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of 3 species of Cryptophagidae from Kharkiv region, Crimea and Dagestan, which are
stored in MNKU;
• Suffrian, Christian Wilhelm Ludwig Eduard (1805-1876), German entomologist,
specialist in coleopterology, particularly Chrysomelidae. There are 3 records in the
database of 10 specimens of 3 species of Cryptophagidae of Germany, which are stored
in NMNH among the specimens of the J.H. Hochhuth's collection.
Unfortunately, there are no specimens from the collections of such well-known
researchers and authors as J. Roubal, S. Tenenbaum, M. Nowicki, J. Müller and L. Miller
was found. It is possible that they are stored in natural museums of other countries, such as
Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland or Austria.

Conclusions

The analysis of the data presented in this review allows to confirm the following:
1. The collections described in this paper contain information on 122 species of 16 genera
of the Cryptophagidae family, mainly from the territory of Ukraine, and the surrounding
regions, the Carpathians, East European Upland and Caucasus. Among over 3000 copies in
the general specimen list, including the author's collection, the proportion of new collections
reaches 54% (n = 1657 specimens, 57 species).
2. Due to the collections accumulated today in the natural museums of Ukraine, we have
objective data valid for verification concerning the existence in 115 species of
Cryptophagidae in the concerned regions, and 10 species of this general list indicated on the
labels, but not represented in collections by factual specimens.
3. The richest species composition is the collection of Cryptophagids is in the Zoological
Museum of T. Shevchenko Kyiv National University, containing 304 specimens of 85
species, which also contains the largest number of species from the Carpathian region (23
species). The second place is the collection of V. Lazorko from the funds of the
I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the NAS of Ukraine (17 species).
4. The collection of the Zoological Museum of T. Shevchenko Kyiv National University
holds the leading place in the uniqueness of collections: there are 12 species that are known
only in this collection. The second largest number of unique specimens is the collection of
V. Lazorko (10 species).

Acknowledgement

The author is sincerely grateful to her colleagues, with the support of which the
collections were investigated: V. Rizun (collection of SMNH, Lviv), A. Drogvalenko
(collection of MNKU, Kharkiv), O. Martynov (collection of NMNH, Kyiv). The author also
thanks V. Chumak, O. Mateleshko and S. Farinets for the guidance and assistance. Special
thanks to V. Korneev, I. Zagorodniuk and O. Klymyshyn for help in preparing this text for
printing and guidance the processing of materials.

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