Following is the first edition of A GUIDE TO PARASITE COLLECTIONS OF THE WORLD (Special Publication of the American Society of Parasitologists, 1982) . Over the years the GUIDE has proven to be a valuable resource for researchers and students around the world for locating information about specimen holdings, personnel and policies for each collection listed. With the advent and proliferation of electronic forms of communication, important data are missing for every collection included in the 1st edition of the Guide. With the cooperation of curators and other collections personnel, the current editors intend to publish the 2nd edition of the Guide in 2000.

Editors: Dr. Scott L. Gardner (University of Nebraska, USA), J. Ralph Lichtenfels (Animal Parasitology Institute, U.S.D.A., USA), Mary Hanson Pritchard (University of Nebraska, USA), Sheila Willmott (Winches Farm Field Station, England), Vytautas L. Kontrimavichus (Institute of Zoology and Parasitology Academy of Sciences, Russia), Claude Vaucher (Muséum d'Histoire Case postal 284 CH-12l2 Genève 6 Switzerland).

Australia - Belgium - Brazil - Canada - Peoples Republic of China - Czechoslovakia - Egypt - France - German Democratic Republic - Great Britain - Iceland - India - Japan - Mexico - The Netherlands - New Zealand - Norway - Philippines - Republic of South Africa - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Russiau - United States of America - Uruguay

AUSTRALIA

South Australian Museum Helminthological Collection (SAM)

• ADDRESS: C/- Mrs. P. M. Thomas, Department of Zoology University of Adelaide G.P.O. Box 498 Adelaide, S.A. 5001 Australia
• STREET ADDRESS: The South Australian Museum North Terrace Adelaide, S.A. 5000 Australia
• ACCESSIONS: 7,000 lots; 200 lots of paratypes.
• CURATORS (Honorary): Mrs. P. M. Thomas (P. M. Mawson)
• University of Adelaide (general and nemathelminths)
• Miss L. M. Angel C/- S. A. Museum (trematodes)
• Telephone:
• Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: (a) Numerical list kept, numbers prefaced with HC. Each lot listed in order of accession; (b) each lot on separate card, with HC number, collecting details (as available) headed by host name and filed alphabetically within taxonomic groups; (c) parasite species each represented by a card on which are listed HC numbers (with host name) in which the species is held.
• LIBRARIES: (a) Reprint Collection - (not extensive). (b) Index of literature by genus and species of parasite: file catalog with separate cards for each genus, in alphabetical order. Species arranged on smaller cards behind genus card. (c) File with card for each family and subfamily. d) File with card for each higher group. (e) Australian host files - card for each Australian host with parasites recorded from it. Complete only for birds and mammals. These records can be consulted by visiting scientists by prior arrangement.
• SERVICES: Specimens may be loaned to qualified research workers. Requests to visit and work on parts of the collection should be made to the Director, S. A. Museum as material is housed therein. As the curators work in honorary capacity, copying and identifying services are limited.
• BACKGROUND: The basis of this collection was a large number-about 2000-lots, gathered by the late T. Harvey Johnston and his colleagues from 1900-1951. These have been added to by extensive dissections of native animals by the present curators (Angel & Thomas) and by gifts from other Australian parasitologists (large numbers from J. F. A. Sprent (?2000) and J. H. Arundel (?2000) .By far the greater number of the lots come from Australian native vertebrates, though there are a number from domestic and zoo animals. Groups covered in the collection are: Trematoda (mostly Digenea), Cestoda, Nematoda (mostly parasitic, some free-living) and Acanthocephala.
• PUBLISHED LIST OF SPECIMENS: No lists of specimens have been published, but those from Australian birds will be included in a paper now in preparation by Angel & Mawson - "Checklist of helminths from Australian birds."
• AUTHOR: P. M. THOMAS

Queensland Museum Invertebrate Collection

• ADDRESS: Gregory Terrace, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland, 4006 Australia
• ACCESSIONS: 600; 250 types; 100 lots deposited annually.
• CURATORS: Dr. L. R. G. Cannon (helminths of marine animals). Responsibilities: Protozoa and helminths together with Porifera, Cnidaria, Echinodermata and several minor phyla
• Telephone: (07) 52-2716
• Dr. V. Davies (no research interest in parasitic groups) Responsibilities: Arachnids, Myriapods Mr. T. Dahms (no research interest in parasitic groups) Responsibilities: Insects Mr. P. Davie (no research interest in parasitic groups) Responsibilities: Crustacea
• Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by registration number and by parasite genus and species.
• LIBRARIES: There are no special library facilities associated specifically with the collection. The Museum library contains 75,000 volumes, accessions 1000 titles per annum covering all of the Museum's activities. By arrangement, literature is available via interlibrary loan, may be used by visiting scientists and may be copied.
• SERVICES: Specimens, including types, will be loaned by mail to research scientists when necessary for research purposes. A limited identification service is provided for specific purposes as and when time from other duties allow. Laboratory space for visitors is minimal.
• BACKGROUND: Parasites are included in the Invertebrate Zoology collection. Until November 1976 no staff member had any interest in parasitic groups. Small collections from Prof. T. H. Johnston, Dr. M. J. Mackerras and Prof. J. F. A. Sprent are lodged here.
• PUBLISHED LIST OF SPECIMENS: Monroe, R. 1972. Chelicerate Type specimens in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 291-307.
• AUTHOR: L. R. G. CANNON

Western Australian Museum Arachnology Department Collection

• ADDRESS: Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000
• ACCESSIONS: Small collections of ticks and mites; Ticks, five holotypes and one syntype; Mites, about 10 to 20 types, but number is currently increasing.
• CURATOR: Dr. L. E. Koch (Head, Department of Arachnology)
• Cable Address, Westmuseum
• Telephone (09) 328-4411
• Fax number:
• E-mail addresses(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Register numbers are given to each individual specimen with a prefix indicating the year and commencing with one for the first specimen received in January; e.g. 1980 numbers will commence WAM Reg. No. 80/1, 80/2, etc.
• LIBRARIES: Literature dealing with the specimens in the collection is available. It can be used by visiting scientists. Facilities for photocopying are available.
• SERVICES: Specimens are loaned to workers in recognized scientific institutions - e.g. all museums, approved university departments through the professor in charge. Limited laboratory space is available for visiting scientists, but must be prearranged.
• BACKGROUND: The only curator has been and is Dr. L. E. Koch. Special collections include representative specimens, especially types of the parasites collected by Dr. F. S. Lukoschus and others during the 1976-77 Western Australian Field Programme to the Kimberley Division, Western Australia. (Sponsors included the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, the Western Australian Museum, Perth, and Mr. William S. and Mrs. Janice Street, Ono, Washington.) These collections are mostly mites which are currently being described by several workers particularly in the Records of the Western Australian Museum. General collections of Western Australian ticks and mites are present.
• PUBLISHED LIST OF SPECIMENS: Koch, L. E. 1980. The Primary Types of Arachnida, Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Insecta, Onychophora and Pycnogonida in the Western Australian Museum. Rec. West. Aust. Mus . 8(2): 295-326.
• AUTHOR: L. E. KOCH

Western Australian Museum Entomology Department Collection (WAM Ent. ColI.)

• ADDRESS: Francis Street Perth, Western Australia 6000 Australia
• ACCESSIONS: Insecta: Phthiraptera, 30 lots; Siphonaptera, 90 lots; Diptera, bot and louse flies, etc., 50 lots; one holotype.
• CURATOR: Dr. Terry F. Houston Telephone: (61) 9328-4411
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Only a portion of the lots are registered, mainly those which have been loaned for study. There are no indices.
• LIBRARIES: WAM Library and its component Entomology Department library. Photocopying service available.
• SERVICES: Specimens may be loaned for study to researchers at recognized institutions. Limited laboratory facilities are available for visiting scientists by prearrangement with the curator.
• BACKGROUND: The WAM Entomology Department collection has been built up over the past 70 years or so and comprises specimens chiefly from Western Australia. No special attention has been devoted to parasites.
• PUBLISHED LIST OF SPECIMENS: Koch, L. E. 1980. The primary types of Arachnida, Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Insecta, Onycophora and Pycnogonida in the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(2): 326.
• AUTHOR: T. F. HOUSTON

Western Australian Museum Collection of Marine Invertebrates

• ADDRESS: Francis Street Perth WA 6000 Australia
• ACCESSIONS: Nematoda, 80 lots, 14 holotypes, 10 paratypes; Platyhelminthes, 20 lots; fewer than 10 lots are accessioned annually.
• CURATOR: Mrs. L. M. Marsh (Department of Marine Invertebrate Zoology)
• Telephone: (09) 328-4411 Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are cataloged but index cards are not made. Registration numbers are communicated to depositors to be included in their publications.
• LIBRARIES: There is no library associated with the parasite collection but a small collection of reprints associated with material described from the collection is kept. The literature may be used by visiting scientists and may be copied.
• SERVICES: Specimens, including types, will be loaned by mail to institutions, for use by research scientists, when necessary for research purposes. There is no parasitologist on the staffing of the W. A. Museum and no identification service can be provided in this field. Laboratory space for visiting scientists is available but must be pre-arranged with the curator.
• BACKGROUND: The parasitic worm collection in the Western Australian Museum is very small and accessions and work on the collection are sporadic, depending on the activity of visiting scientists or loans to specialists in other institutions. Parasitic worms are included, for curatorial purposes, in the department of Marine Invertebrate Zoology and are not separated from non-parasitic members of the same group. Scientists who have contributed to the collection and to taxonomic work on it include G. Inglis and H. I. Jones.
• AUTHOR: L. M. MARSH

BELGIUM

Collectie van het Museum voor Dierkunde

• ADDRESS: Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Laboratorium voor Morfologie en Systematiek der Dieren Ledeganckst. 35 - B-9000 Gent, Belgium
• ACCESSIONS: 4,000 slides with plant parasitic and free-living nematodes; 300 types, 50 holotypes.
• CURATORS: Prof. Dr. A. Coomans Prof. Dr. E. Geraert
• Telephone:
• Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by genus and species.
• LIBRARIES: A card file and literature collection are located at the same floor; the literature includes 350 volumes and 15,000 reprints filed by author. The card files and literature can be used by visiting scientists, but cannot be borrowed (photocopying can be arranged).
• SERVICES: Specimens including types, will be loaned by mail to research scientists when necessary for research purposes. Laboratory space for visiting scientists is available.
• BACKGROUND: The collection was started in 1931 by Lucien De Coninck, who retired in 1978; there have been no other curators except for the present ones.
• AUTHORS: E. GERAERT and A. COOMANS

BRAZIL

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA)

• ADDESS: Estrada do Aleixo, 1756, C. P. 478 69.000, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil
• TELEX: 0922-269
• ACCESSIONS: 756,000 specimens; 172 lots of types.
• CURATORS: Dr. Norman D. Penny (Curator of Insects) Dr. Jorge R. Arias (Chief, Division of Medical Sciences) Telephone:
• Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Storage system alphabetical within taxa. Collections arranged in taxonomic order but no numbers are assigned.
• LIBRARIES: Research library for the Institute. Material can be used by visiting scientists and photocopied.
• SERVICES: Specimens, including types, will be loaned by mail (types via registered air mail). Laboratory space usually available to visiting scientists, but prior arrangement is necessary.
• BACKGROUND: The systematics research collection in entomology for Amazonia at INPA-Manaus (a federal institute) was formally established in 1976. It is the only on-site collection for the entire upper Amazon region-a region requiring prompt in-depth faunistic and floristic studies, especially in the rapidly disappearing lowland forests. The small collection of parasite types (Vernon E. Thatcher material) are temporarily housed with the entomology collection until such time as they can be properly curated in a yet-to-be-established zoological museum at the Institute. Several medical entomologists are conducting research at INPA, and the collections now include sizeable holdings of mosquitoes, phlebotomine sand flies, black flies and triatomine bugs.
• PUBLISHED LIST OF SPECIMENS: Ratcliffe, B. C. and N. D. Penny 1978. Catalogo dos tipos de invertebrados depositados nas coleções entomologicas do INPA-Manaus. Acta Amazonica 8(4): 689-697.
• AUTHORS: B. C. RATCLIFFE and N. D. PENNY.

Museu de Zoologia - USP/Invertebrates Division/Helminthology

• ADDRESS: Av. Nazaré, 481 Ipiranga, 04263-000 , São Paulo, SP, Brasil
• ACCESSIONS:
• CURATORS: Fernando L.P. Marques.
• LABORATORY STAFF:
• Telephone: 55-116165-8129
• E-mail addresses: worms@ib.usp.br
• World Wide Web address:www2.ib.usp.br/worms
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by accession number, by host and parasite group and species. Accession numbers are communicated to depositors to be included in their publications.
• LIBRARIES:
• SERVICES: Specimens, but not holotypes, will be loaned by mail to research scientists when necessary for research purposes. An identification service may be provided by the scientists of the laboratory. Laboratory space for visiting scientists is available, but must be pre-arranged with the Administration of the Museu de Zoologia-USP.
• BACKGROUND:
• PUBLISHED LIST OF SPECIMENS:
• AUTHOR:

Helminthological Collection of Oswaldo Cruz Institute

• ADDRESS: Laboratórie de Helmintologia Fundacão Oswaldo Cruz Av. Brasil, 4365, Caixa Postal 926, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
• TELEX: FIOCRUZ
• ACCESSIONS: 31,500 lots; 717 holotypes (66 of nematodes from invertebrates; 336 of nematodes from vertebrates; 230 of trematodes; 52 of acanthocephalans; 28 of cestodes and 4 of pentastomids).
• CURATORS: None.
• LABORATORY STAFF: A. Arandas Rego Henrique RodriguesDelir Correa Gomes J. Julio Vicente
• Telephone: Fax number: E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by accession number, by host and parasite group and species. Accession numbers are communicated to depositors to be included in their publications.
• LIBRARIES: The Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology, Helminthological Abstracts, etc., are located in a building next to the collection and card files. The Central library of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute includes thousands of volumes and reprints that interest helminthologists. The card files and literature can be used by visiting scientists, but cannot be borrowed. Photocopying can be arranged direct from the library of Oswaldo Cruz Institute.
• SERVICES: Specimens, but not holotypes, will be loaned by mail to research scientists when necessary for research purposes. An identification service may be provided by the scientists of the laboratory. Laboratory space for visiting scientists is available, but must be pre-arranged with the Administration of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute.
• BACKGROUND: The Oswaldo Cruz Institute Collection, one of the world's largest collections of parasites of animals and man, is the major type repository for Brazilian and South American helminthologists and for others who lack adequate facilities. The Collection was started in 1907 by Gomes de Faria and Lauro Travassos and is continued by their disciples. Unfortunately the Collection doesn't have a curator; conservation is provided by the staff of the laboratory of helminthology. Major contributors to the collection were Lauro Travassos, Teixeira de Freitas, Adolpho Lutz, Herman Lent and Rita Kloss.
• PUBLISHED LIST OF SPECIMENS: Rego, A. A., J. J. Vicente and D. C. Gomes 1979. List of holotypes in the helminthological collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. Atas Soc. Biol. Rio de Janeiro 19 (Suppl.) May: 1-29.
• AUTHOR: A. A. REGO

CANADA

Institute of Parasitology Parasite Collection

• ADDRESS: Box 231 Macdonald College Post Office PO, HOA lCO, Canada
• TELEX: 05-821788
• ACCESSIONS: 6,000 lots; 17 types.
• CURATOR: Dr. Eugene Meerovitch, Director Telephone: (514) 457-2000, ext. 222 Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by accession numbers by host, and by parasite genus and species.
• LIBRARIES: The Institute of Parasitology also houses an extensive library of approximately 50,000 reprints as well as a library of more than 8,000 volumes of books, monographs and journals which deal with human and animal parasites. Both the library and reprint collection are open to visiting scientists. A photocopying service is available.
• SERVICES: Persons wishing to use the museum collection or the library for research purposes can make arrangements with the curator.
• BACKGROUND: The Institute of Parasitology Parasite Collection is a major repository for all parasites of man and animals in Canada. It began in 1932 under the direction of W. E. Swales. In 1975, 184 lots of trematodes (including 24 lots of types), 12 lots of cestodes, and 2 lots of Acanthocephala (including type) were donated to the Invertebrate section of the National Museums of Canada.
• AUTHORS: T. W. GYORKOS, Information Scientist, and M. E. RAU, Assistant Professor

National Museum of Canada Invertebrate Collection - Parasites

• ADDRESS: National Museum of Natural Sciences Invertebrate Zoology Division, Ottawa, Ontario KIA OM8, Canada
• ACCESSIONS: 3,150 lots; 100 types.
• CURATOR: P. Frank Telephone: (613) 996-1755 Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Individual collections are indexed by catalog number, by parasite genus and species name, by host name and types are also cataloged in a separate file.
• LIBRARIES: Workers depositing material into the collection are also urged to deposit reprints. The National Museums has a large library with facilities in Ottawa. Other federal departments in Ottawa with library facilities available are those of Agriculture Canada, Environment Canada, Health and Welfare Canada, Library of Parliament, National Library and National Research Council. Most material is available on loan and photocopying facilities are available.
• SERVICES: All specimens may be borrowed by parasitologists when required for research purposes. Not all specimens of a type species will be loaned at anyone time. There are limited facilities available for visiting scientists and persons wishing to visit and use the collection must check first with the curator. Diagnostic services are limited at the present time to the availability of volunteer personnel.
• BACKGROUND: The National Museums has for some time recognized the need for a repository to house parasitic helminths and protozoa collected and described by Canadian parasitologists. However, it is only recently that, through the efforts of Dr. Rita O'Clair (formerly with the N.M.C.) and Mr. C. Gruchy (Chief, Invertebrate Zoology), formal recognition has been given to a separate unit within the Invertebrate Collection for this purpose. The position of honorary
• curator was established to provide the expertise required for the establishment and maintenance of this collection. Although numerically small at the present time, the collection already contains numerous type series. It is anticipated that the NMCIC - Parasites will become the major collection for Canadian parasitologists.
• PUBLISHED LIST OF SPECIMENS: Webster, W. A. 1979. List of parasitic helminth and protozoan type specimens deposited in the National Museum of Canada Invertebrate Collection. Can. J. Zool. 57: 701-703.
• AUTHOR: W. A. WEBSTER

International Reference Collection of Avian Haematozoa

• ADDRESS: Department of Biology Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1B 3X9 Canada
• ACCESSIONS: 63,000 records; 30 types.
• CURATOR: Dr. Gordon F. Bennett (Haemosporidan parasites of birds) Telephone: (709) 753-1200, ext. 2141
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by accession number, host, and parasite genus and species. Accession numbers are communicated to depositors to be included in their publications.
• LIBRARIES: The card files and literature collection of the International Reference Centre for Avian Haematozoa are located in the same building. This includes a checklist of specific and subspecific parasite names and an in-depth index to world's literature on avian blood parasites. The literature includes more than 4,000 papers and is believed to represent about 95% of the literature on this subject. The card files and literature can be used by visiting scientists but cannot be borrowed. Photocopying can be arranged at cost. Publications of the Centre are also available while the supply lasts; there is a charge for the major publications.
• SERVICES: Specimens, including types, will be loaned by mail to research scientists when necessary for research purposes. Identification services are provided and welcomed, especially for non-North American material. Laboratory space for visiting scientists is available, but must be pre-arranged.
• BACKGROUND: The International Reference Collection of Avian Haematozoa is one of the world's largest collections of blood parasites of birds, and is rapidly becoming the major repository of such material in the world. The collection was started in 1969 when the International Reference Centre for Avian Haematozoa was established through the auspices of the World Health Organization of the Memorial University of Newfoundland. At this time, the Centre was known as the WHO International Reference Centre for Avian Malaria Parasites. Subsequently, when financial problems forced the WHO to withdraw their financial support of a number of Reference Centres, the University Supported the Centre in its entirety, the research programs of the Head of the Centre being funded by the National Research Council of Canada. The name of the Centre was changed at this time to its present title as a more accurate definition of the Centre's functions. The Centre's staff are academic members of the University and involved in all University activities, including the training of both undergraduate and graduate students. Major personal collections contributed to the Centre include those of S. F. Wood, C. M. Herman, H. E. McClure and M. A. Peirce.
• AUTHOR: G. F. BENNETT

PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Zhongshan Medical College Parasite Collection

• ADDRESS: Zhongshan Medical College Guangzhou, Guangdong Province People's Republic of China
• TELEX: Gungzhou 0074
• ACCESSIONS: 15,000 lots; 1,000 types (including 300 holotypes); 400 lots are accessioned annually.
• CURATOR: Prof. P. K. Hsu (trematode parasites of man and animals and trombiculid mites) Telephone: Guangzhou 78223
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimen records.
• LIBRARIES: The card files and literature collection of the Library of Zhongshan Medical College and the Library of Institute of Parasitology can be used. The literature includes more than 280,000 volumes and 3,500 reprints filed by author and subject index. The card files cannot be borrowed. Photocopying can be arranged through the Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan Medical College, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
• SERVICES: Specimens, including paratypes, will be loaned by mail to research scientists when necessary for research purposes. The reprints of literature published by the staff members of the institution are available.
• BACKGROUND: The Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan Medical College, has done the Parasite collection for about 50 years, including helminths, Protozoa and arthropods all from China. The collection was started in 1930 by Prof. H. T. Chen. In 1945, Chen established the Department of Parasitology, Medical College of Lingnan University. In 1953,
• the name Department of Parasitology, Huanan Medical College, had been used. In 1959, Dr. H. T. Chen established the Institute of Tropical Diseases. In addition to H. T. Chen, the collection has been curated by P. K. Hsu, S. T. Tsai, X. L. Ke, B. C. Yu, K. Jung, L. Y. Kwong, K. M. Ho, Y. Y. Lao, S. Y. Wu, K. Y. Li, C. W. Liu, G. J. Chen, C. S. Li, Z. Q. Zhang, T. C. Liu, Z. L. Zong, P. X. Zhong, D. N. Li, D. H. Liu, J. P. Pan, Z. Q. Guo, F. H. Yang and J. Liu.
• PUBLISHED LISTS OF SPECIMENS: Chen, H. T. 1956. Taxonomy of trematode from China (families and genera) (in Chinese, with English summary). Acta Zoologica Sinica 8(1): 99-118.Chen, H. T. 1977. Trematode fauna of China (in Chinese, with lists of families, genera and species ). Coll. Sci. Liter. Fauna China (Trematoda): 4-67. Chen, H. T. and P. K. Hsu 1958. Species of trombiculid larvae and their distribution (in Chinese, with English summary). Acta Zoologica Sinica 10(4): 404-415. Chen, H. T. and P. K. Hsu 1960. Key to genera and species of family Trombiculidae from China (in Chinese). Trombiculid Mites and Tsutsugamuchi Disease 4: 439-449.
• AUTHOR: P. K. HSU

Guiyang Medical College Parasite Collection

• ADDRESS: Department of Parasitology Guiyang Medical College Guiyang, Guizhou Province People's Republic of China
• ACCESSIONS: The collection consists of about a few hundred species of helminths; over one hundred species of lice among which about 40 anoplurons and more than 100 mites.
• CURATOR: Prof. Chin Ta-hsiung (Head of Department) (helminths and lice of animals) Telephone:
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: A serial number is given to each host animal starting every year. The Collection consists about 1,500 or more host animals studied. Only trematodes, lice, fleas, gamasoid and trombiculid mites have been studied. Types were designated on slides of those specimens studied. The slides are filed according to families and genera. Specimens in liquid preservatives are kept in boxes chronologically. All fleas go to Prof. Li Kuei-chen's collection of fleas.
• LIBRARIES: A personal collection of about 3,000 reprints of papers on parasitology filed by author, mostly before 1950, and Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology, Parts 1-9 and Supplements 10-11 are available.
• BACKGROUND: The collection was started by Chin Ta-hsiung from 1938 when the College was founded and has been continued through the years. Part of the collection was lost in 1944-45 and in 1966-70. All the fleas in the collection were given to Prof. Li Kuei-chen to be added to her collection. Since Dr. Gu Yi-ming, and Dr. Wang Chu-sheng began to study parasitic mites, these specimens have been under their care.

Guiyang Medical College Collection of Fleas

• ADDRESS: Department of Biology Guiyang Medical College Guiyang, Guizhou Province People's Republic of China
• ACCESSIONS: Collection consists of about 300 species which constitute about three fourths of known Chinese species, mainly from Southwest China.
• CURATOR: Prof. Li Kuei-chen (Head of Department) (Siphonaptera) Telephone:
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: A serial number is given to each host animal starting every year, and the parasites bear the same number. Types were designated on slides, and the slides are filed according to families and genera. Specimens in alcohol are kept in boxes chronologically.
• LIBRARY: A personal collection of about 300 reprints and most of the important monographs on Siphonaptera are available.
• BACKGROUND: The collection as part of the Parasite Collection of the College was started in 1938. Then the fleas were transferred to Prof. Li Kuei-chen and specimens have been added to the collection rapidly since 1950.
• AUTHOR: CHIN TA-HSIUNG (T. H. CHIN)

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Collection of Parasitic Arthropods

• ADDRESS: Institute of Parasitology Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 32 Prague 6, Czechoslovakia
• ACCESSIONS: 78,000 lots (including Acari 65,000, Siphonaptera 10,000, Diptera 2,000, Anoplura 1,000); 430 types (including 164 holotypes).
• CURATORS: Dr. V. Cerný (Analgoidea, Ptilonyssidae, Ixodoidea, Anoplura) Dr. M. Daniel (Trombiculidae, Mesostigmata)
• Dr. F. Dusbábek (parasitic mites of small mammals, mainly bats) Dr. K. Samsinák (Mesostigmata, Sarcoptiformes)
• Dr. B. Rosický, Dr. J. Ryba (Siphonaptera)
• Dr. J. Minár (Diptera)
• Telephone: 325-505
• Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimen records. Records of the type collection of mites include name of author, year of description and bibliographical data on the published description.
• LIBRARIES: The library includes the most important world parasitological publications and major professional and scientific journals dealing with parasitology, entomology, acarology, veterinary sciences, medicine, etc.
• SERVICES: Specimens, including types, may be loaned after approval by the Director of the Institute and recommendation of the curator. A limited identification service is possible by previous agreement only. Collections may be visited by agreement with the Director of the Institute.
• BACKGROUND: Individual collections consist of the material obtained by the staff workers of the Institute during their investigations both in Czechoslovakia and abroad (e.g. Europe, Cuba, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uganda) and comparative material sent by specialists of other Institutes.
• AUTHORS: The contribution was prepared by the workers taking care of individual collections (in alphabetical order) V. Cerný, M. Daniel, F. Dusbábek, K. Samsinák, B. Rosický, J. Ryba, J.

EGYPT

Ain Shams University Collection of Protozoan and Helminth Parasites

• ADDRESS: Department of Zoology Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University Abbassia, Cairo,A. R. Egypt.
• ACCESSIONS: 200; 100 types.
• CURATORS: Prof. A. H. Helmy Mohammed (Protozoa) Prof. M. F. A. Saoud (Helminths)
• Telephone:
• Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimen lists, host lists, accession numbers.
• LIBRARY: A very small library is available. Items deposited in the library include student theses, reprints of relevant taxonomic publications and card files. Published material can be used by visiting scientists but cannot be borrowed. Photocopying can be arranged.
• SERVICES: Specimens are available for examination by visiting scientists but they cannot be loaned abroad. A limited identification service is available, but only for research purposes. Laboratory space for visiting scientists is available, but must be pre-arranged with the curator.
• BACKGROUND: The collection started when Prof. A. H. Helmy Mohammed joined the Staff of the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University in 1960. Originally, the collection included material collected by Prof. Mohammed and his students, mainly protozoan parasites of the vertebrate fauna of Egypt. The helminth collection was started when Prof. M. F. A. Saoud joined the Department in 1965. That collection included material collected by Prof. Saoud and his students from Egypt, the Sudan and the Arab Gulf Area, mainly from fishes, amphibians and small mammals. Helminth collections made by Dr. M. M. Ramadan, Dr. Sameh H. Hassan, Mr. M. Q. A. Wannas, Mrs. Makarem A. Mohammed and others are now included in the collection.
• AUTHOR: M. F. A. SAOUD

FRANCE

Collection du Museum national d'Historie naturelle (MNHN) Component collections: Vers libres et parasites, Protozoaires parasites

• ADDRESS: 61 rue de Buffon 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
• ACCESSIONS: 200,000 lots; numerous type specimens.
• CURATOR: A. G. Chabaud Telephone 707 71 69 or 587 37 37 Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimen records: accession numbers are communicated to depositors to be included in their publications. Old collections are not fully classified and listed.
• LIBRARIES: 40,000 reprints have been classified by the author. There is a specialized library in the laboratory. There is also a general library of the Museum.
• SERVICES: Specimens may be loaned, but holotypes and allotypes can only be examined "on the spot." Identification of nematodes can be made. Special training is offered for scientists.
• BACKGROUND: The chair was founded in 1793 by Lamarck (now subdivided into four laboratories), with the charge of keeping the national collections. The "Laboratoire des Vers" was founded in 1961 after the division of that of "Vers et Crustacés." It comprises, in 1979, 17 permanent researchers (of which 13 are Dr. Sc.) and 11 technicians. The main collections of helminths are those of Blanchard, E. Brumpt, Seurat, Neveu-Lemaire ana Dollfus.
• AUTHOR: A. G. CHABAUD

Collection du Laboratoire de Biologie Animale de l'Université de Perpignan

• ADDRESS: Laboratoire de Biologie Animale Université,Avenue de Villeneuve, 66025 Perpignan Cedex, France
• ACCESSIONS: 2,000; 50 holotypes.
• CURATORS: Dr. C. Combes Dr. J. Jourdane
• Telephone: (68) 50 08 01 Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimen records.
• LIBRARIES: Reprints connected with the parasites of the collection are available.
• SERVICES: Specimens will be loaned by mail to research scientists when necessary for research purposes. Laboratory space for visiting scientists is available, but must be prearranged with the curator.
• BACKGROUND: The collection was started in 1962 it comprises platyhelminths collected by C. Combes, J. Jourdane, L. Ph. Knoepffler, H. Nassi and A. Theron. Groups represented are: Monogeneans (Polystomatidae) and Digeneans of Amphibians and Reptiles, Digeneans of Birds, Digeneans and Cestoda of small mammals (rodents, Insectivora, Chiroptera). Areas covered are the Mediterranean region (south of France mainly) , Africa (Gabon, Togo, the Cameroons, R.C.A., Ivory Coast, mainly), West Indies (Guadeloupe mainly), etc.
• AUTHORS: C. COMBES and J. JOURDANE

Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon Collection of Parasites

• ADDRESS: Laboratoire de Parasitologie Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de LYON 69260 Marcy L'Etoile, France
• ACCESSIONS: 2,000; 500 types.
• CURATOR: Prof. Jacques Euzéby Telephone: (7) 887-00-84 Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimen records. Files in taxonomic order of the parasites.
• LIBRARIES: The Central Library of the National veterinary School of Lyon and the Library of the Department of Parasitology both contain basic works and periodicals, including abstracting journals. References may be consulted at the School or by sending for photocopies (about 0.75 F. per page or $0.20) .
• BACKGROUND: The collection contains parasites of domestic animals (some species from wild animals) belonging to all the zoological groups. It was begun with the establishment of the veterinary School of Lyon. It has been especially enriched by the efforts of Prof. Gabriel Marotel.
• AUTHOR: J. Euzéby

Collection of J. C. Beaucournu (Ectoparasites, mainly Siphonaptera)

• ADDRESS: Laboratoire de Parasitologie (Entomologie Médicale) Faculte de Médecine,Avenue Professeur Léon Bernard F. 35053 - Rennes Cedex France
• ACCESSIONS: About 14,000 slides and 30,000 to 40,000 lots in alcohol; 50 holotypes, neotypes and neallotypes.
• CURATOR: Pr. agr. J. C. Beaucournu, M.D., D.Sc.
• Telephone: (99) 59.20.20, extension 434 (99) 36.40.70 (personal) Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• SERVICES: This collection is accessible, within the capacity of the Laboratory to accommodate them, to all who request it.
• BACKGROUND: About 700 taxa are represented of which more than 500 are Siphonaptera.
• This collection is mainly centered on the fauna of the western Mediterranean basin. Exchanges of material (Siphonaptera particularly) are actively desired with private or public organizations.
• AUTHOR: J. C. BEAUCOURNU

GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Zoologisches Museum Berlin (ZMB) Helminthen-Sammlung der Wurmabteilung

• ADDRESS: Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat Zoologisches Museum,Wurm-Abteilung, Invalidenstrasse 43, DDR-1040 Berlin
• ACCESSIONS: 10,000 lots; 1,500 types including 250 holotypes; 100 lots are accessioned annually.
• CURATOR: Dr. Gerhard Hartwich (Nematode parasites of European vertebrates) Telephone: 2897-525
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by accession number and by parasite family, genus and species. Accession numbers are communicated to depositors to be included in their publications.
• LIBRARIES: The library associated with the Helminth Collection includes 4,000 books and reprints filed by author. Journals are incorporated into the Central Library of the Zoological Museum. Limited loan and photocopying of literature can be arranged through State libraries.
• SERVICES: Specimens, including types, will be loaned by mail to research workers. Identification service may be provided within the bounds of the curator's research program. Laboratory space for visiting scientists is available, but must be prearranged with the curator.
• BACKGROUND: The Zoological Museum Berlin, now forming a part of the "Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin," was founded in 1810. Its Helminth Collection was initiated about 20 years later when C. A. Rudolphi's comprehensive collection of Entozoa was purchased by this Museum. Later, many further helminths brought together by various collectors, among others by W. Hemprich and C. G. Ehrenberg in North East Africa and Arabia, and by I. F. M. von Olfers and F. Sello in Brazil, were accessioned. Since that time, under the curation of A. Schneider, F. Hilgendorf, J. Dewitz, A. Collin, W. Arndt and the author, the ZMB Helminth Collection has grown largely by acquisition of the helminths gathered in the former Anatomical Museum of the Faculty of Medicine of the Berlin University, of specimens obtained by different expeditions and individual collectors or committed by zoological institutions, and a series of personal collections including those, or parts of them, of J. F. Blumenbach, E. Mehlis (both received from the Zoological Institute, Gottingen) O. von Linstow, and A. Looss. Unidentified specimens have been determined or described as new species chiefly by J. G. Baer,G. Brandes, M. Braun, G. Dubois, F. Fischoeder, O. Fuhrmann, K. Heinze, C. von Janicki, O. von Linstow, M. Lühe, L. de Marval, A. Meyer, Th. Odhner, T. Pintner, and C. E. W. Sprehn. Unfortunately, about 20 percent of the Helminth Collection was destroyed during World War II.
• PUBLISHED LISTS OF SPECIMENS: Hartwich, G. 1964-1972. Die Typen parasitischer Nematoden in der Helminthen-Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums in Berlin. I. -VII. Mitt. zool. Mus. Berlin, v. 40 (1964), pp. 55-65; 251-257; v. 41 (1965) , pp. 121-128; v. 42 (1966), pp 145-151; v. 46 (1970), pp. 183-195; v. 47 (1971), pp. 305-314; v. 48 (1972) , pp. 183-196.
• AUTHOR: G. HARTWICH

GREAT BRITAIN

British Museum (Natural History) Crustacea Collection

• ADDRESS: Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD England
• ACCESSIONS: 3,000 lots (parasitic crustaceans only); 330 types, including 200 holotypes.
• CURATORS: Dr. Roger J. Lincoln (Head of Section; parasitic Isopoda and Amphipoda)
• Dr. Geoff A. Boxshall (parasitic Copepoda, Cirripedia and Branchiura)
• Telephone: (01) 589-6323 Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by accession number and by parasite genus; species are arranged alphabetically under genus. Type specimens are also indexed by species name. Accession numbers are communicated to depositors.
• LIBRARIES: The Crustacea Section library which is housed in the Section contains about 2,000 volumes and 25,000 reprints filed by author. The Zoology Departmental Library and the General Library of the British Museum (Natural History) which together contain about 500,000 volumes are located within the same building complex and can be used by visitors. All literature can be used by visiting scientists, but cannot be borrowed. Photocopying can be arranged through the General Library (at the above address).
• SERVICES: Specimens, including types, will usually be loaned by mail to research scientists when necessary for research purposes. A limited identification service may be provided for copepods and branchiurans (Dr. G. A. Boxshall) and for amphipods (Dr. R. J. Lincoln) where time is available. Laboratory space is available to visiting scientists by prior arrangement.
• BACKGROUND: The collection of parasitic crustaceans is incorporated in, and comprises only a small part of, the British Museum (Natural History) Crustacea Collection. The Crustacea collection is a product of the expansion and subdivision of the British Museum's natural history collections begun in 1759. An account of the early history of the collection up to 1906 is contained in 'The history of the collection contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. Vol, II. Separate historical accounts of the several collections included i the Department of Zoology'published by the Trustees of the British Museum in 1906. Since the turn of the century the Crustacea collection has been curated by W. T. Calman, Isabella Gordon, J. P. Harding, A. L. Rice, K. G. McKenzie, R. J. Lincoln (present Head of Crustacea Section) and G. A. Boxshall. Important personal donations of specimens include those of W. Baird, P. W.Bassett-Smith, T. Scott, A. Scott, W. H. Leigh-Sharpe, A. M. Norman, R. Gurney and G. Fryer.
• PUBLISHED LISTS OF SPECIMENS: White, A. 1850. List of the specimens of British animals in the collection of the British Museum, Part IV. Crustacea. British Museum; London. 138 pp. Boschma, H. 1933. The Rhizocephala in the collection of the British Museum. J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 38: 473-552. Lincoln, R. J. and D. E. Hurley 1974. Catalogue of the whale-lice (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Cyamidae) in the collections of the British Museum (Natural History). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.) 27: 65-72.
• AUTHOR: G. A. BOXSHALL

Helminth Collection of British Museum (Natural History)

• ADDRESS: Zoology Department British Museum (Natural History) Cromwell Road
• London SW7 5BD U.K
• ACCESSIONS: 30,000 lots; 1,500 types (including 1,200 holotypes or syntypes); 800-1,600 lots are registered annually.
• CURATORS: Dr. David. I. Gibson (Head of section) (Helminth parasites of animals, especially nematodes and digeneans of marine animals). Telephone: (01) 589-6323. Mr. Rodney A. Bray (Platyhelminth parasites of animals).
• Mrs. Eileen A. Harris (Nematode parasites of animals).
• Mr. Charles G. Hussey (Assistant).
• Miss Jean S. Williams (Assistant).
• Telephone:
• Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: The specimens are indexed alphabetically according to generic and specific names, but the collection is arranged according to classification. Registration numbers are communicated to donors when type-material is deposited and when requested.
• LIBRARIES: A host-parasite catalog of the helminth-parasites of animals of the world is maintained abreast of the current literature by the addition of about 3,500 references per year. This catalog, which was started in about 1920, lists the records of parasites under the generic name of the host and is fully cross-referenced with parasite-species cards and references (but not geographically). The literature available includes 510,000 volumes on natural history. There are 17,000 serial titles in the Museum's libraries, of which 7,500 are currently taken. In the Parasitic Worms Section there are in addition 20,000 reprints. The catalogs and literature can be used by visiting scientists, but cannot be borrowed. Photocopying can be arranged through the Photocopy Unit, General Library, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD.
• SERVICES: Specimens, including types, may be lent by post to research workers who are known to us. Loans are arranged at the discretion of the Head of the Parasitic Worms Section. A limited identification service for helminths is available by prior arrangement. Although 300-600 lots of material have been determined annually in the past, a reduction in staff and increasing research commitments mean that this figure will be lower in future. No charge is made for this service, but specimens are usually retained and added to the collection. There is laboratory space for up to three visiting scientists, but all visits of more than one day should be arranged in advance with theHead of the Parasitic Worms Section.
• BACKGROUND: The Helminth Collection of the British Museum (Natural History) is one of the world's largest and most comprehensive and is one of the major repositories for type-material from all over the world. Considerable material of all of the helminth-groups, with the exception of plant parasitic nematodes, is present. The collection is particularly rich in material from Commonwealth and ex-colonial countries, especially from Africa; but in recent years we have been receiving increasing amounts of material from the Middle East and the U.S.A.. The collection appears to have been started in the first half of the 19th Century, but it was relatively small until a large collection was purchased from Professor C. T. E. von Siebold of Breslau in 1851. The first curator to work on helminth-parasites was Dr. W. Baird who maintained the collection between 1841 and 1872. From 1878 until 1912 the collection was curated by Dr. F. J. Bell, who was followed in 1912 by Dr. H. A. Baylis, a very familiar name to all helminth-taxonomists, until his retirement in 1949. In 1949 Mr. S. Prudhoe OBE, who had worked under Dr. Baylis since 1931, took over the section; but between 1952 and 1968 the Aschelminthes were curated separately by Dr. W. G. Inglis. Mr. Prudhoe retired in 1976. Major personal collections present in the BM (NH) collection include: H. A. Baylis, D. R. R. Burt, O. Fuhrmann, W. G. Inglis, C. Lane, P. L. Le Roux, P. A. Maplestone, S. Markowski, W. C. McIntosh, F. J. Meggitt, G. F. H. Nuttal (incl. some A. Looss), F. G. Rees, L. W. Sambon, C. T. E. von Siebold, T. Southwell and W. N. F. Woodland. There is also material from many expeditions, including the 'Discovery'and 'Terranova'expeditions to the Antarctic.
• PUBLISHED LISTS Of SPECIMENS: Baird, W. 1853. Catalogue of the species of Entozoa or intestinal worms, contained in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of the British Museum, London. 132 pp. Orley, L. 1882. Report on the nematodes in the possession of the British Museum, with a review of the classification of the order. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 5s (52) 9: 301-318.
• AUTHOR: D. I. GIBSON

British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Collection

• ADDRESS: Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD England
• ACCESSIONS: 1 1/2 million ectoparasitic insects (biting flies, fleas, lice): 6,000 holotypes.
• CURATOR: Dr. G. B. White, Head, Medical and Ectoparasitic Insects Section (Culicidae, Glossinidae)
• Telephone: (01) 589-6323, extension 331
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by taxonomic order and by host.
• AUTHOR: G. B. WHITE [from correspondence with the editors]

The Nematode Collection of the Nematology Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station

• ADDRESS: Harpenden, Herts., AL5 2JQ England
• ACCESSIONS: 11,300 lots; 1,770 types (including 155 holotypes); 400 lots are accessioned annually.
• CURATORS: Mr. David J. Hooper (Plant and soil nematodes) Dr. Alan R. Stone (Heteroderoidea)
• Telephone: 058 27 63133
• Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by nematode genus and species and filed according to accession number. Most of the specimens are stored on microscope slides; there is some additional material in vials. Accession numbers are communicated to depositors.
• LIBRARIES: The Nematology Department maintains a check list of generic and specific names of plant and soil nematodes. The Department Library subscribes to the necessary primary journals in this field and also contains some 400 relevant volumes, a complete set of Helminthological Abstracts and Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology plus 12,000 reprints filed by author. The card files and literature can be used by visiting workers. Short term loans and photocopies can be arranged via the Librarian, Rothamsted Experimental Station (address above); loans are made only via recognized libraries and not to individuals.
• SERVICES: Specimens, including types but usually excluding holotypes, will be loaned by mail to research scientists when necessary for research purposes. A limited identification service is available; please write to one of the curators before sending specimens. Priority is given to identification of plant parasitic nematodes. Laboratory facilities are available to visiting workers but must be prearranged; details available from the Head of the Nematology Department (address above).
• BACKGROUND: The Nematology Department Collection is one of the World's largest collections of plant and soil nematodes and serves as a repository for type specimens. It incorporates collections started by T. Goodey (in the 1930's) and later by his son, J. B. Goodey, and also includes the extensive collection of Heteroderid slides assembled by M. T. Franklin. A large collection of type specimens from Mauritius, collected and designated by J. R. Williams, is also included.
• PUBLISHED LIST OF SPECIMENS: Williams, J. R. and J. B. Goodey 1963. Deposition of type slides at Rothamsted. Nematologica 9: 300.
• AUTHOR: D. J. HOOPER

Helminthological Collection of the Commonwealth Institute of Parasitology/ Component Collections: 1) Commonwealth Institute of Parasitology Collection, 2) London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Collection

• ADDRESS: Commonwealth Institute of Parasitology 395A Hatfield Road St. Albans, Herts., AL4 OXU, England
  ACCESSIONS: 15,000 lots; 1,000 types.
• CURATOR: Dr. L. F. Khalil Telephone: 0727-52126 Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by accession number. Alphabetical check-lists for parasites, host/parasite and geographical locality with accession numbers are prepared for each lot.
• LIBRARIES: The library and literature collection of the Commonwealth Institute of Parasitology are located in the same building. This includes the cumulative indices of Helminthological Abstracts to the world literature on helminths. The library holdings include some rare parasitological books (formerly in the collection of Professor R. T. Leiper), current journals and more than 50,000 reprints filed by author. The cumulative subject index can be used by visiting scientists but cannot be borrowed. Photocopies of literature, whether held in the Institute library or not, can be from CIP at cost price. Complete sets of back volumes of Helminthological Abstracts are also available.
• SERVICES: Specimens, including types, will be loaned and mailed to scientists for examination when necessary for research purposes. Identification of animal helminth parasites and plant-parasitic nematodes is provided free of charge to those Commonwealth countries who contribute to the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux organization. For non-contributing countries, identifications are available on payment. Any correspondence on the mode or amount of charges should be addressed to the Director of the Institute. Limited laboratory space and facilities for visiting scientists are available but must be pre-arranged with the Director of the Institute.
• BACKGROUND: The CIP helminth collection (formerly the Commonwealth Institute of Helminthology, CIH) is a major collection accumulated over 20 years from specimens sent for identification, and augmented by received specimens from animals that died in the London Zoo, and donated by various expeditions, collectors and visiting workers. The vast helminth collection of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, including the type collection, but excluding the Filarioidea, is now on permanent loan and is housed in the Institute. The present collections cover a wide range of host animals and geographical regions and is exceptionally rich in African material. Major personal collections include those of R. T. Leiper, P. L. Le Roux, J. J. C. Buckley, G. S. Nelson, J. A. Dinnik and L. F. Khalil.
• AUTHOR: L. F. KHALIL

WHO Collaborating Centre for the Filarioidea Reference Collection

• ADDRESS: Commonwealth Institute of Parasitology London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 395 Hatfield Road, St. Albans, Herts., AL4 OXU, England
• ACCESSIONS: 2,000 lots; 15 holotypes.
• CURATOR: Dr. Ralph Muller Telephone:
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimen records are computerized. Specimens are indexed by accession number, host, parasite genus and species, and geographical locality. Accession numbers are communicated to depositors for use in publications (details of these are added to the records).
• LIBRARIES: A computerized bibliography of (optimistically) all papers ever published on the Filarioidea (about 15,000) is due for publication shortly and there are plans for updating this in the future. It is intended to follow this publication with a taxonomic bibliography of the group, which will list all the papers written on each species of a taxonomic and morphological nature. Where possible, it is hoped to include information on where the type specimens are deposited. Specialized printouts will be available on request.
• SERVICES: Specimens, including types, will be loaned by mail to research scientists. An identification service for adults, microfilariae and larvae of filariae can be provided as time permits. Priority is given to parasites important to human health. Laboratory space for visiting scientists is available by prearrangement.
• BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Filarioidea was set up in the Department of Medical Helminthology at L.S.H.T.M. in 1970 and the core of the collection of filariae provided as an adjunct consists of the specimens deposited in the London School over the years. New specimens are being added by donations from research scientists (we are attempting to obtain paratypes of filarial specimens when the holotypes are deposited elsewhere). The collection is primarily a working collection but contains some specimens of historical interest including types of Dipetalonema perstans, D. streptocerca, Mansonella ozzardi and Wuchereria bancrofti .
• PUBLISHED LIST OF SPECIMENS: The index of the collection is in a machine readable form and copies can be supplied on request.
• AUTHOR: R. MULLER

National Museum of Wales H. Harford Williams Parasite Collection

• ADDRESS: Department of Zoology National Museum of Wales Cathays Park, Cardiff CFl 3NP, WALES
• ACCESSIONS: About 1,000 lots of fluid preserved specimens (including whole intestines of fish) and 5,000 whole mounts.
• CURATORS: Dr. H. Harford Williams (Director, Open University in Wales; Honorary Research Associate, National Museum of Wales) (helminths of fish)
• Telephone: (0222) 397951
• Mr. D. H. H. Richards (Senior Counselor, Open University in Wales; Honorary Research Associate,

National Museum of Wales) (nematodes of fish)

• Dr. P. G. Oliver (Assistant Keeper, Invertebrates)
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: The 6,000 lots referred to above represent the Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda and Acanthocephala of fish, mainly from the eastern Atlantic; Cestoda of elasmobranchs from the Mediterranean; and a small sample of cestodes from Australian elasmobranchs. In addition to the above, the collection includes an interesting miscellaneous collection of parasitic arthropods from fish and a range of helminths from all vertebrates collected and used for University teaching purposes over a period of about 25 years. Specimens will be indexed by accession number, by host and parasite genus and species, with a view to computerization.
• LIBRARIES: Dr. Harford Williams'personal library of books and reprints, kept at the nearby Open University in Wales, and libraries of the National Museum of Wales and nearby University College, Cardiff, have hitherto been adequate for cataloging the collection. Towards further research progress on the ecology, functional morphology and taxonomy of this collection, however, there are plans to extend considerably the parasitology library section of the National Museum of Wales. Most literature facilities which are normally available to visiting scientists are therefore available.
• SERVICES: Every consideration will be given to loaning specimens by mail to research scientists for research purposes. Priority is given to research on the specificity of helminth parasites to elasmobranchs and to aspects of zoonoses in relation to the marine environment. Laboratory space and facilities are also available for visiting scientists but must be prearranged with the Keeper of Zoology and Dr. H. H. Williams.
• BACKGROUND: Much of the material was collected between 1954 and 1970 when the northern North Sea and the Mediterranean were considered to be relatively free of pollution. The situation at present however, i.e., 1980, is said to be considerably changed in relation to oil exploitation in the North Sea and the high degree of pollution at present in the Mediterranean. The collection, therefore, may be of interest to future investigations of the areas over a similar period of 16 years.
• PUBLISHED LIST OF SPECIMENS: Williams, H. H. 1960. A list of parasitic worms including 22 new records from marine fishes caught off the British Isles. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2: 705-715.
• AUTHOR: H. H. WILLIAMS

ICELAND

Museum of Natural History Department of Zoology

• ADDRESS: P.O. Box 5320 125 Reykjavík Iceland
• ACCESSIONS: 100 lots; one holotype.
• CURATOR: Mr. Aevar Petersen Telephone: (91)-15487 Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: No indices are available. If already identified, species, locality, date, collector and host are recorded.
• LIBRARIES: General zoological library, vertebrate and ecology orientated.
• SERVICES: Specimens may be borrowed for research. Individual visiting scientists are provided with facilities over short periods of time. There is no identification service.
• BACKGROUND: No parasitologist is employed by the Museum. Collections are only kept as part of routine Museum work. Serves as a depository for Icelandic material.
• AUTHOR: A. PETERSEN
• Editor's Note. Most workers in India have retained types in personal or departmental collections and types are difficult to locate or obtain. Progress toward resolution of this problem has been made, however. The Government of India recognizes centers for the deposit of both parasites of animals and of plants. Indian scientists are beginning to transfer important collections to these centers: 1) National Nematode Collection, Division of Nematology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi -110012 (soil and plant-parasitic nematodes); 2) Zoological Survey of India, 8, Lindsay St., Calcutta - 700016 (parasites of animals). The description of the National Nematode Collection was prepared by A. R. Seshadri and E. Khan. The description of the Zoological Survey of India was prepared by the Editors from information received from Dr. Amal Bhattacharya of that institution. Dr. Bhattacharya also provided the following list of locations of personal collections at other institutions.

INDIA

Protozoa: B. B. Bhatia (Coccidia)

• U. P. College of Veterinary Science, Mathura U. P., India
• M. M. Chakravarty (Myrosporidia, Coccidia) (deceased), contact, A. Choudhury Department of Zoology University of Calcutta Calcutta - 700019 India
• B. Dasgupta (malaria) Department of Zoology Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
• R. Krishnamurthy (flagellates, Coccidia) Department of Zoology Marathwada University Aurangabad , Maharashtra, India
• C. C. N. Murti (Microsporidia) Department of Zoology Andhra University Waltair, A. P., India
• Helminths: H. R. Mehra's collection with his son: Mr. R. K. Mehra, 33, Chatham Lines, Allahabad - 2, India
• S. P. Gupta: Faculty, S. C. Baugh: Department of Zoology K. C. Panday: Lucknow University R. S. Tandon: U. P. G. Premavati: India
• M. A. Basir's collection with A. H. Siddiqui Aligarh University, U. P., India
• G. D. Bhalerao's collection with S. Singh Indian Veterinary Research Institute Izaatnagar, U. P., India
• (Ed. note) Dr. Singh has inventoried Bhalerao's collection and plans to transfer it to the Zoological Survey of India.
• S. Dutta, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, India
• M. K. Gupta Punjab University Chandigarh, India
• S. S. Sinha (Trematoda) N. Rao (Nematoda) Osmania University Hyderabad, A. P., India
• D. N. Fotedar Kashmir University Srinagar, India
• G. B. Shinde (Cestoda) Marathwada University Aurangabad Maharashtra, India
• PUBLISHED LISTS OF SPECIMENS: Mudaliar, S. V. 1947. A checklist of parasites (class Nematoda) in the Department of Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College Laboratory. Indian Vet. J. 23 (6): 423-434, and, 24 (2): 77-94. Ramanujachari, G. and V. S. Alwar 1954. A check-list of parasites, (Classes- Trematoda, Cestoda and Nematoda) in the Department of Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College (Additions since 1947). Indian Vet. J. 31(1): 46-56.Alwar, V. S. and C. M. Lalitha 1961. A check-list of the helminth parasites in the Department of Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College (Additions since 1954). Indian Vet. J. 38(3): 142-148.

Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)

• ADDRESS: 8, Lindsay Street Calcutta - 700016 India
• CURATOR: Dr. Amal Bhattacharya
• Telephone:
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• BACKGROUND: ZSI is recognized by the Government of India as the primary institution for taxonomic work. At ZSI are the collections of G. S. Thapar, S. C. Verma, and A. K. Mandal.

National Nematode Collection, I.A.R.I.

• ADDRESS: Division of Nematology Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi - 110012
• India
• ACCESSIONS: 1,150 type slides: 2,500 identified slides; 1,250 vials of nematodes.
• CURATORS: Dr. Gopal Swarup Dr. A. R. Seshadri Dr. E. Khan, Mr. M. Saha
• Telephone: 586626, New Delhi
• Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Type specimens mounted permanently on slides are indexed serially. Accession numbers are communicated to the authors for inclusion in their publication. Identified specimens mounted permanently on slides are indexed according to Thorne's system. Wet suspension of nematodes in 4% formalin contained in vials are indexed serially.
• LIBRARIES: A literature collection on soil and plant parasitic nematodes is located in the Nematology Division Library in the same building. This includes all published check lists of plant parasitic nematodes, three journals on nematology including Helminthological Abstracts, 83 books and other volumes, and more than 3,000 reprints filed by author. Literature is available for use by any visiting scientist with prior approval from the Head of the Nematology Division. Facilities for photocopying are available in the Division or can be arranged through Central Library, IARI, New Delhi, on payment. The Collection has immediate access to (i) Central Library of IARI, which has 30,000 bound volumes, 6,000 serials and 110 abstracts and (ii) the Library of the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre located in the same campus.
• SERVICES: The Collection functions as a repository of types, identified specimens described/identified by the Division of Nematology and also specimens received from various Institutions in India and abroad. Specimens including types are loaned by mail to scientists on request for research purposes. Holotypes are not mailed. Identification services are provided for plant parasitic and soil nematodes. Laboratory space for visiting scientists will be a limitation, but is usually made available for short periods by prior arrangement with the Head, Division of Nematology.
• BACKGROUND: The National Nematode Collection at IARI is the largest collection of plant parasitic and soil nematodes in India, perhaps in Asia. Insect parasitic nematodes are also accepted. This Collection was organized in 1968 with the establishment of the Division of Nematology IARI by merger of the two existing nematology units in the Division of Entomology and Mycology and Plant Pathology. The Collection started with slides and other material already available with Drs. S. K. Prasad, E. Khan and M. L. Chawla of the Division of Entomology and Drs. Gopal Swarup and C. L. Sethi of the Division of Mycology and Plant Pathology, IARI, since 1962, as its nucleus. In the initial stages, Dr. D. J. Raski, Professor of Nematology, University of California, who was at IARI on an FAO assignment (1968-69) took special interest in organizing the Collection and contributed slides and specimens from India and elsewhere. The Collection has at present two full time scientists, Dr. E. Khan and Mr. M. Saha. Major contributors to the Collection are Drs. E. Khan, C. K. Nanjappa, D. B. Singh, K. S. Darekar, C. L. Sethi, Gopal Swarup, S. K. Prasad, M. L. Chawla, M. Saha, V. K. Mathur, M. S. Jairajpuri, D. J. Raski, M. R. Siddiqi and S. A. Sher.
• AUTHORS: A. R. SESHADRI and E. KAHN

JAPAN

Meguro Parasitological Museum

• ADDRESS: 1-1 Shimomeguro 4-Chome, Meguro-ku Tokyo, 153, Japan
• ACCESSIONS: 30,000 lots; 1,000 types (including 700 holotypes).
• CURATOR: Satoru Kamegai (Diplozoon) Telephone: (03) 716-1264 Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by accession number, host, and parasite genus. Accession numbers are communicated to depositors to be included in their publications.
• LIBRARIES: More than 30,000 reprints most of which are on the taxonomic studies on helminths are filed by author. Major personal reprint collections in the Meguro Parasitological Museum are those of Dr. Satyu Yamaguti, Nobutaro Ishii, Tamao Fukui and Sadao Yoshida. Approximately 600 reprints are added annually. This literature can be used by parasitologists. Copying services are available.
• SERVICES: Loans of specimens, except for holotypes, are available to parasitologists by mail. Visits by scientists for studying type specimens can be arranged with the director. No identification service is available at present (except for the specimens from our country).
• BACKGROUND: The Meguro Parasitological Museum was founded in 1953 by Satoru Kamegai, Director, Dr. Med. Sc., with following objectives: 1. Carry out studies on parasites, collection of specimens and literature on parasites. 2. Classification and exhibition of the specimens and literature collection. 3. Publication of books on parasites. The Museum was built with the private money of the founder and is supported by contributions from various sources. Helminths of medical importance as well as many interesting worms are exhibited to the public on the first floor. Major personal collections contributed to the Meguro Parasitological Museum are those of Dr. Satyu Yamaguti, Tamao Fukui, Yoshimasa Ozaki, Nobutaro Ishii, Kazuo Ogawa and Takeshi Shimazu.
• AUTHOR: A. ICHIHARA

National Science Museum, Tokyo Collection (NSMT)

• ADDRESS: Department of Zoology National Science Museum (Nat. Hist.) 3-23-1 Hyakunincho, Shinjuku Tokyo 160, Japan
• ACCESSIONS: 5,000 lots; about 300 lots are accessioned annually.
• CURATOR: Dr. M. Machida Telephone: (03) 364-2311 Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by accession number.
• LIBRARIES: As a rule, journals are deposited in the library of the museum, and other literature is in the laboratory. The literature can be used by visiting scientists, but cannot be borrowed. Photocopying of literature can be arranged through the library. "Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Ser. A, Zoology" (published quarterly) and Memoirs of the NSMT (published annually) can be exchanged through the library.
• SERVICES: Specimens, excepting holotypes, will be loaned by mail to scientists when necessary for research purposes.
• BACKGROUND: The NSMT is the only national museum for natural history in Japan and it is a large collection. The helminth collection, however, is not as large because there was no curator in this field before 1968.
• AUTHOR: M. MACHIDA

MEXICO

Colección Helmintológica del Instituto de Biología, UNAM, México.

• ADDRESS: Instituto de Biología Laboratorio de Helmintología
• "Dr. Eduardo Caballero y Caballero" Apartado Postal 70-153 Mexico 20 D.F. México
• ACCESSIONS: 16,453 specimens in 701 lots; 250 holotypes; 20 to 30 lots are accessioned annually.
• CURATORS: Rafael Lamothe-Argumedo (Trematoda and Monogenea) Jorge Caballero Deloya (Nematode parasites of animals) Telephone: 548-82-07 México, D.F.
• Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Each specimen deposited is registered in both a catalog, arranged by parasite classification, and a card file with specimen records. Accession numbers are communicated to depositors to be included in their publications.
• LIBRARIES: The card files and the general catalog of the collection are located in the same building. The Catalog of the Helminthological Collection is arranged alphabetically by Class, Family, Genus and Species; by scientific name of specimen and scientific name of host(s); site of location, geographical locality and accession number. Located in the same building as the collection there are available published volumes of the Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology and Helminthological Abstracts and a small library on animal parasitology, it has about 9,500 reprints of original papers arranged alphabetically by class and author. Card files and literature can be used by visiting scientists, but cannot be borrowed. A photocopy service of literature can be arranged through the Zoology Department Office (Biology Institute, UNAM) with the curator's authorization.
• SERVICES: Specimens in the collection except the types will be loaned by mail to research scientists or research institutions when necessary for research purposes. The research scientist or institution will be responsible for returning the specimens within two months by air mail. Priority is given to research institutions or scientists with a research program on parasites important to human or animal health. There is space for one or two visiting scientists but visits must be prearranged with the curator. A limited identification service may be provided as time of curators is available from the research program.
• BACKGROUND: The "Colección Helmintológica del Instituto de Biología" is one of Mexico's largest and most completely curated collections. It includes helminths from Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, China, Ecuador, Spain, U.S.A., Philippines, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, U.S.S.R., South Africa and Venezuela. The Collection was started in 1932 by Dr. Eduardo Caballero y Caballero and by Dr. Demetrio Sokolov when the Biology Institute, UNAM was situated in the oldest "Casa del Lago" (Lake's House) in Chapultepec, Mexico. The first curator of the collection was Dr. E. Caballero y Caballero from 1932 to 1960; from 1961 to 1970 the curator was M. en C. Margarita Bravo-Hollis and from 1971 to date Rafael Lamothe-Argumedo and Jorge Caballero-Deloya (deceased, 1980). The collection has a small "Display Collection" where are exhibited the more common species of helminth parasites of wild and domestic animals and of man in Mexico.
• PUBLISHED LISTS OF SPECIMENS: Bravo-Hollis, M. y J. Caballero-Deloya 1973. Catálogo de la Colección Helmintológica del Instituto de Biología, UNAM. Inst. BioI. Univ. Nal. Autón. México Publ. Esp. No. 2. Lamothe, A. R. 1976. La Colección Helmintológica del Instituto de Biología de la UNAM. An. Inst. Biol. Univ. Nal. Autón. México . 47 Ser. Zoología (1): 61-62. Bravo-Hollis, M. y J. Caballero-Deloya. Adenda al Catálogo de la Colección Helmintológica del Instituto de Biología. An. Inst. Biol. Univ. Nal. Autón. México 50 Ser. Zool. (1): en prensa.
• AUTHOR: R. LAMOTHE-ARGUMEDO

THE NETHERLANDS

Institute of Taxonomic Zoology (Zoölogisch Museum) University of Amsterdam

• ADDRESS: P.O. Box 20125 1000 HC Amsterdam The Netherlands
• STREET ADDRESS: Plantage Middenlaan 53 Amsterdam-C.
• The Netherlands
• ACCESSIONS: 10,000 lots (almost entirely Copepoda); 300 types (mainly of Cyclopoid Copepoda).
• CURATOR: Dr. S. Pinkster Telephone: (020) 522-2422 Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: All species are recorded in a card file and registered by catalog numbers. BACKGROUND: Collection includes Siboga Expedition material.
• AUTHOR: S. PINKSTER

NEW ZEALAND

National Nematode Collection of New Zealand

• ADDRESS: Entomology Division, Mount Albert Research Centre, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand
• STREET ADDRESS: 120 Mt. Albert Rd. Auckland, New Zealand
• TELEX: NZ 21623
• ACCESSIONS: 2,000 slides (all types, including 100 holotypes); 100 slides are accessioned annually.
• CURATOR: Dr. W. M. Wouts (Plant parasitic nematodes) Telephone: 861-059 Auckland - New Zealand Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Information on the specimens is kept on index cards, one card for holotype, one card for all paratypes of each species. Slides are indexed by accession number. Accession numbers are communicated to depositors to be included in their publications.
• LIBRARIES: The Mount Albert Research Centre library is on the first floor of the same building. It is the country's main library for literature on plant diseases and insects and includes 35,000 reprints and almost 40,000 volumes. The literature can be used by visiting scientists and is lent to other libraries. Photocopying can be arranged through the librarian.
• SERVICES: Specimens will be loaned for up to two years and sent by airmail to research scientists upon request. An identification service is provided for species of the family Heteroderidae and when time permits for other plant parasitic nematodes. Laboratory space for visiting scientists is not available but if required for a limited period can possibly be organized through the curator.
• BACKGROUND: The National Nematode Collection of New Zealand is the type repository for all New Zealand Nematologists and contains all holotypes and the majority of paratypes of free living and plant-parasitic nematodes described in New Zealand. The collection is very recent. It was started in 1973 when the personal collections of W. C. Clark, G. S. Dale, W. M. Wouts and G. W. Yeates were combined with the Entomology Division nematode collection at Nelson. In 1974 Entomology Division transferred to Auckland where the collection is presently held. The collection contains besides plant parasitic nematodes free living forms and if necessary could accommodate other parasitic forms such as insect parasites and mammalian parasites.
• PUBLISHED LISTS OF SPECIMENS: Wouts, W. M. 1973. The National Nematode Collection of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Science 16(1): 3-8.
• Wouts, W. M. and G. W. Yeates 1972. Redistribution of type material. Nematologica 18: 152-153.
• AUTHOR: W. M. WOUTS.

NORWAY

Zoological Museum, University of Bergen

• ADDRESS: Helmintologiske samling University of Oslo, Sars gt. 1, N-Oslo 5, Norway
• ACCESSIONS: About 2,000 lots; no types; 100 lots deposited annually.
• CURATOR: Cand. real. Tor A. Bakke (Digenea) Telephone: (02) 68 69 60
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed alphabetically according to classification. Accession numbers will be given on request for specimens cited in publications.
• LIBRARIES: A zoological library, in the same building, includes many parasitological journals. Three personal helminthological reprint collections can also be used by visiting scientists, but items cannot be borrowed. Photocopying can be arranged.
• SERVICES: Specimens will be loaned by mail to research scientists for research purposes. A limited identification service may be provided. Priority is given to identification of specimens from Norway. Laboratory space for visiting scientists must be prearranged.
• BACKGROUND: The helminthological research at ZMO was initiated by Professor R. Vik in 1965. The collection of parasites on animals (ZMOHS) was started with the establishment of a separate Invertebrate sect. II (EVA II) in 1973, curating helminths, worms other than parasites and molluscs. Cand. real. Tor A. Bakke was appointed the first curator of EVA II. The original marine Invertebrate section, had been curated by Dr. Marit E. Christiansen, Cand. real. Nils Knaben, Prof. Johan Huus, Cand. real. Paul Løyning and Dr. Emily Arnesen. The principal taxonomic groups in ZMOHS are: nematodes from seagulls, digeneans from seagulls and freshwater fishes, cestodes of the family Diphyllobothridae and acanthocephalans from freshwater fishes. The personal collections of Prof. R. Vik, Prof. O. Halvorsen, Dr. Karin Andersen and Cand. real. Tor. A. Bakke are reposited at ZMOHS.
• AUTHOR: T. A. BAKKE

PHILIPPINES

University of the Philippines Carmen C. Velasquez Parasite Collection

• ADDRESS: U. P. Natural Science Research Center U. P., Dept. of Zoology, Diliman, Quezon City 3004 , Philippines
• ACCESSIONS: 1,000 lots; 100 types (including 47 paratypes and 2 neotypes).
• CURATOR: Carmen C. Velasquez, Ph.D. (Parasites of Philippine fishes) Telephone: 97-60-61
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by accession number, host and parasite genus and species. The method used is after that of the Beltsville Animal Parasite Collection.
• SERVICES: Specimens, i.e. paratypes, will be loaned by mail to research scientists when needed for research purposes. A limited identification service may be provided when feasible.
• BACKGROUND: World War II destroyed all parasitological collections in the Philippine Bureau of Science. The checklist of M. A. Tubangui (1947) included very few parasites from fish. This prompted work on the parasites of Philippine fishes. Hence, the major part of the collection is on fish parasites (Monogenea, Digenea, cestodes, nematodes and arthropods). A few protozoans referred for identification are included. In the course of research activities and interests in life cycle studies, parasites of wild birds, rats and other animals, some from domesticated animals were collected. To date, the Digenea are more extensively studied.
• AUTHOR: C. C. VELASQUEZ

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

Onderstepoort Parasite Collections/The Onderstepoort Entomological, Tick and Helminthological Collections

• ADDRESS: The Director Veterinary Research Institute Onderstepoort 0110 Republic of South Africa
• ACCESSIONS: Entomology 2,500 batches (56 lots of types); ticks, 3,500 batches (60 lots of types including 14 holotypes); helminths 10,500 batches (220 lots of types).
• CURATORS: E. M. Nevill (Entomology) J. B. Walker (Ticks)
• A. Verster (Helminths)
• Telephone: (012) 554141 Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by accession number, parasite genus and species, and occasionally by host.
• LIBRARIES: The library of the Veterinary Research Institute was started by Sir Arnold Theiler in 1908. A collection of over 6,500 reprints on ticks and mites is maintained in the Section of Entomology. The Ortlepp Memorial Library is housed in the reprint collection of the Section of Helminthology which includes 280 volumes and 12,000 reprints filed by author. Literature may be used by visiting scientists but cannot be borrowed. Photocopying may be arranged through the Librarian, Veterinary Research Institute, Onderstepoort.
• SERVICES: Specimens, including types, will be loaned to bona fide scientists for research purposes. An identification service is available for specimens of veterinary and medical importance in southern Africa. Arrangements for the identification of other specimens should be made beforehand with the appropriate curator. Laboratory space for visiting scientists is available but visits must be prearranged with the Director, Veterinary Research Institute, Onderstepoort.
• BACKGROUND: The Entomological and Tick Collection was started by G. A. H. Bedford in 1912, but the majority of the tick accessions were made by Gertrud Theiler from 1941-1966. Most of the specimens originate from the Republic of South Africa, but there are also many, including paratypes, donated by workers in other parts of Africa. The Helminthological Collection was started by H. O. Mönnig in 1924 and was subsequently added to by R. J. Ortleppand other workers. Included in the Collection are many specimens from other parts of Africa as well as Europe, the Americas and Australia. In addition to Bedford, the Entomological Collection has been curated by R. M. du Toit and the Tick Collection by R. M. du Toit and G. Theiler. The Helminthological Collection has been curated by Mönnig and Ortlepp.
• AUTHORS: E. M. NEVILL, J. B. WALKER and A. VERSTER

SPAIN

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy of Barcelona Helminthological Collection

• ADDRESS: Departamento de Parasitología Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Barcelona Barcelona - 28, Spain
• ACCESSION: 3,000 lots; holotypes and paratypes of 10 species.
• CURATORS: Prof. Adj. Dr. Santiago Mas-Coma (Helminth parasites of small mammals) Dr. Carlos Feliu (Helminth parasites of Muridae)
• Mr. José-María Rocamora (Helminth parasites of Microtidae) Mr. Francisco Roset (Helminth parasites of Talpidae)
• Telephone: (Barcelona Code 93) 3-30-79-19
• Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimen records.
• LIBRARIES: General and special parasitology literature is in the Library of the same department. Papers can be used by visiting scientists in the department and also be photocopied in the same building, but cannot be borrowed.
• SERVICES: Specimens can be loaned by mail to research scientists when necessary for research purposes. Identification service cannot be provided except in special cases.
• BACKGROUND: The Helminthological Collection of the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy of Barcelona was started in 1974 and includes so far only helminth parasites of rodents and insectivores, mainly from Spain and the Spanish Mediterranean Islands. It comprises the materials collected by the above-mentioned curators. Type specimens will be transferred to larger European parasite collections in the future.
• AUTHOR: S. MAS-COMA

Parasitologic Collection, Veterinary Faculty of Córdoba

• ADDRESS: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias Facultad de Veterinaria, Córdoba University, Av. Medina-Azahara, Córdoba, Spain
• ACCESSIONS: 1,200 lots; 400 types.
• CURATOR: Prof. Dr. F. Martinez-Gómez (Veterinary Parasitology) Telephone: (957) 23 75 91
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Each parasite is indexed by taxonomic group, genus, species and host.
• LIBRARIES: Adjoining the collection is the departmental library, with more than 500 books, periodical collections and reprints.
• SERVICES: There is an exchange service with research workers. Requests for visits should be addressed to the curator.
• BACKGROUND: The history of our collection is very short; it begins in 1970, the year the present curator, Prof. Dr. Martinez-Gómez, joined the department. It is enriched by the arrival, before 1970, of Professors Jordano and Pozo Lora, and after 1970, of Professors Hernández-Rodriguez, I. Navarrette, C. Becerra, T. Moreno and Isabel Acosta.
• PUBLISHED LIST OF SPECIMENS: A list was published in 1974: "Contribution to the knowledge of the zooparasites in the Province of Córdoba." Publicaciones III Reunion Centros investigacion ganadera del C.S.I.C., Córdoba. pp. 325-336.
• AUTHOR: F. MARTINEZ-GÓMEZ

SWEDEN

Natural History Museum (Gothenburg)

• ADDRESS: Naturhistoriska museet, Göteborg Slottsskogen at Linnéplatsen Box 11049, S-400 30 Göteborg, Sweden
• ACCESSIONS: Only material of parasitological interest is considered here; Helminths 8,000 (50 types); Hirudinea, 2,000 (20 types); Crustacea present but limited, some types; Acarida, present but limited, several types; Insecta, 1,000 (30 types); vector Gastropods 1,000 or more, some types. The annual accession of groups relevant here is insignificant.
• CURATORS: Former director Orvar Nybelin is still active with helminths (but his age is approaching 90). Present director Bengt Hubendick has been active as a malacologist with a special interest in vector snails but has now left this field. There are no parasitologists among present curators.
• Telephone:
• Fax number:
• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Normally all material is cataloged and indexed. Among helminths, only the trematodes are well indexed, including a host index. Of other helminths, determined material is cataloged but not indexed. Undetermined material is not always cataloged.
• LIBRARIES: The museum library (with quite a collection of old helminth literature and a considerable malacological library) is available for visiting scientists. Copying can be arranged.
• SERVICES: Material is normally allowed as loans. Restrictions are due more to limited personnel than to regulations. Visiting scientists are received but facilities are modest.
• BACKGROUND: The collections of L. A. Jägerskiöld, Orvar Nybelin and Peter Olsson are stored in the museum. Groups (relevant here) represented in the museum are: Trematoda, Cestoda, Nematoda, Acanthocephala, Hirudinea, Copepoda, Cirripedia, Acarina, Phthiroptera, Siphonaptera and Hemiptera.
• AUTHOR:

Zoological Museum, Lund

Vertebrate and Invertebrate Collection (excluding Insects); Entomological Collection

• ADDRESS: Helgonav. 3 S-223 62 Lund Sweden
• ACCESSIONS: Vertebrates and Invertebrates excluding Insects 150,000 lots of which 8,000 are parasites (11 types); Entomological Collection 10,000,000 lots of which 4,000 are holotypes.
• The Museum contains relatively few helminths or specimens from other parasitic groups: Cilita, few; Sporozoa, few; Trematoda, 50; Nematoda, 150; Cestoda, 200; Acanthocephala, 250, 6 types; Hirudinea, 5,000, 1 type; Copepoda, 300, 1 type; Cirripedia, 50. The Entomological Collection contains many parasitic groups with many types. Among Mallophaga, Siphonaptera, Anoplura and also Acari, there are some types.
• CURATOR: Dr. Hugo Andersson Telephone: 046/124100/650 Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimen records.
• LIBRARIES: Diverse zoological literature is kept in the Zoological library in the same building and the nearby University library can provide requested literature.
• SERVICES: Specimens may be loaned for research purposes. Working place for visiting scientists may be arranged with the curator.
• BACKGROUND: The Zoological Museum at Lund dates back to the 16 th century when a "rarity chamber" appeared. During the 17th century it gradually changed to a "natural chamber," but not until the middle of the 19th century could the term "natural history museum" be used. The growth of the different parts of the museum has varied with the interest of the curators. Curators with main interest for zoology exclusive of insects are: A. J. Retzius, C. J. Sundevall, M. V. Düben, W. Liljeborg, O. M. Torell, A. Quennerstedt, C. D. Roth, O. Holmqvist, H. Berlin, Y. Löwegren, G. Rudebeck. Curators with main interest for entomology are: J. W. Zetterstedt, A. G. Dahlbom, C. G. Thomson, N. A. Kemner, C. H. Lindroth.
• AUTHOR: O. HAMMARSTEDT

Swedish Museum of Natural History (Stockholm) Section of Invertebrate Zoology

• ADDRESS: Roslagsvägen 124 P. O. Box 50007 S-104 05 Stockholm Sweden
• ACCESSIONS: 400,000 lots of which 4,000 contain parasites; the type collection comprises 3,000 lots, 60 lots representing helminths, 40 lots representing other kinds of parasites.
• CURATOR: Prof. Lars Orrhage (Annelida, Polychaeta) Telephone: (08) 15 36 30
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimen records.
• LIBRARIES: A literature collection of manuals, periodicals and reprints, mainly on invertebrates, is kept in the section. The library of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is situated within convenient reach.
• SERVICES: Specimens, including types, will be sent on loan to scientists. Facilities for visiting scientists are limited, and laboratory space must be prearranged with the curator.
• BACKGROUND: The embryo of what is known today as the Swedish Museum of Natural History dates back to the 18 th century. In 1841 the museum was reorganized and divided into five more or less independent sections, one of which was the "Evertebratafdelningen," i.e., what is now called the "Section of Invertebrate Zoology." This section includes all invertebrate groups with the exception of Hexapoda, Myriapoda and Arachnoidea. Its work has been directed by the following professors: S. Lovén (1841-1892, Hydroidea, Annelida, Mollusca, Echinoidea, marine glacial relicts) , Hj. Théel (1892-1916, Holothuroidea, Annelida, bipolarity) , Th. Odhner (1918-1928, Trematoda), S. Bock (1929-1946, Turbellaria), N. Odhner (1946-1949, Mollusca), K. Lang (1950-1967, Harpacticoida, Tanaidacea), T. Karling (1967-1975, Turbellaria), and L. Orrhage (1975-, Annelida, Polychaeta). Workers associated with the helminth collections of the section over the years include O. Fuhrmann, 0. v. Linstow, O. Nybelin and Th. Odhner.
• AUTHORS: R. OLERÖD and L. ORRHAGE

WITZERLAND

University of Basel Parasite Collection, Department of Dermatology

• ADDRESS: Dermatologische Universitätsklinik Kantonsspital, Petersgraben 4, CH 4031 Basel, Switzerland
• ACCESSIONS: 1,300 slides; one type, Glycyphagus helveticus; 100 slides accessioned annually.
• CURATOR: Dr. Y. Mumcuoglu (Insects and mites of medical importance in Middle Europe) Telephone: (061) 25 25 25, extension 4283
• Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Specimens are indexed by parasite genus and species.
• LIBRARIES: The card files and literature collection are kept in the curator's laboratory in the same building. This includes a catalog for parasites, for authors and punched-card subject catalog, mainly on Middle European species. The literature includes more than 3,000 reprints (mainly photostatic copies). The card files and literature can be used by visiting scientists, but cannot be borrowed. Photocopying can be arranged.
• SERVICES: Specimens may be loaned by mail. Identification of mites of medical importance may be arranged. Work is concentrated on epidemiological problems of human ectoparasites in Switzerland and neighboring countries and on the house dust mites in connection with house dust allergies.
• BACKGROUND: The collection of parasites and literature was started 7 years ago by the curator.
• PUBLISHED LISTS OF SPECIMENS: Mumcuoglu, Y. 1976. House dust mites in Switzerland. I. Distribution and taxonomy. J. Med. Ent. 13(3): 361-373. Mumcuoglu, Y. and Th. Rufli. Dermatological Entomology. The practical medical importance of mites and insects in Switzerland and its neighboring regions. Rocom Verlag, Basel (in press).
• AUTHOR: Y. MUMCUOGLU

Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Genève Collection of Parasitic Arthropods

• ADDRESS: Muséum d'Historie naturelle Case postale 284, CH-1211 Genève 6 Switzerland
• ACCESSIONS: Acarina: A very important collection, particularly the parasites of Chiroptera; more than 800 species without counting the parasites of Chiroptera and the ticks (70 species); 50 types for the parasites of Chiroptera, several hundred for the other groups. Siphonaptera: 7,000 individuals covering the European fauna; the same number of North and South American and African species; plus the collection of F. Peus with 285 species (10,000 microscope preparations; 75 types. Anoplura: A representative collection, especially of the European fauna. Mallophaga: A small collection of the European fauna as well as Paraguay; material now under investigation. Diptera: A collection of indigenous hypoboscids, 4,000 nycteribids and streblids of European and African origin, parasites of Chiroptera; 30 types. Coleoptera: A very complete collection of leptinids; several holotypes.
• CURATORS: Dr. B. Hauser (Parasites of bats). Telephone: (022) 35 91 30 Dr. V. Aellen (Diptera, Parasites of bats)
• Dr. C. Besuchet (Coleoptera, Diptera)
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• E-mail addresses:
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: Files or detailed lists exist for several groups.
• LIBRARIES: A very important and very complete bibliography exists in particular for the Siphonaptera, the Acarina and all the parasites of Chiroptera.
• SERVICES: Loans and photocopies by the Library of the Museum.
• BACKGROUND: The collections have been essentially identified by: Acarina, C. Athias-Henriot, V. Aellen, A. Fain, H. Hoogstraal, M. Mrciak, J. Nosek, S. Mahunka, W. M. Till; Siphonaptera, V. Aellen, F. E. Lewis, V. Mahnert, F. Peus, F.G.A.M. Smit; Anoplura and Mallophaga, V. Mahnert; Diptera, V. Aellen, B. Jobling, T. C. Maa, O. Theodor; Leptinid Coleoptera, C. Besuchet. Note in particular the importance of the collection of Siphonaptera, basis of the catalog of the fauna of Switzerland by Smit and considerably enriched by the collection of F. Peus. Among the acarological collections, the Pyemotoidea, Pygmephoroidea, Tarsonemoidea, Acaroidea and Anoetoidea, studied by S. Mahunka; likewise the Gamasida of the collection of C. Athias-Henriot, merit special notice. These collections concern the worldwide fauna. Note: The collections of the Museum also hold several representative groups with fewer parasitic species: Coleoptera, Staphylinida, Heteroptera, Cimicida, Polyctenida, Dermaptera, Diptera, Mystacinobiida, Phorida, etc.
• AUTHOR: CL. VAUCHER

Muséum d'Historie naturelle de Genève

• Collection of the Institute of Zoology of the University of Neuchâtel on deposit at the Museum
• ADDRESS: Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Genève Collections de Parasitologie, Case postale 284, CH-1211 Genève 6, Switzerland
• ACCESSIONS: 3,000 species (more than 20,000 slides, collections in alcohol not cataloged); 700 types.
• CURATOR: Dr. Cl. Vaucher Telephone: (022) 35 91 30 Fax number:
• E-mail address(es):
• World Wide Web address:
• INDICES: A file of the microscopic preparations exists; the file of material in alcohol is in preparation. The accession numbers of the slides and of the lots in alcohol are established in chronological order of incorporation.
• LIBRARIES: About 12,000 helminthological reprints filed by author, of which photocopies can be obtained directly from the Institute of Zoology (Rue Emile Argand 11, CH-2000 Neuchâtel 7, Switzerland); photocopies are billed at the cost of production. The library is open to visiting colleagues after arrangement with the Director of the Institute of Zoology of Neuchâtel, Prof. A. Aeschlimann.
• SERVICES: Loans are made on request for research purposes. There is the possibility of working for a brief period at Geneva after arrangement with Cl. Vaucher; an extended visit at the Museum requires arrangements at least three months in advance.
• BACKGROUND: The collection of the Institute of Zoology of Neuchâtel is of great historic value since it contains all of the material studied by O. Fuhrmann at the end of the last century consisting principally of cestodes of birds. Completed by J. G. Baer, this collection is considerably enriched by the collections of Ch. Joyeux. In addition, it includes the material studied by the collaborators and students of Fuhrmann and Baer. Other notable collections are those of F. J. Meggit (Hymenolepididae) and G. Theiler. Among the researchers who have often had recourse to this material are: F. Bona, I. Beveridge, M.D.D. and D.R.R. Burt, C. Bursey, B. Czaplinski, W. Martin, A. Murai, I. Matskasi, S. Deblock, L. Euzet, J. C. Quentin, F. Tenora, A. Verster. The Collection of the Museum of Natural History of Geneva includes diverse helminths from the collections of O. Fuhrmann, E. H. André, and J. G. Baer. The more recent collections of Cl. Vaucher include helminths of small mammals, especially bats from Europe, and from amphibians and mammals of Africa.