A CATALOGUE OF THE TYPE-SPECIMENS OF ODONATA PRESERVED IN THE NETHERLANDS With a supplementary list of the Odonata types described by Dutch scientists deposited in foreign institutional collections by M. A. LIEFTINCKi) Rhenen Contents I. Introduction 65 II. Annotated list of type-specimens in the Instituut voor taxonomische Zoölogie (formerly Zoölogisch Museum), Amsterdam 67 III. Annotated list of type-specimens in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden . 70 IV. Annotated list of type-specimens in foreign institutional collections described by Dutch authors 120 V. References 132 VI. Addenda to Part IV 137 I. Introduction Following the example set by D. E. Kimmins, who before his retirement published four lists of the type-specimens of Odonata lodged in the collections of the British Museum (Natural History) 2 ), the purpose of the present paper is to offer somewhat similar lists of Odonata types to be found in other museum collections. The publication of type catalogues is advocated by the International Commission on Zoological Nomen-clature (Recomm. 72 D4), and consultation of such lists has proved to be both con-venient and interesting. The present catalogue consists of three parts: in the first two parts are enumerated the types of all species-group taxa of Odonata deposited in institutional collections in the Netherlands, i.e. the Instituut voor taxonomische Zoölogie (formerly Zoölo-gisch Museum), afdeling Entomologie, Zeeburgerdijk 21, Amsterdam (ZMA) and the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Raamsteeg 2, Leiden (ML). Similarly, the third part comprises a list of primary types of the dragonflies presently found in museum collections outside the Netherlands, notably only those which have originally been described by Dutch authors. As to this supplementary catalogue, it may be considered pretentious that such a selection should have been made. After due consideration, however, the preparation of it seemed justified and rewarding for the following reasons. Firstly, it was the only way to list all nominal taxa so far proposed by the few specialists of Dutch nationality, and by accumulating these the 1 ) The author's address: Nieuwe Veenendaalseweg 224, Rhenen (U.), Netherlands. 2 ) Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 18 (1966), 22 (1968), 23 (1969) and 24 (1970). 65
A catalogue of the type-specimens of Odonata preserved in the Netherlands with a supplementary list of the Odonata types described by Dutch scientists deposited in foreign institutional collections
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