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A catalog of type specimens (holotypes, paratypes, lectotypes, and paralectotypes) of the species of the family Nemestrinidae (Diptera) described by J.A. Portschinsky, A.B. Lichtwardt, and S.J. Paramonow, which are kept in the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Russia, is presented. Photographs of the specimens and labels of the holotypes and lectotypes are published on the website of the Zoological Institute: https://www.zin.ru/collections/Diptera/.
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The authors are grateful to A.N. Ovchinnikov (ZIN) and V.V. Neimorovets (ZIN; the All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg–Pushkin) for photographing the type specimens and their labels.
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The study was performed based on the collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (state project no. 125012901042-9).
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Nartshuk, E.P., Suleymanova, G.M. Type Specimens of the Dipterous Family Nemestrinidae (Diptera: Brachycera) in the Collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. Entmol. Rev. 105, 683–689 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873825090088
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