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

这笔拨款将用于支持昆虫的改良 收集在俄亥俄州，结合俄勒冈州立大学的发展， 一个“生物多样性博物馆”，一个经过翻新的设施， 它的生物收藏品。 俄勒冈州立大学的昆虫收藏， 3.5 1994年，全国共有标本100万份，原生类型2500余种，是第14届全国标本日， 最大的北美和第五大的那些在 美国大学。 地理覆盖全球;分类 优势类群为同翅目、鞘翅目、双翅目和膜翅目。 现在分散在五个房间的收藏品将被合并 在一个气候控制区的新设施中， 与当前收集区域一样大，从而允许将来 增长 新内阁将缓解目前的拥挤， 扩建，并将取代木制橱柜，这是不够的， 收藏或保护其免受害虫侵害。 机构承诺包括提供新的收藏品 并承诺将收集经理职位永久化 项目到期后。 这些收藏品是 非常重要的国际资源， 对节肢动物的生物多样性和生态学研究，发挥了很强的 在昆虫学研究中培养学生的作用。 该项目将使俄勒冈州立大学的收藏更容易获得 科学界及其在研究和教育中的进一步利用 关于昆虫生物学的论文

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.