Abbreviations of Museums and Private Research Collections
Note: the mentioned private collections were correct at the time the specimens were checked (years 2013–2021). Such specimens may have been transferred into a public collection since then or will be transferred in the future.
| AAFC/AAC | Agriculture and Agri-Food, Ottawa, Canada |
| BAS-IBER | Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| ECKU | Collection of Ecology-Centre, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany |
| HNHM | Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary |
| KLM | Kärntner Landesmuseum, Klagenfurt, Austria |
| LDM | Latvijas Dabas Muzejs, Riga, Latvia |
| MFSN | Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale, Udine, Italy |
| MGAB | “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, Bucharest, Romania |
| MHNG | Naturkunde Museum Genf, Switzerland |
| MNCN | Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid |
| MNHN | Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France |
| MTD | Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany |
| NHMUK | Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom |
| NHMW | Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, Austria |
| NLMB | Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum, 3Landesmuseen Braunschweig, Germany |
| NMBE | Naturhistorisches Museum, Bern, Switzerland |
| NMPC | National Museum, Prague, Czechia |
| NMSE | National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| OUMNH | Oxford University Natural History Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom |
| RCAM | Research Collection of Anton Mayr, Feldkirch, Austria |
| RCAS | Research Collection of Andreas Stübner, Germany |
| RCAW | Research Collection of Andreas Werno, Nunkirchen, Germany |
| RCBB | Research Collection of Bengt Å. Bengtsson |
| RCBZ | Research Collection of Boyan Zlatkov, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| RCCM | Research Collection of Carlo Morandini, Italy |
| RCCP | Research Collection of Colin Plant, Bishops Stortford, United Kingdom |
| RCCS | Research Collection of Csaba Szabóky, Budapest, Hungary |
| RCEP | Research Collection of Eivind Palm, Højer, Denmark |
| RCEV | Research Collection of Ebbe Vesterhede, Denmark |
| RCFG | Research Collection of Friedmar Graf, Bautzen, Germany |
| RCFT | Research Collection of Franz Theimer, Berlin, Germany |
| RCFV | Research Collection of Francesca Vegliante, Langebrück, Germany |
| RCGB | Research Collection of Günter Baisch, Biberach, Germany |
| RCGD | Research Collection of Georg Derra, Reckendorf, Germany |
| RCGF | Research Collection of Gyulay Fábián, Budapest, Hungary |
| RCGFi | Research Collection of Gabriele Fiumi, Forli, Italy |
| RCHB | Research Collection of Hans Blackstein, Rathenow, Germany |
| RCHD | Research Collection of Helmut Deutsch, Bannberg, Austria |
| RCHR | Research Collection of Hans Retzlaff, Lage, Germany |
| RCIR | Research Collection of Ignac Richter, Malá Čausa, Slovakia |
| RCIvR | Research Collection of Ivan Richter, Prievidza, Slovakia |
| RCJB | Research Collection of Jan-Olov Björklund, Sweden |
| RCJJ | Research Collection of Jari Junnilainen, Vantaa, Finland |
| RCJK | Research Collection of Jari-Pekka Kaitila, Finland |
| RCJN | Research Collection of Jacques Nel, La Ciotat, France |
| RCJT | Research Collection of Jukka Tabell, Hartola, Finland |
| RCKB | Research Collection of Knud Bech, Denmark |
| RCKL | Research Collection of Knud Larsen, Dyssegård, Denmark |
| RCLM | Research Collection of Lucio Morin, Monfalcone, Italy |
| RCLS | Research Collection of Ľubomír Srnka, Lehota pod Vtáčnikom, Slovakia |
| RCMC | Research Collection of Martin Corley, Faringdon, United Kingdom |
| RCMM | Research Collection of Marko Mutanen, Oulu, Finland |
| RCOR | Research Collection of Oliver Rist, Graz, Austria |
| RCPB | Research Collection of Peter Buchner, Schwarzau am Steinfeld, Austria |
| RCRD | Research Collection of Frédéric Rymarczyk & Monique Dutheil, Nice, France |
| RCRH | Research Collection of Robert Heckford, Plympton, United Kingdom |
| RCRK | Research Collection of Rudolf Keller, Dachau, Germany |
| RCRM | Research Collection of Rolf Mörtter, Kronau, Germany |
| RCRS | Research Collection of Rudi Seliger, Schwalmtal, Germany |
| RCSG | Research Collection of Stanislav Gomboc, Kranj, Slovenia |
| RCTG | Research Collection of Theo Grünewald, Landhut, Germany |
| RCTN | Research Collection of Timo Nupponen, Espoo, Finland |
| RCWS | Research Collection of Wolfgang Stark, Trübensee bei Tulln, Austria |
| RCWSc | Research Collection of Willibald Schmitz, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany |
| RCWW | Research Collection of Wolfgang Wittland, Wegberg, Germany |
| RCZK | Research Collection of Zoltan Kovacs, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania |
| RCZT | Research Collection of Zdenko Tokár, Šal’a, Slovakia |
| RMNH | Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands |
| SDAU | Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China |
| SMNK | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| TLMF | Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria |
| TUEE | Tartu University, Estonia |
| ZfBS | Zentrum für Biodokumentation Saarland, Reden, Germany |
| ZIN | Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| ZMHB | Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany |
| ZMUC | Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| ZMUH | Zoology Museum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
| ZSM | Zoologische Staatssammlung, München, Germany |