Modernization in the Care and Use of the Systematic Entomology Collections at The Ohio State University

俄亥俄州立大学系统昆虫学馆藏的维护和使用现代化

• 批准号: 9123439
• 负责人: Charles Triplehorn
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Ohio State University Research Foundation -DO NOT USE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-07-15 至 1995-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9123439&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Modernization; Care; Use; Systematic; Entomology

This grant will support the improvement of the insect collections at Ohio State, in conjunction with OSU's development of a "Museum of Biological Diversity", a renovated facility to house its biological collections. The OSU insect collection, with about 3.5 million specimens and over 2500 primary types, is the 14th largest in North America and fifth largest among those at U.S. universities. Geographic coverage is worldwide; taxonomic strengths are the Homoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera. The collection, now scattered among five rooms, will be consolidated in the new facility in a climate controlled area that is twice as large as the current collection area, thus allowing for future growth. New cabinets will alleviate current crowding, allow for expansion and will replace wooden cabinets, which are inadequate for housing the collection or protecting it against pests. Institutional commitments include provision of the new collection area and a promise to make a collection manager position permanent after the expiration of the project. These collections are an extremely important, international resource for systematic, biodiversity and ecological studies on arthropods, and play a strong role in the training of students in entomological research. This project will make the OSU collection more accessible to the scientific community and further its use in research and education on the biology of insects.

这笔赠款将用于改善俄亥俄州立大学的昆虫收藏，同时俄亥俄州立大学开发了一个“生物多样性博物馆”，这是一个翻新的设施，用来存放其生物收藏。俄亥俄州立大学的昆虫标本约有350万个，主要类型超过2500个，在北美排名第14，在美国大学中排名第五。地理覆盖面遍及全球；分类优势是同翅目、鞘翅目、双翅目和膜翅目。这些收藏品现在分散在五个房间里，将被整合到一个新设施中，该设施位于一个气候控制区，面积是目前收集区的两倍，从而为未来的增长做好了准备。新的橱柜将缓解目前的拥挤状况，允许扩建，并将取代木质橱柜，后者不足以容纳藏品或保护其免受虫害的侵袭。机构承诺包括提供新的收藏区，并承诺在项目期满后设立一个长期收藏室经理职位。这些藏品是节肢动物系统、生物多样性和生态学研究的极其重要的国际资源，对培养学生进行昆虫学研究起到了很大的作用。该项目将使科学界更容易获得俄亥俄州立大学的收藏品，并进一步将其用于昆虫生物学的研究和教育。