; UMS] Museum Borneensis, Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
ITLJ Laboratory of Insect Systematics. National Institute of Agro-environmental Sciences. Tsukuba, Japan
ITZA [Also ZMAN] Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoologie (Zoologisch Museum), Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
IZAM Instituto de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas, Mendoza, Argentina
IZAS Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Beijing, China
IZAV Instituto de Zoologia Agricola. Maracy, Venezuela
IZCAS Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
IZKU [Also SIZK; UASK; ZIKU] Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine
IZTG Institute of Zoology, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia
IZUC Instituto di Zoologia dell’Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
JAZM Jalal Afshar Zoological Museum, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
JCPC Jerry Cook private collection
JCTC James C. Trager, U.S.A.
JCUT James Cook University. Townsville, Australia
JDC [Also CJDL] Jonas Damzen 'Amberinclusions.eu' personal collection, Vilnius, Lithuania
JDMC Jonathan D. Majer Collection, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
JDPC Jakovos Demetriou personal collection
JFWC J.F. Watkins private collection, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, U.S.A.
JKWC Jim K. Wetterer, U.S.A.
JLDC J.L.M. Diniz private collection
JLPC John S. LaPolla private collection, U.S.A.
JLRC [Also JLRL; JRPC] Joaquín L. Reyes-López private collection, Universidad de Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain
JLRL [Also JLRC; JRPC] Joaquín L. Reyes-López private collection, Universidad de Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain
JMP Jean-Marc Pouillon private collection, Nivolas-Vermelle, France.
JMPC Jochen Martens personal collection, University of Mainz, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
JRPC [Also JLRC; JLRL] Joaquín L. Reyes-López private collection, Universidad de Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain
JTL [Also JTLC] Dr. John T. Longino Collection, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.
JTLC [Also JTL] John T. Longino private collection, U.S.A.
JUKP Jagiellonian University (Uniwersytet Jagielloński), Krakow, Poland
JVDC J. van der Drift private collection, Netherlands
JWPC Jörg Wunderlich private collection, Straubenhardt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
KAM Kaliningrad Amber Museum, Kaliningrad, Russia
KDPC K. Dumpert personal collection
KEPC [Also ACEG] Katsuyuki Eguchi private collection, Japan
KGAC [Also KGPC] Kiko Gómez Abal personal collection, Barcelona, Spain
KGPC [Also KGAC] Kiko Gómez Abal personal collection, Barcelona, Spain
KHPC Kye Hedlin personal collection, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.
KIZ [Also ISAS; KIZCAS; KIZK] Kunming Institute of Zoology (Natural History Museum), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
KIZCAS [Also ISAS; KIZ; KIZK] Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
KIZK [Also ISAS; KIZ; KIZCAS] Kunming Institute of Zoology (Natural History Museum), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
KKIC Kasetsart Kamphaeng Saen (Insect Collection), Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom Prov., Thailand
KKPC Kyoichi Kinomura private collection, Gifu, Japan
KLUM Kuala Lumpur University Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
KMNH Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Kitakyushu, Japan
KNU [Also KNUK] Kangwon National University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea
KNUK [Also KNU] Kangwon National University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea
KPCU [Also MKHC] Mykola Khomych private collection, Ukraine
KPMO Kanagawa Prefectural Musuem of Natural History, Odowara, Japan
KSMA King Saud University Museum of Arthropods, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
KUEC [Also KUM] Kyushu University, Faculty of Agiculture (Entomology Laboratory and Institute of Tropical Agriculture), Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
KUES [Also SKYC] Seiki Yamane Collection, Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Pref., Japan [Note: the Seiki Yamane Collection was earlier referred to Kagoshima
KUIC Kagoshima University (Insect Collection), Faculty of Science, Kagoshima, Japan
KULB Katholieke Universiteit (including B. Gobin private collection), Leuven, Belgium
KUM [Also KUEC] Kyushu University, Faculty of Agiculture (Entomology Laboratory and Institute of Tropical Agriculture), Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
KUMK Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto, Japan
KUPC Masao Kubota private collection, Odawara City, Japan
KUSI Kashmir University (Insect Collection), Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
KUTJ Kagawa University (Faculty of Agriculture), Takamatsu, Japan
KYFC Karla Y. Flores-Maldonado personal collection, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
KYPC Katsusuke Yamauchi private collection, Gifu, Japan
LACM Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
LBSA Laboratório de Biossistemática Animal, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Itapetinga, State of Bahia, Brazil
LDPC Lloyd Davis private collection, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.
LECV Laboratório de Ecologia de Comunidades, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
LEMT Lodos Entomological Museum Turkey, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
LESM Laboratório de Ecologia y Sistemática de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, D.F., Mexico
LIB [Formerly GPIH or CeNak] Leibniz-Institut for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change – Museum of Nature, Hamburg, Germany
LKCNHM [Also LKCS; ZRC] Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (Zoological Reference Collection), National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore
LKCS [Also LKCNHM; ZRC] Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (Zoological Reference Collection), National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore
LKKA Landesmuseum für Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria
LMSG Laboratoria voor Morfologie en Systematiek, Museum voor Dierkunde, Gent, Belgium
LPB [Also LPBP] Laboratório de Pesquisas Biológicas, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
LPBP [Also LPB] Laboratório de Pesquisas Biológicas, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
LPQ [Also LUQC] Léon Provancher collection, Département de biologie, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada
LRDC Lloyd R. Davis, Jr., U.S.A.
LSLC Linnean Society of London, London, U.K.
LUQC [Also LPQ] Léon Provancher collection, Département de biologie, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada
MABC Museo de Artrópodos de Baja California, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
MACG Ministry of Agriculture (Entomological Collection), Giza, Egypt
MACN Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Barnardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina
MAGA Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales Dr Angel Gallardo, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
MAGU [Also MAIG] Museum of Amber Inclusions, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
MAIG [Also MAGU] Museum of Amber Inclusions, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
MAPC Colección de Formicidae Miguel A. García-Martínez, personal collection, Universidad Veracruzana, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias Región CórdobaOrizaba, Veracruz, Mexico
MATC Masahiro Tanaka private collection
MBBJ [Also BZBC, MZB; MZBJ] Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (= LIPI Biology Research Centre’s Zoologicum Bogoriense Museum), Cibinong, Bogor, Java, Indonesia
MBCC Madagascar Biodiversity Center (Bibikely Biodiversity Center), Antananarivo, Madagascar
MBCN [Also MBMS] Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals, Sóller, Mallorca, Spain
MBD [Also MBSB] Museum Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
MBDC M.B. DuBois personal collection, Washington, Illinois, U.S.A.
MBMS [Also MBCN] Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals, Sóller, Mallorca, Spain
MBPC Martin Bollazzi Collection, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay
MBSB {Also MBD] Museum Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
MBSM [Also ITBC; UMS] Museum Borneensis, Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
MCCB Museo de la Ciència, Fundació ‘la Caixa’, Barcelona, Spain
MCNB Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
MCNC Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Tenerife, Canary Is, Spain
MCNM [Also MNCN] Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain
MCSN [Also MSNG] Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria”, Genoa, Italy
MCZ [Also MCZC] Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
MCZC [Also MCZ] Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
MECN Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Quito, Ecuador
MEFG Museo Entomólogico Francisco Luis Gallego, Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
MEKOU Mike E. Kaspari Collection, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
MELN Museo Entomológicode León, León, Nicaragua
MEM [Also MEMU] Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi, U.S.A.
MEMU [Also MEM] Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi, U.S.A.
MEPN Museo de Historia Natural “Gustavo Orcés V.”, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador
MFCE-LMS Laboratório de Mirmecologia do Sertão, Coleção Entomológica do Museu de Fauna da Caatinga, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
MGBC Michael G. Branstetter personal collection, USDA-ARS, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, U.S.A.
MHJC Museum of the Highlands (Muzeum Vysočiny), Jihlava, Czech Republic
MHNC Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
MHNG Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève. Geneva, Switzerland
MIZA Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
MIZW Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
MKHC [Also KPCU] Mykola Khomych private collection, Ukraine
MKPC Marko Karaman private collection, Podgorica, Crna Gora [Montenegro]
MLBC Marek L. Borowiec private collection, Davis, California, U.S.A.
MLPA Museo de La Plata (Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
MLUH Martin Luther Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
MMBC Mährisches Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
MMCR Maurizio Mei private collection, Rome, Italy
MMPC Mathew M. Prebus personal collection, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
MMUB Museo Mineralogico, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
MNA Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.A.
MNB [Also HMB; MNHU; ZMBH] Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (former Humboldt Museum, Berlin), Germany
MNBI Museum of Nature South Tyrol, Bozen, Italy
MNCN [Also MCNM] Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain
MNCR Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
MNHA Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Sanda, Hyogo Pref., Honshu, Japan
MNHAH Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, Japan
MNHC Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cubana, La Habana (Havana), Cuba
MNHM State Collection of Natural History Rhineland-Palatinate/Museum of Natural History Mainz, Mainz, Germany
MNHN Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
MNHNC Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Lisbon, Portugal
MNHNSD [Also MNSD] Museo Nacional de Historia Natural “Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano”, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
MNHP [Also MNSP] Museo Nacional de la Historia Natural del Paraguay, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
MNHT Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, Trondheim, Norway
MNHU [Also HMB; MNB; ZMBH; ZMHB] Museum für Naturkunde an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Zoologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany
MNHW Museum of Natural History, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
MNKL National Museum of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
MNLB Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institüt für Evolution und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany
MNNC [Also MNSC] Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile
MNPC M.A. Naves personal collection
MNRJ Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
MNSC [Also MNNC] Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile
MNSD [Also MNHNSD] Museo Nacional de Historia Natural “Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano”, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
MNSP [Also MNHP] Museo Nacional de la Historia Natural del Paraguay, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
MONZ Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
MOR Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A.
MPEG Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Pará, Brazil
MPUJ Colección de Artrópodos del Museo de Historia Natural de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
MRAC [Also RMCA] Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium
MRHN Musée Royal d’Histoire Naturelle, Brussels, Belgium
MRMC Mohammad Reza Mohseni private collection, Qom, Iran
MRSN Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino (= Turin), Italy
MSNG [Also MCSN] Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria”, Genoa, Italy
MSNM Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano, Italy
MSNT Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Trieste, Italy
MSNV [Also MSNVR] Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona, Italy
MSNVR [Also MSNV] Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona, Italy
MSUS Mississippi State University (Mississippi Entomological Museum), Starkville, Mississippi, U.S.A.
MTAC Mary Talbot personal collection
MTD [Also MTKD; SMTD] Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde (Naturhistorische Sammlungen), Dresden, Germany
MTKD [Also MTD; SMTD] Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde (Naturhistorische Sammlungen), Dresden, Germany
MTPC Mamoru Terayama private collection, Naka-cho, Iwatsuki-shi, Saitama Pref., Saitama, Japan
MUCR [Also UCR; UCRS] Universidad de Costa Rica (Museo de Insectos), San Pedro, San José, Costa Rica
MUSENUV [Also UVCC] Universidad del Valle (Museo de Entomologia), Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
MUSL [Also MUSM; UNMSM] Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
MUSM [Also MUSL; UNMSM] Museo de Historia Natural “Javier Prado”, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
MVMA Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
MZB [Also BZBC; MBBJ; MZBJ] Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (= LIPI Biology Research Centre’s Zoologicum Bogoriense Museum), Cibinong, Bogor, Java, Indonesia
MZBJ [Also BZBC; MBBJ; MZB] Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (= LIPI Biology Research Centre’s Zoologicum Bogoriense Museum), Cibinong, Bogor, Java, Indonesia
MZFS Museu de Zoologia da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana Bahia, Brazil
MZH Finnish Museum of Natural History GRSciColl
MZL [Also MZLS; NHML] Musée Cantonal de Zoologie, Lausanne, Switzerland
MZLS [Also MZL; NHML] Musée Cantonal de Zoologie, Lausanne, Switzerland
MZLU [Also ZMLS] Lund University, Lund, Sweden
MZPW Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw, Poland
MZSP [Also DZSP; MZUSP] Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil [Note: MZSP includes material formerly referred to DZSP.]
MZUF Museo Zoologico “La Specola”, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
MZUR Museo di Zoologia dell’Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
MZUSP [Also DZSP; MZSP] Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
NAIC National Agricultural Research Institute, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
NARC National Avian Research Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
NASK National Academy of Sciences, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
NBAIR [Also ICAR-NBAIR; NBAR] National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, India
NBAR [Also ICAR-NBAIR; NBAIR] National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, India
NBCL [Also NNML; RMNH] Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands
NCBA Naturalis (Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit) [formerly Zoological Museum Amsterdam], Amsterdam, Netherlands
NCBS National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru (= Bangalore), Karnataka, India
NCSU North Carolina State University (Zoology Department), Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.
NCUE Social Insect Laboratory, Department of Biology, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
NHCY Natural History Collection Yemen
NHM [Also BMNH; NHMUK] Natural History Museum, London (= British Museum (Natural History)), U.K.
NHMB Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland
NHMC Natural History Museum of Crete, Iraklion, Crete, Greece
NHMD Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
NHML [Also MZL; MZLS] Natural History Museum of Lausanne (Musée Zoologique de Lausanne), Lausanne, Switzerland
NHMM Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
NHMP Natural History Museum, Národní Muzeum, Prague, Czech Republic
NHMS Natural History Museum, Sibiu, Romania
NHMU [Also UMNH] Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.
NHMUK [Also BMNH; NHM] Natural History Museum, London (= British Museum (Natural History)), U.K.
NHMW Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (= Vienna), Austria
NHMY Natural History Museum of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
NHRS Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (Sektionen för Entomologi), Stockholm, Sweden
NIAES [Also NIAS] National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences (Laboratory of Insect Systematics), Tsukuba, Japan
NIAS [Also NIAES] National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences (Laboratory of Insect Systematics), Tsukuba, Japan
NIGP [Also NIGPAS] Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
NIGPAS [Also NIGP] Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
NMAS [Also NMNH NASU] National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
NMK [Also NMKE; NMKN] National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
NMKE [Also NMK; NMKN] National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
NMKN [Also NMK; NMKE] National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
NMM [Also NMPM; PNM] National Museum of the Philippines (Natural History), Manila, Luzon, Philippines
NMNH [Also USNM] National Museum of Natural History (= United States National Museum), Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
NMNH NASU [Also NMAS] National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
NMNS National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan
NMNT National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan
NMPC Natural History Museum of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
NMPM [Also NMM; PNM] National Museum of the Philippines (Natural History), Manila, Luzon, Philippines
NMSB National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, Bulgaria
NMSE National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
NMSU New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.A.
NMSW Naturhistorischen Museum der Stadt Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
NMTI National Museum of Natural History, Tehran, Iran
NMWC National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK
NNHM Norwegian Natural History Museum, Tøyen, Oslo, Norway
NNML [Also NBCL; RMNH] Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, Netherlands
NPC [Also IARI] National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
NSMT National Science Museum (Natural History), Tokyo, Japan
NSTU Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, College of Forestry, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
NTDA Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
NTU [Also NTUT] National Taiwan University, Department of Entomology, Taipei, Taiwan
NTUC National Taiwan University. Taipei, Taiwan, China
NTUT [Also NTU] National Taiwan University, Department of Entomology, Taipei, Taiwan
NUYC Laboratory of Insect Specimens, Agricultural College, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China
NZAC New Zealand Arthropod Collection, D.S.I.R., Auckland, New Zealand
NZC ZSI [Also IMKI; NZSI; ZSI] National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata (= Calcutta), West Bengal, India. [Note: earlier cited as Indian Museum (or Imperial Museum), Calcutta (= IM
NZSI [Also IMKI; NZC ZSI; ZSI] National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata (= Calcutta), West Bengal, India. [Note: earlier cited as Indian Museum (or Imperial Museum), Calcutta (=
NZSS National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India (Eastern Regional Station), Shillong, Meghalaya, India
OIST Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, EPE, Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
OLLA [Also BZLA] Oberösterrichisches Landesmuseum/Biologiezentrum, Linz, Austria
OMHN [Also ONHM] Oman Natural History Museum, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
OMNH Osaka Museum of Natural History, University of Osaka Prefecture, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
ONHM [Also OMHN] Oman Natural History Museum, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
OPPC Omid Paknia personal collection, Institute for Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
OSUC Ohio State University (Museum of Biological Diversity), Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
OUM [Also OUMNH; OXUM] Oxford University Museum, Oxford, U.K.
OUMNH [Also OUM; OXUM] Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxfordshire, U.K.
OUOJ Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
OXUM [Also OUM; OUMNH] Hope Entomological Collections, University Museum Oxford (= Oxford University Museum), Oxford, U.K.
PACB Perry A.C. Buenavente personal collection (address unknown)
PBZT Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo, Madagascar
PCAB [Also ABPC] Alfred Buschinger personal collection, Technische Hochschule (Institut für Zoologie), Darmstadt, Germany
PCAS Andreas Schulz personal collection, Leverkusen, Germany
PHPC P.O. Hoenle private collection
PIN Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
PMAS Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
PMJ [Also PMJC] Phyletisches Museum, Jena, Germany
PMJC [Also PMJ] Phyletisches Museum, Jena, Germany
PMNH Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.
PNM [Also NMM; NMPM] National Museum of the Philippines (Natural History), Manila, Luzon, Philippines
PSAA Shahid Ali Akbar private collection, Srinagar, India
PSU [Also PSUT] Prince of Songkla University, Faculty of Science, Hat Yai, Songkla, Thailand
PSUT [Also PSU] Prince of Songkla University, Faculty of Science, Hat Yai, Songkla, Thailand
PSWC Philip S. Ward personal collection, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
PUAC [Also PUPAC] Punjabi University Patiala (Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Ant Collection), Patiala, Punjab, India
PUCE [Also QCAZ] Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (Museo de Zoología), Escuela de Biología, Quito, Ecuador
PUPAC [Also PUAC] Punjabi University Patiala (Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Ant Collection), Patiala, Punjab, India
PWPC Petr Werner personal collection, Research Institute of Crop Production, Prague, Czech Republic
QCAZ [Also PUCE] Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (Museo de Zoología), Escuela de Biología, Quito, Ecuador
QM [Also QMBA] Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
QMBA [Also QM] Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
QMNH Québec Museum of Natural History, Québec, Canada
QVMT Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
RAJC Robert A. Johnson personal collection, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
RASM Russian Academy of Sciences (Institute for Animal Evolution, Morphology and Ecology), Moscow, Russia
RBINS Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Brussels, Belgium
RGCG Rhian Guillem personal collection, Gibraltar
RIFC Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
RJK R.J. Kohout Brisbane, Australia
RMCA [Also MRAC] Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium
RMCC R.M. Clouse personal collection (address unknown)
RMNH [Also NBCL; NNML] Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, Netherlands
ROMT Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
RPPP Research Institute for Plant Protection, Pretoria, South Africa
RSC Rebecca Strecker Collection, U.S.A.
RSCG Roland Schultz personal collection, Görlitz, Germany
RSCP Rijal Satria personal collection, and Department of Biology, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia
RSPC Rodolfo da Silva Probst personal collection, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
RURG University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
RWAC Rwanda Ant Collection, Huye, Rwanda
RWPC Rudiger Wehner personal collection, Zoologisches Institute, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
SAMA South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
SAMC Iziko Museums of Cape Town (= South African Museum), Cape Town, South Africa [Note: SAMC incorporates Arnold material formerly in NMSR.]
SBSHKU Insect Biodiversity and Biogeography Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
SCPC Sándor Csösz personal collection, Budapest, Hungary
SDEI Senckenberg Deutsches Entologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany
SEHU Systematic Entomology Collection, Hokkaido University Museum, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
SELN Station d’Ecologie de Lamto, N’Douci, Ivory Coast
SFCY [Also SWFC; SWFU] Southwest Forestry University (including Faculty of Conservation Biology), Bailongsi, Kunming, Yunnan, China
SHSU Sam Houston State University (Entomology Collection), Huntsville, Texas, U.S.A.
SIBR [Also ASUHIC; ASUT] Social Insect Biological Repository, Tempe, Arizona: recorded under ASUT
SIZK [Also IZKU; UASK; ZIKU] Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine [Note: catalogue of SIZK type material: Kostyuk, 1976.]
SJUW Sangji University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
SKYC [Also KUES] Seiki Yamane Collection, Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Pref., Japan [Note: the Seiki Yamane Collection was earlier referred to Kagoshima
SMF [Also SMFM] Senckenberg Museum (Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
SMFM [Also SMF] Senckenberg Museum (Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
SMK [Also SMNH] Sarawak Museum of Natural History, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
SMNG Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde (Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde), Görlitz, Germany
SMNH [Also SMK] Sarawak Museum of Natural History, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
SMNK Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
SMNS Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany
SMOC Silesian Museum (Slezské zemské muzeum), Opava, Czech Republic [Note: catalogue of SMOC type material: Bezděčková, et al. 2017.]
SMSN Stavanger Museum, Stavanger, Norway
SMTD [Also MTD; MTKD] Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde (Naturhistorische Sammlungen), Dresden, Germany
SNCS Shangqiu Normal College (Department of Biology), Shangqiu, Henan, China
SNMB Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum, Braunschweig, Germany
SNOMNH Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
SNUX Institute of Zoology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
SOSC Stephen O. Shattuck personal collection, Canberra, Australia
SSC [Also SSPC] Sebastian Salata personal collection, Wrocław, Poland
SSPC [Also SSC] Sebastian Salata personal collection, Wrocław, Poland
STRI Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancón, Panama City, Panama
SUKI Shivaji University (Department of Zoology), Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
SVAP P.J. Schmitt collection, St Vincent Archabbey, nr Latrobe, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
SWFC [Also SFCY; SWFU] Southwest Forestry University (including Faculty of Conservation Biology), Bailongsi, Kunming, Yunnan, China
SWFU [Also SFCY; SWFC] Southwest Forestry University (including Faculty of Conservation Biology), Bailongsi, Kunming, Yunnan, China
SXAK St Xavier’s College for Women (Department of Zoology), Aluva, Kochi, Kerala, India
SYSBM Museum of Biology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
SZMN Siberian Zoological Museum, Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
TAMU Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A.
TARI Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung, Taiwan
TAUC Tel Aviv University, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv, Israel
TAUI Tel Aviv University, Zoology Museum (Steinhardt Museum of Natural History), Tel Aviv, Israel
TBON Instituut voor Toegepast Biologische Onderzoek in der Natuur, Arnhem, Netherlands
TCSC T.C. Schneirla personal collection (address unknown)
TERC CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre, Winnellie, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
TFRI Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
THNHM [Also TNHM] Thailand Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Technopolis, Khlong Ha, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand
THZS Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland
TLHA Tiroler Landesmuseum, Hall, Austria
TLIA Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria
TMHT Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
TMSA [Also TVMC] Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (= Transvaal Museum), Pretoria, South Africa
TMUT Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
TNHM [Also THNHM] Thailand Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Technopolis, Khlong Ha, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand
TNHS Travancore Natural History Society, Vanchiyoor, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
TTUL Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, U.S.A.
TUTM [Also ISLTU] Towson University (Insect Systematics Laboratory), Towson, Maryland, U.S.A.
TVMC [Also TMSA] Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (= Transvaal Museum), Pretoria, South Africa
UAAAN [Also UAAN] Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (Departamento de Parasitología), Saltillo, México
UAAN [Also UAAAN] Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (Departamento de Parasitología), Saltillo, México
UABC Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
UAEM [Also CPAL-UAEM] Colección de Paleontología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
UAIC [Also UATA] University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
UAIPC University of Alberta Invertebrate Paleontology Collection, Edmonton, Canada
UAMS Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Departamento Zoología), Madrid, Spain
UASK [Also IZKU; SIZK; ZIKU] Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine
UATA [Also UAIC] University of Arizona (Department of Entomology), Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
UBBB Universidade de Brasília, Departamento de Biologia, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
UBDB Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
UCBC University of California (including College of Agriculture), Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
UCCC Universidad de Concepción (collection of T. Cekalovic), Concepción (de la Madre Santisima de la Luz), Chile
UCCS Universidad de Córdoba (Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias), Córdoba, Spain
UCD [Also UCDC] University of California (R.M. Bohart Museum of Entomology), Davis, California, U.S.A.
UCDC [Also UCD] University of California (R.M. Bohart Museum of Entomology), Davis, California, U.S.A.
UCME Universidad Complutense de Madrid
UCR [Also MUCR; UCRS] Universidad de Costa Rica (Museo de Insectos), San Pedro, San José, Costa Rica
UCRC University of California, Riverside, California, U.S.A.
UCRS [Also MUCR; UCR] Universidad de Costa Rica (Museo de Insectos), San Pedro, San José, Costa Rica
UECS Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Museu de Zoologia), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
UFCE Universidade Federal do Ceará Fortaleza. Ceará, Brazil
UFGB Universidade Federal de Goiás, Unidade Jatobá, Jataí, Goiás, Brazil
UFGD Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
UFMG Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Laboratório de Ecologia de Insetos), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
UFPE Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Departamento de Botânica, CCB), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
UFSC Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia), Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
UFUB Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (Museu do Biodiversidade do Cerrado), Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
UFV Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
UFVB Universidade Federal de Viçosa (Museu de Entomologia), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
UGAA [Also UGCA] University of Georgia Collection of Arthropods, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.
UGBC University of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana
UGCA [Also UGAA] University of Georgia Collection of Arthropods, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.
UGGS Universidad de Granada (Departamento de Zoologia), Granada, Spain
UGLG University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
UIMI University of Idaho, Department of Entomology, Moscow, Idaho, U.S.A.
UKL [Also UKLG] University of Koblenz-Landau (Campus Landau), Landau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
UKLG [Also UKL] University of Koblenz-Landau (Campus Landau), Landau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
UKLK University of Kansas Natural History Museum (Snow Entomological Collections), Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.
UKMB Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Center for Insect Systematics), Bangi, Selangor DE, Malaysia
UKSL University of Kelaniya (Department of Zoology and Environmental Management), Kelaniya, Colombo, Sri Lanka
ULBL Université Libanaise (Faculté des Sciences), Hadath-Beirut, Lebanon
UMAA [Also UMMZ] University of Michigan (Zoology Museum), Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
UMJ [Also UMJA] Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Styria, Austria
UMJA [Also UMJ] Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Styria, Austria
UMMC [Also CBUMAG] Universidad del Magdalena (Centro de Colecciones Biológicas), Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
UMMZ [Also UMAA] University of Michigan (Zoology Museum), Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
UMNH [Also NHMU] Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.
UMPC Ulrich Maschwitz personal collection, Zoologisches Institut, J.W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
UMPU Universität Marburg (Philipps Universität) (Zoologisches Museum), Marburg, Hesse, Germany
UMS [Also ITBC; MBSM] Museum Borneensis, Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
UMSC Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Sabah, Malaysia
UNAM [Also CNIN] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (Instituto de Biologia), Mexico D.F., Mexico
UNCB Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
UNHD University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
UNLP GUECKO/DCEA, FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
UNMSM [Also MUSL; MUSM] Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
UNPI Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia
UONC University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
UOPJ Entomological Laboratory, University of Osaka Prefecture, Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Japan
UPLB University of the Philippines (Museum of Natural History), Los Baños, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines
UPRS Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
URMU [Also FCUR] Universidad de la Republica, Facultad de Ciencias (Departamento de Artrópodos), Montevideo, Uruguay
USBC Universidad Simón Bolívar Collection, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela [Note: this collection is currently housed in MIZA.]
USCC [Also USCP] University of San Carlos (Entomological Collection), Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
USCG Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (Escuela de Biología), Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
USCP [Also USCC] University of San Carlos (Entomological Collection), Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
USKP University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
USMB Upper Silesian Museum, Silesian Voivodship, Bytom, Poland
USMC [Also CIUSM] Universidad de Santa Marta (Colección de Insectos), Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
USNM [Also NMNH] National Museum of Natural History (= United States National Museum), Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
USPS University of Suriname, Department of Entomology, Paramaribo, Suriname
USUL Department of Biology (Entomological Museum), Utah State University, Logan, Utah, U.S.A.
UTEL [Also UTEP] University of Texas at El Paso (Centennial Museum), El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.
UTEP [Also UTEL] University of Texas at El Paso (Centennial Museum), El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.
UTIC University of Texas Insect Collection, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
UTKC [Also DBUT] University of Tokyo (College of Arts and Sciences), Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
UTKT University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
UTMT [Also UTTT] University of Tunis El Manar, Department of Biological Sciences (Entomological Collection), Tunis, Tunisia
UTPL Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (Museo de Colecciones Biológicas), Loja, Ecuador
UTTT [Also UTMT] University of Tunis El Manar, Biology Department (Entomological Collection), Tunis, Tunisia
UTUS University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.A.
UUUS University of Uppsala (Entomology Department), Uppsala, Sweden
UVCC [Also MUSENUV] Universidad del Valle (Museo de Entomologia), Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
UVGC Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (Colleción de Artrópodos), Guatemala City, Guatemala
UVVM Universidad Veracruzana, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Región Córdoba-Orizaba (Colección de Arthropoda), Campus Peñuela, Amatlán de los Reyes, Veracruz, Mexico
UWBM Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
UWLW University of Wyoming (Entomological Museum), Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.A.
VAZC V.A. Zryanin personal collection, Lobachevsky State University, Nizhni Novgorod, Russia
VMNH Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
VNMN Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Hanoi, Vietnam
WAM [Also WAMP] Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
WAMP [Also WAM] Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
WBPC W.W. Benson personal collection, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
WDPC W.H.O. Dorow personal collection, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
WEMC [Also CWEM] William and Emma Mackay personal collection, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.
WJPC Weewayat Jaitrong personal collection, housed in TNHM
WMLC World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K.
WUIK Wonkwang University, Division of Biological Sciences, Iksan (= Iri City), North Cholla Province, Republic of Korea
XEGC [Also XEPC] Xavier Espadaler Gelabert personal collection, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
XEPC [Also XEGC] Xavier Espadaler Gelabert personal collection, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
YKLP Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
YKPC Yeo Kolo personal collection, Lamto, Ivory Coast
YPC Yasumatsu private collection
ZAUH Zhejiang Agricultural University (Department of Plant Protection), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
ZBM Zoological and Botanical Museum, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China
ZFMK Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander König, Bonn, Germany
ZHOU Shanyi Zhou, Guilin, Guangxi, China
ZIKU [Also IZKU; SIZK; UASK] Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine
ZISP [Also ZMAS] Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (Zoologicheskogo Instituta, RAN), St Petersburg, Russia
ZIUT Zoologischen Instituts der Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
ZMAN [Also ITZA] Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoologie (Zoologisch Museum), Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
ZMAS [Also ZISP] Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (Zoologicheskogo Instituta, RAN), St Petersburg, Russia
ZMBH [Also HMB; MNB; MNHU; ZMHB] Museum für Naturkunde an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Zoologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany
ZMHB [Also HMB; MNB; MNHU; ZMBH] Museum für Naturkunde an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Zoologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany
ZMHF Zoologiska Muset, Universitets Helsinki (Finnish Museum of Natural History), Helsinki, Finland
ZMLS [Also MZLU] Zoologiska Museet (Department of Zoology), Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden
ZMTF Zoological Museum, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
ZMUA Zoology Museum of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
ZMUC Zoologiske Museum, Universitets Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark [Notes (i): most (perhaps all) of Fabricius material from Kiel (ZMUK) is currently in ZMUC; (ii) catalogue of Fabricius type material:
ZMUH Zoologisches Institut und Museum der Universität, Hamburg, Germany
ZMUI Zoological Museum, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
ZMUK Zoologisches Museum, Universität Kiel, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany [Notes (i): most (perhaps all) of Fabricius material from Kiel is currently in ZMUC; (ii) catalogue of Fabricius type material
ZMUM Zoological Museum, Moscow State University (Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Moscovskogo Universiteta), (Lomonossov State University), Moscow, Russia
ZRC [Also LKCNHM; LKCS] Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (Zoological Reference Collection), National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore
ZSBS [Also ZSMC] Zoologisches Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates (= Zoologische Staatssammlung), München (= Munich), Germany
ZSI [Also IMKI; NZC ZSI; NZSI] National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata (= Calcutta), West Bengal, India. [Note: earlier cited as Indian Museum (or Imperial Museum), Calcutta (
ZSIK [Also ZSIWGRC] Zoological Survey of India (Western Ghats Regional Centre), Kozhikode (= Calicut), Kerala, India
ZSIWGRC [Also ZSIK] Zoological Survey of India (Western Ghats Regional Centre), Kozhikode (= Calicut), Kerala, India
ZSMC [Also ZSBS] Zoologisches Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates (= Zoologische Staatssammlung), München (= Munich), Germany
ZUGC Zhongshan University (Institute of Entomology), Guangzhou, China