The collection consists of dry-preserved specimens of the order Hymenoptera (Insecta), assembled through the collecting activities of Professor Nikola Fink. The material originates predominantly from Croatia and the former Yugoslavia and dates from the first half to the second half of the 20th century. Collection manager: Dr. Iva Mihoci, museum advisor
The collection consists of dry-preserved specimens of wasps, bees, ants, and related insects (Insecta: Hymenoptera). The material originates predominantly from Croatia and the former Yugoslavia, as well as from other European countries. The specimens were collected between 1880 and the present day. The collection has been museologically processed and partially published in the works of […]
The collection consists of dry-preserved lacewing specimens (Insecta: Neuroptera). The material originates from Croatia and the former Yugoslavia, dating from the period between 1900 and the present day. Part of the collection has been published in the works of Devetak (1991a, 1991b, 1992, and 1997). Collection manager: dr.sc. Iva Mihoci, museum advisor
In the 1980s, René Mikšić bequeathed his collection of more than 11,500 dry-preserved beetle specimens, along with a smaller number of specimens from other insect orders and a reference scientific library (which forms a logical unit with the collection), to the Croatian Natural History Museum. The collection was transferred to the museum in 1987. The […]
The collection consists of dry-preserved specimens of mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera). The material originates from Croatia and the former Yugoslavia and was collected from the 1880s to the present day. The collection is of an open type and is continuously being expanded and supplemented. Collection manager: Dr. Iva Mihoci, museum advisor
The collection consists of dry-preserved specimens of flies (Insecta, Diptera). The material originates from Croatia and the former Yugoslavia and was collected from the 1880s to the present day. Data from the collection have been partially published in the works of Langhoffer, Baranof, Sisojević, Tošić-Simova, and Perović. The collection is of an open type and […]
The Scorpion and Pseudoscorpion Collection contains material from Croatia collected since 1885 and continues to be actively expanded and scientifically studied. Most of the more recently collected material (from the last ten years) has been DNA barcoded. The collection, as well as the scorpion fauna of Croatia, has undergone an extensive scientific revision. The results […]
The sponges (Porifera) collection is a natural history collection containing material collected in Croatia, Italy, and Montenegro from 1881 to the present day. The collection includes 3 holotypes and 2 syntypes. Collection manager: Dr. Irena Grbac, museum advisor
The crustaceans (Crustacea) collection is a natural history collection containing material collected in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, and Montenegro from 1882 to the present day. The collection includes 4 holotypes, 1 allotype, and 5 paratypes. Collection manager: Dr. Irena Grbac, museum advisor
The bird collection contains 342 species, of which 324 were collected in Croatia. Among the birds in the collection, passerines (Passeriformes) are the most represented, accounting for 44% of all collected birds, followed by falcons and related birds (Falconiformes) with 14%, and shorebirds (Charadriiformes) with 12%. Among the species housed in the Croatian Natural History […]