Acknowledgements
The Editors and Authors of the present volume are indebted to following colleagues and friends who commented on various parts of the Catalogue, pointed to and discussed nomenclatural issues, searched or photographed the type specimens, found or copied the literature, completed references, added distributional information, and helped in various ways: Daniel AGUAYO, Colecciones CientÃficas de ZoologÃa, Universidad de Granada, Spain; Dirk AHRENS, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany; Miguel Ã. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain; Ulf and Kathrin ARNOLD, Berlin, Germany; Vardan ASATRYAN, Institute of Hydroecology and Ichthyology of SCZHE NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia; Ingolf ASKEVOLD, Tallahassee, Florida, USA; the late Martin BAEHR, Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich, Germany; Michael and Ditta BALKE, Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich, Germany; Maxwell V. L. BARCLAY, Natural History Museum, London, UK; Gloria BASTAZO, Málaga, Spain; Johannes BERGSTEN, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden; AleÅ¡ BEZDÄK, Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Äeské BudÄjovice, Czech Republic; Andreas BICK, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany; Andrzej O. BIEÅKOWSKI, Moscow, Russia; Stephan BLANK, Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany; Matthias BORER, Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland; Michaela BROJER, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria; Harald BRUCKNER, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria; Wolfgang BRUNNBAUER, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria; Andris BUKEJS, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia; Berta CABALLERO, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Hee-Wook CHO, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources, Sangju, South Korea; Albert F. DAMAÅ KA, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic; Alex DELOBEL, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France; Ali N. EKIZ, UÅak University, UÅak, Turkey; Mario ELGUETA, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile; Johannes FRISCH, Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany; Michael F. GEISER, Natural History Museum, London, UK; Gloria GEISER, Salzburg, Austria; Irmgard GEISER, Salzburg, Austria; Remigius GEISER sen., Salzburg, Austria; Christoph GERMANN, Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland; Matthew L. GIMMEL, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, USA; Ali GÃK, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey; Patrick GROS, Haus der Natur, Salzburg Austria; Alexey A. GUSAKOV, Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Fritz GUSENLEITNER, Oberösterreichische Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria; JiÅà HÃJEK, National Museum, Praha, Czech Republic; Stefan HANOT, Musée Royal de lâAfrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium; Michaela HANOUSKOVÃ, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; Matthias HARTMANN, Naturkundemuseum Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany; Andrea HASTENPFLUG-VESMANIS, Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Masakazu HAYASHI, Hoshizaki Green Foundation, Izumo, Japan; Markéta HEJÄOVÃ, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic; Martin HUSEMANN, Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; Manfred JÃCH, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria; Birgit JAENICKE, Center of Natural History of the University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; Bernd JÃGER, Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany; VladimÃr JANSKÃ, Slovak National Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia; Eric JIROUX, Andrésy, France; Mats JONSELL, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden; Ute KACZINSKI, Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany; Manfred KAHLEN, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Hall in Tirol, Austria; Denis G. KASATKIN, Rostov Branch of FSI âVNIIKRâ, Rostov-on-Don, Russia; Petr KMENT, National Museum, Praha, Czech Republic; Damir KOVAC, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Michael KUHLMANN, Zoologisches Museum der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany; Leonardo LATELLA, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona, Italy; Chi-Feng LEE, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung City, Taiwan; Hong-Bin LIANG, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Andreas LINK, Ansfelden, Austria; HÃ¥kan LJUNGBERG, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden; Ivan LÃBL, Muséum dâHistoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Michael MALICKY, Oberösterreichische Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria; Antoine MANTILLERI, Museum National dâHistoire Naturelle, Paris, France; Glòria MASÃ, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Jaakko MATTILA, Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Finland; Hans MEJLON, Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; the late Ottó MERKL, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary; Peter MICHALIK, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany; Heinz MITTER, Steyr, Austria; Matteo MONTAGNA, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; Geoffrey E. MORSE, University of San Diego, San Diego, USA; Hans MÃHLE, Zoologische Staatssammlung, München, Germany; Tamás NÃMETH, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary; Rui-E NIE, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Nikolay B. NIKITSKIY, Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Esther OCKERMÃLLER, Biologiezentrum Linz, Linz, Austria; Raimundo OUTERELO, Colección de EntomologÃa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; Mercedes PARIS, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain; Eduard PETITPIERRE, University of the Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Spain; Isidor PLONSKI, Wien, Austria; Stefan RICHTER, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany; Alexander RIEDEL, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Karlsruhe, Germany; Christophe RIVIER, Museum National dâHistoire Naturelle, Paris, France; Eduardo RUIZ, Colección de EntomologÃa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; Roberta SALMASO, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona, Italy; Davide SASSI, Castelmarte, Italy; Michail Yu. SAVITSKIY, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Ronald SCHILLER, Naturkundemuseum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Harald SCHILLHAMMER, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria; Jürgen SCHMIDL, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen, Germany; Thomas SCHMITT, Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany; Karla SCHNEIDER, Zentralmagazin Naturwissenschaftlicher Sammlungen der Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; the late Wolfgang SCHÃNLEITHNER, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria; Mandy SCHRÃTER, Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany; Martin SCHWARZ, Biologiezentrum Linz, Linz, Austria; Martin SEÄANSKÃ, Slovak National Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia; Helena SHAVERDO, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria; Shigehiko SHIYAKE, Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Japan; Dana Å ÃDOVÃ, National Museum, Praha, Czech Republic; Marianna SIMÃES, Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany; Alexey SOLODOVNIKOV, Danish Natural History Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark; Amoret SPOONER, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK; Eva SPRECHER, Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland; Takuya TAKEMOTO, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Dmitry TELNOV, Natural History Museum, London, UK; Alberto TINAUT, Colecciones CientÃficas de ZoologÃa, Universidad de Granada, Spain; Luca TOLEDANO, Verona, Italy; Godard TWEEHUYSEN, Dutch Entomological Society, Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands; Tomi TRILAR, Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Karin ULMEN, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany; Peter VÄAÄNÃ, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia; Andreas WEIGEL, Wernburg, Germany; Hella WENDT, former Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Joachim WILLERS, Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany; Lothar ZERCHE, Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany; Hong-Zhang ZHOU, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Stefano ZOIA, Milano, Italy; Isabelle ZUERCHER, Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland.
And above all we would like to thank our families, without whose support, tolerance and understanding this catalogue would not have ever appeared: Monika EILHARDT-ANTON; Petra, Ingeborg and Astrid BEENEN; EliÅ¡ka, Anna, AntonÃn and JaromÃr BEZDÄK; Olga BEZMAN-MOSEYKO and Ekaterina MOSEYKO; Birgit, Cora, Justus and Klara SCHÃLLER; Katka Å TAJEROVà and Matyáš SEKERKA.
The examination of Chrysomelidae in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest by Jan BEZDÄK was supported by the Synthesys Project HU-TAF-1388 (http://www.synthesys.info/) financed by the European Community â Research Infrastructure Action under the Seventh Framework Programme.
The research by Jan BEZDÄK in the Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki (FI-TAF-TA4â003), received the support from the SYNTHESYS+ project http://www.synthesys.info/ financed by European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the H2020 Integrating Activities Programme, Project number 823827.
The research by Elisabeth GEISER in the Slovak National Museum, Bratislava, was funded by the Operational Program of Research and Development and co-financed with the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRD) ITMS 26230120004: Building of Research and Development Infrastructure for investigation of genetic biodiversity of organisms and joining the IBOL initiative.
The research of Alexey MOSEYKO was carried out within the framework of ZIN RAS State research assignment No. 122031100272â3.
The examination of type specimens in National Museum, Praha (Czech Republic) carried out by José-Miguel VELA in March 2017 was supported by the Synthesys project CZ-TAF-7039 (http://www.synthesys.info/), funded by the European Community â Research Infrastructure Action under the Seventh Framework Programme.
The examination of Chrysomelidae in the Swedish Natural History Museum, Stockholm by Matthias SCHÃLLER was supported by the Synthesys Project SE-TAF-3924 (http://www.synthesys.info/) financed by the European Community â Research Infrastructure Action.
Lukáš SEKERKA received financial support from the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic (DKRVO 2024â2028/5.I.a, National Museum, 00023272).