Bohumil Němec and his collection of centipedes (Chilopoda), symphylans (Symphyla) and isopods (Isopoda) at the National Museum of the Czech Republic

Pages	115–122
DOI	10.37520/jnmpnhs.2025.008
Keywords	myriapodological and isopod collection, Josef Schöbl, type specimens, historical records, faunistics
Citation	DOLEJŠ, Petr a TUF, Ivan Hadrián. Bohumil Němec and his collection of centipedes (Chilopoda), symphylans (Symphyla) and isopods (Isopoda) at the National Museum of the Czech Republic. Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series. Prague: National Museum, 2025, 194(1), 115–122. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/jnmpnhs.2025.008. ISSN 1802-6842 (print), 1802-6850 (electronic). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/journal-of-the-national-museum-prague-natural-history-series/194-1/bohumil-nemec-and-his-collection-of-centipedes-chilopoda-symphylans-symphyla-and-isopods-isopoda-at-the-national-museum-of-the-czech-republic

Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series | 2025/194/1

The present catalogue lists data from a total of 11 centipede, one symphylan and 17 isopod specimens from nine centipede, one symphylan and six isopod species of the collection by the Czech scientist Bohumil Němec (1873–1966), housed in the National Museum of the Czech Republic. The material was collected in the period from the second half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, in the modern-day Czech Republic, and contains syntypes of Haplophthalmus elegans Schöbl, 1860 and Typhloniscus steinii Schöbl, 1860.

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