Quite a few interesting pages about prionimae subfamily exist on the Internet but only this one offers both the usual lists of species classes and high quality photos of the type material from museums and private collections at one place.
NEW If you are a satisfied user of this site, you can use the PayPal button in the left menu. Since 2009 have I spend one or two weeks of my vacation by taking pictures of type material in various collections every year. If you decide to support my project, your contributions will be used for gasoline, air tickets, accommodation and food for two people. I´m preparing the fourth visit to Paris now and also the visit to Stockholm in 2020. New photos can be found on this website again. Thank you in advance for each contribution.
The site‘s navigation utilizes different types of sorting, searching and most importantly the visual comparison of particular specimens. Both the usage of a high quality reflex-camera and the technique of pictures being taken in layers ensures the highest possible quality.
You can see the bottom view if you use the comparator. Approximately 70% of the pieces have the ability to display the bottom view.
I believe this website might be helpful with a determination or save you a trip into a museum.
New photos are being added irregularly due to my time schedule.
Private collectors with this class characteristic material in their possession, contact me please.
J. Pirkl
NEW - 7.12.2022 - Zentralmagazin Naturwissenschaftlicher Sammlungen Halle
NEW - 3.11.2022 - Royal Belgian Institute of natural Sciences Brussels
NEW - 3.11.2022 - Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Paris
NEW - 3.11.2022 - Natural History Museum London
NEW - 3.11.2022 - Private collection A. Drumont
15 December 2019 - Royal Belgian Institute of natural Sciences Brussels
15 December 2019 - Private collection A. Drumont
17 November 2019 - Royal Museum for Central Africa Tervuren
7 November 2019 - Private collection T. Bouyer
20 December 2018 - Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut Müncheberg
21 November 2017 - Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Paris
18 May 2017 - Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk Warszawa
9 June 2016 - Zoologisches Museum Hamburg
15 May 2016 - Natural History Museum of Denmark Copenhagen
5 October 2014 - Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Paris
26 August 2014 - Royal Belgian Institute of natural Sciences Brussels
8 June 2014 - State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart
Used sources and links
- Austria - Naturhistorisches Museum Wien www.nhm-wien.ac.at
- Belgium - Royal Belgian Institute of natural Sciences www.naturalsciences.be
- Belgium - Royal Museum for Central Africa www.africamuseum.be
- Czech Republic - Národní muzeum www.nm.cz
- Denmark - Natural History Museum of Denmark www.ku.dk
- France - Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Paris www.mnhn.fr
- Germany - Museum für Naturkunde Berlin www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de
- Germany - Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden www.senckenberg.de
- Germany - Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt www.senckenberg.de
- Germany - Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut Müncheberg www.senckenberg.de
- Germany - Zoologisches Muzeum Hamburg www.cenak.uni-hamburg.de
- Germany - Zoologische Staatssammlung München www.zsm.mwn.de
- Germany - Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de
- Great Britain - Natural History Museum London www.nhm.ac.uk
- Poland - Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk Warszawa miiz.waw.pl
- United States - National Museum of Natural History Washington www.mnh.si.edu
- The world of Prioninae www.prioninae.org
- BioLib Biological Library www.biolib.cz
- Catalog of Life www.catalogueoflife.org
- Lingafelter, S.W., Monné, M.A., & E.H. Nearns. 2013. Online Image Database of Cerambycoid Primary Types of the Smithsonian Institution. Available from: www.elaphidion.com (Accessed on 11/30/2013)
- Pictorial beetle collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences projects.biodiversity.be
- Vanessa HEQUET, préface & commentaire de G. TAVAKILIAN. Longicornes de Guyane Cayenne: Silvolab, 1996. ISBN 2-9509686-1-9.
- Fortuné CHALUMEAU & Julien TOUROUT. Les longicornes des petites Antilles (Coleoptera, Cerambzcidae) - taxonomie, éthologie, biogéographie. Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers, 2005. ISBN 954-642-245-2.