Abstract
The arachnological collections of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Verona, Italy, contains roughly 20000 vials, including approximately 2000 species of Araneae and other Arachnida from all over the world. Within the collection, type material represents an important proportion with a count of more than 373 type series. All samples are distributed within four main collections: Brignoli, di Caporiacco, Museo Zangheri and‘Generale'. A further collection of 99% ethanol-preserved samples for molecular analysis is currently under preparation. A detailed list of all the arachnological type material stored in the museum is provided.
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Collection summary A total of more than 20000 vials and approximately 2000 species of spiders and other arachnids are currently preserved in the MSNVR
The list of type material is reported in the Supplementary Tab. 1
Summary
BioOne Complete (complete.BioOne.org) is a full-text database of 200 subscribed and open-access titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses. Die arachnologischen Sammlungen des Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Verona (Italien): ein Überblick. Die arachnologischen Sammlungen des Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Verona umfassen rund 20000 Proben, darunter fast 2000 Arten Spinnen und andere Arachnida aus der ganzen Welt. One of the main functions of a natural history collection is to preserve the voucher specimens, types, for the future Such material should be freely accessible to researchers, as defining species and assessing intraspecific variation is a vital part of biology. The role of museums and other scientific institutions in specimen preservation and data sharing is important in modern times, due to the current crisis of biodiversity (Shaffer et al 1998), of taxonomy (Agnarsson & Kuntner 2007) and of natural history museums, especially in Italy (Latella 2011, Andreone et al 2014)
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