Support for the Care and Use of the Collections of Insects and Other Arthropods of the Field Museum of Natural History

菲尔德自然历史博物馆的昆虫部门收藏了900多万只昆虫和相关节肢动物，享誉国际。藏品继续快速增长，并被大量用于研究(每年有20,000多个标本借给世界各地的100多名科学家)。该项目将为以下方面提供资金：1)重新建立和生成一个特别重要和全面的收集单位的计算机数据库，特别是金龟科和历史甲科；2)准备和标记积压的和即将收到的收集的标本；3)标记和管理特殊的体外寄生虫收集，特别是蝙蝠科和夜蛾科；以及4)支持来访的科学家升级对收藏中特定区域的识别和管理，特别关注Strecker蛾子收藏的再利用和标记。在该奖项为期五年的时间里，由于该项目支持的活动，博物馆预计将有近100万件标本成为科学界新的或更容易获得的标本。

The Insect Division of the Field Museum of Natural History houses an internationally renowned collection of over nine million insects and related arthropods. The collection continues to grow rapidly and is used heavily for research (over 20,000 specimens loaned annually to over 100 scientists worldwide). This project will provide funds for: 1) recuration and generation of a computer database of especially important and comprehensive units of the collection, especially the beetle families Staphyhlinidae and Histeridae; 2) preparation and labeling of specimens from backlogged and incoming collections; 3) labeling and curation of an exceptional collection of ectoparasites, particularly the batfly families Streblidae and Nycteribiidae; and 4) supporting visiting scientists to upgrade identifications and curation of specific areas in the collection, with special attention to recuration and labeling of the Strecker Collection of moths. Over the five-year life of the award, the Museum expects that nearly one million specimens will become newly or more easily available to the scientific community because of the activities supported by this project.