Fw: [coleoptera] Raw's private collection note

[Richard Jensen]

I diasgree with the practice of keeping types in private collections.  Others
who may need to see these specimens need free and open access to them.  Most
taxonomists I know deposit the holotype in a museum with isotypes deposited in
separate collections, almost always public, but private might serve as well.
 Dick
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