Names as legacy: Catalogue of taxa described by and for Michel Brancucci (1950-2012)

This article provides a compilation of the taxa introduced to science by the late Dr. MichelBrancucci, Basel, and of the taxa named in honourof him. We provide details of nomenclatorial value such asholotype depository (for species described by Michel Brancucci), page number of the original description andtype locality. References of the original descriptions are given in full and the actual publication dates werethoroughly checked. Indices to all taxa complete this article and make it a searchable catalogue.