Acknowledgements

The completition of our Web site would not have been possible without the generous support of specialized colleagues who granted the permission for copying original figures or illustrations from their papers. Special thanks are due to all who contributed to this project, particularly E. Aistleitner, K. Andersen, T. Andersen, B.J. Armitage, P. Barnard, B. Blakemore, L. Botosanenau, M. De Meyer, F. De Moor, W. De Vos, I, Gerard, F.-M. Gibon, M. González, F. Gusenleitner, R. Holzenthal, K.A. Johanson, K. KumanskiV, J. Kjærandsen, H. Malicky, W. Mey, J. Morse, S. Nógrádi, S. S. Ogbogu, J. Oláh, P. Rasmont, Á. Uherkovic, E.J. Van Nieukerken, J.S. Weaver III and A. Wells. We are deeply indebted to the following institutions and publishing houses for the permission to be allowed to reproduce illustrations from the scientific periodicals published by them: Folia Entomologica Hungarica, Royal Belgian institutes of Natural Sciences (Bruxelles : http://www.naturalsciences.be/), Insect Systematics & Evolution (Group 7), Trustees of The Natural History Museum (London), Royal Entomological Society (London), Linzer biol. Beitr.(see http://www.biologiezentrum.at/biophp/de/braueria.php), National Museum of Natural History Naturalis (Leiden), Blackwell Publishing Permission Department (Oxford), Zoosystema (Publications scientifiques du Muséum national naturelle, Paris), Zootaxa (Magnolia Press, Auckland, N.Z.), Prof. R. Cereghino, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Limnology (Toulouse), Prof. G. Remaudiére (president of the A.A.L.E.M., Paris) and Prof. J. Legrand (Editor-in-Chief of the Revue française d' Entomologie). In some cases it was not possible to prove the specific authorship of illustrations, despite all efforts.

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