Collections
The below list comprises collections in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and North America, that are known to contain substantial holdings of Afrotropical Diptera. The major collections in Africa are: Natal Museum, National Museum of Namibia, National Museum of Kenya, Albany Museum, National Museum and National Collection of Insects. Contact details of collection managers and curators are provided, but please note that this information may be subject to change without notice.
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AFRICA |
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AMGS |
Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa |
Sarah Gess |
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BMSA |
National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa |
Ashley Kirk-Spriggs |
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DMSA |
Durban Museum of Natural History, South Africa |
Kirstin Williams |
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NMKE |
National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya |
Charles Lange |
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NMNW |
National Museum of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia |
Eugéne Marais |
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NMSA |
Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
Burgert Muller |
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PPRI |
National Collection of Insects, PPRI, Pretoria, South Africa |
Ros Urban |
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PPRZ |
Plant Protection Research Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe |
Godfrey Chikwenhere |
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SAIM |
National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa |
Lizette Koekemoer |
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SAMC |
Iziko Museum of Cape Town, South Africa |
Margie Cochrane |
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UKZN |
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
Ray Miller |
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NORTH AMERICA |
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AMNH |
American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States |
Tam Nguyen |
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CASC |
Californian Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, United States |
Norman Penny |
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USNM |
National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., United States |
Wayne Mathis |
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EUROPE |
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BMNH |
Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom |
Nigel Wyatt |
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CUMZ |
University, Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
William Foster |
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FBUB |
Biological Collection, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany |
Michael von Tschirnhaus |
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HNHM |
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary |
László Papp |
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ISNB |
Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium |
Patrick Grootaert |
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MNHN |
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France |
Christophe Daugeron |
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MZLU |
Museum of Zoology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden |
Roy Danielsson |
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MZPW |
Museum of the Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Science, Warszawa, Poland |
Wioletta Tomaszewska |
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NHMB |
Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland |
Daniel Burckhardt |
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NHRS |
Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden |
Bert Viklund |
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NMW |
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria |
Peter Sehnal |
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NMWC |
National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom |
Adrian Plant |
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OXUM |
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, United Kingdom |
Darren Mann |
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RMCA |
Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium |
Eliane De Coninck |
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RMNH |
Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden, Netherlands |
Cees van Achtenberg |
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SDEI |
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Germany |
Frank Menzel |
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SMNS |
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany |
Hans-Peter Tschorsnig |
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ZFMK |
Zoologische Forschungsinstitut und Museum 'Alexander Koenig', Bonn, Germany |
Netta Dorchin |
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ZMHB |
Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany |
Joachim Ziegler |
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ZMUC |
Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
Thomas Pape |
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ZSMC |
Zoologische Staatssammlung, München, Germany |
Marion Kotrba |
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MIDDLE EAST |
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TAUI |
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel |
Amnon Freidberg |
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