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The Arachnid Collection

Araneae:
The spider collection holds some 1900 identified species representing 81 families. It is thus relatively small, but has a wide taxonomical and geographical coverage. Particularly strengths are material from the Palaearctic region and the Old World tropics. Large amount of unidentified material is available from Eastern Africa and the Malay Peninsula.
There are about 200 holotypes, including types of Denis, L. Koch, Simon, Thorell, and the "classical" type material of Liphistius desultor Schiødte.
Complete and updated lists of type and material holdings are available at the Arachnida General Collection and Primary Types homepage.

Acari:
The collection mostly consists of unidentified/unsorted material, with some exceptions. Most notable is M. Hammer's worldwide collection of Acari Oribatida which includes about 1,000 primary types. Pseudoscorpiones (coll. C. With etc.) and Opiliones (coll. W. Sørensen, and material from Thailand) are also important elements.

Curator: Nikolaj Scharff