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Primary types of ichneumonid taxa described by G. Heinrich deposited in ZSM

BMBF The project is part of the GBIF-D initiative, supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF).

Project Aims

  • Creating a web-served database providing detailed information on deposited in the ZSM primary types of Ichneumonidae described by G.H. Heinrich.
  • Producing digital images of all primary type labels.
  • Establishing a database of corresponding literature references.
  • Making the taxonomic data universally available by linking to GBIF International via the SysTax database system at the University of Ulm.

The collection of G.H. Heinrich

Portrait of Gerd H. Heinrich Gerd Herrmann Heinrich is recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on the subfamily Ichneumoninae. Altogether Heinrich described about 1,500 species and subspecies of Ichneumonidae. Heinrich lived and worked in Germany, Poland, and finally in the United States of America. He made a series of expeditions to collect mammals, birds and especially ichneumonid wasps. He made field trips to many countries in differnt parts of the world, including Iran, Indonesia (Sulawesi and Molucca Islands), southeastern Europe (Balkan and Rhodope Mountains), Myanmar, Mexico, Canada, West-, East-, and South Africa. A large part of the Heinrich collection is now deposited in the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (Zoologische Staatssammlung) in Munich, Germany. The collection is one of the most important collections of Ichnneumonidae, in particular the Ichneumoninae with about 23,000 thoroughly mounted and accurately labelled specimens.

The database

The database of primary types of the Heinrich ichneumonid collection includes the following information:

  • Type number, sex, type status, and condition of type
  • Original type information based on the original description
  • Current type information
  • Photographic documentation of all specimen labels
  • Literature references

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Ichneumonidae