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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

Journal/Article

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

Journal/Article

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

Journal/Article

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

Marczak, Dawid

2025

Journal/Article

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

Journal/Article

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

Journal/Article

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

2025

Journal/Article

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

Journal/Article

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

Bienias, Jakub Piekarczyk, Przemysław Trębicki, Łukasz

2025

Journal/Article

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

Hołyński, Roman B.

9 XI 2025

Text

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

Journal/Article

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

Journal/Article

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

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

2025

Journal/Article

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

Marczak, Dawid

2025

Journal/Article

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

Journal/Article

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

Mroczyński, Radosław Marczak, Dawid

2025

Journal/Article

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

Journal/Article

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

Czerwiński, Tomasz Szawaryn, Karol

2025

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Contribution of water birds to nutrient loading to the ecosystem of mesotrophic reservoir

Gwiazda, Robert

1996

Journal/Article

Laboratory methods for rearing soil beetles (Coleoptera)

Burakowski, Bolesław (1905–2003)

1993

Journal/Article

Atlas motyli krajowych : z 218 wizerunkami kolorowemi motyli, ich gąsienic i poczwarek na 18 tablicach, i 30 rycinami w tekście

Dyakowski, Bohdan (1864–1940)

1906

A new locality of the European yellow sac spider Cheiracanthium punctorium (Villers, 1789) (Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae) in eastern Poland

Staniak, Kamil Wagner, Grzegorz K. Staniec, Bernard

2021

Journal/Article

The genus Myrmica Latr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Poland - a survey of species and a key for their identification

Radčenko, Aleksandr Grigor'evič Czechowski, Wojciech Czechowska, Wiesława

1997

Journal/Article

Systema naturae : per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. T. 1, p. 7

Linné, Carl von (1707–1778) Tessin, Carl Gustaf (1695–1770) Beer, Georg Emanuel Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1748–1804)

[1791]

Ważniejsze owady krajowe i zagraniczne, tudzież łatwy klucz do ich oznaczania : według Vogla, Müllenhoffa i Roselera

Wyrobek, Emil (1879–1953)

[post 1904]

Text

Agriolimacidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) - a systematic monograph

Wiktor, Andrzej

2000

Journal/Article

Dermestidae - skórnikowate (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Mroczkowski, Maciej (1927–2007)

1975

Book/Chapter

Laboratory methods for rearing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea)

Czechowski, Wojciech (1950– ) Pisarski, Bohdan (1928–1992)

1992

Journal/Article

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

książka

Aggression of Formica aquilonia Yarr. to Camponotus ligniperdus (Latr.) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) under the conditions of artificial colonization

Czechowski, Wojciech (1950– )

1990

Journal/Article

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

Queen Recruitment in an Orphaned Colony of Formica polyctena Foerst. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Czechowski, Wojciech

1994

Journal/Article

Systema naturae : per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. T. 1

Linné, Carl von (1707–1778) Tessin, Carl Gustaf (1695–1770) Beer, Georg Emanuel Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1748–1804)

1788

New data on the distribution of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the eastern part of the Baltic Coast region in Poland

Szawaryn, Karol Ceryngier, Piotr Romanowski Jerzy

2018

Journal/Article

Niektóre zjawiska przyrody

Bernstein, Aaron (1812–1884)

1858

Studien über die polnischen Arten der Gattung Camponotus MAYR (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) = Badania nad krajowymi gatunlkami z rodzaju Camponotus MAYR (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Pisarski, Bohdan (1928–1992)

1961

Journal/Article

Zając pospolity = (Lepus timidus [!])

Stephan, Wiktor (1865–1923)

1905

książka

Die geographische Verbreitung und Variabilität von Mantis religiosa (L.) (Mantodea, Mantidae), sowie Beschreibungen neuer Unterarten

Bazyluk, Władysław (1910–1988)

1960

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