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      La Colección Entomológica del Instituto-Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina Translated title: The Entomologic Collection of the Instituto-Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina

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          RESUMEN La Colección Entomológica del Instituto-Fundación Miguel Lillo (IFML) conserva y custodia el material allí depositado con el fin de facilitar su estudio por parte de toda la comunidad científica actual y futura. Está constituida por la colección entomológica conservada en seco y en alcohol, en dos salones equipados para el resguardo y conservación del material. Atesora 6,500,000 ejemplares de los órdenes Blattodea, Coleoptera, Collembola, Dermaptera, Diptera, Embioptera, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Isoptera, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Lepidoptera, Neuroptera, Odonata, Orthoptera, Phthiraptera, Plecoptera, Psocoptera, Thysanoptera, Trichoptera y Zygentoma. La colección entomológica del I-FML preserva 11,216 ejemplares de la serie tipo, asignados a 2,185 especies, principalmente del Neotrópico, además de ejemplares de diversas partes del mundo. Es un referente de la biodiversidad de insectos neotropicales y ha sido fundada en el año 1944 a partir del material colectado por el Dr. Miguel Lillo. El objetivo del presente trabajo es dar a conocer de manera general, la organización, características, situación actual y perspectivas futuras de la colección entomológica del I-FML. Dada su importancia, tanto para la comunidad científica como para la sociedad en general, es necesario garantizar la conservación de los ejemplares allí depositados.

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          ABSTRACT The Entomological Collection of the Miguel Lillo Foundation-Institute (IFML) preserves and guards the material deposited there, to facilitate study by the entire current and future scientific community. It holds 6,500,000 specimens of the orders Blattodea, Coleoptera, Collembola, Dermaptera, Diptera, Embioptera, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Isoptera, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Lepidoptera, Neuroptera, Odonata, Orthoptera, Phthiraptera, Plecoptera, Psocoptera, Thysanoptera, Trichoptera and Zygentoma. The entomological collection of the I-FML preserves 11,216 specimens of the types series assigned to 2,185 species, mainly from the Neotropic, in addition to specimens from various parts of the world. It is made up of the entomological collection preserved dry and in alcohol, in two rooms equipped for the protection and conservation of the material. It is a benchmark for the biodiversity of neotropical insects and was founded in 1944 based on the material collected by Dr. Miguel Lillo. The objective of this paper is to present in general way, the entomological collection of the I-FML, its organization, characteristics, current situation and future perspectives. Given its importance, both for the scientific community and for society in general, it is necessary to guarantee the conservation of the specimens deposited in it.

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              Catálogo de los tipos primarios de Coleoptera depositados en la Colección Entomológica del Instituto Fundación Miguel Lillo

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                Journal
                azm
                Acta zoológica mexicana
                Acta Zool. Mex
                Instituto de Ecología A.C. (Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico )
                0065-1737
                2448-8445
                2021
                : 37
                : e3712413
                Affiliations
                [1] San Miguel de Tucumán orgnameFundación Miguel Lillo orgdiv1Instituto de Entomología Argentina
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                S0065-17372021000100121 S0065-1737(21)03700000121
                10.21829/azm.2021.3712413
                8189c021-8161-46e4-9968-a62714773794

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 04 August 2021
                : 08 May 2021
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                especímenes,biodiversidad,conservación,insectos,región Neotropical,América del Sur,biodiversity,specimens,conservation,insects,Neotropical region,South America

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