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Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo

Edited by mpvalim on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 19:04
Acronym: 
MZUSP
Image links: 
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/24622029.jpg
Address
Institute name: 
Museu de Zoologia
University: 
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Department: 
Collection of ectoparasites (formerly LR Guimarães coll.)
Street: 
Avenida Nazaré, 481 - Ipiranga
City: 
São Paulo
Postcode: 
04263-000
State/Province: 
São Paulo
Country: 
Brazil
Contact
Contact: 
Prof. Dr. Carlos José Einicker Lamas, invertebrate curator,
Telephone voice: 
(55) (11) 2065-8135
Email: 
einicker@usp.br
Web pages: 

http://www.mz.usp.br/

Collection details
Phthiraptera collection: 

The card index of the Phthiraptera collection held in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP) comprises about 1,719 entries relating to specimens from many hosts around the world (e.g. Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania and the Americas), which are either slide-mounted (72% of them) or preserved in alcohol (28%). This collection originated in the mid-1940’s through the efforts of Lindolpho Rocha Guimarães (1908‑1998), a prominent Brazilian ectoparasitologist. This collection include types of more than 140 nominal species of Phthiraptera (Valim, 2009).



The list of types held at MZUSP was published in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia at http://www.scielo.br/pdf/paz/v49n17/v49n17.pdf

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Edited by Irina Brake on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 15:04
Acronym: 
IOCC
Address
Institute name: 
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
City: 
Rio de Janeiro
Country: 
Brazil
Contact
Web pages: 

http://www.fiocruz.br/ingles/index.html
http://www.ioc.fiocruz.br

Museo de La Plata

Edited by Irina Brake on Tue, 07/14/2009 - 11:57
Acronym: 
MLPA
Address
Institute name: 
Museo de La Plata
Street: 
Paseo del Bosque
City: 
La Plata
Postcode: 
1900
State/Province: 
Buenos Aires
Country: 
Argentina
Contact
Contact: 
Dolores del Carmen Castro, Armando Cicchino
Email: 
museo@museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
Web pages: 

http://www.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar/abamuse.html

Collection details
Holdings: 

Abrahamovich, A. H., M.Lucia, N. B. Díaz, M. F. Rossi Batiz & D. del C. Castro. Types of Lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) housed in the Museo de La Plata. Zootaxa 1344: 43–58 (2006)

Slovenian Museum of Natural History

Edited by Matt Wiese on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 21:22
Acronym: 
SMNH
Address
Institute name: 
Slovenian Museum of Natural History
Department: 
Department of Entomology
Street: 
Prešernova 20, P.O. Box 290
City: 
Ljubljana
Postcode: 
1001
Country: 
Slovenia
Contact
Contact: 
Dr. Tomi Trilar, Head, Department of Entomology
Telephone voice: 
+386 1 241 09 60 or 241 09 40
Telephone fax: 
+386 1 241 09 53
Email: 
ttrilar@pms-lj.si
Web pages: 

http://www2.pms-lj.si/information/information.html
http://www2.pms-lj.si/staff/entomology/entomology.html

Collection details
Holdings: 

List of types: http://www2.pms-lj.si/staff/entomology/active.html#paraziti
About 14,500 microscopic slides of Mallophaga, Anoplura, Nycteribiidae (Diptera) and Leptinidae (Coleoptera) in 300 boxes. The collection of Mallophaga is one of the largest in Europe and the World.

Geographical coverage: 
Slovenia, Europe, Mallophaga from the entire World.
Collectors/taxonomists: 
Savo Brelih

United States National Museum of Natural History

Edited by Irina Brake on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 14:30
Acronym: 
USNM
Address
Institute name: 
National Museum of Natural History
University: 
Smithsonian Institution
Department: 
Department of Entomology
Street: 
MRC 165, P.O. Box 37012
City: 
Washington
Postcode: 
20013-7012
State/Province: 
DC
Country: 
United States
Contact
Contact: 
David Furth, Ph.D., Collections Manager
Telephone voice: 
+1 202-633-0990
Telephone fax: 
+1 202-786-2894
Email: 
furthd@si.edu
Web pages: 

http://www.entomology.si.edu/

Collection details
Phthiraptera collection: 

Click here for a listing of the Anoplura.
A list of the chewing lice will follow at a later date

Comments: 

Due to staff reduction it is not possible at this time to process loans, or provide collection information on the Phthiraptera

Australian National Insect Collection

Edited by Irina Brake on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 13:19
Acronym: 
ANIC
Address
Institute name: 
Australian National Insect Collection
University: 
CSIRO Entomology
City: 
Canberra
Country: 
Australia
Contact
Contact: 
Wendy Whitby, Collections Manager CSIRO Entomology
Telephone voice: 
+61 (0)2 6246 4281
Telephone fax: 
+61 (0)2 6246 4000
Email: 
Wendy.Whitby@csiro.au
Web pages: 

http://www.csiro.au/places/ANIC.html

Collection details
Phthiraptera collection: 

Inventory: Of primary types. http://www.phthiraptera.org/Collections/Museums/inventory.html

Musee Royal de L'Afrique Centrale

Edited by Irina Brake on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 13:16
Acronym: 
RMCA
Address
Institute name: 
Musee Royal de L'Afrique Centrale
Department: 
Department of Entomology
Street: 
Leuvensesteenweg 13
City: 
Tervuren
Postcode: 
3080
Country: 
Belgium
Contact
Contact: 
Dr. Eliane De Coninck
Telephone voice: 
+32 2 769 53 60
Telephone fax: 
+32 2 769 56 95
Email: 
eliane.de.coninck@africamuseum.be
Web pages: 

http://www.africamuseum.be/

Directions: 

From Brussels, take metro to Montgomery station, there transfer to a #44 tram to Tervuren which is the terminus of that tram. The museum is across the road from the tram terminal. The Entomology Department is at the end of the avenue which you enter upon crossing the road from the tram terminal. From Centraal Station, Brussels to Tervuren is approximately 45 minutes, and as of 2006 cost 1.50€ for day pass on metro and tram.

Collection details
Systematic coverage: 
primarily Amblycera and Ischnocera
Host coverage: 
primarily birds
Geographical coverage: 
central Africa
Collectors/taxonomists: 
Tendeiro

Museum für Naturkunde

Edited by Irina Brake on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 13:15
Acronym: 
ZMHU
Address
Institute name: 
Museum für Naturkunde
University: 
Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Department: 
Abteilung Sammlungen
Street: 
Invalidenstrasse
City: 
Berlin
Postcode: 
10099
Country: 
Germany
Contact
Contact: 
Dr. Jürgen Deckert, Curator of Hemimetabola
Telephone voice: 
+49 (0) 30 2093 8526
Telephone fax: 
+49 (0) 30 2093 8528
Email: 
juergen.deckert@museum.hu.berlin.de
Web pages: 

http://www.museum.hu-berlin.de/home.asp
http://www.museum.hu-berlin.de/zool/samml/hemi1.asp

Collection details
Phthiraptera collection: 

Göllner-Scheiding, U. (1973). Katalog der im Zoologischen Museum Berlin vorhandenen Mallophagentypen. Lounais-Hämeen Luonto 46: 29-46

Holdings: 

Mallophaga (ca. 18.700 Exemplare in 1288 Arten, von 148 Arten primäre Typen, insgesamt 848 Typusexemplare)
Anoplura (750 Exemplare, 68 Arten, von 10 Arten primäre Typen, insesamt 30 Typusexemplare)

Systematic coverage: 
All suborders and families
Host coverage: 
All host orders but mainly from birds
Geographical coverage: 
Mainly Europe, but with specimens from all continents
Collectors/taxonomists: 
von Kéler, Eichler,

Forschungsinstitut und Museum Senckenberg

Edited by Irina Brake on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 12:32
Acronym: 
SMFM
Address
Institute name: 
Forschungsinstitut und Museum Senckenberg
Street: 
Senckenberganlage 25
City: 
Frankfurt am Main
Postcode: 
60325
Country: 
Germany
Contact
Contact: 
Dr. Wolfgang A. Nässig, FRES
Telephone voice: 
49/69/75 42-3 23
Telephone fax: 
49/69/74 62 38
Web pages: 

http://www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=173

Collection details
Phthiraptera collection: 

Anoplura types of Herbert Ludwig

Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Edited by Irina Brake on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 12:29
Acronym: 
MLUH
Address
Institute name: 
Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Department: 
Institut für Zoologie
City: 
Halle
Postcode: 
6099
Country: 
Germany
Contact
Contact: 
Dr. Karla Schneider, Curator
Telephone voice: 
+49 345 55 26 444
Email: 
schneider@zoologie.uni-halle.de
Web pages: 

http://www.biologie.uni-halle.de/zool/coll/entomol/indexe.html

Collection details
Holdings: 

A small collection of slides of types of Nitzsch

Collectors/taxonomists: 
Nitzsch
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