INTRODUCTION The collections of insects covered in this paper are pri- marily from Europe, with additional holdings from expe- ditions to North Africa, Afghanistan and China (e.g., Klap- perich collections). Additional information concerning the Diptera collection is briefly described in a report on the German Diptera collections (Bährmann 1999). The total number of types for Embioptera, Isoptera, Neuroptera, Mecoptera and Raphidioptera is summarized in Table 1. The total number of types for the families of Diptera ex- clusive of the Schmitz and Beyer Phoridae collections is summarized in Table 2. Under each Order, this catalogue is arranged alphabetical- ly by species name, using the original combination and spellings. Within Diptera, the entries are divided among families, which are also arranged alphabetically. Each en- try is arranged in the following order: species and sub- species names, author, year of publication, page number in which species was described, original generic assign- ment in brackets, and the number, sex and kind of type. The following abbreviations were used in the lists: alc. – alcohol or spirit collection, HT – holotype, LT – lectotype, NT – neotype, PLT – paralectotype, PNT – paraneotype, PT – paratype, ST – syntype. Notes about nomenclature, genitalic dissections, general condition of the types, dis- cussion of some problems encountered in determination of the type status and the present generic combination (wherever possible, if readily available from current print- ed and on-line catalogues) are included in the Remarks. The complete list of original references follows each ma- jor category (Order or family). The species are all pinned and dried, unless otherwise indicated. The validity of each type was checked, wherever possible, against the origi- nal descriptions. The vast collections of Schmitz and Beyer were treated separately in the present work as they require a thorough revision by a specialist of the family. These collections constitute the most important collections of European Phoridae while also containing numerous species from other parts of the world. Because types in these collections were often not labeled clearly or not according to the cur- rently accepted rules (e.g., many specimens are simply la- beled as “Type”), it was impossible to include details about the sex and condition of the types as was done for other families in this catalog. Therefore, data on types in these collections are given as they appear on the labels and the total number of types may be an underestimation. Estab- lishing the actual status of types in the Schmitz and Bey- er collections will require comprehensive treatment, in- cluding how subsequent workers dealt with the Schmitz and Beyer types. As many of the phorid types (or parts of types) are mounted on microscope slides, for each entry it is stated whether types are pinned or slide-mounted or both. Overall, the Schimtz collection includes 452 types and the Beyer collection 152 types but future work may reveal additional unlabeled type specimens. Isoptera, Embioptera, Neuroptera, Mecoptera, Raphidioptera and Diptera types in ZFMK Bradley J. Sinclair 1 & Netta Dorchin 2 1 Canadian National Collection of Insects and Ottawa Plant Laboratory – Entomology, CFIA, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6; E-mail: bradley.sinclair@inspection.gc.ca. 2 Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany; E-mail: n.dorchin.zfmk@uni-bonn.de. Abstract. The total type material of the Embioptera, Isoptera, Neuroptera, Mecoptera, Raphidioptera and Diptera col- lections housed in the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), as of 30 September 2010, are cat- alogued. Exclusive of the Phoridae collections of Schmitz and Beyer (which contain 452 and 152 types, respectively), the collections contain 263 holotypes, 79 lectotypes and five neotypes. Forty species are represented by syntypes and 328 by para- and paralectotypes. Except for the Phoridae collection, reference to the original description of each taxon is provided and sex and number of each type are given. Key words. Type specimens, ZFMK. Bonn zoological Bulletin 58: 49–88 © ZFMK Bonn zoological Bulletin Volume 58 pp. 49–88 Bonn, November 2010