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• Rahman, K.A.- UAFP.
• Ramakrishna Ayyar, T.V.- BMNH.
• Rao, V.P.- INPC and USNM.
• Rasina, B.P.- ZMAS and BPRL.
• Rathvon, S.S.- Presumed lost. Existing Coleoptera material is in the North Museum of Natural History and Science, Lancaster, PA, but no scale material was found there (Eichelberger, personal communication, May 30th, 2002).
• Ratzeburg, J.T.C.- Material was not found in DEIC (Groll, personal communication, 2002).
• Rau, G.J.- USNM, NYSM (McCabe & Johnson, 1980 and Barnes, 1988) and MNHN.
• Reh, L.- Unknown.
• Reimer, N.J.- Unknown.
• Reyne, A.- ZMAN and USNM.
• Richard, C.- Primarily in MNHN. Also in BMNH.
• Richards, W.R.- CNCI.
• Riley, C.V.- USNM.
• Risso, A.- Presumed lost.
• Robinson, E.- USNM and CDAE.
• Rübsaamen, E.H.- USNM. Other material presumed lost.
• Rungs, C.- In early publications, Rungs stated that material would be deposited in the Laboratoire d'Entomologie de la Défense des Végétaux, Rabat, Morrocco. Most of the scale-insect material has since been moved to the MNHN.
• Russell, L.M.- USNM.
• Russo, A.- IECI.
• Rutherford, A.- HCSL. Some material in BMNH.
• Sampedro, G.- UNAM.
• Sanders, J.G.- USNM, CDAE and NYSM (McCabe & Johnson, 1980 and Barnes, 1988).
• Sasaki, C.- IAES.
• Savescu, A.D.- ASAR.
• Schmutterer, H.- SCHM.
• Schrader, F.- Material was in ZMHB, but was destroyed.
• Schrank, F.- NHMW.
• Scott, H.- USNM and UCDC.
• Shi, Y.- SFAZ.
• Shinji, O.- Presumed lost.
• Shmelev, G.P.- ZMAS and TASZ.
• Shotwell, R.L.- USNM.
• Signoret, V.- The Hemiptera collection of V. Signoret was sold in 1889 by his widow to the Imperial Museum of Vienna (= NHMW). There is also material in USNM (Fairmaire, 1890; Boratynski, 1968a; Ben-Dov, 1976b and Ben-Dov & Matile-Ferrero 1995).
• Silvestri, F.- Primarily in IFSP. Also in USNM.
• Siraiwa, H.- Presumed lost.
• Steinweden, J.B.- USNM and UCDC.
• Sternlicht, M.- ICVI.
• Stickney, F.S.- USNM.
• Strickland, A.H.- BMNH and UCDC.
• Šulc, K.- MMBC.
• Takagi, S.- Most material is in HUSJ. Additional material in USNM and FRIM.
• Takahashi, R.- Most material is in TARI. Some is in HUSJ and USNM. Some Malaysian material is in SMKM, while other Malaysian material is in BMNH. Some material was to be deposited in the author's personal collection and the whereabouts of that material is unknown.
• Tang, F.T.- EISC.
• Tao, C.C.C.- TARI.
• Targioni Tozzetti, A.- Some material may be in NHMW (Boratynski, 1968a), however, most is presumed lost (Pellizzari-Scaltriti, personal communication, 1989).
• Teague, M.M.- USNM and UCDC.
• Tepper, J.G.O.- SAMA.
• Ter-Grigorian, M.A.- ZMAS and ASAY.
• Terayama, M.- ITLJ.
• Tereznikova, E.M.- ZMAS and VASK.
• Thiébaut de Berneaud, A.- Presumed lost (Matile-Ferrero, personal communication, 1999).
• Thiem, H.- Unknown.
• Thorpe, W.H- BMNH.
• Thro, W.C.- USNM.
• Tinsley, J.D.- USNM.
• Tippins, H.H.- UGCA and USNM.
• Townsend, C.H.T.- USNM, CDAE and UCDC.
• Tranfaglia, A.- IFSP.
• Tryon, H.- Presumed to be in QMBA.
• Vallot, J.N.- Presumed lost (Matile-Ferrero, personal communication, 1999).
• Varshney, R.K.- NZSI.
• Vayssière, P.- Primarily in MNHN. Also in USNM.
• Vernalha, M.M.- DZUP, MZSP and SAPO.
• Walker, F.- BMNH.
• Walsh, B.D.- USNM.
• Wang, T.C.- IEBC.
• Washburn, R.I.- USNM.
• Watson, G.W.- BMNH.
• Westwood, J.O.- Although his entomology collection is at OXUM, no scale-insects were found (Hogan, personal communication, 2002).
• White, A.- USNM.
• White, F.B.- PMAG.
• Whitney, B.B.- USNM.
• Williams, D.J.- Primarily in BMNH. Also in USNM and MNHN.
• Williams, M.L.- USNM and AUEM.
• Wirjati- Material should be in AESB, but attempts to obtain authentic specimens were unsuccessful (Williams, 1970).
• Woglum, R.S.- USNM and UCDC.
• Wu, S.- EISC and IEBC.
• Wünn, H.- NHMW.
• Xu, Gongtian- SMIL.
• Xue, M.- SFAZ.
• Young, B.L. (=Yang)- SIEC.
• Yousuf, M.- Although no specific inquiry has been made regarding Yousuf material, it is presumed to be in AMUZ, since this is the depository of his co-author S.A. Shafeee. However, a large number of slide-mounted specimens are missing from the collection (Hayat, personal communication to D.J. Williams, 1995).
• Zahradník, J.- USNM and MNHN. Author stated that types would also be placed in his personal collection, but we have been unable to determine its whereabouts.
• Zavattari- Presumed lost.
• Zehntner, L.-Presumed lost (Zehntner, 1954).
• Zeng, T.- EMNA.
• Zetterstedt, J.W.- Presumed lost.
• Zhang, X.- ILKC.
• Zhang, Z.- EISC.