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The Entomology collection houses recent and fossil insects.

  • mcz-ent00017229_endelus_modiglian

    Endelus modiglian

    type specimen, MCZ 17229

  • Priocnemis wheeleri Banks, a pompilid wasp from Panama, holotype, MCZ 15346. Photo: Entomology Department

    Priocnemis wheeleri

    pompilid wasp from Panama, MCZ 15346

  • Acanthoproctus cervinus, a South African katydid. Photo: P. Naskrecki

    Acanthoproctus cervinus

    South African katydid, photo by P. Naskrecki

  • Copiphora cornuta, a South African katydid. Photo: P. Naskrecki

    Copiphora cornuta

    South African katydid, photo by P. Naskrecki

  • Tympanogaster maureenae Perkins 2006, an Australian waterfall beetle, holotype. Photo: P. D. Perkins

    Tympanogaster maureenae

    Australian waterfall beetle, holotype, photo by P. D. Perkins

  • Oomtelecopon setosum Perkins 2005, a South African waterfall beetle, holotype. Photo: P. D. Perkins

    Oomtelecopon setosum

    South African waterfall beetle, holotype, photo by P. D. Perkins

  • Scopodes darlingtoni Baehr, a ground beetle, holotype, MCZ 31500. Photo: Entomology Department

    Scopodes darlingtoni

    ground beetle, holotype, MCZ 31500

  • MCZ-ENT00028704_Leucotabanus_leucogaster

    Leucotabanus leucogaster

    holotype, MCZ 28704

  • History

    The Entomology Collection was started in 1859 by Samuel Scudder and A.S. Packard, but includes the earlier material of T.W. Harris (the oldest intact North American synoptic insect collection), which was studied and partly determined by the pioneering American entomologist Thomas Say.

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