CATALOGUE OF INSECT TYPES DEPOSITED AT THE COLLECTION OF THE INSTITUTO DE ENTOMOLOGIA-UMCE UNIVERSIDAD METROPOLITANA DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN

Abstract

Insecl types (holotypes, allotypes, paratypes) deposited at the Collection oi ihe Inslituto de Entomología. l'mce, Santiago, are listed in this paper, reptesenting 999 lypes, corresponding to 144 laxa of 33 lamilies of Orders Odonata, Hemiptera, Coleóptera, Díptera, Lepidoptera and Hymenoplera. The insect fauna of the extreme north of the country (1 Región, Tarapaca) as well as l'rom the "Altiplano" in north Chile and the Archipelagoofjuan Fernández are particularly well represented in the Collection.