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amounts of primary data, because there are always rare species, with a narrow range of
biotope confinement and seasonal activity, species that change their natural habitats, etc.
Therefore, when data on the composition and dynamics of biota are collecting, it is important
to investigate the collection material that is collected over many generations of researchers,
in different regions, biotopes and for different purposes. Collections gradually accumulate a
fairly complete amount of data about fauna, which is often impossible to obtain during the
period of activity of one researcher [24].
Cryptophagids correspond to the foregoing features, and such collections are extremely
valuable, because, firstly, a large number of species is de facto known only from collections,
secondly, we can check the correctness of specification of a particular species considering to
the modern taxonomy of the group, and thirdly, the collections allow us to summarize data
from large areas over a long period of time. Collections provide us information on fauna
status and types of localities that may be destroyed before the research.
The purpose of this work was to summarize all information about the findings of
Cryptophagidae species available in zoological and natural museums of Ukraine, which are
confirmed by collecting specimens, and in necessary cases, reidentificated.

Material

Specimens from the following five museum collections are analyzed 1) collection of State
Museum of Natural History of the NAS of Ukraine (Lviv); 2) collection of National Museum
of Natural History at the NAS of Ukraine (Kyiv); 3) collection of State Museum of Nature
of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University; 4) collection of Zoological Museum of Taras
Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and 5) collection of V. Lazorko, which is stored in
the funds of the I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of NAS of Ukraine (Kyiv).
For comparison, the author's collection is presented in the general table and in the
description of each collection; a more detailed characteristics of the author's collection will
be published in a separate work. In future this collection author plans to transfer to one
of mentioned museums.
Designation of collections: SMNH, NMNH, MNKU, ZMKU, SIZK (acronyms according
to: [25]) and KOC. Characteristics of collections are listed below in a separate section. In a
number of cases, the nomenclature of genera and species has been modified according to
modern nomenclature [12].
Analyzing the volume and composition of collections, the author pays attention to the
Cryptophagids of the Carpathians and the presence of specimens from this territory among
collections of museum samples. While reviewing collections, much attention was paid
to these specimens in order to undertake further in-depth analysis of the fauna of the region
in the time aspect, especially — to changes of species composition during the last century,
based on museum exhibits and on original research by the author.
Table 1 contains summarized data for each collection, specifying the full name and
acronym, the volume of the collection and its locality.
Author merged the detailed data on specimens in collections into a consolidated database
in the form of a MS Excel table, which includes actual names and reidentifications,
information about the region, place and date of collection, and collector or owner of the
collection. The "Notes" field specifies the species name according to the original label and
other details. The names of specific locations and exact dates of collection are encrypted with
individual original encodings, some of which could not be interpreted.