Collection

Laboratory of Entomology

OMNH insect collections
大阪市立自然史博物館の昆虫標本

at the OSAKA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NAGAI PARK, HIGASHI-SUMIYOSHI-KU, OSAKA, 546-0034 JAPAN [OMNH]
Phone: -6697-6221.
FAX: -6697-6225. (International [81]-6-, 国内は大阪06-)

The collections contain more than 500,000 recent and fossil specimens including more than 100 holotypes.
(当館には65万点を超す昆虫標本・昆虫化石標本があり,100以上の完模式標本も所蔵されています)

Special collections:

South Pacific Expedition (general), N. Tosawa (general), Takarazuka Insectarium (general), H. Aoki (general), G. Nakada (mainly Coleoptera), M. Goto (Coleoptera), K. Kojima (Cerambycidae including many types), K. Tsuneki (Hymenoptera: including many types), K. Sumiyoshi (Papilionidae, especially all the species of Ornithoptera), P. Jaqueley (Butterflies).

(特色のあるコレクションとしては南太平洋学術調査,戸沢信義,旧宝塚昆虫館,青木浩,仲田元亮,後藤光男,小島圭三,常木勝次,住吉薫,ポール・ジャクレーなどがあります)

Publications sponsored:

"Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History", "SHIZENSHI-KENKYU: Occasional Papers from the Osaka Museum of Natural History" , "Nature Study: Transaction of Tomonokai, the museum association" and many kinds of special publications (collection lists, exhibition guides and field guides).

(出版は大阪市立自然史博物館研究報告,自然史研究,Nature Study(友の会会誌)のほか,収蔵資料目録,特別展解説書,ミニガイドなどで行われています)

Contact:

To the professional staffs at the Entomological Laboratory.
I. Kanazawa (Lepidoptera);
S. Shiyake (Coleoptera);
R. Matsumoto(Hymenoptera).

(標本に関するお問い合わせは昆虫研究室まで)