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FIGURE 6 in An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Osmylidae collection (Neuroptera) at the Natural History Museum, London
FIGURE 6. Holotype of Osmylus longipennis Walker, 1853 (NHMUK010596213, sex undetermined). Labels: A) (1) printed on white circular paper with a green edge: "Type"; (2) printed on faded white paper: "Australasia"; (3) handwritten on faded white paper: "O. longipennis australian"; (4) printed with handwritten inscriptions on faded white paper: "Kempynus longipennis Walk./ det. D.E. Kimmins."; (5) printed with handwritten inscriptions on faded white paper: "See Slide No. 154/ D.E. Kimmins."; (6) printed on white paper: "NMHUK010596213/ also encoded in one datamatrix barcode"; B) (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions on white paper with red bounds: "Kempynus (Osmylus) longipennis Walk/ R. wings/ Type. Dry"; (2) handwritten on white paper: "Australia."; (3) printed on white paper: "NHMUK010110648/ also encoded in one datamatrix barcode".
FIGURE 1 in An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Osmylidae collection (Neuroptera) at the Natural History Museum, London
FIGURE 1. Holotype of Eidoporimus pulchellus Esben-Petersen, 1917 (NHMUK010594040, female). Labels: (1) printed on white circular paper with a red edge: "Type"; (2) handwritten on faded white paper: "Sydney"/ handwritten on the reverse side of the same paper: "6"; (3) printed with handwritten inscription on faded white paper: "Eidosmylus pulchellus/ Type/ E-P./ det. Esben-Petersen"; (4) printed on faded white paper: "Brit. Mus. 1939-45"; (5) printed on white paper "NHMUK010594040/ also encoded in one datamatrix barcode".
FIGURE 22 in An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Osmylidae collection (Neuroptera) at the Natural History Museum, London
FIGURE 22. Syntype of Osmylus multiguttatus McLachlan, 1870 (NHMUK010594249, male). Labels: (1) printed on red paper: "Type"; (2) handwritten on faded white paper: "Trebizond Deyrolle"; (3) printed on blue paper: "McLachlan Coll. B.M.1938- 674."; (4) handwritten on faded white paper: "multiguttatus M. Lach."; (5) printed on white paper: "NHMUK010594249/ also encoded in one datamatrix barcode".
FIGURE 5 in An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Osmylidae collection (Neuroptera) at the Natural History Museum, London
FIGURE 5. Lectotype of Osmylus incisus McLachlan, 1863 (NHMUK010593292, male). Labels: (1) printed on white circular paper with a red edge: "Type"; (2) handwritten inscriptions on faded white paper: "excisus McL. type."; (3) handwritten on blue circular paper: "Auckland N. Zeal"/ handwritten on the reverse side of the same paper: "60 73" [B.M. 1860-73]; (4) printed with handwritten inscriptions on faded white paper: "Osmylus (?) incisus McL. ³/ det, D.E. Kimmins./ Type."; (5) printed on white paper: "NHMUK010593292/ also encoded in one datamatrix barcode".
FIGURE 21 in Scanning electron microscopy study of Lars Silén's cheilostome bryozoan type specimens in the historical collections of natural history museums in Sweden
FIGURE 21. Camptoplites tubifera Silén, 1941. Lectotype (designated here) UPSZTY 2460B, Japan. A. General view of the specimen. B. Close-up of an autozooid emanating from the connecting branch tube. C. Close-up of ovicellate zooids with pedunculate avicularia of two types, narrow and elongate and rounded. D, E. Close-ups of rounded avicularia. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B, D, E = 200 µm; C = 500 µm.
FIGURE 11 in Scanning electron microscopy study of Lars Silén's cheilostome bryozoan type specimens in the historical collections of natural history museums in Sweden
FIGURE 11. Chaperiopsis boninensis (Silén, 1941). Holotype UPSZTY 2464, Bonin Islands, Japan. A. Group of zooids with branched, cervicorn spines. B. Group of zooids showing the distal and the proximal stalked avicularia. Scale bars 120 µm.
FIGURE 19 in Scanning electron microscopy study of Lars Silén's cheilostome bryozoan type specimens in the historical collections of natural history museums in Sweden
FIGURE 19. Sarsiflustra japonica Silén, 1938, Japan. A–C. Lectotype UPSZTY 2476B. A. Ancestrula and early astogeny. B. Close-up of autozooids and vicarious avicularia. C. Close-up of an avicularium lacking the mandible and showing the semicircular opening and the cryptocystal shelf of the rostrum. D. Paralectotype UPSZTY 2476A, irregularly shaped kenozooids at the lateral margins of the colony frond. Scale bars: A, B, D = 500 µm; C = 200 µm.
FIGURES 1–4. Figures 1, 2 in Notes on the diatom collection of the Natural History Museum, London (BM) IX: Campylodiscus hardmanianus, with a discussion on synapomorphy and the poverty of molecular monophyly
FIGURES 1–4. Figures 1, 2: Reproduction of Campylodiscus hardmanianus Grev. ex Deby, Figure 1 from Deby (1891: 680-9), Figure 2 from Deby (1891: pl. 15, fig. 78). Figures 3, 4: Greville's (unpublished) hand-written description of Campylodiscus hardmanianus.
FIGURES 30–33 in A catalogue of the types of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) deposited in the collection of Johan Heinrich Hochhuth in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
FIGURES 30–33. Bolitobius flavicollis (Figs 30a–30b), Xantholinus flavocinctus (Figs. 31a–31b), Oxypoda funicularis (Figs 32a–e), Gyrophaena strictula (Figs 33a–b): 30a, 31a, 32a, 33a—habitus, 32b—aedeagus, 32c–d—apical segments of aedeagus, 30b, 31b, 32e, 33b—labels. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (Figs 30a, 31a, 32a), 0.5 mm (Figs 32b–d, 33a).
FIGURE 25. A in Synopsis of the Amphibians of Equatorial Guinea based upon the Authors' Field Work and Spanish Natural History Collections
FIGURE 25. A. Ventral view of Wolterstorffina parvipalmata (surroundings of Moka, Bioko). Photo JW.; B. Wolterstorffina parvipalmata, same specimen as A (surroundings of Moka, Bioko). Photo JW.; C. Wolterstorffina parvipalmata (surroundings of Moka, Bioko). Photo PM.; D. Wolterstorffina parvipalmata, same specimen as C (surroundings of Moka, Bioko). Photo RB.; E–F. Arlequinus krebsi (surroundings of Pico Basilé, Bioko). Photos JW.
FIGURE 1 in Type catalogue of the Orthoptera collection in the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Israel
FIGURE 1: Holotypes of Chorthippus dirshi (a, b—dorsal, lateral, labels), Chorthippus peneri (c, d—dorsal, lateral, labels), Egnatioides blondheimi (e, f—dorsal, lateral, labels), Egnatioides mendelssohni (g, h—dorsal, lateral, labels).
FIGURE 2 in Type catalogue of the Orthoptera collection in the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Israel
FIGURE 2: Holotypes of Pamphagulus peneri (a, b—dorsal, lateral, labels), Ocnerostenus lividipes (c, d—dorsal, lateral, labels); Acheta brevipennis (e, f—dorsal, lateral, labels); Eremogryllodes pallidus (g, h—dorsal, lateral, labels).
FIGURE 10 in Additional data on the herpetological collection of Louis Amédée Lantz (1886 - 1953), with emphasis on specimens in the Natural History Museum, London
FIGURE 10. Euleptes europaea, Grand Rouveau Island, Embiez Archipelago, Department of Var, 3 May 2012.
Fig. 1 in Lack of well-maintained natural history collections and taxonomists in megadiverse developing countries hampers global biodiversity exploration
Fig. 1 Distribution of global biodiversity repositories (i.e. natural history collections including herbaria and university museums) in 17 biologically megadiverse countries in comparison with the rest of the world (blue); industrialized megadiverse countries (green) include Australia, China and the USA; the six emerging countries (red) are Brazil, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines and South Africa; the eight megadiverse developing countries (yellow) comprise Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Indonesia, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Peru and Venezuela. In the middle of each graph, total numbers of the respective biodiversity collection categories are given (sources: Biodiversity
FIG. 6 in The Expanding Role of Natural History Collections
FIG. 6. Specimens being used for public engagement. (A) VIMS Marine Science Day, 2013 (photo by VIMS staff). (B) Student looking at a specimen in a classroom event, 2013 (photo by David Malmquist). (C) Children looking at specimens during tour of the VIMS Nunnally Ichthyology Collection, 2019 (photo by Aileen Devlin). Photos courtesy of VIMS News & Media Services.
FIG. 3 in The Expanding Role of Natural History Collections
FIG. 3. The holotype of Acanthurus olivaceus Bloch and Schneider, 1801 ex Forster (NHMUK 1962.12.14.5). (A) Fluid-preserved specimen collected in 1774 in Tahiti (Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific) by Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798), the naturalist on James Cook's second voyage (information from Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes). (B) Radiograph of the specimen, showing details of its skeletal anatomy as well as aspects of its gut contents. Photos courtesy of James Maclaine and Nemo Martin (NHM), The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London.
FIGURES 292–304. Mycetophilidae habitus. 292 in Types of Neotropical Mycetophilidae (Diptera) at the Natural History Museum collection, London
FIGURES 292–304. Mycetophilidae habitus. 292. Mycetophila (Mycetophila) picea Freeman, holotype ♂. 293. Mycetophila (Mycetophila) shammanensis Lane, holotype ♂. 294. Mycetophila (Mycetophila) spinipes Freeman, paratype ♀. 295. Mycetophila (Mycetophila) stonei Lane, paratype ♀. 296. Mycetophila (Mycetophila) subcapitata Freeman, holotype ♂. 297. Mycetophila (Mycetophila) tacuensis Lane, holotype ♂. 298. Mycetophila (Mycetophila) theresae Edwards, holotype ♀. 299. Mycetophila (Mycetophila) triangulifera Freeman, holotype ♂. 300. Mycetophila (Mycetophila) uianai Lane, paratype ♀. 301. Mycetophila (Mycetophila) vaurasi Lane, holotype ♂. 302. Mycetophila (Oromyceta) javaesi Lane, holotype ♂. 303. Mycetophila (Oromyceta) tucunensis Lane, holotype ♂. 304. Mycetophila avicularia Freeman, holotype ♂.
FIGURES 320–332 in Types of Neotropical Mycetophilidae (Diptera) at the Natural History Museum collection, London
FIGURES 320–332. Mycetophilidae habitus and labels of one type lost. 320. Mycetophila talaris Freeman, holotype ♂. 321. Mycetophila unicornuta Freeman, holotype ♂. 322. Mycetophila uniseries Freeman, holotype ♂. 323. Mycetophila veligera Freeman, holotype ♂. 324. Mycetophila viridipes Freeman, paratype ♀. 325. Mycetophila vittipennis Freeman, holotype ♂. 326. Phronia longinervis Freeman, holotype ♂. 327. Platurocypta neotropicalis Lane,?. 328. Pleurogymnus fuscus Freeman, paratype ♀. 329. Sceptonia paiaguensis Lane, holotype labels. Type lost. 330. Sceptonia paiaguensis Lane, paratype ♀. 331. Trichonta fasciata Freeman, holotype ♂. 332. Trichonta funerea Freeman, holotype ♂.
FIGURES 187–199. Mycetophilidae habitus. 187 in Types of Neotropical Mycetophilidae (Diptera) at the Natural History Museum collection, London
FIGURES 187–199. Mycetophilidae habitus. 187. Neoempheria muelleri Edwards, holotype ♂. 188. Neoempheria neivai Edwards, paratype ♀. 189. Neoempheria ornatipennis (Enderlein),?. 190. Neoempheria pereirai Edwards, holotype ♀. 191. Neoempheria pilosa Edwards, paratype ♂. 192. Neoempheria plaumanni Edwards, paratype ♀. 193. Neoempheria puncticoxa Edwards, holotype ♂. 194. Neoempheria rostrata Edwards, holotype ♂. 195. Neoempheria shannoni Edwards, holotype ♂. 196. Neoempheria simplex Edwards, holotype ♂. 197. Neoempheria smarti Edwards, holotype ♂. 198. Neoempheria spinosa Edwards, paratype ♀. 199. Neoempheria subclavata Edwards, holotype ♂.
FIGURES 253–265. Mycetophilidae habitus. 253 in Types of Neotropical Mycetophilidae (Diptera) at the Natural History Museum collection, London
FIGURES 253–265. Mycetophilidae habitus. 253. Mycetophila (Abmyceta) paranotata Freeman, paratype ♀. 254. Mycetophila (Abmyceta) parapicalis Freeman, holotype ♂. 255. Mycetophila (Abmyceta) pectinata Freeman, holotype ♂. 256. Mycetophila (Abmyceta) pellucida Freeman, holotype ♂. 257. Mycetophila (Abmyceta) peniculata Freeman, holotype ♂. 258. Mycetophila (Abmyceta) sinuata Freeman, holotype ♂. 259. Mycetophila (Abmyceta) solita Freeman, paratype ♀. 260. Mycetophila (Abmyceta) spinosa Freeman, holotype ♂. 261. Mycetophila (Abmyceta) subbrunnea Freeman, holotype ♂. 262. Mycetophila (Abmyceta) subrecta Freeman, holotype ♂. 263. Mycetophila (Abmyceta) subvittata Freeman, holotype ♂. 264. Mycetophila (Abmyceta) triordinata Freeman, holotype ♂. 265. Mycetophila (Abmyceta) uacupisi Lane, holotype ♂.
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