Arthropod-Collection Improvement at the American Museum of Natural History

9220342 Platnick为了增加系统生物学家对世界上最大的昆虫学和蛛形学收藏之一的可用性，将使用资金(1)雇用两名助理来帮助管理膜翅目和等翅目收藏，并完成初级类型馆藏的计算机化数据库；(2)聘请两名准备人员处理由美国国家科学基金会资助的南美南部昆虫和蛛形动物生物多样性调查新获得的标本，以及相关的积压材料；(3)资助委任大甲虫科金甲科和大甲虫科专家进行为期两年的策展/研究的一半费用；(4)购买标准尺寸的昆虫储藏箱，以及抽屉和单位托盘，安装在新装修的装有气候控制和压缩机的收集设施的两层；(5)购买昆虫储藏箱，以容纳目前条件不理想的鳞翅目大抽屉。＊＊＊

9220342 Platnick To increase the availability to systematic biologists of one of the world's greatest entomological and arachnlogical collections in the world, funds will be used (1) to hire two assistants to help curate the Hymenoptera and Isoptera collections and complete a computerized database of primary type holdings; (2) to hire two preparators to process specimens newly acquired through an NSF-supported survey of insect and arachnid Biodiversity in southern South America, along with relevant backlog material; (3) to support half the costs of two-year curatorial/research appointments of specialists on the large beetle families Chrysomelidae and Curculionidae; (4) to purchase standard-sized insect storage cases, along with drawers and unit trays, to be installed on two levels of a newly renovated, climate-controlled, compactor-equipped collection facility; and (5) to purchase insect storage cases to accommodate large drawers currently housing Lepidoptera under less than desirable conditions. ***