The Hymenoptera collections of William Edward Shuckard and the dispersal of his type material

Introduction: W il l ia m E dw ard Shu ckard (1803-1868)........................................................................... 158 Sh u c k a r d ’s publications on the Hymenoptera:.......................................................................................... 158 Taxonomy: Hymenoptera other than bees................................................................................................. 158 The British Bees, 1866.................................................................................................................................. 159 The dispersal of Sh u c k a r d ’s Hymenoptera collections.............................................................................. 159 The University Museum of Natural History, Oxford.......................................................................................162 T ho m a s D esvig n es (1812-1868)...................................................................................................................... 163 W. H. L. W a l c o t t (1790-1869)...................................................................................................................... 163 W il l ia m W ilso n Sau n d er s (1809-1879)...................................................................................................... 164 E dw ard Sa u n d er s (1848-1910)....................................................................................................................... 165 Other private collections that held syntypes o f Sh u ck a r d ’s species............................................................165 Epilogue.................................................................................................................................................................. 166 Acknowledgments................................................................................................................................................. 166 Notes........................................................................................................................................................................ 166 References.............................................................................................................................................................. 168