The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD ENGLAND United Kingdom

Contact:	Paul A. Brown Collections Manager Department of Entomology
Telephone voice:	+44 (0)20 7942 5196
Telephone fax:	+44 (0)20 7942 5229
Email:	p.brown@nhm.ac.uk
Web pages:	http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/themes/index.html
Phthiraptera Collection:	Specimen inventory Slides in unit boxes, in trays within cabinets. The collection is arranged according to the Hopkins and Clay (1952) checklist. Systematic coverage: All suborders and all families Host coverage: all major avian and mammalian host families are included. Geographical coverage: all continents Collectors/Taxonomists: Clay, Denny, Hopkins, Meinertzhagen, Piaget and others Historical collections, ie. Piaget, are filed separately. There is an extensive collection of specimens in alcohol. A substantial collection of reprints is adjacent to the collection.
Comments	Beginning in 2005 building renovations may disrupt access to the collection for an indefinite period.

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