Facilities Support for the James Entomological Collection

华盛顿州立大学的詹姆斯昆虫收藏是美国最大的大学昆虫收藏之一。该标本集在昆虫目的所有主要类别中都具有代表性，包含约125万个标本。它在双翅目(苍蝇)、鞘翅目(甲虫)、鳞翅目(飞蛾和蝴蝶)、半翅目(臭虫)和膜翅目(蜜蜂和黄蜂)中特别强，并保持着类型材料的集合。该藏品于1892年开始收藏，具有重大的历史和科学意义。它是为数不多的能够提供太平洋西北部标本的标本收藏之一，因此是重要的区域和国家资源。藏品已经搬到了新的设施(1992年12月)，这些设施实际上被设计成一个藏书室，与相邻的办公室和图书馆相连。新的抽屉、橱柜和固定托盘的增加，将为目前储存在不符合标准的住房中的标本提供足够的住房。资金还使我们能够在收藏历史上第一次将我们的材料存放在单一风格的抽屉(USNM)中，并且由于新抽屉的效率，消除了持续的虫害和对熏蒸剂的持续需求的问题。由于增加了技术援助，可以将标本从旧住房转移到新住房，而对收藏品的日常活动只有最小程度的干扰。华盛顿州立大学同意为设备(住房)费用提供30%的资金。

The James Entomological Collection at Washington State University is one of the largest University collections of insects in the country. The Collection is representative in all major groups of insect orders and contains approximately 1.25 million specimens. It is especially strong in Diptera (flies), Coleoptera (beetles), Lepidoptera (moth and butterflies), Hemiptera (bugs), and Hymenoptera (bees and wasps) and maintains a collection of type material. Begun in 1892, the holdings of the Collection are of significant historical as well as scientific importance. It is one of the few collections which can provide specimens from the Pacific Northwest and thus serves as an important regional and national resource. The Collection has moved to new facilities (December 1992) which were actually designed as a collection room with adjoining offices and library. The addition of new drawers , cabinets, and pinning trays, will provide adequate housing for specimens which are now stored in substandard housing. Funding also allows us to house our material in a single style of drawer (USNM) for the first time in the history of the Collection and, because of the efficiency of the new drawers, eliminates the problems of on going pest infestations and the constant need for fumigants. The addition of technical help allows for the transfer of specimens form the old housing to the new with only a minimum disruption to the day-to-day activities of the Collection. Washington State University agrees to fund 30% of equipment (housing) costs.