Type Specimen Collection About 9,400 species are represented in Entomology's type collection, by holotypes or paratypes. Pinned holotypes and some paratypes are stored in a separate set of cabinets in the main collection room. Types for each species are included in an individual unit tray with species name, describer and type number on the header label. A handwritten catalog and card file includes original name, describer, date of description, and original reference for the description. An uncertain number of mite holotypes and paratypes, probably representing several hundred species, have not been segregated from the general mite collection.

Catalogues of types

LaBerge, W. E. 1956. Catalogue of the types in the Snow Entomological Museum. Part I (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull., 38:501-531.

Emerson, K. C. 1958. Catalogue of the types in the Snow Entomological Museum. Part II (Mallophaga). Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull., 39: 507-518.

Byers, G. W., et al. 1962. Catalogue of the types in the Snow Entomological Museum. Part III (Diptera). Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull., 43: 131-181.

Byers, G. W., and L. B. Carney. 1965. Catalogue of the types in the Snow Entomological Museum. Part IV (Orthoptera). Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull., 46: 303-315.

Byers, G. W., and C. L. Wong. 1965. Catalogue of the types in the Snow Entomological Museum. Part V (Acarina). Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull., 46: 309-315.

Byers, G. W., and J. B. Karren. 1968. Catalogue of the types in the Snow Entomological Museum. Part VI (Coleoptera). Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull., 48: 1-20.