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The collection contains materials from the collections of the Library and Archives belonging to the Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS.

The collection comprises materials from the field of natural sciences, mainly zoology, ecology and related sciences.

The items in include both classics of Polish natural science literature and contemporary publications of the Institute.

The collection contains, among others, prints published before 1800, mostly in old Polish, Latin, German and French, as well as later 19th and 20th century publications, mainly in zoology, botany and geography (textbooks, handbooks, atlases, dictionaries, travel literature, etc.).

Most of the collected materials are related to the scientific and research activities of the Institute. These are mainly books and scientific journals published by Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS from the beginning of the 20th century. Among the publications available are those published in Acta Ornithologica, Annales Zoologici, Fragmenta Faunistica, Fauna of Poland series, Catalog of Polish Fauna series, and Memorabilia Zoologica.

The collection of the Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS consists of 6 sub-collections that include the following types of collections: Books, Journals, Dissertations, Publications of MIZ PAS, Archive of photographs, and Thematic collections (Nematodes).

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Books

Scientific Journals

MIZ PAN Publications

Archive of the Institute of Zoology PAS

Card catalogs of the Library MIZ PAS

Dissertations

Thematic collections (Nematoda)

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Fragmenta Faunistica vol. 68 no. 2 (2025) - contents

2025

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New record of the European Amazon ant Polyergus rufescens (Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Kraków–Wieluń Upland, with notes on its distribution in Poland

Turza, Filip Adwentowicz, Oliwier

2025

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Bee diversity (Apoidea, Apiformes) in the Tarnobrzeska Plain and the Lower San River Valley, Poland

Kierat, Justyna Żmuda, Aleksandra Szentgyörgyi, Hajnalka Kilijański, Grzegorz Nobis, Agnieszka

2025

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Notes on the fauna of the Kampinos National Park (Central Poland) – Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Marczak, Dawid

2025

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A new locality of the northern birch mouse Sicista betulina (Pallas, 1779) andother small mammals revealed in the food of the tawny owl Strix aluco Linnaeus, 1758 in the Drawski Landscape Park (Western Pomerania, Poland)

Lesiński, Grzegorz Gottfried, Iwona Wojtaszyn, Grzegorz Wuczyński, Andrzej

2025

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First record of Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Mazovian Lowland with an updated distribution in Poland

Mika, Franciszek Szpalek, Artur Michlewicz, Michał

2025

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Fragmenta Faunistica vol. 68 no. 1 (2025) - contents

2025

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New data on the distribution of Euracmaeops septentrionis (C.G. Thomson, 1866) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Poland

Zadorożny, Łukasz Olbrycht, Tomasz Frunze, Bożena Frunze, Jarosław Łuszczak, Marian J. Celadyn, Rafał

2025

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Cylindroiulus vulnerarius (Berlese, 1888) (Myriapoda: Diplopoda:Julida), a new addition to the Polish millipede fauna

Bienias, Jakub Piekarczyk, Przemysław Trębicki, Łukasz

2025

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Review of the [Cyphogastra DEYR.]-supergenus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) IX. Phylogenetical, taxonomical and biogeographical conclusions

Hołyński, Roman B.

9 XI 2025

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Review of the [Cyphogastra DEYR.]-supergenus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). New species and supplementary notes.

Hołyński, Roman B.

15 V 2025

Text

Review of the [Cyphogastra DEYR.]-supergenus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) X. Systematic catalogue and alphabetical index

Hołyński, Roman B.

21 XII 2025

Text

Z dziejów Gabinetu Zoologicznego Historyczne eksponaty kręgowców w zbiorach Muzeum i Instytutu Zoologii PAN Część 1

Iwan, Dariusz (1961– ) Cegliński, Arkadiusz Kowalski, Hubert Mierzwa-Szymkowiak, Dominika Szeląg, Dariusz

2025

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Z dziejów Gabinetu Zoologicznego Historyczne eksponaty bezkręgowców w zbiorach Muzeum i Instytutu Zoologii PAN

Iwan, Dariusz (1961– ) Cegliński, Arkadiusz Kowalski, Hubert Mierzwa-Szymkowiak, Dominika

2025

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Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an introduced ant species new to Poland

Trigos-Peral, Gema Czechowski, Wojciech (1950– )

2025

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Notes on leaf beetles of the Kampinos National Park in Poland – Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Marczak, Dawid

2025

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First record of Scytodes thoracica (Latreille, 1802) (Araneae: Scytodidae) in Lithuania and new data from Poland

Szpalek, Artur Mika, Franciszek Szymański, Dominik M. Szymański, Dawid Szymański, Hubert M. Kilijanek, Jakub K.

2025

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The first record of alien beetle species Ptilodactyla exotica Chapin, 1927 (Coleoptera: Dryopoidea: Ptilodactylidae) in Poland

Mroczyński, Radosław Marczak, Dawid

2025

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Phaneroptera nana Fieber, 1853 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) – a new species of bush-cricket in Poland

Guzik, Wojciech Guzik, Piotr Brodacki, Michał Mazgaj, Szymon Smoczyński, Światopełk Mazurkiewicz, Tymoteusz

2025

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First record of Acanthoscelides pallidipennis (Motschulsky, 1874) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) in Poland

Czerwiński, Tomasz Szawaryn, Karol

2025

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Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS

1953-2011

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Skuteczność różnych metod rekultywacji jezior w celu poprawy czystości ich wód

Kajak, Zdzisław

1981

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12 miesięcy w pasiece : praktyczny podręcznik do nowszego sposobu hodowli pszczół dla przyjemności i pożytku, oparty na własnem doświadczeniu, z uwzględnieniem uli amerykańskich i innych najnowszych typów uli

Röhrenschef, Stefan ( –1926) Leciejewski, Jan (1854–1929)

1925

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Świat roślinny : opisy i obrazy roślin z uwzględnieniem systematyki, uzupełnione wiadomościami z budowy i życia roślin : z 10 tablicami barwnymi i 252 rysunkami

Schmeil, Otto (1860–1943)

1917

książka

Monographie der paläarktischen Arten der Gattung Alophora R.-D. (Diptera, Larvaevoridae) = Monografia palearktycznych gatunków rodzaju Alophora R.-D. (Diptera, Larvaevoridae)

Draber-Mońko, Agnieszka (1931– )

1965

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Food composition and food consumption of the rook Corvus frugilegus in agrocoenoses in Poland

Gromadzka, Jadwiga (1942– )

1980

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Rotifers (Rotifera) from the inland waters and terrestrial habitats of East Antarctic oases (Enderby Land and Prydz Bay)

Lukashanets, Dzmitry A. Vezhnavets, Vasily V. Maysak, Natalia N. Hihiniak, Yury H. Borodin, Oleg I. Miamin, Vladislav Ye. Gaidashov, Alexey A. Nikitiuk, Leonid A.

2019

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