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Collections with insects of Papua Indonesia
All natural history collections are mentioned in which material has been studied and photographed. Institutions and private collectors have given permission to depict their material or show information, for which we are very grateful.
Abbreviations of the collections
Abbreviations of the collections used in the text are according to the list of “Insect and Spider Collections of the World” or, if different, at request of the museums:
AMNH - American Museum of Natural History, New York (New York), United States
BMNH - Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
BPBM - Bernice P. Bishop Museum (State Museum of Natural and Cultural History), Honolulu (Hawaii), United States
CCGT - Private collection Colin G. Treadaway (assigned to SMFD), Limbach-Wagenschwend, Germany
CJSD - Private collection Dr. Josef Settele, Leipzig, Germany
CKC - Private collection Dr. Karel Cerny, Zirl, Austria
CMP - Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), United States
CMWM - Museum Witt, München (Munich), Germany
DEI - Institut für Pflanzenschutzforschung, Deutches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalde Finow, Germany
ISNB - Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
KSP - Koleksi Serangga Papua, Waena, Papua, Indonesia (in UNCEN, Cenderawasih University)
LEW - NCB-Naturalis, Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit (former collection of the Laboratory of Entomology Wageningen or Agricultural University), The Netherlands
MCSN - Museo Civico de Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genua, Italy
MCZR - Museo Civico di Zoologica, Rome, Italy
MFNB - Museum für Naturkunde (Humboldt Universität), Berlin, Germany
MNHN - Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
MWNH - Museum Wiesbaden (Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlung), Germany
MZB - Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Cibinong, Java, Indonesia
NHRS - Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden
NMW - Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (Vienna), Austria
OXUM - Oxford University Museum of Natural History, United Kingdom
RMNH - Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NBC), Leiden (former Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden), The Netherlands
SMFD - Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
SMNK - Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany
SMNS - Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany
SNSD - Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen, Dresden, Germany
USNM - Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
ZFMK - Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany
ZMAN - Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NBC), Leiden (former Zoölogisch Museum Amsterdam), The Netherlands
ZMHB - Museum für Naturkunde (Humboldt Universität), Berlin, Germany
ZMUC - The Natural History Museum of Denmark (University of Copenhagen)
ZMUH - Zoologisches Institut und Museum (Universität), Hamburg, Germany
ZSMC - [=MFNB] Zoologische Staatssammlung, München, (Munich) Germany
The Netherlands
Naturalis Biodiversity Center (RMNH)
former Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum (Naturalis), Zoölogisch Museum Amsterdam (ZMAN) and Collection of the Laboratory of Entomology Wageningen (WAU) and Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit (NCB)
Abbreviation: RMNH (NCB, NBC, ZMAN and LEW or WAU)
Darwinweg 2
NL-2333 CR Leiden
The Netherlands(photo: Rob de Vos)
Belgium
Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen)
Abbreviation: ISNB
Vautierstraat 29
1000 Brussel
Belgium(photo: Rob de Vos)
http://www.natuurwetenschappen.be
United Kingdom
Natural History Museum
(British Museum of Natural History)Abbreviation: BMNH (NHM or NHMUK)
Cromwell Road
London SW7 5BD
United Kingdom(photo: Rob de Vos)
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
(Hope Entomological Collections)Abbreviation: OXUM
University Museum Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3PW
United Kingdom(photo: Rob de Vos)
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/entom.htm
France
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Abbreviation: MNHN
Rue Cuvier 57
75005 Paris
France(photo: Jan Moonen)
http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/transverse/transverse/accueil.xsp
Germany
Zoologische Staatssammlung München
Abbreviation: ZSMC
Münchhausenstr. 21
D-81247 München
Germany(photo: Rob de Vos)
Museum Witt München
Abbreviation: CMWM (now transferred to ZSMC)
Tengstrasse 33
D-80796 München
Germany(photo: Rob de Vos)
http://www.insecta-web.org/LepWitt/index.html
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
(Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung
an der Humboldt-Universität)Abbreviation: MFNB (former ZMHB)
Invalidenstrasse 43
D-10115 Berlin
Germany(photo: Rob de Vos)
http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de
Naturmuseum Senckenberg
Abbreviation: SMFD
Senckenberganlage 25
D-60325 Frankfurt am Main
Germany(photo: Arnold de Boer)
http://www.rma.de/kultur/museen/senckenberg-museum.htm
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe
Abbreviation: SMNK
Erbprinzenstr. 13
D-76133 Karlsruhe
Germany
(photo: Alexander Riedel)
Museum Wiesbaden
(Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlung)Abbreviation: MWNH
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2
D-65185 Wiesbaden
Germany
Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und
Museum Alexander KoenigAbbreviation: ZFMK
Adenauerallee 160
D-53113 Bonn
Germany(photo: Arnold de Boer)
http://www.museumkoenig.uni-bonn.de
Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden
Abbreviation: SNSD
Königsbrücker Landstrasse 159
D- 01109 Dresden
Germany(photo: Rob de Vos)
Senckenberg Deutches Entomologisches Institut
(Deutsches Entomologisches Institut,
Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschafts- und Landnutzungsforschung)Abbreviation: DEI
Eberswalder Straße 84
15374 Müncheberg
Germany(photo: Rob de Vos)
Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg
Abbreviation: ZMUH
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
20146 Hamburg
Germany(photo: Arnold de Boer)
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/zim/welcome.html
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart
Abbreviation: SMNS
Rosenstein1
70191 Stuttgart
Germany(photo: Arnold de Boer)
http://www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/stuttgart/index.html
Austria
Naturhistorisches Museum (International Research Institute for Entomology)
Abbreviation: NMW
Burgring 7
1014 Wien
Austria(photo: Arnold de Boer)
Denmark
The Natural History Museum of Denmark
(University of Copenhagen)
Abbreviation: ZMUCUniversitetsparken 15
DK-2100 Copenhagen
Denmark
Sweden
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
Abbreviation: NHRSFrescativägen 40
S-10691 Stockholm
Sweden
Italy
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria"
Abbreviation: MCSN
Via Brigata Liguria 9
Genoa (Genua)
Italy
(photo: Arnold de Boer)
Museo Civico di Zoologica
Abbreviation: MCZR
Via Ulisse Aldrovandi 18
Roma
Italy(photo: Rob de Vos)
http://www.museodizoologia.it/storia2.htm
United States of America
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
Abbreviation: USNM
10th Street & Constitution Ave. NW
Washington D.C. 20013
United States
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
(State Museum of Natural and Cultural History)Abbreviation: BPBM
1525 Bernice Street
Honolulu, HI 96817
United States(photo: Gerrit Withaar)
Indonesia
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense
Abbreviation: MZB
Jalan Raya, P.O. Box 208
Cibinong Bogor, Java
Indonesia(photo: Marieke Schouten)
Koleksi Serangga Papua
(Papua Insect Collection)Abbreviation: KSP
Cenderawasih Universitas (UNCEN)
Biology Faculty
Waena, Papua, Indonesia(photo: Rob de Vos)
Collection details :
- Lepidoptera, most local Papuan material of all families
- important collection of Delias (Pieridae) with many types
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