Abbreviations

for Venezuela:

States (Estados):

AM - Amazonas

AN - Anzoátegui

AP - Apure

AR - Aragua

BA - Barinas

BO - Bolívar

CA - Carabobo

CO - Cojedes

DA - Delta Amacuro

DF - Distrito Federal

FA - Falcón

GU - Guárico

Institutions:

BMNH - Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

ISNB - Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium

LSUK - Linnean Society, London, United Kingdom

MERB - Museo de Entomología, Complejo Academicó Rodolfo Bastidas,

                Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda, La Vela de Coro, Venezuela

MIZA - Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay

MNHN - Musée national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France

MNCN - Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain

MRSN - Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Italy

NHMB - Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland

NHRS - Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden

NMPC - Národní muzeum, Praha, Czech Republic

SDEI - Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany

SMFD - Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

SMNS - Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany

SMTD - Museum für Tierkunde, Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Germany

UNMSM - Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru

USNM - National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., USA

UZMC - Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela

UUZM - Uppsala Universitet, Evolutionsmuseet Zoologi, Sweden

ZMHB - Museum für Naturkunde an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

ZMUC - Zoologisk Museum, Statens Naturhistoriske Museum, Københavns Universitet, Denmark

ZSMC - Zoologische Staatssammlung, München, Germany

Private Collections:

CLBC - Charles L. Bellamy collection, Sacramento (California), USA

FRCM - Familia Romero collection, Maracay, Venezuela

HMMC - Hans Mühle collection, München, Germany

MHCB - Michael Hornburg collection, Berlin, Germany

MNCA - Manfred Niehuis collection, Albersweiler, Germany

PBCF - Patrick Bleuzen collection, Gas, France

SGCB - Stephan Gottwald collection, Berlin, Germany

LA - Lara

ME - Mérida

MI - Miranda

MO - Monagas

NE - Nueva Esparta

PO - Portuguesa

SU - Sucre

TA - Táchira

TR - Trujillo

VA - Vargas

YA - Yaracuy

ZU - Zulia