An Updated Checklist of the Insect and Other Arthropods Type Specimens Deposited in the Collection of Natural History Museum of the National Science Museum, Thailand

Tadsanai Jeenthong, Papitchaya Teawkul — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

An updated checklist of the insect and other arthropod type specimens housed in the Natural History Museum
of the National Science Museum, Thailand is presented for research and scientific communication. Included
are 66 holotypes and 1,153 paratypes of 203 species and six subspecies belonging to 33 families and ten orders.
With 137 species and one subspecies, Formicidae has the largest representation. The specimens were collected
mainly in Thailand and neighboring countries in the past 50 years.

The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal

An Updated Checklist of the Insect and Other Arthropods Type Specimens Deposited in the Collection of Natural History Museum of the National Science Museum, Thailand